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Finding a job after graduation

Psychology professor Lisa Feldman Barrett talks to Science about what students can do to better themselves in the job market.
October 01, 2014

Vision quest

Peter Bex, a vision scientist and newly appointed psychology professor, works to detect, diagnose, and monitor visual impairment. His research goal, he says, is to maximize people's remaining vision.
September 04, 2014

The thinking behind gender stereotypes

Adults and children hold equally stereotypical views about gender, according to new research from associate professor of psychology John Coley's lab.
August 04, 2014

3Qs: Listen to the words

Joanne Miller, Matthews Distinguished University Professor and chair of Northeastern's Department of Psychology, was recently recognized for her pioneering research on human language processing in the field of speech perception.
June 03, 2014

What’s In A Grunt?

New research by psychology professor Lisa Feldman Barrett suggests that different cultures do not hear the same emotions when they hear the same sounds. The "emotional grammar" of language is instead shaped by culture and local circumstances.
June 02, 2014

What's In A Grunt?

New research by psychology professor Lisa Feldman Barrett suggests that different cultures do not hear the same emotions when they hear the same sounds. The "emotional grammar" of language is instead shaped by culture and local circumstances.
June 02, 2014

3Qs: Gender balance in biomedical research

A new policy from the National Institutes of Health will require all biomedical research funded by the NIH to be gender balanced. Rebecca Shanksy, an assistant professor of psychology whose research is focused in this space, discusses the implications of the decision.
May 29, 2014

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