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,...
Dr. Berri Jacque visits the CORE Lab!
At the end of last semester, we had the honour of being visited by Dr. Berri Jacque at one of our CORE Lab weekly meetings. Dr. Jacque is an Associate Professor at Tufts Medical School and the Director of the Center for Translational Science Education at Tufts...
Nicole Pochinki is Winning at Science!
Nicole Pochinki--CORE Lab researcher and former Coop Research Coordinator--is cleaning up in terms of research honors and awards. She is the recipient of the Paul and Grace Ward Martinez (’48) Research Fellowship from the Psychology Department, and has also earned an...
Dr. Coley Visits University of Oslo
At the end of the Fall 2018 semester, Dr. Coley made a whirlwind visit to Norway, where he gave a talk on CORE Lab research on Intuitive Biological Thinking and Science Education, spend many enjoyable hours working with good friend and CORE Lab collaborator Dr. Imac...
The CORE Lab at the Psychonomics Society Annual Meeting
Dr. John Coley, together with CORE Lab graduate students Yian Xu and Jessica Leffers travelled to New Orleans for the 59th Psychonomics Society annual meeting. The psychonomics society is a professional organization of cognitive psychologists. Members are cognitive...
CORE Lab RAs Win Second Place at the NCHC Conference!
Kristhy Bartels and Allyson Lowitz presented at the National Collegiate Honors Council Conference, an annual conference for honors students where hundreds of students presented their research and innovations to professors from all around the country. This year, the...
Dr. Tara Mandalaywala speaks at the CORE Lab!
Dr. Tara Mandalaywala visited the CORE Lab to present during our weekly lab meeting where she talked about her research on psychological essentialism and racial prejudice. Dr. Mandalaywala is a principal investigator and assistant professor at the University of...