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Psychological Science

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eISSN: 14679280 | ISSN: 09567976 | Current volume: 35 | Current issue: 9 Frequency: Monthly
Psychological Science, the flagship journal of the Association for Psychological Science, is the highest ranked empirical journal in psychology and is truly a leader in the field. The journal publishes cutting-edge research articles and short reports, spanning the entire spectrum of the science of psychology. This journal is the source for the latest findings in cognitive, social, developmental, and health psychology, as well as behavioral neuroscience and biopsychology. Psychological Science routinely features studies employing novel research methodologies and the newest, most innovative techniques of analysis.

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The Association for Psychological Science (APS) is the leading international organization dedicated to advancing scientific psychology across disciplinary and geographic borders. APS members provide a richer understanding of the world through their research, teaching, and application of psychological science. APS is passionate about supporting psychological scientists in these pursuits, which it does by sharing cutting-edge research across all areas of the field through its journals and conventions; promoting the integration of scientific perspectives within psychological science and with related disciplines; fostering global connections among its members; engaging the public with research to promote broader understanding and awareness of psychological science; and advocating for increased support for psychological science in the public policy arena. More than 30,000 leading psychological researchers, as well as students and teachers, have made APS their scientific home. www.psychologicalscience.org

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Editor in Chief
Simine Vazire University of Melbourne, Australia
Consulting Editor
Patricia J. Bauer Emory University, USA
Senior Editors
Derek M. Isaacowitz Washington University in St. Louis, USA
Betsy Levy Paluck Princeton University, USA
Russell Poldrack Stanford University, USA
Guillaume Rousselet University of Glasgow, School of Psychology and Neuroscience
Joseph Simmons University of Pennsylvania, USA
Associate Editors
Stephen Baffour Adjei Akenten Appiah-Menka University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Development, Ghana
Tom Beckers KU Leuven, Belgium
D. A. Briley University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Clayton R. Critcher University of California, Berkeley, USA
Antonio L. Freitas Stony Brook University, USA
Jenny Gutsell Brandeis University, USA
Ulrike Hahn Birkbeck, University of London, UK
Yoel Inbar University of Toronto, Canada
Zhicheng Lin University of Science and Technology of China, China
Louis J. Moses Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Amy Orben University of Cambridge, UK
Gabriele Paolacci Erasmus University of Rotterdam, Netherlands
Roni Porat Hebrew University, Israel
Vishnu Sreekumar International Institute of Information Technology, India
Julia Stern University of Bremen, Germany
Heather L. Urry Tufts University, USA
Evie Vergauwe University of Geneva, Switzerland
Senior Statistics, Transparency, and Rigor (STAR) Editor
Tom E. Hardwicke University of Melbourne, Australia
Statistics, Transparency, and Rigor (STAR) Editors
Ruben C. Arslan University of Leipzig, Germany
Frederik Aust University of Cologne, Germany
Julia Beitner Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
Joanne Chung University of Toronto, Mississauga, Canada
Sophia Crüwell Cambridge University, UK
Sacha Epskamp National University of Singapore, Singapore
Jessica Kay Flake McGill University, Department of Psychology, Canada
Emma Henderson Department for Transport, UK
Adela Isvoranu National University of Singapore, Singapore
Zoltan Kekecs Eotvos Lorand University, Institute of Psychology
Ana Martinovici Erasmus University of Rotterdam, Rotterdam School of Management
Amanda Montoya University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Psychology, USA
Daniel Moriarity University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences
Leif D. Nelson University of California, Berkeley, USA
Michele Nuijten Tilburg University, Netherlands
Mijke Rhemtulla University of California, Davis, USA
Julia Roher Universität Leipzig, Germany
Anne Scheel Utrecht University, Netherlands
Uri Simonsohn ESADE Business School, Spain
Angelika M. Stefan University of Liverpool, UK
Olmo van den Akker Berlin Institute of Health, Germany
Sara J. Weston University of Oregon, USA
Editorial Fellows
Leyla Loued-Khenissi Lausanne University Hospital, Switzerland
Ivan Carbajal Oregon State University, School of Psychological Science, USA
Senior Publications Manager
Becca G. White Association for Psychological Science
Editorial Board
Balazs Aczel ELTE University, Budapest, Hungary
Adeyemi Adetula Alex Ekwueme Federal University; Université Grenoble Alpes, France
Quentin André Leeds School of Business, CU Boulder, USA
Frederick Anyan Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway
Olivia E. Atherton University of California Riverside, USA
David Barner University of California, San Diego, USA
Dale Barr University of Glasgow, UK
Aysecan Boduroglu Koc University, Turkey
Andreas M. Brandmaier MSB Medical School Berlin, Germany
Mark Brandt Michigan State University, USA
Erin M. Buchanan Harrisburg University of Science and Technology, USA
Huajian Cai University of Oklahoma, USA
Rebecca Carey Princeton University, USA
Sapna Cheryan University of Washington, USA
Alexander P. Christensen Vanderbilt University, USA
Daniel Conroy-Beam University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
Sabine Doebel George Mason University, USA
Keely A. Dugan University of Missouri, Columbia, USA
Emorie D Beck University of California, Davis, USA
Jordan Etkin Duke University, USA
Miguel Farias Coventry University, UK
Renato Frey University of Zurich, Switzerland
Eiko Fried Leiden University, Netherlands
David M. Frost University College London, UK
Gidon T. Frischkorn University of Zurich, Switzerland
Tanja M. Gerlach Queen's University Belfast, UK
Jin X. Goh University of Illinois Chicago, USA
Jennifer M. Gómez Boston University, USA
Geoff Goodwin University of Pennsylvania, USA
Gul Gunaydin Sabanci University, Turkey
Justin Harris University of Sydney, Australia
Kelci Harris University of Victoria, Canada
Ying-yi Hong Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
Anna M. Hood University of Manchester, UK
Andrea Howard Carleton University, Canada
Alex Imas The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, USA
Ross Jacobucci University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Pamela Davis-Kean University of Michigan, USA
Rogier A. Kievit Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Netherlands
Alistair Knott Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Jessica Kosie Arizona State University, USA
Anne Krendl Indiana University, Bloomington, USA
Jennifer Kubota University of Delaware, USA
Robyn LeBoeuf Washington University in St. Louis, USA
Albert Lee Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Neil Lewis, Jr Cornell University and Weill Cornell Medicine, USA
Jackson G. Lu Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Richard E. Lucas Michigan State University, USA
Brooke Magnus Boston College, USA
Matthew C. Makel University of Calgary, Canada
Rachael Meager The University of New South Wales, Australia
Samuel Mehr University of Auckland, New Zealand and Yale Child Study Center, USA
Hugo Mercier ENS-CNRS-EHESS, France
Candice C. Morey Cardiff University, UK
Thekla Morgenroth Purdue University, USA
Ben R. Newell UNSW Sydney, Australia
Tosin Tunrayo Olonisakin Ekiti State University, Nigeria
Kristina R Olson Princeton University, USA
Fred Oswald Rice University, USA
Omar David Perez University of Chile, Chile
Jason D. Rights University of British Columbia, Canada
Jan Philipp Röer Witten/Herdecke University, Germany
Becky Schaumberg University of Pennsylvania, USA
Ramona Schoedel Charlotte Fresenius University, Munich; LMU Munich, Germany
Emre Selcuk Sabanci University, Turkey
Daniel J. Simons University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Jessica A. Sommerville University of Toronto, Canada
Clemens Stachl University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
Rong Su University of Iowa, USA
Mele Taumoepeau Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Stephanie Tully University of Southern California, USA
James Ohisei Uanhoro University of North Texas, USA
Matt Williams Massey University, New Zealand
Lauren Eskreis-Winkler Kellogg School of Business, Northwestern University, USA
TSANG Yiu-Kei Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
Bo Zhang University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaigne, USA
Xiaochu Zhang University of Science and Technology of China, China
Julian Zlatev Harvard University, USA
Rolf Zwaan Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands
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