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Susan Whitfield-Gabrieli
professor of psychology and director of the Biomedical Imaging Center
Expertise
cognitive neuroscience, mood disorders

Susan Whitfield-Gabrieli for Northeastern Global News

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 Mindfulness meditation can help cure the teen mental health crisis, research shows

Northeastern expert makes a case for readily available behavioral interventions to halt spiraling teen depression and anxiety.
Susan Whitfield-Gabriel in front of a MRI machine

Could mind games help cure teen depression? Brain imaging study by a Northeastern researcher shows promise

All nine teens enrolled at Northeastern’s Biomedical Imaging Center were able to calm the region of the brain associated with depression by using mindfulness meditation. Professor Susan Whitfield-Gabrieli says by using neurofeedback to “literally just move a ball with their mind,” they activated instead a region associated with goal setting.

Could brain scans of children predict teenage mental illness?

Psychiatrists don’t fully understand the neurological basis of mental illness, says Northeastern psychology professor Susan Whitfield-Gabrieli. Her team is presenting a new way to use brain imaging to anticipate the problems of teen anxiety and depression during childhood

What if pictures of your brain could predict schizophrenia?

Northeastern neuroscientist Susan Whitfield-Gabrieli has found that a particular pattern of brain activity may be an early sign of schizophrenia.