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cogpsych-literature-positioning

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Use when positioning a Cognitive Psychology (Elsevier) manuscript against the field, especially against rival models and prior empirical programs. In a long-form, model-driven venue, positioning means showing what theoretical question your model adjudicates and why prior accounts fall short. Stakes the contribution against the right contrast class; it does not write the full literature review.

When to use

• Drafting the Introduction / theoretical framing
• Addressing reviewer feedback on incremental contribution
• Organizing large literature around theoretical questions
• Connecting model comparisons to broad cognitive questions
• Positioning integrative reviews around theoretical claims
• Framing replications around theoretical stakes

When not to use

• Writing the full literature review
• Creating a long chronological catalogue of studies
• Positioning against effects rather than theories

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