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Alexandra Daha, who studies bioengineering, receives a hug from her parents, Ion and Antoanela, after moving into East Village dormitory on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

Here is how parents can cope with dropping off their first-year students at college

Feeling anxiety or loss when your child starts college is a normal and universal experience, Northeastern psychology experts say. Here is how to acknowledge and accept this emotional transition.

by Alena Kuzub September 6, 2022

Gene Tunik, associate dean for research and innovation, works in his lab in Robinson Hall on Sept.14, 2021. Northeastern received a prestigious major research instrumentation grant to acquire a new brain stimulation machine. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

Why a groundbreaking brain stimulation machine promises new health insights

Northeastern will soon be home to a “revolutionary” brain stimulator that researchers can use to study everything from cognition, emotion, and memory to movement disorders, motor function, and aging, says Gene Tunik, associate dean of research and innovation at Northeastern.

by Tanner Stening September 14, 2021

Here’s why COVID-19 panic makes you want to stock up on toilet paper

Does being fully stocked on groceries make you feel better about the state of the world? You aren’t alone, says Alexander DePaoli, an associate professor of marketing. Amid the anxiety from COVID-19, stockpiling supplies might make us feel more in control, he says.

by Kaitlyn Budion April 7, 2020

Researchers at Northeastern are studying rat brains to understand how trauma in infancy makes children, but especially girls, more likely to develop anxiety and other similar disorders later in life. Photo by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University

Childhood trauma changes your brain. But it doesn’t have to be permanent.

Neuroscientists at Northeastern are using rats to understand how trauma in infancy makes children, but especially girls, more likely to develop anxiety and other similar disorders later in life.

by Laura Castañón February 20, 2020

Scans of brain activity in seven-year-olds are helping Northeastern researchers predict symptoms of depression, anxiety, and attentional problems in teenagers. Photo by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University

What do the brains of children tell us about their mental health as teens?

Psychiatrists don’t fully understand the neurological basis of mental illness, says Northeastern psychology professor Susan Whitfield-Gabrieli. Her team is presenting a new way to use brain imaging to anticipate the problems of teen anxiety and depression during childhood

by Roberto Molar Candanosa January 2, 2020

The general concept of delivering bacteria or manipulating gut bacteria to improve brain health is still new, said Phil Strandwitz. Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University

In search of the key to treating clinical depression

A study led by researchers at Northeastern shows that there is a potential link between the bacteria that live in our gut and clinical depression.

by Laura Castañón December 10, 2018

Susan Whitfield-Gabrieli, professor of psychology at Northeastern, poses for a portrait on Sept. 5, 2018. Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University

This neuroscientist wants to change how we diagnose and treat mental illness

Imagine that a doctor could know which treatment would best help a patient with depression, anxiety, or some other mental illness by taking a picture of their brains, not unlike the way people get an X-ray for a broken bone. That will be in the future of clinical psychiatric practice, said Susan Whitfield-Gabrieli, who started this semester as a psychology professor at Northeastern.

by Christine Regan Davi - contributor September 19, 2018

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