CALL FOR PAPERS
SPECIAL ISSUE ON INATTENTIONAL BLINDNESS
The online journal PSYCHE is soliciting commentaries and articles for a
special issue dedicated to issues raised by Arien Mack and Irvin Rock in
their book "Inattentional Blindness". In addition original papers that
focus in general on the role of attention in human consciousness will
also be considered for publication. PSYCHE is interested in submissions
from researchers in any relevant field, including philosophers,
psychologists, and biologists.
Our goal is to explore the importance of the study of selective attention
to a deeper understanding of conscious perception.
Commentaries in this special issue are tentatively scheduled to be
published in January 2000 to be followed by a reply by Arien Mack. The
first chapter of the book is available on the PSYCHE website at:
http://psyche.cs.monash.edu.au/v5/psyche-5-03-mack.html
Submissions are due by October 1, 1999. Our expectation is that we will
allot two months for review of manuscripts and another two months for
revisions if they are requested. All submissions will undergo a standard
review process (i.e. double-blind peer-review). Submissions should
follow American Psychological Association Style and should be in the
order of 2000 to 4000 words long. Please check the "Notes for Authors"
section of the PSYCHE website for additional formatting details. Longer
papers will be considered. Articles that are accepted will be published
in two formats: a plain ASCII version will be emailed directly to
PSYCHE's 2500 subscribers, and an HTML version -- which can contain
graphics, links to raw data, or even movies -- made available on the
PSYCHE website.
We expect this to be an exciting forum that will include commentaries
from individuals in philosophy, psychology, and the biological sciences.
We hope that you will consider our invitation to participate. If you are
interested in submitting a paper, please contact us as soon as possible.
best wishes,
Patrick Wilken
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Patrick Wilken http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~patrickw/
Editor: PSYCHE: An International Journal of Research on Consciousness
Board Member: The Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness
http://psyche.cs.monash.edu.au/ http://www.phil.vt.edu/ASSC/