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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.
February 21, 2019
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.
February 21, 2019
What Can Ballet Dancers Teach Us About Balance?
Biology Professor Dagmar Sternad takes a deeper look at the human body's ability to balance.
January 30, 2019
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.
January 16, 2019
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.
December 10, 2018
Here’s how you can ‘feel better, think better, and sleep better’
Studies show that sitting too much can raise your risk of cancer, diabetes, and heart disease. But getting up to walk around your block, dance to your favorite song, or do chores around your house could vastly improve your health and increase your brain function. That’s the message of the new physical fitness guidelines issued by the federal government […]
November 27, 2018
Here's how you can 'feel better, think better, and sleep better'
Studies show that sitting too much can raise your risk of cancer, diabetes, and heart disease. But getting up to walk around your block, dance to your favorite song, or do chores around your house could vastly improve your health and increase your brain function. That’s the message of the new physical fitness guidelines issued by the federal government […]
November 27, 2018
What if pictures of your brain could predict schizophrenia?
Northeastern neuroscientist Susan Whitfield-Gabrieli has found that a particular pattern of brain activity may be an early sign of schizophrenia.
November 26, 2018
This neuroscientist wants to change how we diagnose and treat mental illness
Imagine that a doctor could know which treatment would best help a patient with depression, anxiety, or some other mental illness by taking a picture of the person’s brain, not unlike the way people get an X-ray for a broken bone. That, along with early detection and intervention tools, will be in the future of clinical psychiatric practice, said Susan Whitfield-Gabrieli, who started this semester as a psychology professor at Northeastern.
September 21, 2018
What if people from different cultures and economic backgrounds have different brain wiring?
For decades, scientists have assumed that the brain circuitry for social behavior has developed over millions of years of evolution and is hardwired at birth. Based on this view of human development, we all start life with the same basic brain wiring and our uniqueness is built upon that common biological foundation.
August 06, 2018
Psychology professor Nancy Kim leverages experiential learning in new textbook
Kim's book delves into how we make decisions, how biases arise and can be avoided, and the science behind judgement, grounded in real life examples
June 15, 2018
Your dog is a genius. You just don’t realize it.
Northeastern alumnus creates puzzles for cats and dogs, rewarding completed puzzles with treats!
June 13, 2018
Your dog is a genius. You just don't realize it.
Northeastern alumnus creates puzzles for cats and dogs, rewarding completed puzzles with treats!
June 13, 2018
Behavioral Neuroscience, Biochemistry, Biology
Biology professor receives 2018 University Excellence in Teaching Award
James Monaghan had just started teaching a class, when the Provost came in and presented him Northeastern University's University Excellence in Teaching Award. "I had no idea it was coming," said Monaghan. "It's the coolest thing that they actually came into class!"
May 11, 2018