Do you think like a chemist? Do you sometimes discard information without even knowing it?
Psychology
Prioritizing and Discarding Information
Tagged with: Chemistry, College of Science, John Coley, Northeastern University, Psychology
Posted in Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Psychology
Posted in Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Psychology
Bringing Northeastern & MGH To Kuwait
While on co-op with the Department of Global Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital, psychology majors and identical twin sisters Dalal and Alaa Alhomaizi approached the director and asked if they could coordinate a program in Kuwait for World Mental Health Day in October.
Tagged with: Alaa Alhomaizi, College of Science, Dalal Alhomaizi, education, health, Kuwait, Massachusetts General Hospital, mental health, MGH, Northeastern University, Psychology, SPEAK
Posted in Psychology
Posted in Psychology
Are Gadgets Changing Our Brains?
Psychology professor Lisa Feldman Barrett was featured in an article in the Financial Times about cerebral circuitry and whether gadgets are changing the way our brains work.
Tagged with: College of Science, Lisa Feldman Barrett, Northeastern University, Psychology, Science
Posted in Psychology
Posted in Psychology
Psychology Professor Talks Science of Compassion at PopTech
When someone is victimized, do you see yourself in them in some manner? It could be why you feel compassion toward them.
Tagged with: College of Science, David DeSteno, Northeastern University, PopTech, Psychology
Posted in Psychology
Posted in Psychology
A complicated link between aggression and antidepressant drugs
Nearly half a million children in the U.S. take antidepressants. In 2007, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a warning for fluoxetine, one of the most highly prescribed psychiatric medications.
Tagged with: antidepressant drugs, Behavioral Neuroscience, College of Science, Psychology, Richard Melloni, Science
Posted in Behavioral Neuroscience, Psychology
Posted in Behavioral Neuroscience, Psychology
The building blocks of dyslexia
While dyslexia is most often classified as a reading disorder, it is also well known to affect how individuals process spoken language.
Tagged with: College of Science, Dyslexia, Iris Berent, Linguistics, Northeastern University, Psychology, Science
Posted in Linguistics, Psychology
Posted in Linguistics, Psychology
Trusty robot helps us understand human social cues
You’re not sure why, but you don’t trust that guy. You wouldn’t give him a buck because you’re pretty sure he wouldn’t return the favor. What is it about him? Can you put your finger on it?
Tagged with: David DeSteno, Emotion, Nexi, Northeastern University, Psychological Science, Psychology, Science, Trust Robot
Posted in Psychology
Posted in Psychology
Prof. Lisa Feldman Barrett Elected to Royal Society of Canada
The College of Science would like to congratulation Prof. Lisa Feldman Barrett who was recently elected to the Royal Society of Canada.
Tagged with: College of Science, Lisa Feldman Barrett, Northeastern University, Psychology, Royal Society of Canada
Posted in Psychology
Posted in Psychology
‘Happinomics’: The Science of Money and Emotion
Who doesn’t think they’d be happier if they had more money to spend on themselves or donate to others? That was the question Boston public radio host Robin Young posed to an audience of about 200 community members at the…
Posted in Psychology