Featured Speakers

Featured Speakers

Opening Keynote Address

Building Emotional Memories: From Neural Process to Narratives

Elizabeth Kensinger, Boston College


Keynote Address

Developmental Plasticity and Language Reorganization After Pediatric Stroke

Elissa Newport, Georgetown University


Plenary Panel Session

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

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

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.