Call for Papers: “Task Switching”
A Topical Issue of the Zeitschrift für Psychologie
During the last two decades, task switching has become a major methodological tool for the examination of cognitive control processes. This research area has now matured and has already inspired review articles in leading journals. Yet, despite this research effort, cognitive control processes in task switching have remained elusive, and there is still a large number of controversial research issues. The aim of this topical issue of the Zeitschrift für Psychologie on “Task Switching” is to highlight some of these controversial topics. This may include both state-of-the-art reviews that are focused on a specific and well-defined aspect of task switching (also in the form of a meta-analysis) and original empirical contributions to such topics.
Manuscript submissions, which may include both cognitive and neuroscience aspects of task switching, may cover research questions such as:
- –The role of cue processing in task switching.
- –Involuntary response activation (e.g., congruency effects).
- –Response repetition effects.
- –Inhibitory processes.
- –Applications of task switching procedures.
Submission
The topical issue invites submissions of empirical and theoretical papers dedicated to task switching. We invite scholars to submit contributions electronically to:
Iring Koch (mailto:koch@psych.
Marcel Brass (mailto:marcel.
For additional information, please contact either of the two guest editors.
There is a two-stage submissions process. Initially, authors are requested to submit only abstracts of their proposed papers. Authors invited to submit full papers should then do so. All papers will undergo full peer review.
- Deadline for submission of abstracts is January 15, 2012.
- Deadline for submission of full papers is May 15, 2012.
The journal seeks to maintain a short turnaround time, with the final version of the accepted papers being due by September 15, 2012. The topical issue will be published as Issue 1 (2013).
The Zeitschrift für Psychologie was founded in 1890 and is the second oldest psychology journal in the world. One of the founding editors was Hermann Ebbinghaus. Since 2007 it is published in English and is devoted to publishing topical issues that provide state-of-the-art reviews of current research in psychology.
Guidelines for Article Preparation
- –Only English-language submissions can be considered.
- –Contributions must be original (not published previously or currently under review for publication elsewhere).
- –Regular articles should not exceed 45,000 characters and spaces in length, including references, figures, and tables (allowances for figures and tables should be deducted on the basis of size – approximately 1,250 characters for a quarter-page figure/table).
- –Other submission formats (research summaries, opinion pieces, etc.) may be considered, please contact the editors for details.
- –Reference citations in the text and in the reference list should be in accordance with the principles set out in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.) – see also any recent issue of the journal.
For detailed author guidelines, please see the journal’s website at www.hogrefe.com/journals/zfp/.
