About this journal

Cogent Psychology is a pioneering and dynamic, Open Access journal for the psychology community, publishing original research, reviews and replications that span the full spectrum of psychological inquiry. Led by Professor Daryl O’Connor, across each of the dedicated sections, the journal’s editorial team aim to promote exciting, innovative and robust psychological science, and to work with authors to publish their research to the broadest possible audience. This journal offers a range of format-free submission formats to meet the needs of the changing publishing landscape.

Cogent Psychology has nine sections:

• Clinical Psychology
• Cognitive & Experimental Psychology
• Developmental Psychology
• Educational Psychology
• Health Psychology
• Neuropsychology
• Personality & Individual Differences
• Social Psychology
• Work, Industrial & Organizational Psychology

  The journal encourages interdisciplinary studies and accepts Registered Reports, brief replication studies, review articles and brief reports.

  Peer Review Integrity

  All research and review articles in this journal, including those in special issues, special sections or supplements, have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial Editor-in-Chief screening and anonymized refereeing by at least two independent referees.

Editor-in-Chief
Daryl B. O'Connor (University of Leeds, UK)

Senior Statistical Editor
Thomas Baguley (Nottingham Trent University, UK)

Section Editors
Clinical Psychology: Nicola Doherty (‎Western Health and Social Care Trust, UK)
Cognitive & Experimental Psychology: Jim Grange (Keele University, UK)
Developmental Psychology: Patrick Leman (University of Waikato, New Zealand)
Educational Psychology: Victoria Simms (University of Ulster, UK)
Health Psychology: Sarah Pressman (University of California Irvine, USA)
Neuropsychology: Stephanie Rossit (University of East Anglia, UK)
Personality & Individual Differences: Michael Daly (Maynooth University, Ireland)
Social Psychology: Andrea Abele (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany)

Editorial Board
Sarah Allen (Teeside University, UK)
Juan Arango (Biocruces Bizkaia Health Research Institute, Spain)
Lilith Arevshatian (Kingston University, UK)
Clare Barnes (Birkbeck, University of London, UK)
Jutta Billino (Justus-Liebig-Universitat Giessen, Germany)
Philip Birch (Charles Sturt University, Australia)
Douglas Boer (University of Canberra, Australia)
Elisabeth Bradford (University of Dundee, UK)
Michael Brookes (Birmingham City University, UK)
D. Alper Camlibel (University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, USA)
Munazzah Choudhary (Birkbeck, University of London, UK)
Marie Cross (Penn State University, USA)
Breda Cullen (Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, UK)
Angela DeBruin (University of York, UK)
Andrew Dunn (Nottingham Trent University, UK)
Nicky Edelstyn (School of Psychology, Keele University, UK)
Shantala Hegde (National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Science, India)
Gareth Edwards (University of East Anglia, UK)
Emma Elliot (Modus Outcomes, UK)
Kate Faasse (University of New South Wales, Australia)
Edel Fitzpatrick (Western Health and Social Care Trust, UK)
Jamie L. Flexon (Florida International University, US)
Jennifer Foley (Department of Neuropsychology, National Hospital of Neurology & Neurosurgery, UK)
Jolande Fooken (The University of British Columbia, Canada)
Kathryn Gardner (University of Central Lancashire, UK)
Jenny Groarke (Queen's University Belfast, UK)
Olivia Guest (Radboud University, Netherlands)
Ajay Halai (MRC, CBU, Cambridge, UK)
Faye Horsley (Newcastle University, UK)
Emma James (University of Oxford, UK)
Anna Kane ((Birkbeck, University of London, UK)
Niamh Kennedy (School of Psychology, Ulster University, UK)
Ethan Knights, MRC, CBU (Cambridge, UK)
Clare-Louise Knox (Kings College London, UK)
Laura Koenig (Bayreuth University, Germany)
Eirini Kontou (School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, UK)
Kirsty Lauder (Birkbeck, University of London, UK)
Sarah Laurence (Open University, UK)
Gemma Learmonth (Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology, University of Glasgow, UK)
Tatia Lee (Psychological Science and Clinical Psychology, The University of Hong Kong)
Alex Mitchell (School of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, UK)
Gillian Mullan (Western Health and Social Care Trust, UK)
Michelle Murtagh (Business Psychologist and Director at Clavey Consulting, UK)
Emma Norris (Brunel University, UK)
Clodagh O'Connell (Western Health and Social Care Trust, UK)
Elena Olgiati (Imperial College London, UK)
Laure Pisella (Inserm, Lyon, France)
Madeleine Pownall (University of Leeds, UK)
Alan Redman (Birkbeck, University of London, UK)
Shannon Reid (University of North Caroline, Charlotte, USA)
Charlotte Russell (Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, Kings College London, UK)
Tina Ryan (Western Health and Social Care Trust, UK)
Amanda Super (Birkbeck, University of London, UK)
Rachel Swainson (University of Aberdeen, UK)
Rumi Tanemura (Department of Rehabilitation Science, Kobe University, Japan)
Ben Toovey (Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany)
Elizabeth Travis (University of Leeds, UK)
Matthew Valasik (Louisiana State University, USA)
John Weekes (McMaster University, Canada)
Anna Wollams (Division of Neuroscience and Experimental Psychology, University of Manchester, UK)
Eliane Young(Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) and Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Foundation Trust (CPFT))

Outgoing Handling Editors
Jens Binder (Nottingham Trent University, UK)
Kevin Byon (Indiana University, USA)
Marcella Caputi (Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Italy)
Gianluca Castelnuovo (Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Italy)
Luca Cerniglia (Universita Telematica Internationale Uninettuno, Italy)
Sebastiano Costa (University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Italy)
Maria Cristina Gugliandolo (University of Cassino, Italy)
Ruth Krebs (Ghent University, Belgium)
Lucia Monacis (University of Foggia, Italy)
Carryl Navalta (Boston University School of Medicine, USA)
Giulia Prete (University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy)
Meihua Qian (Clemson University, USA)
Carmen Rodriguez-Blazquez (Universidad Autonoma, Spain)
Ian Stephen (Macquarie University, Australia)
Marco Tommasi (University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy)
Barbara Treccani (University of Trento, Italy)
Peter Walla (Vienna Medical University, Austria)
Jason Warnick (Arkansas Tech University, USA)

CogentPsychology editorial office - [email protected]

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