Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Change Journal

December, 2008
Volume 12, Issue 12

Volume 12, Issue 12

Editorial Team

Editor
Stavroula Kousta
Content Development Editor
Patrick Wilken
Executive Editor, Neuroscience
Katja Brose
Production Editor
Ellie Carr
Editorial Assistant
Damien Robertson
Illustrations and Design
Lara Crow
Mat McCutcheon
Philip Patenall
Neill Sharp

Advisory Editorial Board

R. Adolphs
R.Baillargeon
D.J. Chalmers
N. Chater
J.D. Cohen
J. Driver
A.K. Engel
S. Fiske
R.M. French
A.D. Friederici
M.A. Goodale
M.D. Hauser
R. Jackendoff
P. Johnson-Laird
C. Koch, Caltech
S. Kosslyn
N.K. Logothetis
J.L. McClelland
L. Nadel
S. Pinker
Z. Pylyshyn
T.W. Robbins
S. Shamma
A. Wagner
V. Walsh
D.M. Wolpert

Articles of Interest in Other Journals

Trends in Neurosciences
Genetic basis of human brain evolution
Eric J. Vallender, Nitzan Mekel-Bobrov, Bruce T. Lahn

Trends in Ecology & Evolution
Social and individual learning of helping in humans and other species
Laurent Lehmann, Kevin R. Foster, Elhanan Borenstein, Marcus W. Feldman

Neuron
Musically Speaking
Robert Zatorre

Neuron
The Law and Neuroscience
Michael S. Gazzaniga

About Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Essential reading for those working directly in the cognitive sciences or in related specialist areas, Trends in Cognitive Sciences provides an instant overview of current thinking for scientists, students and teachers who want to keep up with the latest developments in the cognitive sciences. The journal brings together research in psychology, artificial intelligence, linguistics, philosophy, computer science and neuroscience. Trends in Cognitive Sciences provides a platform for the interaction of these disciplines and the evolution of cognitive science as an independent field of study.

Instructions to Authors

Articles for Trends in Cognitive Sciences are generally commissioned by the Editor, but proposals for articles are welcome. Prospective authors should submit an abstract (120 words) plus a cover letter (two pages maximum) outlining what will be discussed in the article plus up to 20 key references via our online submission site. Full details can be found at http://www.editorialmanager.com/tics/. Full length manuscripts cannot be submitted via this site without prior consultation with the Editor. Authors should note that all articles in Trends in Cognitive Sciences are peer-reviewed, and commissioning does not guarantee publication.

Update

This section contains Letters and Book Reviews: Letters usually discuss a recent article in TICS or, very occasionally, a matter of general interest. Letters should be no more than 400-500 words long with a maximum of 10 references. Where letters discuss a TICS article, the author of that article will normally be invited to reply, thereby providing a forum for debate within the journal. Book Reviews are small opinion pieces or mini-reviews of subject areas, in which the TICS author uses the book as a framework for discussing the field.

Opinion

Opinion articles present a personal viewpoint of a field or research-related subject. They can cover timely controversial topics or debates, provide a new interpretation of an old problem or current issue, or speculate in depth on the implications of some recently published research or data. Opinion articles aim to stimulate debate rather than provide a comprehensive review of a topic.

Review

Review articles are invited from leading researchers in a specific field. These articles offer a balanced account of newly emerging or rapidly progressing fields, and provide a guide to the most relevant recent literature and indication of future research. Together with Opinion articles, these form the core of each monthly issue.