Dec 18, 2018 | Conferences, Ecology, essentialism, Jess Leffers, Yian Xu
Dr. John Coley, together with CORE Lab graduate students Yian Xu and Jessica Leffers travelled to New Orleans for the 59th Psychonomics Society annual meeting. The psychonomics society is a professional organization of cognitive psychologists. Members are cognitive...
May 9, 2018 | Jess Leffers
The graduation celebrations continue here at the CORE Lab after 2nd year doctoral candidate Jessica Leffers was awarded her Masters Degree in Psychology on May 3rd. Congratulations to Jessica and all of the other Northeastern graduates with Masters Degrees in...
Apr 20, 2018 | essentialism, Facial recognition, Jess Leffers, Presentations, Psychology Department, race
PsyClub (Psychology Club) is an on-campus club that hosts meetings once a week for undergraduate students interested and passionate about all things psychology at Northeastern. At one of PsyClub’s most recent meetings on Wednesday April 11th, the CORE Lab’s...
Mar 9, 2018 | Conferences, Education, essentialism, Jess Leffers, John Coley, Presentations, Uncategorized, Yian Xu
Doctoral Students Yian Xu and Jessica Leffers both presented their work at major conferences this March. Do people essentialize mental disorders? How does essentialist belief relate to causal understanding and treatment decisions in clinical contexts? Yian presented a...
Dec 16, 2017 | Awards, essentialism, Facial recognition, Jess Leffers, race
Congratulations to second year doctoral student Jess Leffers, who was awarded a Graduate Thesis/Dissertation Research Grant jointly by the Office of the Provost, the Graduate Student Government, and the College of Science. This award will provide Jess with $1500 to...