Author: Inés Echeandía

We all have been acquainted with the term ‘childhood trauma’ – referring to the experience of an event that transpired during childhood, that causes significant amount of distress and can, in many cases, result in lasting emotional or physical effects. We often associate trauma when we discuss long-term effects on child development. Interestingly, however, there […]

Food is a necessity for the survival of any species. In my experience, food is something I look forward to, from when I go to sleep at night to when I wake up in the morning: What am I going to eat today? What started as a sole requirement for our existence has slowly grown […]

Ghost stories seem to be a part of life; whether you heard them from your friends at a sleepover or your family at an eerie campsite or perhaps if you had a personal experience(?).  Either way, we are all familiar with tales about the communication between the living and the dead. The reality of these […]

In recent times, there has been prominent discourse surrounding mental disorders; familiarising us with issues surrounding depression, anxiety, and even psychopathy and schizophrenia. Pop culture has been party to acquainting us with the latter two, but with seemingly more awareness, we within the Science community, or outside, have developed a reasonable understanding of these disorders, […]

‘The Tired Brain’, one of our former articles highlighted the urgency to tackle the issue of depression brought on by sleep deprivation. We, be it within the science community, or outside are becoming increasingly conscious of the prevalence of mental disorders. This has provoked many researchers to explain comprehensively, the underlying mechanisms of such disorders, […]