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What do you want – right now? Northeastern research collaboration with the Mind and Life Institute studies desires
A Northeastern collaboration in the Interdisciplinary Affective Science Lab, with the Mind and Life Institute, have worked together on a study which developed the Qwantify app to help understand desires - everything from wanting a cup of coffee, wanting to feel accomplished, and anything in-between.
September 01, 2017
How do our emotions work?
Psychology professor Lisa Feldman Barrett recently wrote about the research her lab is doing regarding emotions and how there are flaws in the traditional view of emotions.
November 13, 2014
3Qs: A crazy little drug called love
Does romantic love look the same way on our brains as alcohol, tobacco, or cocaine? Well, yes, as a matter of fact, it does.
February 14, 2014
Get the picture? New high-res images show brain activity like never before
In the middle of the human brain there is a tiny structure shaped like an elongated donut that plays a crucial role in managing how the body functions.
October 03, 2013