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...
May 9, 2019 | Psychology Department
Last Thursday, May 2nd, Northeastern honored the 2019 Psychology class graduates at the Northeastern University Psychology Graduation Ceremony. Among the graduates were many members of the CORE Lab. All the graduates were recognized for their hard work and...
Apr 3, 2019 | Awards, Nicole Betz, Psychology Department
The CORE Lab’s very own Nicole Betz was just awarded the College of Science Dean’s Award for Graduate Student Excellence in Teaching! This award is presented to only one graduate student in the entire College of Science each year. In the classroom, at lab meetings,...
Mar 15, 2019 | Emily Dahlgaard Thor, Presentations, Psychology Department, Science Education
Today, Emily presented her Master’s thesis to the psychology department, during the annual Master’s Convention. Her talk was on the role intuitive language plays in the comprehension of science readings. She hopes to use this research to inform science writers on how...
Oct 30, 2018 | Education, essentialism, Grant, Presentations, Psychology Department
Last year, Kaila and her collaborators recruited undergraduate students to investigate how essentialism and mindset are related. Mindset is a set of attitudes one possesses. For example, a “fixed mindset” is the belief that someone’s core qualities or traits are fixed...
Sep 12, 2018 | Psychology Department, Welcome
A new academic year has started and our amazing research assistants are back filling our corridors! We’d love to welcome our returning students and the new students that are joining our team this semester! We are very excited to be working on a wide variety of studies...