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.
Dr. Coley and Dr. Helmuth Speak about Ecological and Psychological Perspectives on Climate Change
The CORE Lab's own Dr. John D. Coley and Dr. Brian Helmuth from the Helmuth Lab both spoke at 'The Science for the Public 2018 Science Lectures' at MIT. A plethora of research supports the notion that global climate change is very real and is hence a serious issue....
Our Wonderfully Bizarre CORE Lab Mascot: The Platypus
Imagine a creature with four limbs, a tail, and an immense love of swimming. The creature has brown fur, and webbed feet. “Ahah,” you think to yourself all too confidently, “It must be an otter!” However, this creature is no bigger in size than an american football,...