Hi! My name is Teresa Martinez Gonzalez, and I am from Columbus, Ohio. Currently, I am planning to major in accounting and possibly minor in philosophy. In my free time, I enjoy coloring, going on walks, crocheting, and spending time with my friends. Regarding my interest for this class, I always enjoyed doing art projects…
Andrew Antoun
Hi! I’m Andrew Antoun and I am from Dallas, Texas. At Emory, I am studying Biology and Music Performance on the premed track. During my free time, I like to play French Horn, spend time with my friends, and lift. I have been surrounded with music my whole life and I want to be a…
Rafaela Sewards
Hi! My name is Rafaela Sewards, and I am from Brooklyn, New York. I am a Quantitative Sciences major on the Neuroscience Behavioral Biology track. In my free time, I enjoy reading, doing yoga, painting, and spending time with my friends. I grew up doing art projects with my mom, and art has become a…
Izzy Lefand
Hi! I’m Izzy Lefand and I am from Waycross, Georgia. Currently, I am planning to double major in psychology and dance. During my free time, I love spending time with friends, watching New Girl, and baking. I have always loved the arts, specifically the performing arts and I think the intertwining aspects of art and…
Vince DeFabio Introduction
Hi everyone! My name is Vince DeFabio, and I am from Summit NJ, outside of New York. I am taking pre-business classes and will declare a major in Finance. I love to play video games and sports, and finding a healthy balance between the two. I enjoy this class because I already took Psychology 110,…
Emily Qian
Hi! My name is Emily Qian, I’m from Beijing China. I am currently on pre-med track and will probably declare biology major. I love reading novels, playing different types of music and drawing fan arts. I really enjoy this class by its intersection of brain biology and Art. The stuff I learned in psychology also…
Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response
During the pandemic, I have to take online courses as an international student. Since I have a different time zone from eastern standard time, it’s very hard for me to stay a healthy life style. Initially, I tried to take melatonin to help with my sleep. However, it didn’t work so well. When I was…
What is Reality?
Our brains are easily tricked by simple drawings, pictures, and works of art. Sometimes we may see objects that are absent and other times, we may fail to see objects that are present. Our brain constructs our reality by taking in information collected from our senses and transforming them into a world based on its…
Cinematography on the Brain
Picture this: a magnificent shot of an amber sunrise illuminating the sandy specks on a beach, or even a simple frame of a coffee cup on a breakfast table. What is it that makes a visual look as if it was “straight out of a movie”? The answer can be summed up by one word:…
Mysterious Dreams
Everyone has some interesting experience with dreams since we spent one-third of our lives sleeping. Some are scary, some gives you warmth, while some even inspires the dreamer about future goals or career. For me, I rarely have nightmares or inspirational dreams, most of them are simply non-sense like imaginary star wars with the people…