The Federation of Associations in Behavioral & Brain Sciences (abbreviated FABBS) is a Washington, D.C.-based coalition of learned societies dedicated to psychology and related behavioral sciences. Its official journal is ''Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences'', which is published by

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. The group's stated purpose is to help improve human potential and well-being through supporting mind, brain and behavioral sciences. Functionally, FABBS communicates both to policymakers and the public about basic and applied research in these areas.

History

The Federation of Associations in Behavioral & Brain Sciences was founded in 1981 as the Federation of Behavioral, Psychological, and Cognitive Sciences. Its founding president was

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. In 2004, the organization established the Foundation for the Advancement of Behavioral & Brain Sciences. In 2009, the organization was renamed to its current name, and the Foundation for the Advancement of Behavioral & Brain Sciences was renamed the FABBS Foundation. In 2015, the FABBS Foundation was merged into the Federation of Associations in Behavioral & Brain Sciences.

Members

Member societies of FABBS include: *

Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership). The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, f ...

* American Educational Research Association * American Psychological Association * American Psychosomatic Society *

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* Cognitive Neuroscience Society *

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* International Congress of Infant Studies *

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* Massachusetts Neuropsychological Society *

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Psychonomic Society The Psychonomic Society is an international scientific society of over 4,500 scientists in the field of experimental psychology. The mission of the Psychonomic Society is to foster the science of cognition through the advancement and communicati ...

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* Society for Computation in Psychology * Society for Judgment and Decision Making *

Society for Mathematical Psychology A society is a Social group, group of individuals involved in persistent Social relation, social interaction, or a large social group sharing the same spatial or social territory, typically subject to the same Politics, political authority an ...

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* Society for Text & Discourse * Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues *

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* Society of Experimental Social Psychology * Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology *

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Each society that is a member of FABBS pays dues to the organization to support its work.

References

External links

* Federations Organizations based in Washington, D.C. Organizations established in 1981 Psychology organizations based in the United States {{US-org-stub