Theoretical Analysis—analysis of theory as it explains and guides technology; as it illustrates how application research and experience calls for modification of basic theory; or as it explains why applied cognitive research is conducted or should be conducted.

Research Finding—analysis of a technology in the context of an experiment. This kind of analysis can be presented by a short report or as a detailed long report.

Product Review—analysis of a technology by reviewers who specialize in cognitive psychology.

Consumer Analysis—analysis of a technology by consumers, quantified and reported by a specialist in cognitive psychology. This kind of analysis can involve an analysis of responses of individual consumers or of the reactions of focus groups.

Book Review—analysis of a book that directly or indirectly is pertinent to those interested in cognitive technology. Sample Book Review.

Inventory of Cognitive Technologies
As a service, and in keeping with the mission of focusing on the development of cognitive technologies, the journal will maintain the Inventory of Cognitive Technologies. This inventory is simply a listing of technologies reported to the journal. Each technology is described in the Inventory in a sentence. A citation is provided for those who want more information about the technology. Contributors to this section of the journal are acknowledged in a later issue.

Topics of Articles
All articles are concerned with essential questions about cognitive technology. How does the technology facilitate cognition? Is this facilitation greater than that provided by current methods for task performance? If not, what cognitive process is facilitated by the technology? To what extent was the product development guided by cognitive psychology? To what extent does the research suggest a need for a modification of basic cognitive theory?

Since ecological research mimics the natural environment, reports of ecological research (Neisser, 1976, 1978) should specify the conditions in which the research could be applied. Applicable research (investigations that are ecologically valid and clearly suggest an application (Herrmann, 1995), should go further and take care to indicate the situations and conditions to which the findings might apply (Herrmann & Gruneberg, 1993). Application research, specifically designed to bear on a potential product or procedure, should provide the most precise boundary conditions of results ( Berger, Pezdek, & Banks, 1987).

Articles are intended solely to advance the knowledge and application of cognitive psychology and its application. Technological facilitation of any cognitive function is appropriate subject matter for an article. For example, articles may address applications concerning iconic memory, short-term memory, working memory, long-term memory, encoding, comprehension, reasoning and problem solving. No article may endorse a particular product.

Manuscripts that address any aspect of cognitive technology will be considered for publication. Thus, basic research that clearly addresses applications may be published, especially basic research that has been carried out specifically to address a certain real world problem. Articles that report application research are expected to indicate the basic literature pertinent to the research. All articles should attempt to demonstrate the relevance of its findings and/or conclusions for basic theory.

Basic and applied researchers often hold somewhat different views about the philosophy of science and read somewhat different literatures. Because this journal seeks to provide a channel of communication between basic and applied researchers (Herrmann & Raybeck, in press; Herrmann, in press), all articles should endeavor to speak to both audiences. Manuscripts submitted to Cognitive Technology should anticipate differences between the author's background and that of readers, explaining perspectives and procedures to the wider audience of basic and applied researchers.

Procedures for Submission of Manuscripts
Individuals interested in publishing in Cognitive Technology should submit four copies of a manuscript and in electronic form to any of the editors.

The style of manuscripts should follow the publication standards of the American Psychological Association. An excellent example of quality of writing and the rigor of research desired in eventual publications may be found in the journal, Applied Cognitive Psychology, and in the research presented at the meetings of the Society for Applied Research on Memory and Cognition.