FABBS News Highlights: July 25, 2019
Thursday, July 25, 2019
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Posted by: Psychonomic Society
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House
Poised to Vote on Budget Deal Before Leaving for August Recess
At press time, the U.S. House of Representatives was poised to pass the
Bipartisan Budget Act (BBA) of 2019, a budget deal that was reached at the beginning of the week. After months of deliberation, the House, Senate, and Administration reached a two-year budget
deal to raise the caps and avoid defaulting on the national debt. Much of the negotiation has reportedly taken place between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. Read
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House
Passes STEM Legislation and Hears from OSTP Director and APA Leadership; Brain Research on Capitol Hill
On Wednesday, July 24, the House of Representatives passed two bipartisan bills to support science, technology, engineering and math. The Combatting
Sexual Harassment in Science Act, HR 36, would require federal agencies to implement policies for preventing and handling sexual harassment. The Building Blocks of STEM Act, HR 1665, would direct the National Science Foundation to support STEM education research
focused on early childhood. Both bills have companion legislation in the Senate.
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EARLY CAREER SPOTLIGHT: Michael Treadway, Society for Research in Psychopathology
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 Locating
the Ignition for Motivation
How much effort would you expend if you knew a reward was headed your way?
Michael Treadway, Ph.D., an associate professor
of psychology at Emory University, is looking at neural circuitry and why some people work hard for a known payoff while others do not.
Treadway’s research broadly focuses on people with mental illnesses such as depression and schizophrenia and their decisions to engage in certain
behaviors—such as getting out of bed or off the couch. If someone does not get up, is it because of lack of—or loss of—motivation, or difficulty making decisions, or a combination, and to what extent is brain chemistry a factor?
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Apply and Nominate
Attend
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Brain
Health Across the Lifespan: A Workshop, NASEM (July 29-30, Washington, DC)
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"Let’s Play Ball: How Sex and
Gender Effects Influence Sports Involvement, Hippocampal Volume, and Depressive Symptoms in Children", NIMH (July 31, Webinar)
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The
Promise of Adolescence: Realizing Opportunity for All Youth (Aug 1, Washington, DC or webcast)
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Workshop
on ADRD Experience and Caregiving, Epidemiology, and Models of Care, NASEM
(Aug 14, Washington, DC or webcast)
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The Generalization of
Mands, ABAI (Aug 6, Webinar)
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Reproducibility
and Replicability in Science Public Seminar (Sept 24, Washington, DC)
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APA Technology, Mind, and Society Conference (Oct 3-5, Washington,
DC)
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UPCOMING FABBS MEMBER SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETINGS
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FABBS News Highlights is a semi-monthly electronic newsletter published by the Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences with
the goals of keeping scientists updated on federal budget and policy issues affecting the sciences of mind, brain and behavior; recognizing the research contributions of leading scientists; and sharing research findings to inform policies and programs.
Editor: Juliane Baron
Contributors: Juliane Baron, Savannah Gillis,
Diana Liao, Jennifer Anderson
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FABBS Mission
FABBS promotes human potential and well-being by advancing the sciences of mind, brain, and behavior; promoting scientific research and training in these fields; educating the public
about the contributions of research to the health and well-being of individuals and society; fostering communication among scientists; and recognizing scientists who have made significant contributions to building knowledge.
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