Jul 8, 2020 | CLEAR team, Conferences, Ecology, Education, Science Education
On June 22, 2020, the CLEAR team, moderated by the Museum of Science Boston, participated in a UN World Oceans Day 2020 online event: Urban Ecology: Bringing New Lenses on the Sea. The panel explored local and global human connections on marine ecosystems from the...
Jan 28, 2020 | Anthropomorphism, Articles about the lab, Awards, Conferences, Education, Emily Dahlgaard Thor, essentialism, Jess Leffers, John Coley, Presentations, Publications, race, Science Education
Several projects from the CORE Lab were accepted to Boston’s 2020 Eastern Psychological Association Conference this upcoming March at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel. EPA is one of the oldest psychological associations in the United States and their main goal is to...
Dec 18, 2018 | Conferences, Ecology, essentialism, Jess Leffers, Yian Xu
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...
Dec 6, 2018 | Awards, Conferences, Nicole Betz, Presentations
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...
Mar 9, 2018 | Conferences, Education, essentialism, Jess Leffers, John Coley, Presentations, Uncategorized, Yian Xu
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...