Association for Psychological Science

10/09/2026

The 2027 APS Convention program is taking shape! Learn more about this year's integrative science symposia:

· Adapting in a Changing Social World
· Zombie Science: Understanding and Countering the Return of Pseudoscience
· AI in Psychological Science: Current Status, Future Directions
· Turning Science Into Practice: How Implementation Science Can Bring Psychological Science Into the Real World

https://www.psychologicalscience.org/conventions/2027-aps-annual-convention/integrative-science-symposia-iss

10/08/2026

Despite greater recognition of bias toward the Global North in psychological science, international and cross-cultural perspectives remain suppressed.

10/02/2026

📣 Calling all psychological scientists!

Serve as a mentor, mentee, or both with the APS Mentorship Program. Pairs are matched individually based on goals and experience, and supported for six months (November–April) with program resources along the way.

📅 Applications due October 19.
https://www.psychologicalscience.org/career-resources/aps-mentorship-program

10/01/2026

Join us on November 4 for a new Science for Society webinar! Aidan Campbell, Amitai Shenhav, Nataliya Kosmyna, and Alexandre Marois will examine when using AI supports our own cognitive effort and when we are letting it do the thinking for us.

Register: https://member.psychologicalscience.org/events/event-details/?id=09c97bcc-efa6-f111-85cd-7c1e52a55de1

09/30/2026

“Instead of asking, ‘How can I make this job more enjoyable?’ we could ask something such as, ‘Where does my work go, or what remains here because I did it, or who or what does it affect?’” said Yilin Liu. “Our paper can really be a starting point for people to think about what kind of significance they see in their own lives.”

Motivation is “like air,” argues the coauthor of a recent study. “We actually really need it.”

09/29/2026

Together with partner universities around the country, the Ballmer Institute is leading an innovative approach to grow the youth behavioral health workforce to increase access to care and improve mental health and well-being for young people nationwide.

The Ballmer Institute aims to grow the youth behavioral health workforce to increase access to care and improve mental health and well-being for young people nationwide.

09/24/2026

The aging brain is often viewed through a lens of cognitive decline, with older adults seen as compensating for their fading memory.

New research published in Perspectives on Psychological Science challenges that view:

The aging brain is often viewed through a lens of cognitive decline, with older adults seen as compensating for their fading memory. New research challenges that view.

09/23/2026

The world's fastest-adopted technology is now a fixture of teenage life.

In a new paper in Perspectives, Chelly Maes and Anne Maheux map a course for understanding and supporting adolescence in the era of .

The world's fastest-adopted technology is now a fixture of teenage life. We don't yet know what it's doing to the work of growing up.

09/22/2026

Over the next few Observer columns, APS President Pamela Davis-Kean will share some of her thinking on why she selected her plenaries for the 2027 APS Annual Convention happening in May 2027.

First up: The Data Mosaic: Innovative Data Sources and Methods That Advance Psychological Science

APS President Pamela Davis-Kean outlines her plenary topics for the 2027 APS Annual Convention in Seattle, Washington.

09/21/2026

📣Calling all psychological scientists! Looking to be a mentor or mentee? Sign up for the APS Mentorship Program by October 19.

This program brings together researchers from around the world and across career stages and industries. However you hope to learn, grow, or contribute, there’s a place for you!
https://www.psychologicalscience.org/career-resources/aps-mentorship-program