The D. O. Hebb Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award honors a psychologist who has made distinguished theoretical and/or empirical contributions to basic research in behavioral neuroscience and/or comparative psychology.
- This year’s winner is Jill Becker, PhD, University of Michigan.
The Brenda A. Milner Award recognizes the author of an outstanding paper in the field of behavioral neuroscience or comparative psychology.
- This year’s winner is Will Whitham, PhD, East Texas A&M University, for their paper “Predator gaze captures both human and chimpanzee attention.”
The SBNCP Early Career Investigator Award honors an early career psychologist (within 10 years of the PhD) who has made a substantial contribution to the fields of comparative psychology and/or behavioral neuroscience.
- This year’s winner is Francesca De Petrillo, PhD, Newcastle University
The Frank A. Beach Comparative Psychology Award is given each year to recognize the best paper published in Journal of Comparative Psychology®.
- This year’s winner is Lynn Caldicott, MSc, CAB, APB, and colleagues, for their paper, “The impact of training method on odor learning and generalization in dogs (Canis lupus familiaris).”
The D. G. Marquis Behavioral Neuroscience Award is given each year to recognize the best paper published in Behavioral Neuroscience®.
- This year’s winners are Gili Karni, PhD, and colleagues, for their paper “A rational information gathering account of infant habituation,” and Mahsa Moaddab, PhD, and colleagues for their paper “Paraventricular thalamic inputs to the ventral pallidum shape reward seeking during threat and fear responding in extinction.”
Each awardee receives a plaque at the business meeting of Division 6, held at the APA Annual Convention.