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A nonprofit dedicated to advancing scientific psychology across disciplinary and geographic borders.

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The APS Mentor Award recognizes #psychology researchers who have shaped the future directions of science by fostering the careers of students and colleagues.

Know an outstanding #mentor? Nominate them for a 2027 APS Mentor Award! #Academia www.psychologicalscience.org/members/awar...
APS Mentor Award
The APS Mentor Award honors the importance of mentoring in our field as well as the dedication and impact of individuals with a distinguished record of teaching, advising, and encouraging students and...
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January 5, 2026 at 8:41 PM
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Want to submit a Commentary? Learn more here: www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...
dsbarra.bsky.social David A. Sbarra @dsbarra.bsky.social · 16d
AMPPS recently accepted a new paper "Registered Replication Report: Johns, Schmader, & Martens (2005)" on stereotype threat (osf.io/preprints/ps...); full paper is forthcoming on our website). AMPPS is now soliciting Commentary articles on this paper. @psychscience.bsky.social /cont
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January 5, 2026 at 6:27 PM
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The bean-shaped organelles are now being recognized for their part in immune signaling, stress responses, and neural functioning. #Mitochondria #MentalHealth
Mitochondria May Be Missing Link Between Mental Health and Brain Function
The bean-shaped organelles are now being recognized for their part in immune signaling, stress responses, and neural functioning.
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January 2, 2026 at 4:02 PM
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Check out APS's 2025 collection of guides, tutorials, and manuals designed to help psychological scientists strengthen and diversify their research practices and methodological approaches. #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #Research
Nine Practical Guides to Support Your Research in 2026
The Observer has compiled a list of 2025 guides, tutorials, and manuals designed to support psychological scientists as they expand their toolboxes of research practices and methods.
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December 31, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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This year, psychological scientists tackled profound and varied questions to help us better understand ourselves and the world around us. Here's a list of some of the most downloaded articles from each of APS’s six peer-reviewed research journals in 2025. #PsychSciSky
2025 in Review: Revisiting Top Research From APS’s Journals
This year, psychological scientists tackled profound and varied questions to help us better understand ourselves and the world around us.
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December 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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APS is pleased to offer two financial assistance programs to help defray costs for APS members attending #APS26BCN.  

Learn more about the Family Care and Travel Assistance Programs
Apply by 22 January
https://www.psychologicalscience.org/conventions/2026-aps-annual-convention/financial-assistance
December 29, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Read the latest content from Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science
New Content From Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science
A sample of articles on statistical models, post publication, replication, and much more.
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December 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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How do the advantages of using artificial intelligence for mental health stack up against its weaknesses? #AI #MentalHealth
Student Notebook: AI As a Tool, Not As a Therapist
How do the advantages of using artificial intelligence for mental health stack up against its weaknesses?
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December 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Nominate a colleague for a 2027 APS Lifetime Achievement Award by January 15
https://www.psychologicalscience.org/members/awards-and-honors
December 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Commentaries due March 2026. Learn more: www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...
December 22, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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The APS Advocacy Task Force is mobilizing scientists to communicate their stories, their research, and the real-world impact of their work.

Learn more about APS's #WhyPsychScience video competition and submit by January 12! #AcademicSky

www.psychologicalscience.org/2025-why-psy...
Share Your Story and Your Science Competition
Participate in APS's social media video competition designed to bring the importance of psychological science to the public. Deadline: January 12, 2026
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December 22, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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#APS26BCN
December 22, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Learn about #APS26BCN's Plenary Panel Sessions: The Future of Psychological Science, the Fall of Civilizations, & New Directions in AI & LLMs.
www.psychologicalscience.org/conventions/...
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December 22, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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A NEW Teaching Current Directions includes lesson plans aimed at helping students understand event segmentation and its role in memory. #Teaching #Psychology
Life Is Better Remembered in Chunks
Teaching: Lesson plans aimed at helping students understand event segmentation and its role in memory.
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December 19, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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In the past year, friends, family, and colleagues have had to say goodbye to a number of remarkable psychological scientists who helped shape the field through their research and mentorship. #PsychSciSky
From Those Who Admired Them: Lives Lost
Remarks from colleagues about a few of the psychological scientists we said goodbye to this year.
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December 18, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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On behalf of the James McKeen Cattell Fund, we're pleased to announce a call for applications for the James McKeen Cattell Sabbatical Award! 

Applications are due January 15
James McKeen Cattell Fund
For over half a century, the James McKeen Cattell Fund has provided support for the science and the application of psychology. The Fund offers James McKeen Cattell Sabbatical Awards up to $40,000. The deadline for applications for the 2026-2027 awards is January 15, 2026.
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December 18, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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I also want to share some resources that were created for the community based on AMPPS papers. First, there is a new article out in the APS Observer that puts together 9 practical guides for research methods including papers and tutorials www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...
Nine Practical Guides to Support Your Research in 2026
The Observer has compiled a list of 2025 guides, tutorials, and manuals designed to support psychological scientists as they expand their toolboxes of research practices and methods.
www.psychologicalscience.org
December 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Thank you, @umpamdk.bsky.social!
umpamdk.bsky.social Pam Davis-Kean, PhD @umpamdk.bsky.social · 18d
I will be stepping down soon as the Deputy Editor of the @psychscience.bsky.social methods and practice journal AMPPS. Thanks to @dsbarra.bsky.social this was an amazing service experience, and a good example of how using open science practices and focusing on rigor moves us forward
December 18, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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We're excited to see submissions come in for our video competition! 📹Take a few minutes to tell the public why your research is important. #WhyPsychScience

Learn more and submit by January 12: www.psychologicalscience.org/2025-why-psy...

#AcademicSky #Science #Psychology
December 16, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Read latest content from Current Directions in Psychological Science
New Content from Current Directions in Psychological Science
A sample of articles covering social integration, new insights on mental health care, memory and more.
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December 15, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Read the latest research From Clinical Psychological Science
New Research From <i>Clinical Psychological Science </i>
A sample of recent articles in Clinical Psychological Science. Covering depression, emotional regulation, self control, and more.
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December 11, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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The APS Student Grant Competition provides “seed grant” #funding to support research in its initial development stages, e.g., the purchase of research materials or other expenses incurred prior to data collection

Learn more and apply by December 21 www.psychologicalscience.org/members/gran...
Student Grant Competition
Submit by December 21st for "seed grant" funding to support your research in its development stages!
www.psychologicalscience.org
December 11, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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TODAY is the day. Need help with your submission? Check out our submissions checklist: www.psychologicalscience.org/conventions/...

#APS26BCN #Psychology #AcademicSky
December 10, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Show the real-world impact of your research and participate in our #WhyPsychScience video competition #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #Psychology

Learn more & submit your entry by January 12 for a chance to win! Prizes include #APS26BCN registration
www.psychologicalscience.org/2025-why-psy...
Share your story and your science. APS invites psychological scientists to participate in a video competition designed to bring the importance of psychological science to the public. Entries due January 12.
December 9, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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A new "Teaching Current Directions" offers advice on how to invite students to think critically about the connection between their relationships with nature and their well-being. #Teaching
The Benefits of Being Rooted in Nature
Teaching: Students are invited to think critically about the connection between their relationships with nature and their well-being.
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December 8, 2025 at 4:03 PM