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Welcome to the website of the Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences (BBCSS). The Board monitors advances and developments in the behavioral, cognitive, and sensory sciences and serves as an intellectual resource for the National Research Council, as well as public policy makers, as to how these advances and developments are creating opportunities or potential problems for public policy.

  • Welcome to the website of the Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences (BBCSS). The Board monitors advances and developments in the behavioral, cognitive, and sensory sciences and serves as an intellectual resource for the National Research Council, as well as public policy makers, as to how these advances and developments are creating opportunities or potential problems for public policy.

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BBCSS at the 2013 APA Annual Conference

The Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences and the Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education  will be participating in this year's conference of the American Psychological Association in Honolulu, HI on July 31-August 4.

August 1 (10:00 am)--Social and Behavioral Sciences in Action

August 3 (1:00 pm)--Breaking the Academic Mold: Nontraditional Career Options

Stop by exhibit #501 to say ALOHA! and register to win resources from the National Academies.
BBCSS member inducted as NAS member

Susan Fiske, BBCSS board member and Chair of the Committee on Revisions to the Common Rule for the Protection of Human Subjects in Research in the Behavioral and Social Sciences, was recently inducted as a NAS member by the Academies governing board. Please join us in congratulating Dr. Fiske on this achievement.

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BBCSS is in the Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education (DBASSE) of the National Research Council, the operating arm of The National Academies.

Upcoming Events

Big Data Seminar: High Performance Computing in the Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences


June 5th, 2013


8:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.


This seminar will be held at The National Academies Keck Center and addresses the following topics: infrastructure, data management, graduate training, scientific community building, harmonization, advances in cognitive science, and the spatiotemporal dynamics of the social brain.


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Transfer of Training Seminar
June 5th, 2013
1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.



This seminar will explore the research on transfer of training with respect to older adults. The seminar will be held at The National Academies Keck Center in Washington DC.

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 Recent Events

Workshop on Revisions to the "Common Rule" in Relation to the Behavioral and Social Sciences

  

March 21-22, 2013

 

This workshop addressed prospective revisions to the Common Rule for the protection of human subjects in research that are of particular relevance to the behavioral and social sciences.
 

 


 Workshop on New Directions in Assessing Individuals and Groups

 

April 3-4, 2013

  

 

This workshop identified and discussed new and unique methods for measuring individual capabilities and predicting individual and collective performance for the U.S. Army Research Institute.  The workshop featured topics such as theories of individual differences, testing and measurement methods, test theory, statistical and mathematical modeling of team performance, and the combination of individual capabilities to create collective capacity to perform.  

 

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