Iris Berent

How should we do research on human nature?

Op-Ed by Iris Berent, professor of psychology at Northeastern University.

Who We Are at Core

We chat with Iris Berent, a cognitive psychologist at Northeastern University, who studies human nature, and the moral implications of our “true selves.”

Op-Ed: Learning as meditation in a Zoom classroom

Iris Berent is a professor of psychology at Northeastern University. She is the author of “The Blind Storyteller: How We Reason About Human Nature.”

Scientific American

How Decoding Dyslexia Can Help Decode the Mind

If we were aware of the early warning signs, we could help these children by using research-based remediation. But dyslexia is poorly understood by the public. Iris Berent is a professor of psychology at Northeastern University.

Op-Ed: The real reason we’re afraid of robots

Iris Berent, a professor of psychology at Northeastern University, is author of “The Blind Storyteller: How We Reason About Human Nature.”

Boston Magazine

Study sheds new light on how the brain processes speech

When it comes to the study of human physiology, few organs are more complex and intriguing than the human brain. Even though many areas of the brain are still a mystery to scientists, new research from Northeastern University, the University of Oxford, and several Boston institutions may help to bring researchers a step closer to understanding one of its most crucial functions: speech. In a […]