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Member Townhall 3: Bylaws and Your Future APS
Friday, October 3, 2025, 1:00 p.m. ET (17:00 UTC) The Association for Psychological Science is engaged in an organization-wide effort to modernize and improve how we serve psychological scientists and continue to advance psychological science around the world in the years ahead. One part of this effort is to review and update our bylaws, which have not fundamentally changed since our founding in 1988. The Board of Directors, with input from past presidents and board members, current and past committee members and journal editors, and staff, are proposing these new bylaws. The Board of Directors invites additional comments and feedback from all APS members.
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Member Townhall 2: Bylaws and Your Future APS
Thursday, October 2, 2025, 8:00 p.m. ET (Friday, October 3, 00:00 UTC) The Association for Psychological Science is engaged in an organization-wide effort to modernize and improve how we serve psychological scientists and continue to advance psychological science around the world in the years ahead. One part of this effort is to review and update our bylaws, which have not fundamentally changed since our founding in 1988. The Board of Directors, with input from past presidents and board members, current and past committee members and journal editors, and staff, are proposing these new bylaws. The Board of Directors invites additional comments and feedback from all APS members.
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Member Townhall 1: Bylaws and Your Future APS
Tuesday, September 30, 2025, 9:00 a.m. ET (13:00 UTC) The Association for Psychological Science is engaged in an organization-wide effort to modernize and improve how we serve psychological scientists and continue to advance psychological science around the world in the years ahead. One part of this effort is to review and update our bylaws, which have not fundamentally changed since our founding in 1988. The Board of Directors, with input from past presidents and board members, current and past committee members and journal editors, and staff, are proposing these new bylaws. The Board of Directors invites additional comments and feedback from all APS members.
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What We Know (And Don’t Know) About Autism, According to Science
... “Autism is not one condition,” said Geraldine Dawson, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Duke University and founding director of the Duke Center for Autism and Brain Development. “It is many different conditions with many different causes.” ... Researchers have looked at pesticides, air pollution and water pollution and have found increases in risk that have “a small effect size” and are correlational, but not necessarily causative, said Charles Nelson, a professor of pediatrics and neuroscience at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.
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Setting Boundaries Doesn’t Mean What You Think
These are things people might say when they claim to be setting boundaries: “You really have to stop coming over unannounced.” “Don’t talk to me that way.” “If you can’t honor my needs, I’m cutting off all contact.” ... When we set limits or boundaries for ourselves, we are drawing a line between our needs and those of other people — and this helps us maintain healthy relationships, said Catherine A. Sanderson, a professor of psychology at Amherst College.
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Some Dogs Can Learn Categories Like Human Toddlers Do
... Elika Bergelson, a Harvard University language scientist who was not part of the new study, says human infants “mostly rely on how things look. But by 14 months they can also use role or function—for instance, telling apart who is chasing and who is being chased in a scenario—to extend words” to new things, much like the dogs in the study did. In everyday life, function and appearance usually go together: all cups share a basic shape because it makes them good at holding liquid. “Unlike the real world, where ropes look tug-worthy and balls appear throwable, this study isolates the function,” Bergelson says.
