Apr 12, 2021 | Articles about the lab, essentialism, Facial recognition, Jess Leffers, John Coley, Psychology Department, Publications, race
This past February, Jessica Leffers, fifth year doctoral student in the CORE Lab, published her work in the Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition. Her work examined the role of culture in racial essentialism – the belief that members racial...
Jul 27, 2020 | Psychology Department, race, Science Education
We are excited to tell you that the College of Science at Northeastern University is a sponsor of Black In Neuro Week, which is happening from today to August 2, 2020. It will be a week full of programs and activities for students and faculty to learn about...
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...
Nov 26, 2018 | essentialism, Presentations, race
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...
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...