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2026 National Academy of Sciences Award Recipients Announced

Congrats to APS Fellows Deanna Barch, M.J. Crockett, Tor Wager!

Deanna M. Barch, Washington University in St. Louis, and Tor D. Wager, Dartmouth College, will each receive an Atkinson Prize in Psychological and Cognitive Sciences. With these awards, the Academy recognizes Barch for her seminal contributions to advancing understanding of developmental psychopathology, and Wager for his pioneering research revealing how the brain shapes pain, emotion, and belief. Each will receive a $100,000 prize.

M.J. Crockett, Princeton University, and Jason D. Yeatman, Stanford University, will each receive a Troland Research Award. With these awards, the Academy recognizes Crockett for their pioneering contributions to a mechanistic theory of moral cognition, and Yeatman for advancing literacy understanding and improving evidence-based treatments for reading disorders. Each recipient is presented with a $75,000 award to support their research.

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