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A new way to look at emotions – and how to master yours
One day at graduate school, one of Lisa Feldman Barrett’s colleagues asked her out on a date. Barrett, a psychologist at Northeastern Universtiy, didn’t really fancy him, but she had been in the lab all day and felt like a change of scenery, so she agreed to go to the local coffee shop. As they […]
Boston Herald
Experts: Brazen bandit seeks infamy, careless of victim’s psychological scars
The life-and-death struggle that a Lakeville bank employee found herself thrust into on Monday could leave her with long-lasting psychological scars, say local experts who think the brazen bandit — who didn’t try to conceal his identity — was hoping to become infamous. “I would think that she would have a lot of trouble going […]
Boston Magazine
Fitness breakdown: Classic fall activities
Fall in New England is a special time of year, when everyone becomes a leaf peeper and pumpkin everything infiltrates local restaurants. It also comes with a classic to-do list of activities, from apple picking to a Thanksgiving Day game of touch football. But are the calories burned raking leaves really a workout? “Sometimes, the things […]
The New Yorker
The virtues (and limitations) of virtual therapists
The idea that people can become invested in a non-human figure like the Prof or Apple’s Siri is not radically new; sometimes, at least in Hollywood, they even fall in love. But, outside of the entertainment industry, fully animated guides have struggled to take hold. Timothy Bickmore, a professor of computer science at Northeastern University, […]
This Boston startup offers ‘don’t-do-it-yourself’ storage
One Boston startup has been offering customers “Don’t-Do-It-Yourself” storage since 2010, but it’s still managed to remain relatively unnoticed – ask someone if they’ve ever heard of Fetch Storage and there’s a good chance the answer will be no. Brij Patel, one of the company’s co-founders, told BostInno “word of mouth” and “Google searches” have thus far […]
The KKK is a terrorist organization
This weekend, three people were killed in violent incidents outside Kansas City. From the earliest reports, the killings bore all the hallmarks of a terrorist attack. There is still no consensus over the definition, but terrorism usually denotes a nonstate actor attacking civilian targets to spread fear for some putative political goal. And here we […]
Arguendo
You would not think that a constitutional law argument before the justices of the Supreme Court the stuff of engaging nights in the theatre. Stories of lawyers presenting their legal positions and members of the Court challenging and clarifying what they hear may be the high light of a bar association dinner but plainly for […]
Welcome to the fall fare hike
MOST of the travel news this week has been focussed on the bomb threat against New York and Washington and the changes to air travel since the 9/11 attacks. But flying under the radar was yet another increase to airline ticket prices. On Friday, Southwest Airlines announced that it would join other domestic carriers in […]