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unusual facts about U.S. National Academy of Sciences



Anne Treisman

Treisman was elected to the Royal Society of London in 1989, the U.S. National Academy of Sciences in 1994, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1995, as well as a William James Fellow of the American Psychological Society in 2002.


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Reference Daily Intake

The RDA was developed during World War II by Lydia J. Roberts, Hazel Stiebeling and Helen S. Mitchell, all part of a committee established by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences to investigate issues of nutrition that might "affect national defense" (Nestle, 35).