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Here’s the Secret to Unlocking Our Compassion in the Face of Mass Suffering
Psychology
David DeSteno and Daniel Lim found that people are more likely to feel compassion in the face of mass suffering if they believe they can make a difference. Compassion, it seems, is a skill you can strengthen, which is great news for society in general.
What People Who Don’t like Music Might Tell Us about Social Interaction
Psychology
Northeastern professors Ajay Satpute and Psyche Loui are studying the link between music and social interaction. They're asking whether the brain phenomenon that makes music undesirable to five percent of the population is also what impairs social bonding in people with autism spectrum disorders.
Do Hormones Affect a Woman’s Ability to Recover from PTSD?
Psychology
Rebecca Shansky is studying how levels of estriadol, an estrogen hormone, affect the treatment of women with PTSD.
Of Mice and Women
Psychology
Victorian-era stereotypes that were originally used to keep women out of leadership positions are still with us today, says Rebecca Shansky, an associate professor of psychology at Northeastern. And they're interfering with scientific research.
You Think You Can Read Facial Expressions? You’re Wrong.
Psychology
Everything from emotion-reading AI to TSA terror threat recognition training relies on the assumption that emotions can be deciphered from basic and universal facial expressions. A new study by Northeastern professor Lisa Feldman Barrett shows that the evidence has always been saying otherwise.
Remembering Harlan Lane, Northeastern Professor and Tireless Advocate for the Deaf Community
Psychology
Harlan Lane, who helped establish the American Sign Language Program at Northeastern, will be remembered for being a tireless champion and advocate for the Deaf community. He died on July 13, at 82 years old.
Most Biomedical Research is Done on Male Animals. That’s a Public Health Problem.
Behavioral Neuroscience, Psychology
Rebecca Shansky, assistant professor of psychology, was studying how rats handle stressful experiences when she noticed female rats respond differently.
Making the Leap from Video Games to a Psychology Lab
Psychology
Ruiming Wang designed a fictional island where exercise and the outdoors convene in order to study how people perform on tasks that they encounter while inside the world.
It’s Time To Correct Neuroscience Myths
Behavioral Neuroscience, Psychology
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.
Lisa Barrett Honored with the 2019 Thibault Award
Psychology
Dr. Barrett received the 2019 Thibault Award, chosen by UNC's graduate students.