APS Annual Convention Recap
It was the BIGGEST CONVENTION EVER! More than 4,000 psychological scientists, a rock band, and the Bobo doll gathered in Chicago for the 24th APS Annual Convention. Relive your favorite events or catch up on what you missed with coverage below. More to come in the July/August Observer.
Just Say No to Biobunk  
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Carol Tavris is on a mission to debunk pseudoneuroscience; in her APS-David Myers Distinguished Lecture, she explained how to tell good science from junk.
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God's Flipside
 
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God and religion have different psychological roots, said Jesse Lee Preston in a talk on religious concepts and prosocial behavior. These different roots lead to very different behaviors.   
 
A Rockin' Good Time
A group of talented musicians and psychological scientists took to the stage for a special concert after Saturday night's Bring the Family Address. Read more about the Music theme program from CNN.
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Meet the Editor

Fans gathered to meet Alan Kazdin, Founding Editor of the new APS journal Clinical Psychological Science.

Who Owns Science? 

Four scientists explored the ways in which the nature of science may depend on who is doing it.   

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The Masquerade of Race  

This supposedly black-and-white matter contains a lot of gray, said James Jackson.
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To Opt In or Opt Out

Student Research Award winner Trishna Narula and her coauthor Chethan Ramprasad share their research on healthcare in this Convention Video Blog.

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