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Psychology’s Replication Crisis
One of the cornerstones of modern science is the criterion of replicability. Replicability is the idea that if a phenomenon is real, it should...
Why do I sneeze when I step out into the sun?
Have you ever stepped out into the sun after a long day of sitting inside and suddenly felt the urge to sneeze?
Usually, sneezing is...
Procrastination Reflection
Have you ever questioned yourself why it felt so natural to delay things that need to be done? This happens to everyone at all...
How Binge-Watching Ruins Your Memory
A Tale of Binge-Watching and You
After years of saying ‘I don’t need it’ or ‘it will waste my time,’ I finally caved last year...
Toxic Birds
Introduction:
To consider something toxic, it must produce “an adverse biological effect” to humans or other animals (“Basic Terminology”). For birds, several species have adverse...
Are All-Nighters in College Actually Beneficial?
In college, it’s hard to balance sleep and studying. Many students sacrifice sleep in the hopes that that time spent studying instead will positively...
Painting With all the Colors of the Wind Part Two
PART TWO: WHY DOES SYNESTHESIA HAPPEN?
So, we know a bit about what synesthesia is. But what actually causes these remarkable perceptions?
Well the truth is,...
Painting With all the Colors of the Wind Part One
PART ONE: WHAT IS SYNESTHESIA?
Read this sentence.
Now stop. Go back, and read it again, but this time, listen to that sentence as well. No,...
Painting With all the Colors of the Wind Part Three
If you’ve already read this far, you hopefully have a pretty good picture of what synesthesia is, seen some scientific data that supports its...