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Visions of Sound & The Synesthetic Spectrum<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n

By Ava Nagy \u00b7 April 2026<\/p>\n

When I was a kid, I had a violin instructor who could see sheet music come to life. To my astonishment, I had known her for three years before this information came up in conversation. I had been sitting in the eclectic, circular “music room,” in the back of her home, complaining about how difficult it was for me to sightread a piece of music for the first time. I remember I had asked her how she did it so easily, expecting to be met with one of her usual sayings \u2013 “practice makes perfect,” or one of its many variations \u2013 but this time she only smiled.<\/p>\n

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CREATIVE<\/span><\/p>\n

Neuro Rivals<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n

By Samantha Robles Avalos \u00b7 April 2026<\/p>\n

To civilians, he is referred to as Enphine. His real identity is Endorphin. He began working as a vigilante once he reached adulthood, chasing after submerging pain signals that were rising within his hometown. They were rather minuscule and annoying incisions to Enphine. After a year of doing the bare minimum, Enphine realized that he craved more excitement than his mundane work. So, he sought after the biggest corporation known to blood-kind, the Cortex Prime.<\/p>\n

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NEUROETHICS<\/span><\/p>\n

Animism Through AI<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n

By Maya Zubrinsky \u00b7 March 2026<\/p>\n

Jean Piaget, a pioneering psychologist, posits that during the pre-operational stage of cognitive development, children attribute lifelike consciousness, emotions, and intentionality to inanimate objects. According to this same theory, around seven years old logical reasoning begins to supersede this form of imaginative thinking, suggesting that we typically outgrow the egocentric tendency to see nonhuman entities as being relational to ourselves from a young age.<\/p>\n

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PHARMACOLOGICAL<\/span><\/p>\n

MDMA: Street Drug Turned Medicinal?<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n

By Dhara Patel \u00b7 March 2026<\/p>\n

MDMA, commonly referred to as ecstasy or molly, has dominated American club culture and continues to maintain a presence in modern rave and concert scenes despite its risks as a substance with high potential for addiction and abuse. Formally, 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) is a synthetically manufactured drug that stimulates the user’s nervous system while simultaneously inducing vivid hallucinations.<\/p>\n

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NEUROBIOLOGY<\/span><\/p>\n

Love in Bloom: The Science of Butterflies<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n

By Diya Dronavadhyala \u00b7 March 2026<\/p>\n

As the short days on our snowy winter campus are replaced with cherry blossoms and sunny afternoons, it feels like love is wafting through the air. For some, spring represents a season of fresher produce, fruity drinks, and flowery pastries. For others, it represents a new season of hope and romance. In the wake of Valentine\u2019s day, grocery aisles are brimming with candy hearts and chocolate. Our society, for better or worse, inextricably links love with food; as the saying goes, \u201cthe way to one\u2019s heart is through their stomach,\u201d and of course, every rom-com viewer will tell you to \u201ctrust your gut when it comes to love.\u201d But are these proverbs rooted in any truth? In other words, how important is our gut in shaping our social interactions?<\/p>\n

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Monsters in the Mind: The Neuroscience of Serial Killers<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n

By Julia Gendin \u00b7 January 2026<\/p>\n

Bundy, Dahmer, Wuornos. Their stories were always ridiculously captivating to me! Reading about them makes me wonder: what\u2019s happening in their brains? Are serial killers simply born different, or are their behaviors shaped by their environments? Luckily, neuroscience can help answer these questions! By examining the lives and brains of specific killers, we can start to map the monstrous onto the biological.<\/p>\n

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Debunking the Myth of the \u201cMale\u201d and \u201cFemale\u201d Brain<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n

By Amishi Patil \u00b7 December 2025<\/p>\n

There is a popular myth that claims that men and women\u2019s brains process information differently, which can lead to different decision making, thinking, learning, etc. In our daily lives, we often hear that men are more \u201clogical\u201d and women are more \u201cemotional.\u201d However, scientific research does not support the distinction between the \u201cmale\u201d and \u201cfemale\u201d brain. This idea is a myth that society uses to perpetuate gender norms and stereotypes.<\/p>\n

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The Neurocognitive Damage of the Doomscroll<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n

By Maya Zubrinsky \u00b7 November 2025<\/p>\n

After an especially long day, you finally get home and begin to wind down. Naturally, without even thinking, you open TikTok. You swipe through an algorithm that feeds you exactly what you are craving\u2014 instant gratification. As short-form videos go by, so do minutes, and suddenly it’s been an hour that you feel you have wasted. Yet, nothing is compelling you to stop. Why do we passively rot a brain that is capable of so much more?<\/span><\/p>\n

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Why We Love Being Scared: The Neuroscience Behind Fear<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n

By Diya Dronavadhyala \u00b7 October 2025<\/p>\n

With Halloween creeping closer and closer, it feels like everyone\u2019s watching something spooky. From replaying classics like <\/span>It <\/span><\/i>and <\/span>The Shining<\/span><\/i> to streaming the latest releases like <\/span>Wednesday<\/span><\/i> on Netflix, scary season is in full bloom this October. Spines tingling, palms sweaty, we subject ourselves to late nights of caramel popcorn and horror movie marathons. But what intrinsic qualities make us humans so obsessed with being scared? What keeps us coming back to the jump scares and psychological thrills in Halloween media? To answer these questions, we can turn to neuroscience to understand the fundamentals of what makes us scared in the first place.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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