Science Cafés Now Available to View Online

Please follow the link below to view numerous Flash videos from the February and March 2007 Science Cafés.  Also, if you wish to purchase a copy of the event on DVD, instructions on how to do that are on the same page.

February 2007
How Do I Love Thee?

March 2007
Unraveling the Mysteries

Third Science Café a Success for FABBS

FABBS held a Science Café entitled "Unraveling the mysteries of the brain and mind in the aftermath of Terri Schiavo & related cases," at the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Washington, DC on March 26, 2007.  This event featured Nicholas Schiff, M.D. (Weill Medical College of Cornell University) and Daniel Wegner, Ph.D. (Harvard University), two of the top scientists in the field.  We are pleased to report that this Café turned into a now-expected, standing-room-only event for the Foundation.

For more info on this event, visit:
http://www.fabbs.org/Events/March_2007_Cafe/index.html

To learn about upcoming events, please email your name and email address to info@fabbs.org

August 2 Science Cafe to Feature Dr. Robert B. Cialdini
August 2006

FABBS Announces First Science Cafe.
The Foundation for the Advancement of Behavioral and Brain Sciences is teaming up with the International Spy Museum and the American Psychological Association to host its first Science Café, Propaganda and Persuasion: Psychology’s Use in Intelligence. Dr. Robert B. Cialdini (Arizona State University), a leading researcher in the field of persuasion and influence, will be our featured speaker.

Tools of the Trade
Propaganda and Persuasion: Psychology’s Use in Intelligence
Wednesday, August 2, 6:30 pm
The International Spy Museum
800 F St., NW, Washington, DC

The closest Metro station is the Gallery Place/Chinatown stop, served by the RED,YELLOW and GREEN lines. Also nearby is the Metro Center station, served by the ORANGE, BLUE, and RED lines.

“Do not believe everything you read in the newspapers.”—Soviet Ambassador to the U.N. Nikolai Federenko regarding the death of Oleg Penkovskiy

Was JFK killed by the CIA? Did AIDS originate in a lab in Maryland? You may have been persuaded that these rumors were true. Ever since Aristotle developed the first scientific perspective on persuasion, people have sought to understand how to most effectively influence the opinions, beliefs, and behaviors of others. Soviet intelligence is notorious for their program of “active measures”—an array of covert and overt operations including propaganda—used to influence another countries policies and actions. In this enlightening discussion, Dr. Robert B. Cialdini, a psychologist at Arizona State University, will present an overview of the psychological research on communication, persuasion, propaganda, and social influence including information on how to effectively sway the opinions of others; and Dr. Thomas Boghardt, historian at the International Spy Museum, will overview some of the most fascinating and successful uses of propaganda and active measures in modern history. He will also discuss some recent events which may seem suspicious to the “unpersuaded.” 

For more information please visit http://www.fabbs.org/SpyMuseum_Event.html