Psychonomic Society (PS)
The international community of cognitive psychologists recognizes the Psychonomic Society as the preeminent society for the experimental study of cognition. Since it was formed nearly 60 years ago, the Society has grown to over 5,600 scientists.
Members are cognitive psychologists and include some of the most distinguished researchers in the field. Many are concerned with the application of psychology to health, technology, and education. What brings us together is that we study the basic, fundamental properties of how the mind works by using behavioral techniques to better understand mental functioning.
Their most innovative research uses converging methods from behavioral measurement, neuroscience, computational modeling and other fields to achieve their research goals. Members of the Society conduct research on questions concerning memory, learning, problem solving, decision making, language, attention, and perception. We also connect with research in biology, chemistry, statistics, computer science, medicine, law, and business.
Mission:
The mission of the Psychonomic Society is to foster the science of cognition through the advancement and communication of basic research in experimental psychology and allied sciences. They achieve this goal through two main mechanisms:
• An annual meeting devoted to the presentation of scientific papers; and
• The publication of scholarly journals in a variety of domains relating to cognition.