Tenzing Briggs

English // Class of 2022

Taming the psyche: Mindfulness meditation as neurological process

Health, Psychology / /

In traditional Buddhist philosophy and training, taming the mind through meditation is part of achieving spiritual wellbeing. In recent decades, however, Western Science has looked to meditation as a novel clinical practice for improving mental health. In the process, research has begun to study how meditation can positively impact an individual psychologically and neurologically. Due […]

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An investigation into “acquired sociopathy”: The underpinnings of behavior inhibition and aggression

Psychology / /

When it comes to the complexity of human behavior, no behavior is more intricate than the social nets we weave. In complex social networks, empathy is an important key to social behavior, but because it is felt emotionally complicates the matter. When it comes to the brain and personality, many people might be aware of

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An exploration of crop diversity:
The importance of biodiverse agriculture

Biology, Chemistry, Environment / /

Humans have made many lasting, devastating changes to the world in which we live, but biodiversity loss has been one of the main changes we have wrought upon the planet. In the world of agriculture, there has also been a loss of biodiversity in the specific species of crops grown to feed a rapidly growing

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The question of the perfect-pitch brain: Revealing how we process speech and melody

Biology / /

In the world of music, being able to know when you’re in tune is key. As any musician knows, it takes a good deal of time, skill, and experience to identify tones, and in most cases, one needs a reference tone, having “relative pitch.” However, some have the ability to identify notes without any reference.

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