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Budget Update
April 26, 2019
On Monday, Members of Congress will return to Washington, DC after a two-week recess – expect to see a flurry of appropriations activity.
The Labor, Health and Human Services (Labor-H) House Appropriations Subcommittee, with jurisdiction of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Institute for Education Sciences (IES), will meet on April 30 to mark up the NIH and IES budgets for fiscal year (FY) 2020. The full Appropriations Committee is scheduled to consider the
read moreIs Social Science Really Experiencing a Crisis?
April 25, 2019
Mainstream media frequently cover findings from
psychological research, but until recently, the field itself was rarely the
subject of intense public scrutiny. That has changed in recent years amid a
so-called “replication crisis” – a pattern of researchers publishing findings
that turn out to be hard for others to confirm. This pattern is actually not
new, and calling it a crisis may be overblown, according to psychologists Joseph Lee Rodgers and Patrick Shrout.
FABBS Honors Susan Goldman
April 25, 2019
Dr. Susan R. Goldman began her distinguished career by obtaining her Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh in 1978 after earning a BA from Barnard College of Columbia University. Since earning her Ph.D., she has taught at Emory University, University of California, Santa Barbara, Vanderbilt University, and the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) where she is a Liberal Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor. From 2001 to 2007 she served as Co-Director of UIC’s
read moreFABBS Releases Two More Videos – Does Cognitive Science Improve Cancer Detection and Stroke Recovery?
April 12, 2019
FABBS has released two more videos in its “Cognitive Psychology in the Real World” series. These videos provide examples of how cognitive science keeps us safe and healthy in our daily lives.
One of the new videos is “Can
Cognitive Science Help Detect Cancer?” which explains how the science of
visual attention used in conjunction with computer-aided technologies help
radiologists detect breast cancer. The video features Rachel Brem, MD, Director
of Breast Imaging