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Meeting 5
Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences
May 11, 2000 - May 12, 2000
National Academy of Sciences Building
2100 C St. NW
Washington D.C.
Agenda:
MAY 11, 2000 NAS MAIN BUILDING
12:00 Lunch for Board members and guests
Luncheon seminar on cognitive science, human development and educational
achievement
Introduction:
Bruce Alberts, President, National Academy of Sciences
Speakers:
Yale University, Affirmative Development of
Academic Ability
Edmund Gordon, Professor Emeritus
Constraints on Affirmative Development: How Do We Face Reality Without
Dampening Enthusiasm?
Arnold Sameroff, University of Michigan and BBCSS member
Research Needs for Education Policy
Ronald Ferguson, Harvard University
Discussion: Members of BBCSS and distinguished guests
3:00 Break
3:15 Presentation of "The Aging Mind: Opportunities in Cognitive
Research"
Report from the Committee on Future Directions for Cognitive Research on Aging
Committee chair, Laura Carstensen, Stanford University
Study director, Paul Stern, National Research Council
4:00 Response
Marcelle Morrison-Bogorad, National Institute on Aging
Richard Suzman, National Institute on Aging
4:45 Reception
MAY 12, 2000 NAS MAIN BUILDING
All day - Closed Session
Closed Session Summary Posted After the Meeting
The following committee members were present at the closed sessions of the meeting:
Anne Petersen (Chair)
W. K. Kellogg Foundation
Linda Marie Burton
Pennsylvania State University
Eugene Emory
Emory University
Rochel Gelman
University of California at Los Angeles
Anthony Jackson
Disney Corporation
Peter Lennie
University of Rochester
Elissa Newport
University of Rochester
Charles Plott
California Institute of Technology
Michael Rutter
Institute of Psychiatry
London
England
Arnold Sameroff
University of Michigan
Esther Thelen
Indiana University
Richard F. Thompson
University of Southern California at Los Angeles
William A. Yost
Loyola University Chicago
The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:
Proposed polygraph study for the Department of Energy; summaries of current
BBCSS projects; bias disscussion; BBCSS's functions, name, membership, and term
renewals; newly undertaken projects for the Social Security Administration on
mental retardation and on visual disability; plans for future projects
The following materials (written documents) were made available to the committee in the closed sessions:
1. open session agenda
2. BBCSS and CBASSE organization charts
3. list of invited participants
4. CBASSE Education Program 2000 Brochure
5. "The Aging Mind: Opportunities in Cognitive Research" Executive Summary
6. packet containing information on the Committee on Human Factors
7. summaries of selected NIMH reports:
Advancing Research on Developmental Plasticity Integrating the Behavioral Science and Neuroscience of Mental Health
A Plan for Prevention Research for the NIMH Basic Behavioral Science Research for Mental Health, A National Investment
Bridging Science and Service
New Research Frontiers in Behavioral Medicine: Proceedings of the National Conference
Priorities for Prevention Research at NIMH
Translating Behavioral Science into Action
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