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Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience

Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience focuses on behavior and brain processes in humans, encompassing normal function as well as brain injuries and disorders. It is an official publication of The Psychonomic Society and publishes strongly psychologically motivated studies of brain–behavior relationships, including primary research, theoretical, and review articles on perception, attention, memory, language, problem solving, reasoning, decision-making, emotional processes, motivation, reward prediction, affective states, and individual differences.

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Subject Behavioral Sciences, Neurosciences
Impact Factor 2.7
Quartile Q2
Open Access Type Hybrid
ISSN 1530-7026
eISSN 1531-135X
Invitation Only No
Cost Range Open access APC: £2390.00 GBP / $3290.00 USD / €2690.00 EUR; subscription publishing: no APC.

Submission Instructions

Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience accepts the following article types. Click on an article type to view submission instructions.

Research Articles

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract Abstract must not exceed 250 words.
Manuscript Manuscript should be divided into sections and, if appropriate, subsections according to APA style. Manuscript must contain a Declarations section, include an Open Practices Statement immediately before the References section, include a disclosure statement, and include a Data Availability Statement stating what data are available, where they can be found, and any access conditions.
References Citations must conform to APA style.
Figures & Tables Figures can be embedded in the body of the text in submitted manuscripts. Figures must be designed according to APA style.
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Tutorial Reviews

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract Abstract must not exceed 250 words.
Manuscript Manuscript should be divided into sections and, if appropriate, subsections according to APA style. Manuscript must include a Declarations section, an Open Practices Statement immediately before the references, a significance statement of fewer than 100 words, a disclosure statement, and a statement of responsibility specifying each author's contribution.
References Tutorial Reviews should include an extensive bibliography. Citations must conform to APA style.
Figures & Tables Figures can be embedded in the body of the text in submitted manuscripts. Figures must be designed according to APA style.
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Registered Reports

Cover Letter An initial submission must include a cover letter explaining why the submission is appropriate as a Registered Report and attesting that the required points are addressed, ethics and other necessary approvals are in place, and funding is available to start the research immediately upon approval, and the final submission must include a cover letter certifying that data were collected only after journal approval. The cover letter must explain why the submission is appropriate as a Registered Report, attest that the required points have been addressed, confirm ethics and other necessary approvals and immediate funding, and for the final submission certify that data collection began only after journal approval.
Abstract An abstract is required. The abstract must not exceed 250 words.
Manuscript Registered Reports are limited to 3000 words of main body text plus figures. The initial submission must include a background section describing the theory under investigation and specific hypotheses, and a proposed method section specifying all independent and dependent variables, statistical power, a clear stopping rule, and planned data analysis procedures including rules for data elimination. The manuscript must include a Declarations section, an Open Practices Statement immediately before the references, a significance statement of fewer than 100 words, a plan for making raw data publicly available, brief reporting of previous related experiments by the authors, and final manuscripts must describe and justify any post-hoc analyses.
References Citations must conform to APA style.
Figures & Tables Figures can be embedded in the body of the text in submitted manuscripts. Figures must be designed according to APA style.
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Replications

Cover Letter A cover letter is required for Replications at initial submission and again at final submission. The initial cover letter must explain why the submission is appropriate as a Replication and attest that the required points have been addressed, ethics and other necessary approvals are in place, and funding is available to start immediately upon approval, while the final cover letter must certify that data for the registered experiment were collected only after journal approval.
Abstract An abstract is required. The abstract must not exceed 250 words.
Manuscript The initial submission must include a background section describing the theory under investigation and specific hypotheses, and the completed experiment must be reported as originally approved with any unforeseen methodological or analytical changes clearly noted. The manuscript must include a Declarations section, an Open Practices Statement immediately before the References, a statement of significance of fewer than 100 words, a brief report of previous related experiments by the authors, specification of all independent and dependent variables, statistical power, a clear stopping rule, planned data analysis procedures including data elimination rules, a plan for making raw data publicly available, and justification of all post-hoc analyses.
References Citations must conform to APA style.
Figures & Tables Figures may be embedded in the body of the submitted manuscript. Figures must be designed according to APA style.
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Brief Reports

Cover Letter A cover letter is required. Cover letter must explain why the submission is appropriate as a Brief Report.
Abstract An abstract is required. Abstract must not exceed 250 words.
Manuscript Main body text is limited to 3000 words, excluding figures. Manuscript should be divided into sections and, if appropriate, subsections according to APA style. Manuscript must include a statement of significance of fewer than 100 words, a Declarations section, an Open Practices Statement immediately before the References, and documentation of any Large Language Model use in the Methods section or another suitable section if no Methods section is available.
References Citations must conform to APA style. References should follow APA style and include the DOI where possible.
Figures & Tables Figures can be embedded in the body of the text in submitted manuscripts. Figures must be designed according to APA style and color figures should remain interpretable in grayscale insofar as possible.
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Recent Publications

Frustrative nonreward engages midfrontal theta power and modulates effort expenditure

Nellia Bellaert, Federico Cassioli, Wan-Ling Tseng, Mandy Rossignol

10.3758/s13415-026-01499-x
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Correction: Age and culture modulate object processing and object–scene binding in the ventral visual area

Joshua O. Goh, Michael W. Chee, Jiat Chow Tan, Vinod Venkatraman, Andrew Hebrank, Eric D. Leshikar, Lucas Jenkins, Bradley P. Sutton, Angela H. Gutchess, Denise C. Park

10.3758/s13415-026-01500-7
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Parental brain responses to own and unknown children’s emotional facial expressions: An fMRI study

Katrin Preckel, Angelika Johanna Bracher, Lara MC Puhlmann, Georg von Polier, Lars O. White, Pascal Vrticka

10.3758/s13415-026-01496-0
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Correction: Evaluating the neural dynamics of affective and cognitive empathy: Insights from a within-subjects experimental design and mass univariate analysis

Seth B. Winward, Roxane J. Itier

10.3758/s13415-026-01498-y
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Decoding representations of personally familiar others in the default mode network

Taylor D. Guthrie, Aussie D. Frost, Robert S. Chavez

10.3758/s13415-026-01495-1
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Frequently asked questions

How long does it take to publish?

Brief Reports are intended to facilitate rapid publication. Registered Reports approved at the initial stage require submission of the final manuscript with results within one year of initial acceptance.

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Is a cover letter required?

A cover letter is encouraged for newly submitted manuscripts. A cover letter to the Editor should explain why a Brief Report is appropriate. Registered Reports or Replications require a cover letter explaining suitability for the format, and the cover letter must attest to required approvals and readiness to start the research immediately on approval; the final submission must also include a certification cover letter.

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What are the publication costs?

Open access APC: £2390.00 GBP / $3290.00 USD / €2690.00 EUR. Subscription publishing has no APC.

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Research Topics

Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies Memory and Neural Mechanisms Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes Neural dynamics and brain function Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Face Recognition and Perception EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces Mental Health Research Topics Action Observation and Synchronization Stress Responses and Cortisol Memory Processes and Influences Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism Behavioral Health and Interventions Visual perception and processing mechanisms Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior Multisensory perception and integration Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior Neuroscience and Music Perception Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control Reading and Literacy Development Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Child and Animal Learning Development Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments

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