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Kross Dissects the Psychology of the Inner Voice

Ella Champagne • April 17, 2024

We as humans spend between one-half and one-third of our waking hours not focused on the present moment, according to Ethan Kross, professor of psychology and management & organizations at the University of Michigan.

BC To Offer New Psychological Humanities Minor This Fall

Annika Engelbrecht • March 24, 2024

Coming this fall, the Lynch School of Education and Human Development (LSEHD) will offer a new minor in psychological humanities, open to all students.

Genova Uses Storytelling to Understand, Destigmatize Alzheimer’s Disease

Angelina Li • November 5, 2023

Lisa Genova expressed that her knowledge as a neuroscientist was not enough to fully understand or explain the brain and certain neurological diseases—she had to become a storyteller.

Is Kindness Really a Virtue?

Makayla Hickey • October 22, 2023

For as long as I can remember, the value of kindness has been emphasized in nearly every aspect of my life. “Be kind to others” was scribbled at the top of the easel papers that served as elementary school classroom constitutions.

Gulliford Highlights the Importance of Forgiveness, Gratitude, and Hope in Psychology Lecture

Lydia Boer • February 24, 2023

The virtues of forgiveness, gratitude, and hope are developed through connections with others, according to Liz Gulliford, senior lecturer of psychology at the University of Northampton, UK. Gulliford examined forgiveness, gratitude, and hope from a positive psychology perspective in a lecture in Devlin Hall on Feb. 21.

Ellen Winner Explores Relationship Between Art and Psychology

Madeleine Romance • February 20, 2020

Ellen Winner, BC psychology professor and director of the Arts and Mind Lab, shared her research surrounding the cognition of arts in adults and children.

Psychology Department Launches Neuroscience Major

Samantha Karl • October 11, 2018

The Boston College psychology department announced a Bachelor of Science degree in neuroscience, the first degrees for which will be awarded to the Class of 2020 and may be declared as early as Sept. 1, 2019 by the classes of 2020, 2021, and 2022.

Paying Attention to My Loss of Attention

Benjamin Errichetti • September 9, 2018

"Maybe when we were all younger, the world was a different place, and we all functioned a little differently."

Beat of the Drum: Harvard Lab Decodes Universality of Music

Alessandro Zenati • April 8, 2018

The Harvard Music Lab, funded by a grant from the National Institutes of Health and Harvard's Data Science Initiative, conducts experiments on the cross-cultural function of music. The research team focuses primarily on infant cognition and developing individuals of all ages.

Doyle and Roozeboom Explore Connections Between Theology and Psychology

Jaehun Lee • February 25, 2018

“As we spend time loving and caring for ourselves, our brain responds and our capacity to love and connect with our neighbor increases,” Roozeboom said. “What happens is people lose a sense of separateness between the self and others, and we have this experience of being at one."

Recognizing the Value of Fear

Shannon Lyons • December 3, 2017

"Rather than seeing fear as a weakness or a burden, what if we began to view it as a springboard for opportunity? What if, instead of allowing it to slow us down, we began to interpret it as our body’s natural way of preparing for greatness?"

Channelling the Creativity of Children

Shannon Lyons • September 21, 2017

"We must slow down and breathe life in through all of our senses, the way that a wonderstruck child would."