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...
May 4, 2018 | Uncategorized
On Thursday, May 3rd, six CORE Lab current members and alumni were honored as graduates with the Psychology Class of 2018 at the Northeastern University Psychology Graduation Ceremony. At this event, Dr. Coley had the opportunity to present several Psychology awards,...
Apr 17, 2018 | Uncategorized
The CORE Lab’s very own Nicole Betz, a fourth year graduate student was one of the 25 finalists at this year’s Research, Innovation, and Scholarship Expo (RISE). Congrats, Nicole! To check out Nicole’s poster on human exceptionalism and climate change, click here. Her...
Apr 6, 2018 | Uncategorized
Each year, Northeastern University hosts the Research, Innovation, & Scholarship Expo (RISE), an event which prides itself on celebrating “tomorrow’s ideas today”. Over 2,000 technology enthusiasts, entrepreneurs, investors, researchers, and...
Mar 16, 2018 | Uncategorized
Dr. Coley’s 2nd year graduate student, Jessica Leffers, presented her masters today at the masters convention! Congratulations Jess on all of your hard work! Jess presented her research on how people think intuitively about social categories, more specifically...
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...