What’s cooking?… A New Study in Ecology and Intuitive Learning!
Throughout this summer, the CORE Lab had the privilege of working in collaboration with the Russell J. Call Children's Center at Northeastern University to interview children for a new project dealing with intuitive ecological learning! Read more about the project...
Rebecca Lange visits the CORE Lab!
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...
Science in the South End: Many thanks to Club 48 for being a part of our research!
Earlier this summer, second year PhD candidate, Emily Dahlgaard Thor, and CORE Lab research assistants had the privilege of interviewing students at Club 48. Club 48 is an after school program in the South End that promotes the social, cognitive, and emotional...
Dr. Coley and Doctoral Student Yian Xu tell us about their recent visit with our collaborators in China
In this interview, Dr. Coley and Yian discuss their recent trip to China. They tell us about their project with our current collaborators, and they comment on their favorite things about the most populated country in the world. What did you do in China? Dr. Coley: We...
Nicole Betz and Emily Dahlgaard Thor Awarded Graduate Research Grants
Congratulations to fourth year PhD candidate Nicole Betz and first year PhD candidate Emily Dahlgaard Thor for each receiving graduate research grants! Nicole Betz was awarded a Graduate Dissertation Research Grant jointly by the Office of the Provost, the Graduate...
Representing the CORE Lab at the APS Conference in San Francisco
Over this past Memorial Day weekend, CORE Lab graduate students Nicole Betz, Emily Dahlgaard Thor, and Jessica Leffers, as well as post-doctoral research associate Dr. Michal Fux were fortunate to present their research at the Association of Psychological Science...
RISE Finalist Spotlight: Dehumanizing Language in the Media
Undergraduate research assistants Samantha Goldman, Kristhy Bartels, Allyson Lowitz, and fourth year graduate student Nicole Betz presented their poster on dehumanizing language in the media at RISE on April 5th. The project was an offshoot of previous research done...
RISE Finalist Spotlight: Exploring the Impact of Mindfulness on Reducing Cognitive Biases
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...
Jessica Leffers Graduates with Her Masters Degree
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...
Congratulations CORE Lab Graduates!
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,...