The Journal of Mathematical Psychology publishes research articles, monographs and reviews, notes and comments, and book
reviews in all areas of mathematical and theoretical psychology. Empirical research directly relevant to theoretical questions within
psychology is welcome. Papers on fundamental measurement and on mathematical models, such as those based on connectionist, other neural
network, or information processing concepts, continue to be of special interest to the journal. Also welcome are theoretical work and
empirical research bearing on models in such areas as animal behavior, artificial intelligence and computer simulation of psychological
processes, decision theory, human factors and human computer interaction, learning and memory, motivational dynamics, problem solving,
psycholinguistics, psychophysics, psychometrics (if the work bears on the explication of psychological concepts or process models), and
sensation and perception.
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are no submission fees or page charges. Each manuscript should be accompanied by a letter outlining the basic findings of the paper and
their significance.
Research articles, monographs, and reviews will be reviewed by an appropriate member of the Board of Editors
who will select at least two additional referees to assist him or her. Ordinarily, a note or comment will be reviewed by at least one
referee although the Editor may act on these unilaterally. Referees have the option of remaining anonymous to authors. Board members
will correspond directly with the authors of manuscripts that require revision prior to acceptance. Rejected manuscripts and final acceptance
of manuscripts, however, will be handled by the Editor, Dr. Jerome R. Busmeyer. An article will not be considered in press until the
author receives a letter so stating for the Editor. Book reviews will be solicited and handled by Dr. Richard A. Chechile.
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Original papers only will be considered. Manuscripts are accepted for review with the understanding that no substantial portion of the
study has been published or is under consideration for publication elsewhere and that its submission for publication has been approved
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Manuscripts should be double-spaced throughout. Authors are requested to follow the instructions given in the latest edition
of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. Certain modifications are listed below. Pages should be
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The title page(p. 1) should contain the article title, authors' names and
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The abstract (p. 2) must be a single paragraph that summarizes the main findings of the paper in less than
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full rather than abbreviated. Only articles that have been published or are in press should be included in the references. Unpublished
results or personal communications should be cited as such in the text.
Doner, J. (1999). Dipole information complementarity in
discrete 2D patterns. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 43, 355-393.
Levy, W. B. (1990). A computational approach to
hippocampal function. In R. D. Hawkins & G. H. Bower (Eds.), Computational models of learning in simple neural systems (pp.
243-305). San Diego: Academic Press.
Suppes, P., Krantz, D. H., Luce, R. D., & Tversky, A. (1990). Foundations of measurement
(Vol. II). New York: Academic Press.
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