JEP: Human Perception and Performance

6-panel plot showing adoption of Bayesian analyses for 6 psychology journals from different fields. Histograms show historical data from 2004 to 2024. Predictions from five-parameter logistic growth curve model with forecasts till 2044 are overlaid. Sample size for journals vary from 2009 to 3686. Use of Bayesian analyses is increasing in all journals and projected to level of at varying levels between 25% and 75%.

Probably a rhetorical questions, but I'll add the data anyway: We recently estimated—among other things—adoption of Bayesian analyses across different areas of psychology. The plots show the last 20 years and (rather simple) projections for the next 20 years.

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Saad, L., Hemmer, P., & Musolino, J. (2025). Evidence for individual differences in the temporal binding effect. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance. Advance online publication. doi.org/10.1037/xhp0...

Independent effects of valence and memorability in visual statistical learning.
Friedman-Oskar, Meital; Sahar, Tomer; Makovski, Tal; Okon-Singer, Hadas.
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Thank you to the 2025 IJE cohort who helped improve manuscripts this year via our pre-external review process!

Matthew O'Donohue: scholar.google.com.au/citations?us...
Marcell Székely: scholar.google.com/citations?hl...
Zekun Sun: zekun-sun.github.io

Finally, the 12th issue of the 50th anniversary series (tinyurl.com/ayb66xvs) reviews the JEP:HPP’s policies on research transparency and looks back at all the 27 articles in this series. Thanks everyone for reading and contributing!

In October, our anniversary articles (tinyurl.com/4k642p5x) feature a review by Shapiro and Raymond following on their 1992 original Attentional Blink paper and readers’ perspectives on links between action and perception and drift diffusion modeling. Happy Canadian Thanksgiving!

As of 2026, JEP:HPP will require authors to explicitly report how they detect or prevent AI contamination.
We won’t prescribe the solution - this evolves too fast. Instead, we’ll emphasize transparency and rely on peer review, as for all methodological choices.
Questions? Contact the Editor. (2/2)

Online studies have transformed psychology—bringing speed, scale, and diversity. But a growing challenge is bots and AI-generated responses that can threaten the integrity of our science.
That's why in 2026, JEP:HPP is making a change to raise awareness about this problem. (1/2)

Our Anniversary series continues! September issue features an invited review from Gordon Logan and readers’ perspectives on ambulatory locomotion and attentional control. Read them all here tinyurl.com/bddz5rmw.

A critical weakness of many great manuscripts is in explaining their theoretical impact. It isn't sufficient to explain what hasn't yet been explored; it needs to be clear what model/hypothesis/theory hinges upon your results! JEP:HPP requires strong tests of important theoretical hypotheses. (2/2)

Author tips! 😍

We thought we would start posting tips for increasing the chances of your manuscript satisfying editors and reviewers, starting with one of the most important: theoretical motivation! (1/2)

Have we solved the mystery of precrastination? | BPS New work tests the limits of our urge to tick tasks off our mental to-do list.

JEP:HPP research about precrastination covered here: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

The collated special 50th anniversary JEP:HPP edition is now available on the journal’s website tinyurl.com/yc2vxx3t.

All 50th anniversary articles (so far) are here: www.apa.org/pubs/journal...

The July 50th Anniversary issue includes a paper about rhythm and another bout music listening - enjoy!
psycnet.apa.org/PsycARTICLES...

It’s all about attention in June's 50th anniversary articles tinyurl.com/3ywt8zec!

‪@chris-olivers.bsky.social‬
‪@sauter.bsky.social‬

In May, our 50th Anniversary series features an invited review from Valenza et al, who trace the legacy of their seminal 1996 article, "Face preference at birth” and a readers’ perspective on perception of relations.
tinyurl.com/k2jmtbhw

… a second readers’ perspective in April:

Is beauty in the eye of a beholder? Grzywacz writes about how research from JEP:HPP has helped resolve this millennia old question.
(psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...).

April brings us two more 50th anniversary celebratory readers’ perspectives!

First, Oswald reflects on how work published in JEP:HPP helped to diversify the study of human perception and improve outcomes for marginalized groups
(psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202....

Also in March, in the 50th anniversary series:

A readers perspective by Martarelli @corimartarelli.bsky.social and Mast: The long-lasting legacy of early experimental studies in visual mental imagery (psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...).

Our 50th Anniversary article series continues!

Our March issue features an in-depth authoritative literature review from Zhang @hanzhang.bsky.social, York, and Jonides, Attentional capture by abrupt onsets: Foundations and emerging issues (psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...).

“… the currently available evidence for a perception–action dissociation from Garner interference is insufficient to support a ventral–dorsal dissociation.”

Open access article in our February issue: psycnet.apa.org/record/2025-...

1st Readers Perspective in the 50th Anniversary Series! Bernhard Hommel (psycnet.apa.org/record/2025-...) highlights how Coles, Gratton, Bashore, Eriksen, & Donchin (1985) (psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...) influenced our understanding of human information processing.

50th Anniversary series: February issue features a review from Baruch Fischhoff (psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...) on the legacy of his seminal 1975 JEP:HPP paper "Hindsight is not equal to foresight: The effect of outcome knowledge on judgment under uncertainty" (psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...).

Our junior editors help identify common issues before manuscripts go out to reviewers. Meet the amazing cohort from 2024!

Rafael Román-Caballero @rrarroca.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/k3fnxz5w
Elinor Abado
tinyurl.com/4ccud259
Alice Elizabeth Atkin @westcoastalice.bsky.social
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“…those who had no goals reported less self-efficacy after the task than those who had specific goals, and this was particularly true at lower task difficulty.

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One key insight from pre-external review:

Theoretical impact requires more than stating what we do not know yet, or even making predictions based on prior findings. Tell us what fundamentally depends on your work. What core assumptions or principles would shift based on your results?

Follow them here:
@aytckrby.bsky.social
@segoleneguerin.bsky.social

Our intern junior editors are early career researchers that join us for a 12-month contract. They gain valuable editing experience while making the review process more efficient for authors and editors. It's a win-win!

Meet our intern junior editors! In 2023 we introduced pre-external review so that authors could address common issues with submissions, saving everyone precious time. The original team:
Cynthia Tarlao
tinyurl.com/yc6dw434
Ségolène M. R. Guérin
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Aytac Karabay
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