ABSTRACT In the following experiment 26 inches of snow were dumped on Boston and we measured the amount of time it took for Nina to get to work with low functioning public transport. The following week we dumped 14 inches on Boston to check for a significant difference in travel time. In the second trial the …
Human Neuropsychology, Week 2
Imagine what it would be like to unknowingly ignore half of your world. Your vision is intact, but you have a severe a lack of attention directed towards an entire half of what you experience, almost as if you don’t actually see it, but you CAN. You can sense it, you just don’t attend to …
Monday Thru Friday Nina-Five
Recount of my first day in the office: I'm sitting in South Station, the Grand Central of Boston, rightly lacking "grand" in its title. This is the train station nearest to my internship. Knowing myself as a chronic late arriver, I woke up 2.5 hours before I had to arrive, and I was able to …
Human Neuropsychology, Week 1
Happy block five, everyone! Actually, happy start of fifth block's second week. First week flew by, as usual. My name is Jordyn for any of you who may not know me. I am a senior neuroscience major, biochemistry minor. I'm currently taking Human Neuropsychology, a 400-level senior seminar course with professor Kristi Erdal. The class …
The Search to Avoid Research
Where to start? What do I like to do? I like neuroscience, it would be cool to leave the country. Neuroscience job abroad, now that's a lofty goal. Ok what else? The prison system fascinates me, though I have no background in that. I like to rock climb- what if I worked in rope access? …
The Flashback Post
Hi guys! This is my first blog post ever. I am Nina, a Colorado College undergraduate studying Neuroscience for those of you who do not know me. I will be maintaining this blog as I see fit for the next many months. I will make my first post about how I came to be where …
We All Hate Helens, We Hate All Helens
Last night we read Margaret Atwood's The Penelopiad, an interpretation of the life of Odysseus' wife, Penelope, and of the twelve maids that are hung after the slaughter of the suitors. Atwood asks in her introduction, "What led to the hanging of the maids, and what was Penelope really up to?" In class, we drew connections …
Bachelorette Party
On Monday night, we watched Bridesmaids (2011). Since the ladies in that film missed out on a rockin' bachelorette party for Lillian, our "Setting The Table" group decided to throw one for our class. If you have seen the movie, what do you think the Vegas bachelorette party would have been like, if Annie hadn't had them …
Queen Bee
We spent all of class on Thursday dissecting the Queen Bee. Kate, Katherine, Andrew, and Ben (Glen Coco) led us in a discussion about the Queen Bee character in film, literature, and pop culture. We began with this quiz, which I recommend you also take: http://www.buzzfeed.com/mackenziekruvant/which-queen-bee-are-you#.sc8ko5ePxx my result: Bring it on. Lucy got Regina, …
On Wednesdays We Wear Pink
"I'm sorry that people are so jealous of me...but I can't help it that I'm popular." Welcome to our Half-Block course, "Queen Bees, Wannabees, and Mean Girls," taught by self-proclaimed "Wannabee" but suspiciously Queen Bee-ish Professor Lisa B. Hughes. You are undoubtably familiar with Mean Girls (2004), or if you're not, someone you know is. It enriches …
