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OPENING SESSION & PLENARY SESSIONS THURSDAY, 8/1 Opening Session 12:00-2:00 PM, Convention Center Ballroom Don’t miss this year’s Opening Session keynote address by Barry Scheck, JD, creator of the Innocence Project, a national litigation and nonprofit, public policy organization dedicated to acquitting the wrongfully convicted through the use of DNA testing. He will discuss how the Innocence Project has used scientific and psychological evidence to reverse wrongful convictions and correct systematic defects in the criminal justice system. Awards Presentations The 2013 APA Award for Outstanding Lifetime Contributions to Psychology will be presented to Antonette Zeiss, PhD, for her tireless work with and commitment to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, as well as for her research and work in geropsychology. FRIDAY, 8/2 10:00-10:50 AM 10:00-11:50 AM Addiction CC, RM 316A SATURDAY, 8/3 Up Close and Personal Overcoming the Family Tragedy of Addiction: Perspectives of a Father and Journalist– David Sheff*, 10:00-10:50 AM Behavioral Economics Can We Phenotype Thought? Using Advanced Imaging Techniques to Understand Social Interactions–Read Montague, PhD*, CC, RM 313A An interview with Sandra Scarr, PhD–A developmental and behavioral geneticist, Dr. Scarr is known for ground-breaking studies separating the effects of heredity and environment on the intellectual development of minority children. She has also studied the quality of day care versus maternal care. CC, RM 313C 1:00-1:50 PM Life Span Development/ Longitudinal Studies Gender Issues Forty Years Later: What Happens to Mathematically Precocious Youth Identified at Age 12– Camilla P. Benbow, EdD*, and David Lubinski, PhD*, CC, RM 313A, CES Stopping Global Sex Trafficking: What Psychology Can Do–Mary Crawford, PhD*, CC, RM 313A, CES 1:00-1:50 PM Substance Use/Misuse 12:00-12:50 PM 11:00-11:50 AM Effects of Technology: Changing Lives RM 312, CES 12:00-12:50 PM A Ramp Into the Brain: Cutting-Edge Tech and Learning– Ben Foss, PhD*, CC, Political/Public Policy CC, RM 313B Teaching the Choir to Sing: Encouraging Discourse About Climate Change–Janet K. Swim, PhD*, RM 313B, CES Prenatal Drug Exposure: How Does That Affect Brain Development?– Linda Chang, MD, MS*, CC, http://www.apa.org/convention/programming/apa-events/opening-session/index.aspx http://www.apa.org/convention/programming/plenaries/index.aspx http://204.14.132.173/convention/programming/apa-events/opening-session/index.aspx http://apa.org/pi/aging/resources/newsletter/2013/05/antonette-zeiss.aspx

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