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Professor of Psychology Stephen M. Kosslyn—among those whom Portman identified as a friend and mentor—says Portman consistently approached her work with diligence and precocity. Her critique of a paper that he and some colleagues wrote on neuroimagery as possible lie detection, Kosslyn says, has impelled them to reassess their methods for future studies...
Kosslyn recalls also that he was able to share with Portman a penchant for French film and an acute sense of humor...
Imagining a wicked jibe from Portman, a small, soft-spoken student in thong sandals and bright-pink toenail polish, is difficult...
...When Portman discusses the Harvard professors who influenced her most—a list that includes such illustrious names as Alan Dershowitz, Jorie Graham and Michael Sandel—one adjective appears in each description: wonderful...
Citing what she describes as “this false sort of fame that I have,” Portman has shied from the public limelight during her time at the College, instead contributing quietly to the Harvard community...