Hi everyone! My name is Victor You. I was born in Tennessee and moved to Connecticut at age 5. I’m currently undecided with my major, but I am considering something pre-med. Outside of class, I love to spend time with friends and family, explore new places and foods, and in the winters I like to…
Candy Gao
Hi, my name is Candy! I am from Shanghai, China, and I’m interested in majoring in Quantitative Sciences with a concentration on biology and maybe minor is Music or Computer Sciences. I love learning new things, cooking, listening to music, and singing, and I play guitar during my free time. I am very excited to…
India Hetherington
Hey! My name is India Hetherington, and I’m from Atlanta. I’m super excited to be starting my freshman year at Emory, and I’m currently on the pre-med track. As of now, my intended major is Anthropology and Human Biology, but I’m interested to see if the changes during my four years at Emory. I love…
Rachael Berkoff
Hi everyone! My name is Rachael Berkoff, and I am from New York. I am currently undecided on my major but am highly considering psychology and linguistics. In my spare time, you can find me singing in choir, listening to musical theatre, and crafting. I also love animals and have an adorable pet rabbit! As…
Sensory Illusions: The Brain and Misperception
Illusions are fascinating phenomena that almost everyone has likely experienced at one point or another in their lives, leaving them utterly bewildered and baffled as to how seemingly unreal effects or situations suddenly become very real. In fact, even researchers who devote themselves to studying various aspects of these phenomena are left perplexed and with…
How does art affect us?
It’s no secret that art can impact lots of people’s lives in very meaningful and deep ways. “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder” can attest to this much at the very least. Whether you think art is paint on a canvas or scenes from the nature that surrounds you, what we as a…
Illusions of Sound
Ever since I’ve been at home from school, I’ve had much more time to spend with my family. One of our favorite things to do together is watch the TV show “America’s Got Talent”. We literally have hundreds of recorded episodes just for the purpose of watching reruns together. One night we were watching this…
Music Therapy for Mood and Neurological Disorders
Mood disorders are a cause of disability across the world, and their prevalence is increasing rapidly through time. They can be debilitating for the people whom they affect, and can control one’s life. There are treatments for mood disorders, such as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors for depression which maintain a greater concentration of serotonin in…
The Imprint of Dance on the Brain
When I was a young boy, I used to tap my way through any and every dance floor. I danced so much that even as a four year old, I became an automatic hit for dancing to multiple songs at a wedding in England. I have always been told that I am a good dancer;…