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Plenary Session: Aging Minds: Challenges and Opportunities
Smaller families and advances in the extension of health and life mean that there are fewer children and young people and many more elders than in the past, a demographic change that will only intensify in coming decades. What will the psychological consequences be?
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Plenary Session: The Effects of Early Adversity on the Mind and Brain
In this symposium, experts in psychology, neuroscience, and evolutionary biology present cutting-edge theoretical ideas and empirical results that may help explain just how early adversity influences the developing mind and brain.
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Inclusivity Spotlight: Upending Racism in Our Science: Where the Rubber Meets the Road
In this talk, Idia Binitie Thurston highlights structural and procedural barriers holding psychological science back and offer concrete strategies to deviate from that norm.
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APS-David Myers Distinguished Lecture on the Science and Craft of Teaching Psychological Science: Towards a More Equitable Classroom: Contending With Bias and Oppression in Teaching and Learning
During this lecture, Corinne Moss-Racusin draws upon evidence-based strategies and extensive personal experience to discuss how academic communities can cultivate socially-just learning environments.
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2023 APS Awards Ceremony: A Celebration of Excellence
Recognizing recipients of the James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award, James S. Jackson Lifetime Achievement Award for Transformative Scholarship, William James Fellow Award, Mentor Award, and Janet Taylor Spence Award for Transformative Early Career Contributions.
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That Tip-Of-The-Tongue Feeling May Be an Illusion
Sometimes you know there's just the right word for something, but your brain can't find it. That frustrating feeling is called the tip-of-the-tongue (TOT) state—and for decades psychologists assumed it was caused by a partial recollection of the answer. But new research suggests this experience may be largely an illusion. Being sure you know something doesn't mean you actually do. In a series of experiments published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, college students attempted to answer 80 general knowledge questions with one-word answers.
