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NFL cheerleading is serious business. Ask this cancer researcher
Chelsea Pe Benito always knew she would be a dancer. But in her mind, it didn’t look quite like this. Pe Benito trained for 15 years as a ballerina growing up in central New Jersey, studying at the prestigious Princeton Ballet School through high school, dancing in standards like “Swan Lake” and even touring in […]
February 02, 2024
Where others see walls, she looks for bridges
There was something familiar about the murals and graffiti, says Sarah Bernt. “It just evokes something that I had seen before.” Stretched across the Peace Wall in Belfast, Northern Ireland, were messages of harmony and love. Bernt, who graduated from Northeastern in 2019 with a degree in political science, was on a political tour of […]
November 29, 2021
Lisa Barrett Honored with the 2019 Thibault Award
Dr. Barrett received the 2019 Thibault Award, chosen by UNC's graduate students.
March 08, 2019
Karen Quigley Appointed Fellow of the Association for Psychological Sciences
In December of 2018, Karen Quigley, Professor of Psychology was appointed Fellow of the Association of Psychological Sciences. Congratulations to Karen on this incredible honor!
February 05, 2019
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
Northeastern alum Glen Coppersmith featured on Today Show for suicide prevention research
Northeastern COS alumnus Glen Coppersmith, PhD, was featured on the Today Show on September 10th as part of their segment on World Suicide Prevention Day, for his company, Qntfy, and its research into using data from social media to track signs of suicide.
September 18, 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
Q&A: Schafer scholarship recipient and aspiring oncologist paves own way at Northeastern
Meet Michael Mallouh, fourth year biology major, psychology minor, and on the pre-med track and hear about his research experiences as an undergraduate including the Schafer Co-op Scholarship.
June 13, 2018
Q&A: Schafer scholarship recipient and aspiring oncologist paves own way at Northeastern
Meet Michael Mallouh, fourth year biology major, psychology minor, and on the pre-med track and hear about his research experiences as an undergraduate including the Schafer Co-op Scholarship.
June 13, 2018
Northeastern professor named president-elect of the Association of Psychological Science
Psychology professor Lisa Feldman Barrett, whose research in the field of affective neuroscience has upended conventional wisdom on the nature of emotions, has been named president-elect of the Association of Psychological Science.
May 11, 2018