INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS

The journal "Cognition, Brain, Behavior. An Interdisciplinary Journal" publishes five types of articles:

(1) Theoretical and experimental studies, which are trying to detect regularities or to explain different phenomena through experimental methods or theoretical analyses. Other types of investigations are also accepted, if they satisfy the standards of a rigorous methodology;

(2) Applied research (e.g., new diagnosis or treatment methods, technological applications) which improve practice;

(3) Metaanalyses and reviews, reflecting the cumulative character and the current state of research in a special area;

(4) Comments and interviews. Innovative articles of special interest may be submitted to multiple peer commentary and a rebuttal by the author may be also published. Interviews are devoted to outstanding scientific personalities;

(5) Reviews of influential books and articles.

PUBLICATION

Submit three copies of the manuscripts to the following address: 400015, 37 Republicii St., Cluj-Napoca. After the final acceptance of the article, an electronic version is also requested (e-mail: Aceasta adresa de e-mail este protejata impotriva spamului, JavaScript trebuie activat ca a putea vizualiza pagina. ). The latest versions of Microsoft Word, IBM compatible, are recommended for text editing. The first page of the electronic format should contain author’s name, the title of the article, the date, the software used and its version.

Tables, graphs, diagrams or photographs should accompany the typescript and should be on separate sheets, or files (graphic format Microsoft Word or one of the followings: TIFF, EPS or PICT) and they should be referred to in the text. They should be marked consecutively in the order in which they appear in the text.

References quoted in the text should be written according to APA publication standards, e.g.:

Howell, D.C. (1987). Statistical methods for psychology. Boston: Kent.

Roediger, H.L., Rajaram, S., & Srinivas, K. (1990). Specifying criteria for postulating memory systems. In A. Diamond (Ed.), The Development and Neural Bases of Higher Cognitive Functions, New York: The New York Academy of Sciences.

Mowday, R.T., Steers, R.M., & Porter, L.W. (1979). The measurement of organizational commitment. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 14, 224-247.

MANUSCRIPTS

Manuscripts should follow the publication standards at use in the field (e.g. for psychology "Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association", fourth ed.). All manuscripts should be clear and readable.

Articles type (1)-(3) should be of maximum 30 pages, 1.5 lines spaced. Authors should provide a justification if the submission is longer. Comments and interviews cannot exceed 10 pages, whereas for book reviews there is a limit of 6 pages. Theoretical and experimental studies, applied research, and metaanalysis must also include at the beginning of the manuscript: a title in English, an abstract in English containing an approximately 120 words and a maximum of 5 keywords in English.

Referees. Submitted manuscripts will be reviewed by scientists at editors' request; the referees will not know the identity of the author. The title of the article, author's name, complete address and affiliations should be confined to a removable front page and they should not be referred anywhere else in the manuscript. Any article is accepted for publication only on the basis of referees reports.

COPYRIGHT

The editorial board protects copyright according to the law. One must secure from the editorial board and the author permission to reproduce a text of more than 500 words. Authors receive 3 copies of the paper free.

TEMPLATE FOR ARTICLES TO BE SUBMITTED FOR PUBLICATION

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