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| | | (To facilitate the formatting of the submission according to the guidelines illustrated in the following paragraphs, authors may use a style guide and attached template. The template and related instructions, as well as a downloadable copy of the present guidelines can be found among 'Material') Each contribution must be completed with up to five keywords, author's contact information and abstract. Reference format must follow the American Psychological Association standards, including when electronic resources are quoted. Acronyms should be spelled out. | | | | | | | | ABSTRACTS | | | Abstracts for Empirical Studies:
Abstracts of an empirical study are generally about 100-120 words. They include the following information: - problem under investigation (in one sentence) - pertinent characteristics of subjects (number, type, age, sex, and genus and species) - experimental method, including apparatus, data-gathering procedures, complete test names, and complete generic names and the dosage and routes of administration of any drugs (particularly if the drugs are novel or important to the study) - findings, including statistical significance levels - conclusions and implications or applications.
Abstracts for Review/Theoretical Articles:
Abstracts for review or theoretical articles are generally about 75-100 words. They include the following information: - the topic in one sentence - purpose, thesis, or organizing construct and the scope (comprehensive or selective) of the article - sources used (e.g., personal observation, published literature) - conclusions. Top of the page | | | | TABLES AND FIGURES | | | Tables and figures should be used only when they can present information more effectively than in running text. Care should be taken to insure that tables can be effectively presented .pdf format. Legends should be at the bottom of each table (Arial 11pt bold). They should be provided as separate files, with the specification of the point in the text in which they are to be inserted. They should be numbered in series and all legends should be included at the bottom of each figure (Arial 11pt bold). Please review all figures after converting to GIF or JPEG format to ensure that they are readable. Colors can be used; however, authors should take into account that if the material is printed, colors will be translated into grayscale. Top of the page | | | | PHOTOGRAPHS | | | Photographs can be accommodated as separate GIF or JPEG files; authors should carefully crop images prior to saving as files. Remember that the smaller and fewer GIFs or JPEGs in the paper, the more quickly the paper can be downloaded. Top of the page | | | VIDEOCLIPS | | | The preferred format and size of videos are the following: mpeg,2-5 MegaByteS Top of the page | | | | FORMULAE AND EQUATIONS | | | Mathematical equations should be arranged to fill the width of a single column. Subscripts and especially superscripts (i.e. exponents) should be written with care. All signs such as +, -, =, <, or > should be spaced, but the components of mathematical products should not be spaced. Do not use multiple lines unnecessarily. In order to avoid errors, it is important that all formula matter be carefully arranged with special attention paid to correctness of symbols, location of subscripts and superscripts. Note that we would prefer any complex equation to be rendered as a GIF or JPEG image. Top of the page | | | | COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL | | | Authors who want to make use of artwork already published are required by copyright law to ask the owner of the copyright (usually the publisher) for permission to do so. Please be careful to assign proper credit; for example, in the legend of a figure "...from (reference); reproduced by permission of...." If any verbatim quotations of text amount to more than a few words, the same procedure should be followed. If authors use material from their own published work, permission must be obtained from the publisher. If an article is accepted for publication the author must provide the copyright permissions for already published material. If the author receives permissions faxed from the permission grantor, (s)he may fax or mail these permissions to us. Video: video can be provided as separate files, 2-5 MegaByte size and mpeg format; authors should specify where in the text of their manuscript they wish to place the link to the video. Before submitting your paper to PsychNology Journal, please be sure to proofread and spell check your article. Top of the page |
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