Psychology

The fallibility of memory and the misinformation effect in eyewitness testimony

Psychology / /

Anyone who has watched Criminal Minds is familiar with the iconic cognitive interview, where the team members attempt to re-immerse a witness into the crime scene by asking them to recall specific details surrounding them. The interview almost always results in an incredible moment where the witness suddenly remembers exactly what happened. However, memory retrieval […]

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The Science behind lucid dreaming: Is waking insightfulness correlated?

Psychology / /

You are sitting in your English class when the teacher announces that you have a pop quiz on the “Macbeth” reading from last night. This was the same reading you procrastinated the previous night because scrolling on TikTok in bed was far more appealing. The overwhelming and endless amount of doomful scenarios going through your

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For the first time, again: Investigating the neuroscience behind déjà vu

Biology, Psychology / /

The rain is pouring outside. It’s only 1 p.m. on a Monday, yet you feel the day has already dragged on for ages. You’ve only made it through two lectures, an hour of unproductive studying, and about half a protein bar. Naturally, you end up at a local — new — coffee shop for a

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