Call for papers: Psychophysiology — cognitive and affective processes

Psychophysiology was the first journal dedicated to the publication of research on relationships between the physiological and psychological aspects of brain and behavior, and it remains the most well-established journal in this field. This prestigious international journal continues to play a key role in advancing psychophysiological science and human neuroscience. Psychophysiology reports on new theoretical, empirical, and methodological advances that inform psychology and psychiatry, cognitive science, cognitive and affective neuroscience, social science, health science and behavioral medicine, biomedical engineering, and signal processing and statistics.

Since its inception in 1964, Psychophysiology has published seminal papers relevant to the role of regional brain specialization in perceptual, cognitive, and emotional function. The journal’s commitment to brain imaging has been continuously evident as the field has both specialized and expanded, encompassing a wide variety of techniques and tools including high-density EEG, MEG, magnetic source imaging (MEG + MRI), and near-infrared spectroscopy. Psychophysiology continues this publication tradition by featuring papers that employ functional MRI (fMRI). Indeed, fMRI is the quintessential psychophysiological measure, revealing fundamental relationships between psychological processes and physiological measures of their neural substrate.

We are interested in papers that expand the application of fMRI to illuminate a wide variety of psychological phenomena, both normative and clinical. Given Psychophysiology’s long tradition of publishing innovative methodological and statistical papers, we also welcome manuscripts reporting innovative techniques for fMRI.

Manuscripts should be submitted electronically at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/psyp. Submissions should include a brief cover letter indicating that informed consent was obtained from human subjects and that human or infrahuman subjects were treated in accordance with appropriate ethical guidelines. Manuscripts must conform to the specifications of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th edition.