Psi Chi is the International Honor Society in Psychology, founded in 1929 to promote excellence in s
Psi Chi is the International Honor Society in Psychology, founded in 1929 to promote excellence in scholarship and further the science of psychology. There are over 1,000 chapters of Psi Chi at senior colleges and universities in the USA and Canada; BU’s chapter was founded on April 10, 1953. The National Psi Chi Office is located in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and is run by elected psychologists who
03/27/2017
Ever wonder why you think of some strange images right before you fall asleep? New research has now identified these as Microdreams!
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/dream-factory/201703/new-study-identifies-microdreams
New Study Identifies "Microdreams" A paper published in Neuroscience of Consciousness zooms in on the microdream.
11/22/2016
New research finds that yoga can help relieve symptoms of anxiety! Just another great reason to take some time today to focus on yourself
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-new-resilience/201611/suffer-anxiety-disorder-new-research-yoga-helps
Suffer From Anxiety Disorder? New Research That Yoga Helps! New research shows yoga can diminish your symptoms of diagnosed anxiety disorder
10/17/2016
Never a dull moment in psychological research! This groundbreaking study published today from the RIKEN-MIT Center for Neural Circuit Genetics has pinpointed 'positive' neurons housed in the back of the amygdala and 'negative' neurons located in the front of the amygdala in mice
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-athletes-way/201610/your-amygdala-may-house-both-positive-and-negative-memories
Your Amygdala May House Both Positive and Negative Memories Positive and negative memories are stored in different regions of the amygdala.
10/12/2016
Growing pains: They're not just physical, but also mental! Check out what Psychology Today has to say about the changes that teenagers are experiencing mentally and psychologically.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-kitchen-shrink/201610/growing-pains-in-the-teenage-brain
Growing Pains in the Teenage Brain Why are teens more impulsive and more emotional?
10/03/2016
What is it about optimism that helps entrepreneurs succeed in the business world? Psychology Today gives us a few answers!
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-science-behind-behavior/201610/4-ways-in-which-optimism-helps-entrepreneurs-succeed
4 Ways In Which Optimism Helps Entrepreneurs Succeed Creative ideas, a bias to act, persistence, & bouncing back are contributors.
04/09/2016
Congratulations to all the new Psi Chi members who were inducted this past Tuesday night!
Find out more about the psychology behind the Disney Pixar Film Inside Out: https://www.psichi.org/page/203EyeSpr16aCannon #.VuWR34wrLR0
Eye on Psi Chi: Spring 2016 - Psi Chi, The International Honor Society in Psychology Dacher Keltner, PhD, is a full professor at the University of California, Berkeley and director of the Berkeley Social Interaction Lab (http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~keltner/) and faculty director of the Greater Good Science Center (http://greatergood.berkeley.edu). Dr. Keltner’s research focuses on…
01/28/2016
A new study done by researchers from Harvard Medical School, Boston Children's Hospital, and the Broad Institute discovered new reasons behind the early onset of schizophrenia. Check it out here for more information! http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/28/health/schizophrenia-cause-synaptic-pruning-brain-psychiatry.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0
Scientists Move Closer to Understanding Schizophrenia’s Cause A new study provides researchers with their first biological handle on the disorder, and helps explain why it often begins at a relatively young age.
11/20/2015
A nap between classes could help you learn better!
Check out this article to see why day time naps are beneficial for learning:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/10/151016135315.htm
A nap to recap: How reward, daytime sleep boost learning: Findings could benefit educators Rewarding learning selectively enhances the consolidation of learned information during sleep, report scientists. This human study builds on what we know from Drosophila by showing how sleep and reward combine to boost memory.
10/26/2015
No matter what field of work you're in, Dan Ariely's TED Talk on behavioral economics can give you insight into what affects our motivation to produce better work and feel happier in the workplace. Check his video out here: https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_ariely_what_makes_us_feel_good_about_our_work?language=en
What makes us feel good about our work? What motivates us to work? Contrary to conventional wisdom, it isn't just money. But it's not exactly joy either. It seems that most of us thrive by making constant progress and feeling a sense of purpose. Behavioral economist Dan Ariely presents two eye-opening experiments that reveal our unexpecte…
09/29/2015
Want to get in touch with your creative side but don't know how? Here's a cool article that provides some tips to "hatch" your creativity!
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/digital-altruism/201509/hatch-your-creativity
Hatch Your Creativity What you can learn from my Hatch Experience and the science of psychology
09/22/2015
Alzheimer's Disease is one that affects many people and their families.
In honor of the local Boston Walk to End Alzheimer's this Sunday, here are some interesting articles to check out that give us hope for a cure!
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/09/150921133646.htm
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/09/150918152000.htm
Old drug offers new hope to treat Alzheimer's disease: By repurposing a prescription drug used... Salsalate, a drug used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, effectively reversed tau-related dysfunction in an animal model of frontotemporal dementia (FTD), scientists have discovered. Salsalate prevented the accumulation of tau in the brain and protected against cognitive impairments resembling impairme…