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The Irish Times
The brain isn’t the only part of your body that thinks
Lisa Feldman Barrett, of Northeastern University, also argues that a main purpose of the brain is to read the body, and to regulate what she calls the body budget.
How Facebook’s Political Ad System Is Designed to Polarize
Yet that’s the implication of a study released this week by a team of researchers at Northeastern University, the University of Southern California, and the progressive nonprofit Upturn.
How Facebook’s Political Ad System Is Designed to Polarize
Amid the tense debate over online political advertising, it may seem strange to worry that Facebook gives campaigns too little control over whom their ads target. Yet that’s the implication of a study released this week by a team of researchers at Northeastern University, the University of Southern California, and the progressive nonprofit Upturn. By […]
Attorneys For Boston Marathon Bomber To Appeals Judges: Trial Was Not Fair
Daniel Medwed, WGBH legal expert and Northeastern University law professor, said the appeals court may be open to O’Toole’s argument: “The question here is whether or not one juror’s posting of information about the bombing on social media somehow infected the trial and potentially deprived Tsarnaev of his right to a fair trial. Unless we […]
Researchers criticize AI software that predicts emotions
“How people communicate anger, disgust, fear, happiness, sadness, and surprise varies substantially across cultures, situations, and even across people within a single situation,” wrote a team at Northeastern University and Massachusetts General Hospital.
WGBH
Mass. District Attorney Association Criticizes State Sentencing Commission
WGBH legal analyst and Northeastern University Law Professor Daniel Medwed spoke with WGBH All Things Considered host Arun Rath about what’s happening with the Commission.
Small business owners need policies, strategy to keep the workplace safe
According to a story in U.S. News & World Report, Northeastern University criminologist James Alan Fox says that “most of the time there are all sorts of signs of what the grievances were.”
Vox
From Pokémon Go to Facebook, here’s how to protect your privacy on apps
“The reason for data collection is almost always monetization,” David Choffnes, an associate professor in computer science at Northeastern University, told Recode.
WGBH
What To Expect At The Boston Marathon Bomber’s Appeal
WGBH News Legal Analyst and Northeastern Law Professor Daniel Medwed joined Morning Edition Host Joe Mathieu to discuss the claims being raised by Tsarnaev’s defense team. The transcript below has been edited for clarity.
Governing
Massachusetts Revenue to Fade in Next Budget Cycle
Northeastern University economics professor Alan Clayton-Matthews, a senior contributing editor of MassBenchmarks, told the Joint Ways and Means Committee that he expects state tax revenues to total $31.804 billion in fiscal 2021 – a 3.5% rate of growth.
WGBH
What To Expect At The Boston Marathon Bomber’s Appeal
WGBH News Legal Analyst and Northeastern Law Professor Daniel Medwed joined Morning Edition Host Joe Mathieu to discuss the claims being raised by Tsarnaev’s defense team.
Governing
Massachusetts Revenue to Fade in Next Budget Cycle
Northeastern University economics professor Alan Clayton-Matthews, a senior contributing editor of MassBenchmarks, told the Joint Ways and Means Committee that he expects state tax revenues to total $31.804 billion in fiscal 2021 – a 3.5% rate of growth.