SCiP is an organization of researchers interested in applications of computational techniques and methods in psychology.

The Society has also encouraged consideration of psychological aspects of hardware and software development and design.

[1] The conference took place the day before the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, and proceedings were published in the journal Behavior Research Methods & Instrumentation (BRMI) (now Behavior Research Methods), providing the template for future gatherings.

Its members were also quick to pick up on the potential of the World Wide Web as a medium for and topic of research.

The Society holds an annual meeting with talks and posters attended by psychologists from around the world.