The Crust of the Brain: Skull Fractures Modeled in Bread

Skull fractures are serious injuries that occur when the bone in the skull is damaged, usually due to a physical impact to the skull or transmitted through the body. To study these injuries, I modeled several types of cranial skull fracture using loaves of bread. This project covers the class …

Muscle Wisdom by Alexandria Manley

According to Abbiss and Laursen’s article, there are several different models to explain how and why muscles fatigue during ultra endurance cycling events and, within those models, there are submodels. The overarching models include the cardiovascular/anaerobic model, energy supply and energy depletion, neuromuscular fatigue (which is what I focused on), …

Emotional and Physiological Synchrony

Emotional and physiological synchrony refer to the alignment of emotions, subjective experiences, and physical responses between individuals during interactions (Murata et al., 2021). Emotional-subjective synchrony occurs when people experience similar feelings simultaneously, enhancing empathy and a sense of connection. Physiological synchrony involves coordinated physical responses, such as heart rate or …