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Use when deciding whether a cognition project fits Cognitive Psychology (Elsevier) and what contribution shape to target. The journal favors longer, integrative, model-driven work that produces a substantial theoretical advance — not a single isolated effect. Frames the question and the model-or-theory payoff; it does not collect data.

When to use

• Choosing among possible projects or framings for Cognitive Psychology
• Deciding whether the contribution needs a formal model, more experiments, or both
• Placing a modeling or review project
• Pressure-testing fit before investing
• Addressing feedback that work feels 'one effect' or 'atheoretical'

When not to use

• Collecting data
• Short-report journals
• Single isolated effects without theoretical payoff

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