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FABBS Supports ‘Bipartisan Civic Engagement Initiative’ to Increase Public’s Scientific Awareness
September 20, 2018
FABBS has partnered with Research!America (R!A) and 15 like-minded organizations to support the Bipartisan Civic Engagement Initiative (BCEI) designed to incentivize and encourage civic engagement by early-career scientists/researchers with the public and candidates running for national office regarding the societal benefits of federally-supported research and innovation.
The initiative responds to a R!A-commissioned national public opinion survey which revealed that
read moreFABBS Honors Michael Tanenhaus
September 20, 2018
Michael K. Tanenhaus is the Beverly Petterson Bishop and Charles W. Bishop Professor in Brain and Cognitive Sciences at the University of Rochester. He earned his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1978. After being an Assistant and Associate professor at Wayne State University, he joined the faculty at the University of Rochester in 1983. He has received numerous honors for his research on language processing. He is an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and
read moreChanging Broader Social Stereotypes is Our Best Chance of Ending Implicit Bias
September 20, 2018
Educated and enlightened? Chances are you’re discriminating and don’t even realize it.
“If you do nothing and just try not to discriminate, you’re going to discriminate,” explains B. Keith Payne, co-author with Heidi A. Vuletich of “Policy Insights from Advances in Implicit Bias Research,” published in the current issue of Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences.
In the paper, Payne and Vuletich define implicit bias as stereotypes and
read moreNICHD to Update Strategic Plan: Opportunities for Input
September 20, 2018
The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) recently announced its plans to update its strategic plan . NICHD plays a significant role in supporting behavioral and brain science research and research training activities.
Behavioral and brain science researchers are encouraged to communicate with the Institute about sustaining NICHD support for our sciences. This input will be particularly helpful and informative for
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