Mission: The Basic Biobehavioral and Psychological Sciences Branch (BBPSB) advances research in biobehavioral mechanisms and psychological processes to reduce cancer risk and improve outcomes.

Scientific Priorities: The BBPSB research agenda includes, but is not limited to:

• Basic mechanisms of cognition, emotion, judgment, and decision making
• Biological mechanisms of psychosocial influences on cancer biology and outcomes
• Methodology and measurement of basic psychological, cognitive, and affective processes
• Biobehavioral mechanisms of comorbidities associated with cancer and cancer treatment
• Basic mechanisms of sensation, attention, and perception as related to cancer risk and control
• Basic mechanisms of the placebo effect

Funding for Basic Psychological Science at the National Cancer Institute, APS Observer Mary/June 2012
The National Cancer Institute: A Hub for Psychological and Behavioral Sciences, APS Observer May/June 2009

Basic Biobehavioral and Psychological Sciences Branch (BBPSB) Fact Sheet (PDF), June 2012

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