Div. 3 will have a big presence at the 125th APA Annual Convention, Aug. 3-6, in Washington, D.C., with an emphasis on integrating experimental psychology and the cognitive sciences with public policy.
Here are just a few of the highlights:
Invited Address
Paul Merritt (Georgetown University)
If You Want to Rule the World, Become a Cognitive Psychologist
SEPCS Lifetime Achievement Award
Morton Ann Gernsbacher (University of Wisconsin – Madison)
Use of Laptops in College Classrooms: What Do the Data Really Suggest?
Invited Address
Adam Green (Georgetown University)
Cognitive & Neural Intervention to Enhance Creativity in Relational Thinking and Reasoning
Presidential Address
Anne Cleary (Colorado State University)
How Metacognitive States Like Tip-of-the-Tongue and Déjà Vu Can Be Biasing
Symposium: Cognitive Science and Education Policy
Chair: Robert Bjork (UCLA)
Participants:
Jeffrey Karpicke (Purdue University)
Ian Lyons(Georgetown University)
Kenneth Maton (University of Maryland, Baltimore County)
Skill Building Session
Using Technology to Easily Implement Testing Enhanced Learning
Facilitated by Paul Merritt and Kruti Vekaria
(Georgetown University)