Psychological Science Agenda

A publication of the Science Directorate

November 2005 | Vol. 19, No. 10

SCIENCE BRIEFS

Cyberinfrastructure for the Social and Behavioral Sciences

Social and behavioral science lies at the intersection of computer vision, database design, psycholinguistics, cognitive and social neuroscience, psychology, linguistics, education, anthropology, sociology, and high speed computing and networking.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S COLUMN

The Problem with IRBs
A frenzy is building over the behavior of many Institutional Review Boards (IRBs).
By Steven Breckler

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Undergraduates: Rev Up Your Applications!
By Jennifer Webb
Leadership Positions Available in APA Science Directorate!
The APA Science Directorate has opened the search for two well qualified individuals to serve in important leadership positions in the Directorate.
APA Science Directorate and Tomorrow's Professors
The APA Science Directorate offers workshops oriented toward preparing advanced graduate students and post-doctoral fellows for the searches for their first academic faculty positions.
By Clare Porac
Psychology and Human Intelligence
Exploit path-breaking scientific and research advances that will enable us to maintain and extend intelligence advantages against emerging threats.
By Geoff Mumford
Basic Behavioral Research Gains a Toehold at NIGMS
The APA has worked for several years to encourage the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) to establish a program of basic behavioral research.
By Patricia Kobor
Psychology: Live and on the Air!
Science Friday's call-in component features callers from all over the country, eager to ask questions about the topics of discussion. What a great way to share our science with people interested in psychology.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

November 2005 Announcements
Nominations Requested for Tanaka Dissertation Award; Call for Nominations for 2006 McGuigan Prize; Feb 15 Deadline for Proposals on Giftedness; Psi Chi and APA Science Directorate Announce Psi Chi Internship Grant; National Center for Health Statistics - New Fellowship; International Workshop on Methodology of Twin and Family Studies; APA 2006 Annual Meeting will be held in New Orleans; NIH Moves to All-electronic Research Grant Application Submission; APA Gives Support to Departments Harmed by Hurrican Katrina

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