Cognitive Processing - Call for Papers: Special Issue on Cognitive Economics

Guest Editors: Isabelle Brocas, University of Southern California

Paul Glimcher, New York University

Glenn W. Harrison, Georgia State University

Submission deadline: January 30, 2026

Cognitive Processing is inaugurating a new section of the journal dedicated to Cognitive Economics, with the aim of emphasising innovative empirical or theoretical advances that rely on rigorous experimental and analytic methods drawn from across the main contributing disciplines of psychology, economics, and neuroscience / neuroeconomics. This responds to a shortage of journals where researchers in these disciplines read one another’s work and expect shared methodological standards that reflect what is most rigorous in each disciplinary culture.

As part of this launch, the Editors announce a Call for Papers for a Special Issue. The topic is cutting-edge approaches in the science of choice under uncertainty, including new experimental tasks, work with novel samples, innovative ways of incentivising subjects, or advances in statistical methods (econometric or psychometric) for incentivised experiments in the emerging constellation of cognitive economics. The purpose is to promote cross-disciplinary transfer of cutting-edge methods across the sciences that study both outcomes and mechanisms of choice under uncertainty.

Papers may focus on reports of empirical studies using advanced or innovative analytical methods; or theoretical work that extends the frontiers of econometrics or psychometrics for specific application to incentivised choice experiments (in the lab or the field). The publication format and the review process are designed to facilitate cross-disciplinary conversation. Contributions are welcome from economists, psychologists, neuroscientists, statisticians, social scientists, management scientists, and biologists. Papers may focus on work with humans or other species. We will ensure suitable interdisciplinary expert reviewing, and authors should indicate their primary disciplinary field to help guide reviewer recruitment to the Special Issue. Authors may list their names according to the convention of their discipline. Economist authors should include JEL codes.

For preparation of manuscripts and other information for authors, see https://link.springer.com/journal/10339/submission-guidelines

In addition to these general instructions, authors should indicate “Cognitive Economics” in the drop-down menu on topic sections, and specify in “Comments to Editors” that the submission is for the special issue.