Steven Paul Woods

Neuropsychology's current impact factor falls in the top 25% of all clinical psychology journals (41 of 185).

Want to join Neuropsychology's 2026 editorial board? Check out the details in our open call for applications below. And feel free to contact me with any questions.

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Check out our editorial team’s vision for Neuropsychology in the coming years!

Neuropsychology's 2024 impact factor has risen to 3.0 (5-yr = 3.1). Our JCI (normalized for field, article type, and year) is now .91. All good reasons to send us your next paper, esp with a median time to 1st decision of only 27 days! @apajournals.bsky.social

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Autism spectrum disorders are popular among Neuropsychology's readers, making up of 3 of the top 10 most downloaded papers in the past 3 mo.

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Neuropsychology is particularly interested in articles that address everyday functioning, cultural factors, social determinants of health, brain health, and transdiagnostic constructs. Learn more & submit your manuscript to the journal: bit.ly/3ZfJeBt @stevenpaulwoods.bsky.social #neuroskyence

Check out new papers on sleep, digital assessment, decision-making, mind-wandering, the spacing effect, and executive functions in the July 2025 issue of Neuropsychology.

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Neuropsychology's updated aims are now live. The new aims honor the journal's rich history and introduce fresh areas of emphasis, including culture/social factors, everyday functioning, transdiagnostic constructs, and open science. www.apa.org/pubs/journal... @apajournals.bsky.social

Neuropsychology offers quick editorial decisions. Over the past 6 mo, the median time to 1st decision is 46 days (range 21-87) for papers sent for external review and 1 day (range 1-5) for desk rejections. Submit your next paper to NEU: www.apa.org/pubs/journal...

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Brains are pretty cool (p<.05). Neuropsychology is seeking a paid consulting Associate Editor who enjoys the quantitative aspects of brain-behavior relationships. Come join our editorial team! Learn more and apply here: www.apa.org/pubs/journal... @apajournals.bsky.social

Do you like brains and stats? Neuropsychology is offering a new, paid consulting Associate Editor position for someone with expertise in the quantitative aspects of brain-behavior relationships. Hit me up for the pre-release details.

A hard habit to break: Hennessy et al. take a look at the cognitive aspects of habitual responding in older adults in the May issue of Neuropsychology. doi.org/10.1037/neu0.... @apajournals.bsky.social

Special issue editorial: Promoting cognitive health in LGBTQIA+ clinical neuropsychology Published in The Clinical Neuropsychologist (Ahead of Print, 2025)

Anthony Correro & I led a special issue w/ The Clinical Neuropsychologist. We highlight key LGBTQIA+ research: 1) Foundational efforts, 2) Pediatric neuropsychology for transgender & gender diverse youth living with autism, 3) Lifespan & adult neuropsychology www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Curious about how to become a peer reviewer for psychology journals? APA has you covered: www.apa.org/pubs/journal... Curious about how to become a peer reviewer for Neuropsychology? Reach out to me directly!

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How might AI change our brains?
Neuropsychology's readers were very interested in this question, which was posed in this frequently downloaded 2024 paper from Leon-Dominguez. @apajournals.bsky.social

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How do executive functions develop during adolescence? Boelema et al. give us some clues in their article, which is among the top 10 most downloaded papers by NEU readers in recent months. doi.org/10.1037/neu0... @apajournals.bsky.social

Do the cognitive benefits of multilingualism vary by education level? Petrosyan et al. take a careful look at this important question in a large sample of adults in India. @neuropsycharce.bsky.social @apajournals.bsky.social

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Meet the Authors: A Neuropsychology Podcast Meet the Authors is a podcast brought to you by a collaboration between the Society for Clinical Neuropsychology (APA Division 40) and the journal, "Neuropsychology." In this podcast, host Dr. Scott S...

Want an insider’s perspective on science in clinical neuropsychology? @apadivision40.bsky.social and Dr. Scott Sperling bring an article from each issue of Neuropsychology to life in their "Meet the Authors" podcast. Check it out: tinyurl.com/MTA-PedCogRes @apajournals.bsky.social

How can we boost memory in older adults with lower executive functions? Chang et al. look for answers at the intersection of encoding strategy and social context in the March issue of Neuropsychology. doi.org/10.1037/neu0... @apajournals.bsky.social

How robust is your social network? It may matter for some cognitive functions, as detailed in this Neuropsychology study of people in rural India (DOI: 10.1037/neu0000971) that was featured in this month's APA Monitor.

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Where can neuropsychologists find culturally appropriate measures of social cognition? Farran and colleagues provide some guidance in a systematic review in the Feb 2025 issue of Neuropsychology. doi.org/10.1037/neu0... @apajournals.bsky.social

Did you know the reason some children with #ADHD struggle with math has more to do with their neurocognitive vulnerabilities in working memory and short-term memory than with overt ADHD symptoms? Check out this #Top10 most-read article of 2024: bit.ly/42T3yv0 #neuropsych

Neuropsychology's Feb 2025 issue coming in hot, including a really well-designed study on the comparability of home-based teleneuropsychology and in-person evaluations from Haebich et al. @apajournals.bsky.social

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Do Black lives matter to clinical neuropsychologists? An introduction to a special issue Published in The Clinical Neuropsychologist (Vol. 36, No. 2, 2022)

Clinical neuropsychologists reflecting on Black history this month are likely to agree that representation matters for brain health. Yet our scientific publishing practices still fall short of our field's stated principles of justice. We can do better.

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How do cognitive ability and cognitive symptoms change as we get older? Neuropsychology's readers were apparently quite curious about these trajectories, as detailed in this frequently downloaded paper by Yam et al. doi.org/10.1037/neu0... @apajournals.bsky.social

Can wearable tech tools accurately assess working memory in the daily lives of older adults? Schmitter-Edgecombe et al. tackle this question in the Jan 2025 issue of Neuropsychology. @apajournals.bsky.social

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How do social activities map onto cognition in Black Americans? Hamlin et al. (2022; Neuropsychology) examined this important question and call for improvement in how we measure culturally-relevant social activities. @apajournals.bsky.social

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In 2024, Neuropsychology's readers asked: Which neurocognitive domains are affected in persons with schizophrenia? A 1998 meta-analysis on this topic by Heinrichs & Zakzanis was the journal's most downloaded article in 2024 (and has been cited 2015 times to date).

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Why do some children with ADHD struggle with math? Gaye and colleagues explore the role of working memory in their study published in Neuropsychology, which was among the top 10 downloaded papers from APA in 2024.

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Oh man, so sorry to hear this, JBr. Hugs to you and your fam.