Kellina Craig-Henderson IDEA Award Winner: Dr. Riana E. Anderson
Dr. Anderson’s work on racial socialization and discrimination is at the leading edge of work on these issues which can be seen by observing the programmatic nature of her work, namely the “building blocks” of her research program. Leaders, like …
IDEA Lifetime Achievement Award Winner: Dr. Jean Fox Tree
One of the most important contributions that Dr. Fox Tree has made in regards to inclusivity, diversity, equity, and accessibility in the cognitive psychology and related cognitive sciences fields has been through her co-founding of the SPARK society. The society’s …
NSF SBE Advisory Council Meets with New Leadership
Kaye Husbands Fealing, PhD, welcomed members of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Social, Behavioral and Economic (SBE) Sciences Directorate Advisory Committee (AC) to the June meeting, her first since assuming the role of Assistant Director at the end of April. …
Kathryn McCarthy, PhD: Improving Reading Comprehension with New Strategies and Technologies
Key findings:
Different aspects of students’ prior knowledge are relevant to their future learning Instructional tools powered by artificial intelligence can provide personalized coaching to students Interdisciplinary collaboration among psychologists, computer scientists, and industry leaders can solve real-world challengesWhen …
NIH Effort to Improve Research Frameworks
FABBS responded to a request for information (RFI) about improving research frameworks to enable rigorous study of the effects of racism on brain and behavioral health across the lifespan (NOT-MH-24-190). The multi-institute initiative includes the National Institute of Mental Health, …
NASEM Board Hears Presentations on Deepfakes and AI
The National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, (NASEM) held the Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Science’s (BBCSS) 49th Meeting on June 6th. This was Terri Moffit’s, PhD, last day as chair of NASEM BBCSS. The Chairmanship has passed …
