Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition
The journal was formerly titled the "Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Learning and Memory". In 1980, the editor of "Human Learning and Memory", Richard M. Shiffrin, announced that he intended to "broaden the scope of the journal to include a more general set of topics in human cognition", and that the journal would be renamed "Learning, Memory, and Cognition". The last issue of "Human Learning and Memory" was 1981 volume 7 issue 6. "Learning, Memory, and Cognition" started in 1982 as volume 8, issue 1. The journal is abstracted and indexed by MEDLINE/PubMed and the Social Sciences Citation Index. According to the "Journal Citation Reports", the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 3.051.
History
The Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by the American Psychological Association.