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Howard Eichenbaum Symposium at Boston University 03.27.2018

Daylong Symposium Celebrates Legacy of Howard Eichenbaum

Angry Boss yelling illustration 02.13.2018

Five Jerks You’ll Meet at Work Based on Characters from The Office

01.26.2018

Stefan Hofmann Receives Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Award

Prof Rob Reinhart has a new paper coming out in PNAS. In his research, he has been able can up-regulate or down-regulate cognitive performance via non-invasive brain stimulation in health humans. Pictured here with some equipment including a high definition cranial electrical current stimulator. 10.10.2017

A “Turbo Charge” for Your Brain?

Howard Eichenbaum Memorial to be held on campus Thursday 10.04.2017

Remembering Howard Eichenbaum

Lani Silversides and Shana Jones meditating in classroom 08.02.2017

One Class, One Day: Today’s Assignment Is to Meditate

Doctoral student Chelsey Bowman was awarded an NCAA Graduate Student Research Grant to survey college athletes about their attitudes regarding sexual violence on campus. Her research may lead to bystander training programs that teach athletes how to prevent sexual violence. 05.12.2017

Bystander Intervention: Can College Athletes Prevent Assault?

Amie Grills has devoted her career to researching and teaching about ways to help children control their anxieties. 04.28.2017

Helping Children Beat Anxiety Wins a Top Award

Terrorism expert Jessica Stern, research professor at Boston University Pardee School of Global Studies 04.24.2017

Why Terrorists Kill

Alice Cronin-Golomb, CAS professor of psychological and brain sciences, in her officeGallery: 04.13.2017

Office Artifacts: Alice Cronin-Golomb

Steven Sandage, director of research at BU’s Albert & Jessie Danielsen Institute, is involved in a two-year study researching humility among religious leaders. 03.27.2017

Studying the Benefits of Humility

Tara Galovski and Amy Street sitting at table 03.01.2017

Easing Transition to Civilian Life for Women Veterans

Jessica Stern, terrorism expert at Boston University Pardee School of Global Studies 11.14.2016

Explaining Violence: Lessons from Terrorists

experiment used by Boston University psychology professor Peter Blake where children were given 10 Starburst candies and asked them divide the candies into two bags, one to keep and one to give away 10.28.2016

Learning to Share

BU researchers Jennifer Green and Melissa Holt say many bullied students find a new start in college. Says Holt: “the overall picture is hopeful.” Photo by Melissa Ostrow 04.25.2016

Bullied in the Schoolyard, but Coping in College

Boston University researchers Erica Wolf and Mark Miller 04.19.2016

Aging Too Fast, Too Young

human eye, photo by Andy Langager 04.01.2016

What Rapid Eye Movement Reveals

Gerald Kidd and Jayaganesh Swaminathan study the cocktail party problem: why it’s so hard to distinguish one voice in a crowd. Can musical training help? 12.07.2015

The Cocktail Party Problem

Peter Blake, assistant professor in Boston University department of psychological and brain sciences and director of Boston University Child Development Labs 12.03.2015

“It’s Not Fair!”

Howard Eichenbaum of the Center for Memory and Brain in his office and lab 05.28.2015

CAS’s Eichenbaum Joins Ranks of Washington, Franklin, and Emerson

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