Graduate Student @affectivescilab and @EPICBrainLab; studying individual differences, brain connectivity and metabolism in psychopathology
Joined November 2019
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10 May 2022
Is the distinction between mental and physical illnesses as clear-cut as we think? In our new paper for Annual Reviews of Clinical Psychology, we cover allostasis, affect, and action in Major Depressive Disorder. Check it out below!
annualreviews.org/eprint/3KZ…
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Clare Shaffer retweeted
15 Jan 2025
🎉My lab (WebbsLab.com) is hiring 2 full-time research assistants to work on NIMH-funded projects focused on the causes and treatment of depression in teens. Please RT and share! Apply⬇️
tinyurl.com/naexvxdc
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Clare Shaffer retweeted
21 Oct 2024
Hey everyone! I’m taking PhD students for fall 2025. Come join us in the Emotions in Context (EMIC) lab at the University of Kansas! More info here (lab website coming soon): katiehoemann.com/emic-lab/
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26 Jun 2024
Interested in functional gradient changes in mood disorders? Stop by my poster (2040) at #OHBM2024 - I’ll be presenting today and Thursday!
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Clare Shaffer retweeted
27 Apr 2023
Mental illness is a brain disorder? Right?
We thought so.
Hang on though, our new study @JAMAPsych shows that poor body health is a more pronounced manifestation of mental illness than poor brain health.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam…
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Clare Shaffer retweeted
4 Apr 2023
By targeting the #brain networks associated with clinical symptoms, gamified #meditation may help ease #anxiety and depression in teens, finds this @NortheasternCOS psychology professor.
Read more: bit.ly/3zu3v9h
ALT Susan Whitfield-Gabrieli studies four brain scans on a computer.
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3 Apr 2023
I had such a great time presenting my very first in-person talk at @affectScience ! Thanks so much to the organizers and my symposium collaborators for a great discussion!
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Clare Shaffer retweeted
29 Mar 2023
Welcome to the official twitter of the EPIC Brain Lab at Northeastern University! Follow us to stay up to date on what’s happing in the lab!
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Clare Shaffer retweeted
3 Feb 2023
Very excited to see this out in the world!
New paper in @TrendsCognSci where we take on a few questionable assumptions made by many brain imaging investigations of brain-behavior relationships.
3 Feb 2023
Most brain-imaging studies make 3 questionable assumptions: mental events are localizable, map uniquely to dedicated #brain circuitry, & are independent of larger context. These 19th-century views need an update. New #OpenAccess paper in @TrendsCognSci. 1/ cell.com/trends/cognitive-sc…
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Clare Shaffer retweeted
3 Oct 2022
⏰ Come be my faculty colleague!! Still time to apply! We're recruiting psychology/neuroscience/brain-body researchers for TT & tenured faculty positions to join our growing center with all the neuro tools you could want in a beautiful building! northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjo…
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10 May 2022
Is the distinction between mental and physical illnesses as clear-cut as we think? In our new paper for Annual Reviews of Clinical Psychology, we cover allostasis, affect, and action in Major Depressive Disorder. Check it out below!
annualreviews.org/eprint/3KZ…
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10 May 2022
Thanks so much to my amazing co-authors and mentors, @ChristiWestlin @LFeldmanBarrett, Karen Quigley, and Sue Whitfield-Gabrieli, for your tireless support and help with this!
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4 Jan 2022
New pre-print out now! Very grateful to have been able to be a small part of this fascinating and important work from @j_theriault and team - see thread below!
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Clare Shaffer retweeted
23 Sep 2020
Check out this #thread ⬇️ for a list of key thought leaders that include women and people of color.
The producers of The Social Dilemma brought some serious and valid concerns about the impact of social media platforms to a broad Netflix audience. BUT… 🧵
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12 Jun 2020
To continue the thread: I pledge to continue opposing racism & hate, including systemic racism in science. And to do this work every day. Join me by nominating 5 others to do the same ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽 cc @tsionalida @DigginTheGraves @nogimeydan @evcory @Matt___Coleman [links below]
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12 Jun 2020
Understanding and acknowledging the historical contexts which continue to inform the scientific community today:
blogs.scientificamerican.com…
Clare Shaffer retweeted
24 Apr 2020
Are interested in the Big Questions and in learning to write about them for the public? Would you like to receive instruction from @nytopinion editor James Ryerson in an October workshop, along w/a $1,750 honorarium? Apply now for Beyond the Ivory Tower: cos.northeastern.edu/worksho…
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Clare Shaffer retweeted
11 Apr 2020
Kudos to @jayvanbavel & colleagues for this paper filled with pandemic-relevant behavioral science, much of it already being digested in the media. The @affectivescilab, which I co-direct, would like to offer a friendly amendment. /1 x.com/jayvanbavel/status/124…
24 Mar 2020
We have a new paper on
how policy makers, the media, and the public can use social & behavioural science to support #COVID19 #coronavirus pandemic response.
The paper was written by 36 authors from around the world with relevant expertise.
psyarxiv.com/y38m9
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24 Jan 2020
A great post-bacc opportunity to work with some wonderful people and learn a lot along the way - spread the word!
We’re hiring! The IASLab is seeking applications for a Research Technician position to work on an NIH-funded project examining how motivational and affective factors influence cognitive aging. Interested applicants should email c.shaffer@northeastern.edu. Please spread the word!!
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