Information for Contributors

PERCEPTION & PSYCHOPHYSICS publishes articles that deal with sensory processes, perception, and psychophysics. While the majority of published articles are reports of experimental investigations in these content areas. articles that are primarily theoretical or that present integrative and evaluative reviews are accepted. Studies employing either human or animal subjects are welcome. There are no explicit length restrictions on acceptable articles other than the requirement of clear and concise writing and relevance of the various contents. This journal is published by the Psychonomic Society under the direction of its Publications Committee (Chair, 1996: Elizabeth D. Capaldi).

MANUSCRIPTS should be sent in quintuplicate to Myron L. Braunstein at the Department of Cognitive Sciences, School of Social Sciences, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-5100. You may indicate which action editor (the Editor or one of the Associate Editors) you would consider most appropriate for your manuscript. Such suggestions will be given serious consideration (see Editorial, Vol. 55, January 1994).

Manuscripts should be packaged with care to avoid damage or loss in the mail. It is suggested that a padded envelope be used, especially if the package must cross any borders.

On the title page, include your address, telephone number and e-mail address. Include an abstract of 100 to 150 words in the form used by the American Psychological Association. Manuscripts should adhere to the conventions concerning references, manuscript format, etc., described in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (4th ed.), except that in the abbreviation of physical units the style of the American Institute of Physics should be followed.

With the final accepted version of the manuscript, please submit a copy of the manuscript on a computer disk in ASCII (text only) format. The text in the hard copy and the disk should match exactly. For details, see p. 488 of Vol. 58 or call the Publications Office at (512) 462-2442.

The Publications Committee of the Psychonomic Society and the Editor expect that human and animal subjects will be treated ethically. Mistreatment of subjects is grounds for rejection of a manuscript.

TABLES, FIGURES AND HALFTONES should be given special attention. Tables should generally adhere to the conventions described in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (4th ed.). All graphs, shading, and lettering should be clear and sharp enough to accommodate probable reduction for publication, and halftones require special attention to both detail and figure-ground contrast. See pp. 486-487 of Vol. 58 for more information on tables and figures.