Sep 5, 2018 | Anthropomorphism, essentialism, Uncategorized
Last week, the CORE lab grad students, postdoctoral researcher, lab coordinator, and Dr. Coley, had two entire days devoted to a research summit. The purpose of the summit was to continue discussions surrounding theoretical and operational definitions for important...
Aug 2, 2018 | essentialism, Intuitive Biology, Presentations
Last week the lab had the privilege of hearing fourth year graduate student from Tufts University, Rebecca Lange. During the lab’s weekly meeting, Rebecca delighted us with an amazing presentation on her work regarding the development of reasoning about the social...
May 18, 2018 | Awards, essentialism, Psychology Department, Yian Xu
Fourth year PhD Candidate Yian Xu and her research assistants’ poster about using mindfulness meditation as an intervention for an essentialist bias was not only one of the twenty-five Research, Innovation, & Scholarship Expo (RISE) finalists, but also won two...
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...