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Drafts and polishes Cognitive Psychology (Elsevier) manuscripts — long-form, integrative articles weaving multiple experiments and a formal model into one continuous theoretical argument.
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Cognitive Psychology publishes **longer, integrative articles**, so the challenge is the opposite of a
Cognitive Psychology publishes longer, integrative articles, so the challenge is the opposite of a short-report journal: the danger is not the word limit but losing the argument across many experiments and a model. Writing well here means making a multi-experiment program plus a formal model read as one cumulative theoretical argument, in clear scientific prose with rigorous (APA-style) statistical reporting.
cogpsych-literature-positioning). The reader should know what is at stake
before Experiment 1.| Section | Job | Failure mode to avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction | question + rival accounts + contribution | chronological phenomenon history |
| Model (where introduced) | formalization + what each parameter means | a detached "the model" section nobody reads |
| Experiments 1..k | each adds inference, with a bridge | a flat list of independent studies |
| General Discussion | synthesis + theoretical advance + scope | restating each Results section |
For the recognition-memory program, the General Discussion turns three experiments into one claim:
Weak: "Experiment 1 found a linear z-ROC. Experiment 2 also found a linear
z-ROC. Experiment 3 found a linear z-ROC."
Strong: "Across three experiments engineered to make z-ROC shape diagnostic -
and after ruling out a list-composition confound (Exp 2) and testing a
further divergent prediction (Exp 3) - the z-ROC was reliably linear,
the qualitative signature UVSD predicts and DPSD forbids. The single
continuous-strength account is thus favored not by a fit index alone
but by a pattern the rival cannot produce."
【Theoretical claim front-loaded】question + rivals + contribution? [Y/N]
【Experiments cohere】each adds inference, with bridges? [Y/N]
【Model integrated】introduced where it explains, not appended? [Y/N]
【General Discussion】synthesis + advance + scope, not restatement? [Y/N]
【Reporting】effect sizes/intervals + model comparison + APA style? [Y/N]
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