Healthy Minds, Healthy Bodies Social Psych Research Lab is dedicated to the study of important social issues and to improving the health of marginalized groups
Department of Psychology, BU
Joined April 2015
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Two studies this year, published only a week apart, showed that aerobic exercise improved memory.
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169 of the best colleges are still searching for 2020 applicants and offering tuition discounts on.forbes.com/6016GJtzQ
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Researchers in England say they have the first evidence that a drug can improve COVID-19 survival nbcboston.com/news/coronavir…
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At Amazon, they're reimagining the workplace with a new kind of technology to help with social distancing. abcn.ws/2AwnF7J
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Harvard University is planning to reopen its campus to some degree, even as it plans to keep most courses online.
Dean Claudine Gray wrote in an email Monday that remote learning would continue into the fall, with "rare exceptions."
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Most Americans don’t think cellphone tracking will help limit #COVID19, are divided on whether it’s acceptable pewrsr.ch/2YEbZrf
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Tweet or perish ...
An amazing *randomized trial* on Twitter+academia:
112 papers were randomly chosen to be shared on twitter by a group with ~58k followers or to not be shared. Papers that were tweeted accumulated 4x more citations compared to non-tweeted papers over 1yr.
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Besides Feelings Of Loneliness, What Else Does Isolation Do To Us? npr.org/2020/06/16/877778770…
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Fast facts about how Americans and Germans see national security issues amid Trump’s plan to reduce U.S. troop levels in Germany pewrsr.ch/3e5hfe1
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There is much interest in policy circles in the concept of wellbeing, but to what end? This #BMJAnalysis reviews evidence on the measurement and determinants of wellbeing and how this might be used to set public sector priorities ow.ly/XU6L50A8ZkC
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Pets might not infect people with coronavirus, but pet owners need to protect cats, dogs and other companion animals, the US Food and Drug Administration cautions in a new YouTube video. cnn.it/2YEISUT
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The MBTA is creating a new commuter rail pass aimed at people splitting time between working from home and going to the office as businesses reopen from pandemic restrictions.
Get caught up on the latest coronavirus news here: wbur.fm/2vWHylM
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U.N. Human Rights Council to examine systemic racism and police brutality cbsn.ws/3d4cLTS
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As public health officials roll out contact tracing initiatives in Massachusetts to reduce the spread of the coronavirus, the Better Business Bureau says it has received a dozen complaints from people who say they were contacted by scammers. on.nbcboston.com/QBCmmVB
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Cases of coronavirus are rising again, prompting fears that a second wave has hit the U.S.
But several experts who study patterns of disease say that this isn't a second wave. nbcnews.to/2Y6mZyQ
