Depression is a mood disorder that involves a sad mood or loss of pleasure in normal activities (NIH). It can have impacts on cognition, motivation, and emotional reactions. It’s important to find treatment to improve the quality of life and functional abilities of those who suffer from depressive disorders. When focusing on biological risks for depression, most research … [Read more...] about Neuroinflammation and Depression- Part 1
Previous Editors Blogs
XR and the Music Industry
In the past couple of years, significant strides have been made in the intersection of extended reality and music. In this blog post, I’ll discuss some of the up-and-coming applications of XR in the music industry. As the music industry embraces the boundless possibilities offered by XR, the way we consume, create, and appreciate music is undergoing a revolutionary … [Read more...] about XR and the Music Industry
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 2 Episode 22 Allegory on Queerness and the Coming Out Experience
Buffy the Vampire Slayer is a famous American TV show that aired from 1997 to 2003 for seven seasons. The show follows the main character Buffy Summers, a high school student who is also a chosen vampire slayer. She has been given the power and responsibility to fight against vampires, demons, and other supernatural beings that threaten the world. Buffy and her friends navigate … [Read more...] about Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 2 Episode 22 Allegory on Queerness and the Coming Out Experience
Eyewitness Testimony – Part 2
In the last blog, I elucidated factors in the acquisition and storage of memories that can impact their accuracies. In this blog, I intend to discuss factors in memory retrieval that can lead to false memories. A very well-known incident of mistaken identity is Jennifer Thomson’s identification of Ronald Cotton as her rapist (The Perfect Witness). After giving police a … [Read more...] about Eyewitness Testimony – Part 2
Face Filters: Augmenting or Losing Reality?
After acquiring Looksery, a specialized face-tracking technology from Ukraine, Snapchat introduced the first widely used set of “Lenses”- AR face filters that merged the user’s real world with the digital world inside their phone. They have since been pioneers in the AR filter scene, and even democratized filter creation with the release of their desktop app Lens Studio in … [Read more...] about Face Filters: Augmenting or Losing Reality?