The move toward open science

by | Oct 1, 2019 | Blog

Dr. Veilleux here. I’ve been slowly making the move toward open science, and although it’s been hard, I ultimately feel good about myself (and my lab) moving in this direction. What is open science, you might ask? Well, if you want a good primer, you...

Why a YouTube Channel?

by | Oct 24, 2018 | Blog

So in August of 2018, I (Dr. Veilleux) took the plunge and did something I’ve been wanting to do for a long time: I started a YouTube channel.  It might seem like a weird thing to do, but when I’ve taught undergraduate seminars on Emotion and...

Taking Time Off

by | Mar 10, 2017 | Blog

This post is for any undergraduate student who might be interested in a clinical psych PhD.  Maybe you applied this year and didn’t get into a program (which isn’t unusual–clinical psychology doctoral programs are among the hardest in the country to...

Emotion regulation motives

by | Sep 14, 2016 | Blog

This semester, I (Dr. Veilleux) am teaching a graduate level seminar on Emotion (Regulation) in Psychotherapy.  In this course, we review the basic research on emotion and emotion regulation, much of which published by social psychologists, and talk about how the...

The psychology lessons of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

by | Jul 11, 2016 | Blog

I (Dr. Veilleux) love musical theatre, and witty subversive TV shows.  So it should come as no surprise that I started watching the CW show Crazy Ex-Girlfriend during the 2015-2016 TV season, because it’s a musical (I will watch at least one episode of just...

Introduction to LEAP Blog

by | Jul 11, 2016 | Blog

Dr. Veilleux here. As part of the new LEAP website, we will be starting a blog to describe some of the research going on in our lab, as well as research questions we hope others will address, and potentially highlighting new and exciting research related to emotion...