AkshayG2023's Psychology Blog

 Senses and Stuff :O https://www.sciencealert.com/psychologists-found-a-weird-trick-that-changes-how-food-tastes This article discusses the relationship between our sense of taste and colors. Psychologists conducted a study in which volunteers ate the same food out of different colored bowls and were then asked to rate the foods they ate on various metrics. The most noticeable difference was found in the volunteers who were picky eaters. For example, these picky eaters found chips in blue bowls to be saltier and chips in red bowls to be less desirable. I found it interesting to see how something as simple as the color of the dishes you use can alter how you perceive foods.

Flight Risk [April 11th (Frontal Lobe + Norepinephrine)] Flight Risk was once a typical college student. One day, he went out to a bar with his friends after collectively acing a Biochemistry test. The bar was lively and Flight Risk enjoyed drinking and talking with his friends. After a few drinks, Flight Risk and his friends notice a strange-looking group of hooded people walk in.  Soon, the swarm of hooded men starts running toward Flight Risk's group!  They take one of Flight Risk's friends and try to escape with her! In a drunken state, Flight Risk fails to aid his friends. With clouded judgement and lack of coordination, Flight Risk stumbles away, hoping to escape the situation rather than lend a hand. The next day, his friend is found dead in the middle of the campus quad. Flight Risk decided that he would no longer run away from confrontation and will fight for himself and his friends. Out of sheer determination, Flight Risk develops a device that allows him to control ...

 AP Psych Post #2 Hello! Here's a quick little journey throughout my life thus far- Birth -  While I don't remember much about it, I was born on April 11th, 2005 in Houston, TX. I've lived here pretty much all of my life. I don't know where a lot of my baby photos went, but there's one! I had super curly hair when I was a baby. According to my parents, I wasn't very original with my first word being "Mama". My parents taught me to crawl by placing trails of cookies along the floor and I would desperately struggle to grab all of them. I still have that love for cookies today. I was also apparently a very calm baby. My parents described it as a "welcome break" after having my much rowdier older sister.  Adolescence- I don't think there were too many standout moments here. Puberty was a uh...not very fun time but very thankful to be past that. I made a lot of connections with some very close friends who I still hang out with today. A lot of ...

Each year, I help manage semi-annual blood drives with Dulles HOSA! We always manage to get a huge turnout, so I'm glad I can significantly contribute to such a good cause. On average, we obtain enough blood to save ~300 lives per year! I'm excited about our next blood drive ( March 28th ).  You should all sign up to donate <3 (seriously.) My 4 truths + 1 lie: I've been to two Ariana Grande concerts I'm going into computer science next year Sitcoms are my favorite types of show I emcee for Multicultural Show I've never been to India