A cikin watan Agusta 2005, Ƙungiyar Masana Ilimin Hauka ta Amurka ta bayyana buƙatar ƙarin masana ilimin halayyar ƙididdiga a cikin masana'antar<unk> ga kowane PhD da aka bayar a cikin batun, akwai kusan 2.5 masu ilimin halin kwakwalwa masu yawa. Saboda rashin masu neman aiki a fagen, APA ta kirkiro Task Force don nazarin yanayin ilimin halayyar kwakwalwa da kuma hango hasashen makomar ta. Masu neman Amurka na cikin gida suna da mahimmanci. Mafi yawan masu neman kasashen waje sun fito ne daga kasashen Asiya, musamman Koriya ta Kudu da China. Dangane da rashin masu neman cancanta, Majalisar Wakilan APA ta ba da izini na musamman a shekara ta 2006. Leona S. Aiken daga Jami'ar Jihar Arizona ta jagoranci aikin. Tambaya: Yaushe aka ba da izini na musamman saboda ƙarancin masu neman izini tare da cancantar da ake bukata?
Shekarar 2006