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

A new theory of human development challenges the belief that humans are born with an intricately wired social brain that has been developed through millions…
- Bill Ibelle August 6, 2018
Northeastern professor named president-elect for the Association of Psychological Science

Psychology professor Lisa Feldman Barrett, research in the field of affective neuroscience has upended conventional wisdom on the nature of emotions, has been named President-Elect…
- Allie Nicodemo May 11, 2018
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…
- Allie Nicodemo April 18, 2018
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…
- Allie Nicodemo April 17, 2018
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…
- Thea Singer April 26, 2017
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…
- Thea Singer February 13, 2017
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…
- Thea Singer December 21, 2016
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…
- Thea Singer November 15, 2016
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…
- Jason Kornwitz August 24, 2016
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.
- Thea Singer June 23, 2016

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

Northeastern professor named president-elect for the Association of Psychological Science

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

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

Healthy aging: Can we turn back time?

How humans bond: The brain chemistry revealed

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

3Qs: Advice for handling strong emotions post-election

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

Comfort dogs bring healing in times of tragedy

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