National Science Board Holds Spring Meeting, Honoring Waterman Award Winners and Outgoing Board Members
May 12, 2022
On May 5, the National Science Board (NSB) held a hybrid meeting, the first with an in-person component since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. The NSB is a 25-member body that oversees the National Science Foundation …
Webinar Showcases Initial Findings from NIH-funded SBE Health Impacts of COVID-19
May 12, 2022
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has made it abundantly clear that highly effective vaccines and therapeutics alone have been insufficient to control the pandemic. To best prevent the spread, health leaders at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) …
A Look Inside the Visual System: Advancements in How the Brain Processes Perception
May 12, 2022
Though the visual world is a constant stream of information, we perceive the world not as an overwhelming flood of light, but as discrete events, with clear settings and distinct objects. For example, the scene in front …
CUR Highlights Undergrad Voices on Capitol Hill
May 12, 2022
Posters on the Hill graphic from CUR.orgFABBS congratulates the undergraduate students and their mentors in the behavioral and brain sciences featured in the Council on Undergraduate Research Posters on the Hill 2022 that took place virtually …
A Vision for Equitable Data: Recommendations from the Equitable Data Working Group
April 28, 2022
President Biden’s Executive Order on Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government (“Equity EO”) formed the Equitable Data Working Group. The goal of the Working Group is to collect appropriate data to …
Congress Advancing Bills to Facilitate Cannabis Research
April 28, 2022
As Congress debates federal marijuana legislation, FABBS will be monitoring provisions to facilitate research. Currently, cannabis is considered a Schedule I drug by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), this has posed a barrier to studying potential risks …
