Sep 5, 2018 | Anthropomorphism, essentialism, Uncategorized
Last week, the CORE lab grad students, postdoctoral researcher, lab coordinator, and Dr. Coley, had two entire days devoted to a research summit. The purpose of the summit was to continue discussions surrounding theoretical and operational definitions for important...
Jul 19, 2018 | Collaborators, Education, John Coley, Yian Xu
In this interview, Dr. Coley and Yian discuss their recent trip to China. They tell us about their project with our current collaborators, and they comment on their favorite things about the most populated country in the world. What did you do in China? Dr. Coley: We...
Apr 20, 2018 | essentialism, Facial recognition, Jess Leffers, Presentations, Psychology Department, race
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...
Mar 16, 2018 | Uncategorized
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...
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...