APS

2026 APS Annual Convention

Challenging Foundational Principles in (social) Cognition

Friday, May 29, 2026 · Barcelona, Spain

Oral · Thinking & Remembering: Attention, Memory & Control

We challenge some of the most fundamental ideas in psychology. Each talk uses recent findings to challenge long-held assumptions—including dual process accounts of the mind, the presumed universality of perceptual-to-evaluation mappings, the idea that (implicit) ambivalence arises solely from mixed experiences, and traditional views of the nature of conscious experiences.

Chairs & Discussants

  • Melissa FergusonChair
    Yale University

Presentations

  1. Re-Considering the Dualist MindMelissa Ferguson
  2. The Idiosyncratic Nature of Evaluation and PreferencesAlexander Todorov
  3. The Hidden Complexity of Attitudes: Implicit Ambivalence in Social PerceptionVivian Zayas
  4. The Seven Sins of Consciousness, Part 1: ExaggerationRan Hassin