Emily Xu

Behavioral Neuroscience // Class of 2026

Function of dreaming in humans from an evolutionary perspective

Health, Psychology / /

Sometime around 2500 BCE, the earliest recorded dream in history was documented. This was Sumerian king Dumuzi’s dream, from the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia, and was recorded in cuneiform. In this vision, the king sees subjects moving before him with various objects in their hands and on their heads, which was a perplexing story to […]

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“I can quit whenever I want!”: How the e-cigarette industry retains customers for life

Health / /

Initially, electronic nicotine delivery systems were not marketed to target teenagers. However, their sleek design and soothing fruity flavors had a consequential appeal to youth. For example, the first highly popularized e-cigarette by JUUL gained traction in 2015. Shaped like a USB drive and mango flavored, JUUL and similar e-cigarette brands quickly became the cool

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