How do you get college students learning? I run a cognitive science research lab where I study mind and language. Throughout my teaching career, I have always gone old school, the Socratic way. Thr… ...

Iris Berent. Believe in ghost stories and visits from the dead? It’s more natural than you think (Yunyi Dai / For The Times) By Iris Berent. Dec. 4, 2022 3:15 AM PT .

"The Phonological Mind," by Northeastern University Professor Iris Berent, takes a bold new approach to studying phonology -- the ability to pattern words from meaningless linguistic elements.

"Those deficits are seen even in infants who are at high risk for dyslexia," said researcher Iris Berent, a cognitive scientist at Northeastern University in Boston.

New research from Northeastern professor of psychology Iris Berent and her colleagues indicates that language and motor systems are intricately linked--though not in the way that has been widely ...

New research shows that human speech preferences are not based on the ability to pronounce certain sounds over others, as has been previously believed.

Iris Berent, Ph.D., is a Professor of Psychology at Northeastern University who studies human nature, and laypeople’s capacity to grasp who they are.

Iris Berent. Los Angeles Times. Artificial intelligence is everywhere. It helps drive your car, recognizes your face at the airport’s immigration checkpoint, interprets your CT scans, reads your ...

Iris Berent. Author Archive. Jan 2, 2025. Psychology Has a Consciousness Problem. Seeing the striking magenta of bougainvillea. Tasting a rich morning latte. Feeling the sharp pain of a needle prick ...

New research from Northeastern professor of psychology Iris Berent and her colleagues indicates that language and motor systems are intricately linked—though not in the way that has been widely ...

Dyslexia may be rooted in a problem the brain has in teasing out distinct sounds from the incoming garble, researchers say.

Dyslexia may be rooted in a problem the brain has in teasing out distinct sounds from the incoming garble, researchers say. Considered a learning disability, dyslexia makes it difficult to read ...