Opening Keynote Address
Thursday, May 22, 6:00 PM – 7:15 PM
Building Emotional Memories: From Neural Process to Narratives
Elizabeth Kensinger, Boston College
Keynote Address
Friday, May 23, 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Developmental Plasticity and Language Reorganization After Pediatric Stroke
Elissa Newport, Georgetown University
Plenary Panel Session
Friday, May 23, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Human Language and Thought in the Era of Large Language Models
Chair: APS President Randi C. Martin, Rice University
Speaker: Laura Gwilliams, Stanford University
Speaker: Alexander Huth, The University of Texas at Austin
Speaker: Anna Ivanova, Georgia Institute of Technology
Moderator: L. Robert Slevc, University of Maryland, College Park
Psychological Science and Society Plenary Panel Session
Saturday, May 24, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Collective Cognition
Chair: APS President Randi C. Martin, Rice University
Speaker: Nancy J. Cooke, Arizona State University
Speaker: Robert L. Goldstone, Indiana University Bloomington
Speaker: Suparna Rajaram, Stony Brook University, The State University of New York
Moderator: Angela Gutchess, Brandeis University
The Psychological Science and Society plenary session is made possible by generous support from the Alan Kraut-Jane Steinberg Family Fund (KSFF). This plenary session is held annually during the APS Annual Convention to showcase the use of psychological science in the public sphere.
APS Awards Ceremony: A Celebration of Excellence
Saturday, May 24, 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
APS honors members throughout their careers with the field’s most prestigious awards and recognitions. The 2025 APS Awards Ceremony will recognize 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. Join your colleagues to celebrate these achievements in psychological science.
View the 2025 APS Award Recipients
Additional speakers will be added to the APS 2025 Annual Convention program in the coming months.
APS Annual Convention Registration gives full access to these events.