Lauren Byrnes and Hollis Thomann have received Fulbright Scholarships for 2013–2014.
Psychology
Two College of Science Students Named Fulbright Scholars
Tagged with: BIology, College of Science, Fulbright, Fulbright Scholar, Hollis Thomann, Lauren Byrnes, Linguistics, Northeastern University, Psychology
Posted in Biology, Linguistics, Psychology
Posted in Biology, Linguistics, Psychology
Co-op in African classroom transforms student’s career outlook
Ever since a high school trip to Zambia to repair dormitories, Danielle Fontaine has been searching for a chance to return to Africa.
Tagged with: Africa, Co-op, College of Science, Danielle Fontaine, Ethiopia, Northeastern University, Psychology, Selam Children's Village
Posted in Psychology
Posted in Psychology
Language By Mouth And By Hand
Humans favor speech as the primary means of linguistic communication. Spoken languages are so common many think language and speech are one and the same. But the prevalence of sign languages suggests otherwise. Not only can Deaf communities generate language using manual gestures, but their languages share some of their design and neural mechanisms with spoken languages. New research by Northeastern University’s Prof. Iris Berent further underscores the flexibility of human language and its robustness across both spoken and signed channels of communication.
Tagged with: american sign language, asl, College of Science, Iris Berent, Linguistics, Northeastern University, PLOS ONE, Psychology, Science, sign language
Posted in Press Releases
Posted in Press Releases
What makes human language special?
Tagged with: College of Science, Iris Berent, language, Linguistics, Northeastern University, Psychology, speech, The Phonological Mind
Posted in Linguistics, Psychology
Posted in Linguistics, Psychology
Can Meditation Make You a More Compassionate Person?
Scientists have mostly focused on the benefits of meditation for the brain and the body, but a recent study by Northeastern University’s David DeSteno, published in Psychological Science, takes a look at what impacts meditation has on interpersonal harmony and compassion. Several religious traditions have suggested that mediation does just that, but there has been no scientific proof—until now.
Tagged with: College of Science, David DeSteno, meditation, mind and body institute, Northeastern University, Paul Condon, Psychological Science, Psychology, Science
Posted in Press Releases
Posted in Press Releases
Prioritizing and Discarding Information
Do you think like a chemist? Do you sometimes discard information without even knowing it?
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