Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences

Mission:

The Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences was created to offer the best analysis and judgment of the scientific community to inform decisions on pressing policy issues, and to assist in setting research agendas that are emerging in these scientific fields. The objective is to anticipate the policy issues likely to arise as a result of new developments in these sciences.

Overview:

The Board identifies areas in which new scientific developments are creating opportunities or potential problems for public policy. It serves as an intellectual resource for the National Research Council and for policy-making communities, identifying, for example, new ways in which these fields can inform policy decisions, new policy issues that are emerging from behaviorally based technologies or practices, and new opportunities to move behavioral and cognitive science in directions that will provide policy-relevant knowledge.

Under the Board there are both ongoing and short-term studies that try to satisfy the mission of both The National Academies and a specific project goal.

Standing Board Membership - A complete Board roster

Projects Page - Information on Board activities

Meetings - Upcoming Board-sponsored meetings and workshops

Publications - Link to reports published by the Board