An International Journal in Behavioural and Cognitive Neuroscience

1. Neuropsychologia is an international interdisciplinary journal devoted to experimental, clinical and theoretical contributions that advance understanding of human cognition and behavior from a neuroscience perspective. Thus, the journal will consider for publication studies that explicitly address functional aspects of the brain and use data to link neural processes with perception, attention and awareness, action and motor control, executive functions and cognitive control, memory, language, and emotion and social cognition. Neuropsychologia has a long tradition of publishing studies on patients with brain lesions. While continuing this tradition, we would like also to strongly encourage submission of papers using other appropriate methodologies. These include, but are not limited to, functional neuroimaging, cognitive electrophysiology, and transcranial magnetic stimulation. Studies exploring brain and behaviour in primates or other animals are also welcome, provided they have an impact on understanding human cognition and behavior and this impact is explicitly specified in the report. Finally, "neurodevelopmental", "neuropsychiatric" and "neurogenetic" studies are appropriate, provided the link between the findings in such studies and normal brain function is direct, compelling and explicit. Studies of clinical populations that are primarily descriptive or intended to elucidate a clinical disorder, or that evaluate a therapeutic intervention, are not appropriate for the journal. Special issues and Review Papers are published regularly with the objective of providing authoritative surveys of topics of major interest.



2. Submissions: Submission to this journal proceeds totally online. Use the following guidelines to prepare your article. Via the online submission page of this journal ( http://ees.elsevier.com/nsy/) you will be guided stepwise through the creation and uploading of the various files. The system automatically converts source files to a single Adobe Acrobat PDF version of the article, which is used in the peer-review process. Please note that even though manuscript source files are converted to PDF at submission for the review process, these source files are needed for further processing after acceptance. All correspondence, including notification of the Editor's decision and requests for revision, takes place by e-mail and via the author's homepage, removing the need for a hard-copy paper trail. A manuscript will be returned to the author without external review if, in the judgment of the editorial team, it falls outside the stated scope of the journal or describes findings that will have only minimal impact on the field.

3. The following article types are accepted:
(a) Research Reports (up to 20 printed journal pages or about 17,000 words) (b) Brief Communications (up to five printed journal pages or 3500 words including abstract, references and figure legends, and no more than four figures and/or tables). Brief Communications are short research articles which convey findings judged to be of high potential impact to the field of cognitive neuroscience. They should follow the same sectionalisation as regular research articles (i.e. abstract, introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion, references and figure legends). The total word count must be listed on the title page. There should be no more than 30 references. Brief Communications will undergo expedited review and, if accepted, will be available online within five working days. Only manuscripts requiring no or minor revision will be accepted. A short covering letter should be included with your submission describing why the paper is considered appropriate for publication as a Brief Communication. (c) Reviews and Perspectives (up to 30 printed journal pages or 26,000 words). These should also provide critical accounts and comprehensive surveys of topics of major current interest within the scope of the journal. (d) Current Controversies (up to 1,500 words no abstract necessary). These should primarily include critical comments on the methodology or interpretations used in one or more recently published in the journal.

4. (a) Papers will be accepted in English only.

b) The title page should include: the name(s) of the author(s); the name of the department and institution where the study was carried out; the institutional affiliation of each author; the name, the postal and email address and the telephone and fax number of the corresponding author. A shortened title (a caption of no more than 5 words) to appear on the front cover of Neuropsychologia should it be chosen.
(c) Abstracts should be up to 250 words, and should be followed by a list of up to six keywords (which do not appear in the title) to be used for indexing purposes.
(d) Research Reports and Brief Communications as a rule should include an Abstract, an Introduction, a section on Methods, a section on Results and a Discussion. The description of methods and results should be sufficiently detailed so as to allow a critical assessment of their appropriateness and validity.
(e) Footnotes should be used sparingly. Number them consecutively throughout the article, using superscript Arabic numbers. Many wordprocessors build footnotes into the text, and this feature may be used. Should this not be the case, indicate the position of footnotes in the text and present the footnotes themselves on a separate sheet at the end of the article. Do not include footnotes in the Reference list. Table footnotes. Indicate each footnote in a table with a superscript lowercase letter.
(f) Tables should be presented at the end of the article. High-resolution graphics files must always be provided separate from the main text file.
(g) Manuscripts must be in the correct format, i.e. doubled-spaced, references in correct format, and top-quality figures or it will be returned to the author.

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TIFF: Bitmapped line drawings: use a minimum of 1000 dpi.
TIFF: Combinations bitmapped line/half-tone (colour or greyscale): a minimum of 500 dpi is required.
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Please do not:
•Supply embedded graphics in your wordprocessor (spreadsheet, presentation) document;
•Supply filles that are optimised for screen use (like GIF, BMP, PICT, WPG); the resolution is too low;
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•Submit graphics that are disproportionately large for the content.
All figures, charts and diagrams are to be referred to as "Figures"(abbreviated to "Fig.") and should be numbered consecutively in the order they are referred to in the text. If, together with your accepted article, you submit usable colour figures then Elsevier will ensure, at no additional charge, that these figures will appear in colour on the Web (e.g., ScienceDirect and other sites) regardless of whether or not these illustrations are reproduced in colour in the printed version. For colour reproduction in print, you will receive information regarding the costs from Elsevier after receipt of your accepted article.
(b) Tables should if possible be so constructed as to be intelligible without reference to the text, every table and column being provided with a heading, and should be suitable for direct reproduction. Units of measurement must always be clearly indicated. Unless it is essential to the argument, tables should summarize results by an accepted method of expression, e.g. standard deviation (S.D. When preparing tables, if you are using a table grid, use only one grid for each individual table and not a grid for each row. If no grid is used, use tabs, not spaces, to align columns. Number tables consecutively in accordance with their appearance in the text. Place footnotes to tables below the table body and indicate them with superscript lowercase letters. Avoid vertical rules. Be sparing in the use of tables and ensure that the data presented in tables do not duplicate results described elsewhere in the article (particularly in figures).

6. Ethics: Manuscripts submitted for publication must contain a statement to the effect that all human studies have been approved by the appropriate ethics committee and have therefore been performed in accordance with the ethical standards laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki. It should also be stated clearly in the text that all persons gave their informed consent prior to their inclusion in the study. Details that might disclose the identity of the subjects under study should be omitted. Reports of animal experiments must state that the "Principles of laboratory animal care" (NIH publication No. 86-23, revised 1985) were followed, as well as specific national laws (e.g. the current version of the German Law on the Protection of Animals) where applicable. The Editors reserve the right to reject manuscripts that do not comply with the above-mentioned requirements. The author will be held responsible for false statements or for failure to fulfil the above-mentioned requirements.

7. References: Please ensure that every reference cited in the text is also present in the reference list (and vice versa). Any references cited in the abstract must be given in full. Unpublished results and personal communications are not recommended in the reference list, but may be mentioned in the text. If these references are included in the reference list they should follow the standard reference style of the journal and should include a substitution of the publication date with either "Unpublished results" or "Personal communication" Citation of a reference as "in press" implies that the item has been accepted for publication. Text: Citations in the text should follow the referencing style used by the American Psychological Association. You are referred to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Fifth Edition, ISBN 1-55798-790-4, copies of which may be ordered from http://www.apa.org/books/4200061.html or APA Order Dept., P.O.B. 2710, Hyattsville, MD 20784, USA or APA, 3 Henrietta Street, London, WC3E 8LU, UK. Details concerning this referencing style can also be found at http://linguistics.byu.edu/faculty/henrichsenl/apa/apa01.html

List: References should be arranged ?rst alphabetically and then further sorted chronologically if necessary. More than one reference from the same author(s) in the same year must be identi?ed by the letters "a", "b", "c", etc., placed after the year of publication.
Examples:
Reference to a journal publication:
Van der Geer, J., Hanraads, J. A. J., & Lupton R. A. (2000). The art of writing a scientific article. Journal of Scientific Communications, 163, 51-59.

Reference to a book: Strunk, W. Jr., & White, E. B. (1979). The elements of style. (3rd ed.). New York: Macmillan, (Chapter 4).
Reference to a chapter in an edited book:
Mettam, G. R., & Adams, L. B. (1994). How to prepare an electronic version of your article. In B. S. Jones, & R. Z. Smith (Eds.), Introduction to the electronic age (pp. 281-304). New York: E-Publishing Inc.

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9. Proofs: One set of page proofs in PDF format will be sent by e-mail to the corresponding author (if we do not have an e-mail address then paper proofs will be sent by post). Elsevier now sends PDF proofs which can be annotated; for this you will need to download Adobe Reader version 7 available free from http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html. Instructions on how to annotate PDF files will accompany the proofs. The exact system requirements are given at the Adobe site: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/acrrsystemreqs.html#70win If you do not wish to use the PDF annotations function, you may list the corrections (including replies to the Query Form) and return to Elsevier in an e-mail. Please list your corrections quoting line number. If, for any reason, this is not possible, then mark the corrections and any other comments (including replies to the Query Form) on a printout of your proof and return by fax, or scan the pages and e-mail, or by post. Please use this proof only for checking the typesetting, editing, completeness and correctness of the text, tables and figures. Significant changes to the article as accepted for publication will only be considered at this stage with permission from the Editor. We will do everything possible to get your article published quickly and accurately. Therefore, it is important to ensure that all of your corrections are sent back to us in one communication: please check carefully before replying, as inclusion of any subsequent corrections cannot be guaranteed. Proofreading is solely your responsibility. Note that Elsevier may proceed with the publication of your article if no response is received.

10. Author enquiries: For enquiries relating to the submission of articles (including electronic submission where available) please visit this journal's homepage at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/neuropsychologia. You can track accepted articles at http://www.elsevier.com/trackarticle and set up e-mail alerts to inform you of when an article's status has changed, as well as copyright information, frequently asked questions and more. Contact details for questions arising after acceptance of an article, especially those relating to proofs, are provided after registration of an article for publication.

11. Offprints: The corresponding author, at no cost, will be provided with free e-offprints, in the form a PDF file of the article, via e-mail. The PDF file is a watermarked version of the published article and includes a cover sheet with the journal cover image and a disclaimer outlining the terms and conditions of use.

Additional paper offprints can be ordered by the authors. An order form with prices will be sent to the corresponding author.

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