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Psychology expert offers advice for less stress, more joy during the holidays
The holidays are billed as a time of joy, but they can also be a time of increased stress for many people. We asked psychology professor Lisa Feldman Barrett about that stress and what we can do to minimize the feelings that result.
December 30, 2016
Psychology lab receives NIH grant to study long-term effects of early life stress
Our brains are continually developing – led by a combination of neurological changes and environmental factors – well into adolescence. According to Heather Brenhouse, assistant professor of psychology at Northeastern, there’s a lot of mystery surrounding why the brain evolves the way it does and what factors cause changes in development.
September 21, 2016
The stressed-out brain
Clinical studies of adolescents suffering from depression have shown an interesting connection between early life stress and the immune system.
November 08, 2013