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Jewelry designer Jennifer Fisher tells women at Northeastern to embrace fear – and ambition 
Jennifer Fisher being interviewed

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Jewelry designer Jennifer Fisher tells women at Northeastern to embrace fear – and ambition 

You can’t determine emotion from someone’s facial movements–and neither can AI
New research by Northeastern neuroscientists Lisa Feldman Barrett shows that interpreting a person’s facial expression can’t be done in a vacuum; it depends on the context.

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You can’t determine emotion from someone’s facial movements–and neither can AI

Here’s why we need a PSA for the COVID-19 vaccine

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Here’s why we need a PSA for the COVID-19 vaccine

Your brain is the world’s most proficient accountant. Here’s how.

Your brain is the world’s most proficient accountant. Here’s how.

Northeastern University professor says we can’t gauge emotions from facial expressions alone

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Northeastern University professor says we can’t gauge emotions from facial expressions alone

Northeastern’s highest achievements on display at the 2019 Academic Honors Convocation

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Northeastern’s highest achievements on display at the 2019 Academic Honors Convocation

Lisa Feldman Barrett’s new book, supported by a Guggenheim Fellowship, corrects pervasive neuroscience myths

Lisa Feldman Barrett’s new book, supported by a Guggenheim Fellowship, corrects pervasive neuroscience myths

To manage your anger better, this Northeastern professor says to learn the difference between frustration and irritation.

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To manage your anger better, this Northeastern professor says to learn the difference between frustration and irritation.

You think you can read the facial expression on the teenager in the MAGA hat? You can’t.

You think you can read the facial expression on the teenager in the MAGA hat? You can’t.

Scientific studies leaving you dazed and confused? These psychology professors want to change that.

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Scientific studies leaving you dazed and confused? These psychology professors want to change that.

What made this TED talk one of the most watched of 2018?

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What made this TED talk one of the most watched of 2018?

What if people from different cultures and economic backgrounds have different brain wiring?

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What if people from different cultures and economic backgrounds have different brain wiring?