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Lisa Feldman Barrett, a psychology professor at Northeastern who has been awarded a 2019 Guggenheim Fellowship, finds misinformation and myths about the brain everywhere. So she’s setting the record straight in a new book. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University
Behavioral Neuroscience, Psychology
It’s Time To Correct Neuroscience Myths
Lisa Feldman Barrett, a psychology professor at Northeastern who has been awarded a 2019 Guggenheim Fellowship, finds misinformation and myths about the brain everywhere. So she’s setting the record straight in a new book.
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Claire Celestin, a fifth-year behavioral neuroscience student at Northeastern, is the recipient of a Marshall Scholarship. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University
Behavioral Neuroscience, Biology
She Met a Peruvian Midwife, and That Changed Everything
Claire Celestin, a fifth-year behavioral neuroscience student at Northeastern, is the recipient of a Marshall Scholarship.
Behavioral Neuroscience
Adorno Earns GEM Fellowship for Biomedical Engineering PhD
Jonathan Adorno COS’19 came to Northeastern as a Torch Scholar, thinking he wanted to be a doctor. Now that he is preparing to graduate, he still wants to spend his career doing work that helps people with diseases such as cancer—but in the research laboratory rather than the exam room.
Professor Dagmar Sternad studies human movement with Boston ballet dancers in her lab on January 9, 2019. Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University
Behavioral Neuroscience, Biology, Physics
What Secrets Do Ballet Dancers Hold For People With Disabilities? Or For Robots?
Dagmar Sternad is looking to ballet dancers to find answers for people with disabilities through studies of human motor control and learning.
Photo courtesy of Dr. Broadbent
Behavioral Neuroscience, Biotechnology, Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Dr. Kevin Broadbent, Associate Teaching Professor, Biotechnology
Dr. Kevin Broadbent explains what drew him to Northeastern, while also highlighting the outstanding biotechnology department here on campus.
People all over the world are throwing slices of American cheese at their unexpectant babies, filming the babies’ reactions, and posting the videos online. Illustration by Hannah Moore/Northeastern University
Behavioral Neuroscience, Psychology
You’re a Baby. Your Parent just Threw a Slice of Cheese at You. Now What?
People all over the world are throwing slices of American cheese (which are pretty sticky, it turns out) at their unsuspecting babies, filming the babies’ reactions, and posting the videos online. But their reactions are to the sensations they are feeling, not to what just happened.
Graphic by Hannah Moore/Northeastern University
Behavioral Neuroscience, Biology, Psychology
You Want To Manage Your Anger Better. Your Brain Wants You to Stay Alive. Here’s How You Can Do Both.
Can you discern the differences among all the subtle shades of your anger? Lisa Feldman Barrett explains how emotion and the brain are linked.
01/09/19 – BOSTON, MA. – Professor Dagmar Sternad studies human movement with Boston ballet dancers in her lab on January 9, 2019. Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University
Behavioral Neuroscience, Biology, Biotechnology
What Can Ballet Dancers Teach Us About Balance?
Biology Professor Dagmar Sternad takes a deeper look at the human body's ability to balance.
Professor Lisa Feldman Barrett. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University
Behavioral Neuroscience, Psychology
What Made This Ted Talk One Of The Most Watched Of 2018?
A talk by Northeastern psychology professor Lisa Feldman Barrett about how our brains control emotions amassed more than 3 million views last year.
Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University
Behavioral Neuroscience
Three seniors receive prestigious honors
Three Northeastern seniors have received prestigious scholarships or fellowships that will support their graduate studies and advance their professional careers, in the fields of women’s health, bioengineering, and diplomacy.