Congratulations Graduates!
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...
Emily Dahlgaard Thor Graduates with her Masters Degree
Last week, May 2nd, the CORE lab’s Emily Dahlgaard Thor, a 2nd year doctoral student was awarded her Masters Degree in Psychology. Congratulations to Emily and Northeastern’s other graduates with Masters Degrees in Psychology! We can’t wait to see what Emily continues...
CORE Lab End of the Semester Party
A few weekends ago, we gathered together for an end of the semester party at Professor Coley’s house! It was a great way to relax before finals and recognize all the amazing things the CORE Lab has done this semester. We spent the evening eating some delicious food...
CORE Lab Dynasty Continues at RISE!
On Thursday April 4th 2019, Northeastern held their annual Research Innovation and Scholarship Expo (RISE). Each year, over 2000 researchers, entrepreneurs, and industry leaders, attend the conference not only to hear ideas and presentations, but to...
Nicole Betz Recognized for Teaching Excellence
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,...
CORE Lab Spring Break in Paris!
Over spring break, some CORE Lab representatives attended ICPS, the International Convention of Psychological Sciences, in Paris! Dr. Coley, Nicole Betz, and Jessica Leffers organized a symposium called “Questioning Assumptions of Social Essentialism” in which they...
Emily Dahlgaard Thor Presents her Masters!
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...
Happy Birthday Dr. Coley!
To kick off a new weekly tradition of CORE lab meeting spirit days and to celebrate Dr. Coley’s birthday, the CORE lab came to lab meeting in costume- dressed in plaid, graphic tees, and converse, to imitate one of Dr. Coley’s classic outfits! We hope you enjoyed the...
Nationality and Essentialism at SPSP
CORE lab graduate student Yian Xu presented her work at Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) 2019 Annual Convention on Feb 9 in Portland, Oregon. Yian presented her collaboration work with Dr. Xuan Li at New York University Shanghai, showing that...
Thank you Lillian!
Last week, the CORE Lab was visited by the wonderful Lillian Asiala! Lillian recently received her doctorate in cognitive and instructional psychology from Northern Illinois University. The central themes of her research are discourse processes, text comprehension,...