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,...
RISE Finalist Spotlight: Metaphors and Intuitive Thinking
First year PhD candidate Emily Dahlgaard Thor and her undergraduate research assistants’ poster about metaphor and intuitive cognition in science communications was one of the twenty-five finalists at this year’s Research, Innovation, and Scholarship Expo (RISE)...
PhD Student Jessica Leffers Speaks at Northeastern PsyClub Event
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...
RISE Finalist Spotlight: Nicole Betz and Her Work on Climate Change and Human Exceptionalism
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...
RISE(ING) to the Occasion: CORE Lab Success at RISE 2018
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 industry leaders from...
Jessica Leffers Presents Her Masters
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 race....
Spring Break? Time to Present Research!
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...
Jessica Leffers, 2nd year graduate student, Goes on Adventure to Mumbai, India
Jessica Leffers, a 2nd year graduate student at the CORE Lab, spent some time in Mumbai, India with her grandmother in mid February. Here she is pictured at Mhalaxmi Temple, The Hanging Gardens, and the Gateway of India.