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• Awards

  

  Northeastern professor Lisa Feldman Barrett elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

  
  

  Professor Barrett, who has dedicated her career to redefining our understanding of emotions, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. "Something…

  • by Allie Nicodemo   April 18, 2018

• Emotions

  

  Scientists have long believed humans' physiological reaction to emotions to be uniform. This study says they’re wrong

  
  

  For hundreds of years, psychologists have operated under the notion that each emotion category-anger, sadness, fear, disgust, happiness, surprise-has its own physiological fingerprint. And that…

  • by Allie Nicodemo   April 17, 2018

• Aging well

  

  Healthy aging: Can we turn back time?

  
  

  Northeastern researchers touched on that question this week in a series of talks that examined renewing tissue function, improving and restoring motor control, and the…

  • by Thea Singer   April 26, 2017

• Brain science

  

  How humans bond: The brain chemistry revealed

  
  

  Research led by Northeastern professor Lisa Feldman Barrett found, for the first time, that the neurotransmitter dopamine is involved in human bonding, bringing the brain’s…

  • by Thea Singer   February 13, 2017

• Science & Technology

  

  Psychology expert offers advice for less stress, more joy during the holidays

  
  

  The holidays are billed as a time of joy, but they can also be a time of increased stress for many people. We asked psychology…

  • by Thea Singer   December 21, 2016

• Health

  

  3Qs: Advice for handling strong emotions post-election

  
  

  Psychology professor Lisa Feldman Barrett provides perspective on the intensity of our emotions this election season, how the campaign might affect us psychologically over the…

  • by Thea Singer   November 15, 2016

• Health

  

  Chew on this: How we believe our meat is raised can influence how it tastes

  
  

  New research from Northeastern psychology professor Lisa Feldman Barrett shows that our beliefs about how farm animals are raised—whether on “factory farms” or in more…

  • by Jason Kornwitz   August 24, 2016

• Health

  

  Comfort dogs bring healing in times of tragedy

  
  

  Twelve golden retrievers recently arrived in Orlando to bring comfort to the survivors and those grieving after the mass shooting at the gay nightclub Pulse.

  • by Thea Singer   June 23, 2016

• Science & Technology

  

  Failure to reproduce results is ‘a normal part of how science works’

  
  

  Lisa Feldman Barrett, University Distinguished Professor of Psychology, says that there is “not a cause for alarm” after a new paper revealed that many psychology…

  • by Thea Singer   September 10, 2015

• Science & Technology

  

  3Qs: How we feel what we feel

  
  

  Lisa Feldman Barrett, University Distinguished Professor of Psychology at Northeastern, explains why misconceptions about emotion persist, how our emotional brains change as we age, and…

  • by Thea Singer   August 10, 2015

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