Apr 16, 2020 | Articles about the lab, Conferences, Emily Dahlgaard Thor, essentialism, Jess Leffers, John Coley, Michal Fux, Presentations, Uncategorized
On Thursday April 9, 2020, Northeastern held its annual Research, Innovation, and Scholarship Expo (RISE). This year, it was held virtually on Microsoft Teams, and all RAs at the CORE Lab did a wonderful job presenting and answering questions about their research. The...
Mar 26, 2020 | Articles about the lab, Jess Leffers, John Coley, Michal Fux, Presentations, Psychology Department, Publications, Uncategorized
Due to the outbreak of COVID-19, Northeastern University recently closed its campus and ordered all learning to be remote and online. As a result, CORE Lab members are unable to meet and conduct research in person. However, that is not stopping lab members from being...
Jan 28, 2020 | Anthropomorphism, Articles about the lab, Awards, Conferences, Education, Emily Dahlgaard Thor, essentialism, Jess Leffers, John Coley, Presentations, Publications, race, Science Education
Several projects from the CORE Lab were accepted to Boston’s 2020 Eastern Psychological Association Conference this upcoming March at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel. EPA is one of the oldest psychological associations in the United States and their main goal is to...
Aug 23, 2019 | Presentations, Psychology Department, Yian Xu
After five years of hard work and dedication in the CORE Lab, our own Yian Xu became Dr. Yian Xu, PhD! Last Thursday, she presented her dissertation on “Psychological Essentialism in Legal and Clinical Decision-Making,” which focused on the downstream consequences of...
Aug 12, 2019 | Collaborators, Conferences, Education, Emily Dahlgaard Thor, Intuitive Biology, John Coley, Michal Fux, Nicole Betz, Presentations, Science Education
Members of the CORE Lab recently presented at the International Conference on Learning held in Belfast, Northern Ireland. As a group, Dr. John Coley, Dr. Michal Fux, Dr. Nicole Betz, and Emily Dahlgaard Thor from the CORE Lab, along with Lauren Swiney of Warwick...
Jun 20, 2019 | Nicole Betz, Presentations, Psychology Department
This Tuesday, June 18th, the CORE Lab’s very own Nicole Betz transformed into Dr. Nicole Betz, Ph.D.! (We’re pretty sure her essence is unchanged, though.) She presented her dissertation on “Anthropic Thinking about Global Climate Change,” a topic that was relatively...