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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
COS students honored for their achievements
Each year dozens of College of Science students are recognized for their achievements in the classroom, on co-op and in the community. 2018 is no different.
April 27, 2018
Departments & Programs celebrate their seniors
Information about where and when the celebrations are.
April 23, 2018
Departments & Programs celebrate their seniors
Information about where and when the celebrations are.
April 23, 2018
Northeastern Professor Lisa Feldman Barrett elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Lisa Feldman Barrett, University Distinguished Professor of Psychology at Northeastern, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the society announced Wednesday.
April 18, 2018
Study reevaluates whether humans’ physiological reaction to emotions is uniform
For hundreds of years, psychologists have operated under the notion that each emotion category—anger, sadness, fear, disgust, happiness, surprise—has its own physiological fingerprint. But that assumption is not true, according to new research by Northeastern psychologists Lisa Feldman Barrett and Karen S. Quigley.
April 17, 2018
Study reevaluates whether humans' physiological reaction to emotions is uniform
For hundreds of years, psychologists have operated under the notion that each emotion category—anger, sadness, fear, disgust, happiness, surprise—has its own physiological fingerprint. But that assumption is not true, according to new research by Northeastern psychologists Lisa Feldman Barrett and Karen S. Quigley.
April 17, 2018