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Prof. Lisa Feldman Barrett featured in the News@Northeastern

Recently, Prof. Barrett was featured in the News@Northeastern in an article entitled, “Rigorous science upends the mind-body myth.” The article discusses her new research recently published in the journal  Nature Human Behavior. To read the full article, click here.
April 09, 2017

How humans bond: the brain chemistry revealed

Prof. Lisa Feldman Barrett was featured in an article in the News@Northeastern entitled, “How humans bond: the brain chemistry revealed.” In the article, she discusses her research that found, for the first time, the neurotransmitter dopamine is involved in human bonding, bringing the brain’s reward system into our understanding of how we form human attachments. To […]
March 20, 2017

Professor Derek Isaacowitz earns grant to begin research in the home

Recently, Prof. Isaacowitz was featured on the College of Science website about a $1 M (in Swiss Francs) grant he received from the Velux Stiftung in Switzerland to research “The Role of Emotional and Motivational Attention in Healthy Aging: From the Lab to the Home.”
March 17, 2017

Professor John Coley featured in Wired Magazine

Recently, Prof. John Coley was quoted in two articles in Wired Magazine, "The Cognitive Bias President Trump Understands Better than you" and "Ben Carson just got a whole lot wrong about the brain."
March 09, 2017

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