Psychological Research - Psychological Research celebrates 100 years in Publication!

Special Issue on 100 years Psychologische Forschung/ Psychological Research edited by Bernhard Hommel

Special Issue on Concrete constraints on abstract concepts edited by Anna M. Borghi, Samuel Shaki and Martin H. Fischer

Psychological Research released its first issue in January, 1922. It began as a German Publication entitled Psychologische Forschung, and the current title "Psychological Research" wasn't established until 1974.

Celebrate the 100 Year Anniversary with us in Volume 86, Issue 8 of Psychological Research. Enjoy Free Access through December 31st, 2023 on the following articles:

100 years Psychologische Forschung/Psychological Research (this opens in a new tab)

Bernhard Hommel

From Psychologische Forschung to psychological research: a rough journey through a century (this opens in a new tab)

Herbert Heuer

Theoretical psychology: discursive transformations and continuity in Psychological Research/Psychologische Forschung (this opens in a new tab)

Alexander Nicolai Wendt & Uwe Wolfradt

Associations do not energize behavior: on the forgotten legacy of Kurt Lewin (this opens in a new tab)

Andreas B. Eder & David Dignath

A neglected pioneer of psychology: Otto Selz’s contribution to the psychology of thinking and the dispute with Gestalt psychologists in Psychological Research/Psychologische Forschung (this opens in a new tab)

Robert W. Proctor & K. Richard Ridderinkhof

Correction to: A neglected pioneer of psychology: Otto Selz’s contribution to the psychology of thinking and the dispute with Gestalt psychologists in Psychological Research/Psychologische Forschung (this opens in a new tab)

Robert W. Proctor & K. Richard Ridderinkhof

Concrete constraints on abstract concepts—editorial (this opens in a new tab)

Anna M. Borghi; Samuel Shaki; Martin H. Fischer

Abstract concepts: external influences, internal constraints, and methodological issues (this opens in a new tab)

Anna M. Borghi; Samuel Shaki; Martin H. Fischer

Grounding (fairly) complex numerical knowledge: an educational example (this opens in a new tab)

Martin H. Fischer; Arthur M. Glenberg; Korbinian Moeller & Samuel Shaki

Embodiment and learning of abstract concepts (such as algebraic topology and regression to the mean) (this opens in a new tab)

Arthur M. Glenberg

Thematic and other semantic relations central to abstract (and concrete) concepts (this opens in a new tab)

Melissa Troyer & Ken McRae

Are metaphors embodied? The neural evidence (this opens in a new tab)

Rutvik H. Desai

Is justice grounded? How expertise shapes conceptual representation of institutional concepts (this opens in a new tab)

Caterina Villani; Stefania D’Ascenzo; Anna M. Borghi; Corrado Roversi; Mariagrazia Benassi & Luisa Lugli

Words have a weight: language as a source of inner grounding and flexibility in abstract concepts (this opens in a new tab)

Guy Dove; Laura Barca; Luca Tummolini; Anna M. Borghi

The inside of me: interoceptive constraints on the concept of self in neuroscience and clinical psychology (this opens in a new tab)

Alessandro Monti; Giuseppina Porciello; Maria Serena Panasiti & Salvatore Maria Aglioti

Heterogenous abstract concepts: is “ponder” different from “dissolve”? (this opens in a new tab)

Emiko J. Muraki; David M. Sidhu; Penny M. Pexman

A robot that counts like a child: a developmental model of counting and pointing (this opens in a new tab)

Leszek Pecyna; Angelo Cangelosi; Alessandro Di Nuovo

Images of the unseen: extrapolating visual representations for abstract and concrete words in a data-driven computational model (this opens in a new tab)

Fritz Günther; Marco Alessandro Petilli; Alessandra Vergallito & Marco Marelli

Modelling concrete and abstract concepts using brain-constrained deep neural networks (this opens in a new tab)

Malte R. Henningsen-Schomers; Friedemann Pulvermüller

Time course of brain activity during the processing of motor- and vision-related abstract concepts: flexibility and task dependency (this opens in a new tab)

Marcel Harpaintner; Natalie M. Trumpp & Markus Kiefer

Please also enjoy temporary Free Access on the following two Editor’s Choice Historical Articles:

Fifty volumes of Psychological Research/Psychologische Forschung. The history and present status of the journal (this opens in a new tab). 

Eckart Scheerer 

Psychological research from 1986 to 1995 (this opens in a new tab).

J. Engelkamp