The Freud Tabloid

The Freud Tabloid

Therapy Reimagined

Living Life With Letters

Working with Rhythm

What if a single letter in that one sentence you read has the power to change your world?P.6

Witness the disapperance of a student’s worries from a dif-ferent kind of therapy.P.36

How would you feel if you were informed that listen-ing to music while working caused more harm than help?P.22

The Nutrition in YouAn improper diet can result in decreased cognitive abilities.P.30

Letter from the Editor

Dennis Yang

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Dear Readers,

Welcome to our maga-zine, a project filled with

months of challenges, minor setbacks, and the ultimate

triumph: The Freud Tabloid. My team and I went into this project

excited, but unsure of what to do or expect. After weeks of research and writ-

ing practice, we started creating our stories. The first step was interviewing sources to put

into our articles. Many of us were already hav-ing trouble; finding sources, contacting them, ar-

ranging places, actually conducting the interview, and transcribing their answers was much more difficult than

it initially sounded. Already we wanted to give up on our project. Fortunately we pulled through and were rewarded with

some of the best stories we ever wrote. I, myself, was pleas-antly surprised that I could even write a story for a magazine. The

troubles didn’t end with the articles. Our next challenge was with de-signing the layouts for our stories and ASFs. When some of us couldn’t

manage to put ideas from our mind to the computer, we were ready to give up again. With support from each other, the stories and graphics were coming

to life and starting to look like the drawings we created before beginnning the design on the computer. Even though we had many hindrances to our productivity

and creativity, our combined efforts ended up making a product that is as beautiful as it is informative.

I hope you enjoy looking through The Freud Tabloid as much as we enjoyed creating it!

Swa t i Ya r lag a dda3

Adoree Benke

Ashton Corpuz

Swati Yarlagadda

Sofia Pineda

Ashton has been interested in psychology since 7th grade, he wanted to know more about how the brain functions. This interest let him create the article The Nutrition in You where he writes about how healthy eating can help with cogni-tive functions.

Sofia has always been fascinated by both the power of language, as a tool to bring people together and one that keeps people apart, and cognitive development. The mar-riage of these two interests allowed her to conceptualize her piece.

Swati’s favorite subject has always been science, and she enjoys learn-ing about anything related to it. Her other passion is music, so combining both those interests, Swati was able to write the story Working with Rhythm, a way of teaching her readers about the brain and its relationship with music.

Editor in Chief

It was not until Aleah experienced the stress of high school that she realized how much her animals affected her mental state. After she discovered the world of pet therapy, Aleah was determined to spread the word and does so in her story, Therapy Rei-magined.

Aleah Haight

Adoree has been capti-vated by books, novels, poems, and writing as well as the body and the brain.To combine her love for literature with her interest in the brain and health, she writes about the effects of reading and writing on an individ-ual’s health in her article, Living Life With Letters.

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How pet therapy affects the mental state of students. Featuring an interview with both a

school counselor and a student involved with pet therapy.

Therapy Reimagined

All about how improper nutrition negatively impacts learning capabilities.

The Nutrition in You

Living Life with Letters

Working with Rhythm

Is Being Bilingual Really Better?

Protein Shake Maker

Interesting Psychology Experiments

Second Language Picker

How to Say Hello

The negative and positive effects of music on the brain while working ; Including interviews with University of Texas at Austin Professors.

How does growing up bilingual affect a child’s socio-cognitive development.

5 super interesting psychology experiments from history.

How to say hello in 10 different languages.

How to make a nutritious and delicious protein shake.

What second language is the best fit for you?

Book TalkAll about the popular booktuber, Caitlin Da Silva,

and her favorite books.

Do You Have Stress?A comprehensive look at the symptoms of

stress as well as a list of actions stressed people take.

Letter from the EditorA letter from the editor about the struggles we faced in order to create this magazine.

Contributors PageHow each member of our group became

interested in the topics of his or her article.

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How reading and writing affects an individuals health.

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Reading is another type of peace

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White pages whistle past the reader’s face. A silent breeze breaks from each flick of a page and the intensity of the book pushes

on. The words of the pages can mask a relatable meaning and pull a reader into a passion for reading; giving them life long effects. On the contrary, many times even a blank journal can start a fiery passion with one to write. Not only does writing and reading benefit an individual’s health, but it can also help improve their life. That one book or one journal can do so much in con-tributing to someone and their life.

Recently, many individu-als and students in the United States have been encouraged, either by schools or the pub-lic, to read and write more in their lifetime because it provides a higher success rate in school stated by the James Madi-son University’s edu

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health. The health effects that reading

and writing contribute to can range from a dai-

ly reader to a full time writer. By just picking up a

book or a journal when you are stressed, you can relieve

being overwhelmed by read-ing or writing for a little while.

A lot readers have noticed this effect personally. Reading and writ-

ing can helps in many other ways, as well. Just the small effects of reading

and writing and reading and writing; in general, has crafted many individuals

lives. For example, the Reader’s Digest has the article Benefits of Reading that states

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munity. Books are accessible almost anywhere and can consist of many different types of genres. People can read about current event and become informed. Even people who choose fiction can start a compari-son with the book, characters, and events. These connections allow for people to be able to become well rounded individuals. George Arnold, an author, realizes these effects on individuals.

“I think it helps in the- it has helped me in everyday life. Just in everything that I do. First of all the more you read the more informed you will be. The more informed you are the better citizens you can be and a better person you can be,” says Arnold. The compassion that an individual builds up from reading has assisted in contributing to an individual and their life. Different genres build another type of inter-nal life within an individual that can be used instead of just for reading, but for life, mentions Shipman.“So I think it is really important to build an internal life and an internal monologue,it also helps; there was an article recently about: reading fiction helps people develop com-passion because you get inside the head of a character, which helps you get inside the head of other people. And maybe, understand what they are experiencing, more,” says Ship-man. Shipman also explains about how reading can assist in a larger global perspective and how it can assist in helping pull you out of a little world you might be stuck in. She also mentions how reading helps broaden the sense of where you are.Karen Thompson, a psychologist, uses some of reading and writ-ing in her treatment session; as well as, sometimes recommending three other techniques. The three other techniques consist of deep breathing, shifting out of blame and criticism and into appreciation, and creative movement. Reading and

that a love of reading can protect your brain from Alzheimer’s dis-ease, slash stress levels, encourage positive thinking, and fortify friend-ships. The year of this article is not announced.

Destressing can take some work. In many cases, people are not able to find a reliable activity that provides them relief. Reading and writing is just one of the ex-amples that works as a destresser almost every time. Kelsey Shipman, a lecturer at Texas State and an instructor at a language school, can personally connect with the impacts from reading and writing, she says.

“Reading helps me calm down for sure personally. It lets me be internal in a way that’s quiet, you know. So I think it is a distress-ing mechanism. Reading can also make me feel alive... And writing, like I said, it is really cathartic; it helps you get your feelings out, you know. Instead of being controlled by them, it helps you do something with them. And there is nothing more powerful than having some kind of painful experience writing a good poem about it and seeing that painful thing turn into something beautiful,” says Shipman. Depending on the person, deciding between if the effects of reading and writing are positive or negative, can alter. An author like Suzanne LaFleur has a slightly dif-ferent perspective of reading and writing than Asia Buford, a freshman attending the Liberal Arts and Sci-ence Academy, LASA, in Austin. Both of them have personal experiences from reading and writing, but they lens that they are viewing it from differs.“I’m not sure about reading, so I suppose I would have to say the effects are neutral. I feel mostly negative effects from writing. I think I write in a very trance-like state, because I won’t notice the time passing, but always when I find that the day is over, I feel like

I didn’t do enough. I can never do enough. Even when I actually finish a draft and hand it in, I feel queasy. I often write about characters going through diffi-cult or sad things, and I have to feel what they are feeling when I work, and I think it builds up a bit and is hard to shake off. All that said, I love writing and feel compelled to do it...I’m not sure what would happen if I didn’t get the story out of my system. Perhaps that would be worse?” says LaFleur. Buford is an avid reader, so her perspective on her life has been impacted from books and literary elements. Reading provides many positives, but Bu-ford address the cons of reading something that will not benefit you. She states how reading the wrong kinds of things can bring nothing into your daily life. “So there are definitely some cons to reading and writing too much, but like I think just from reading the wrong kind of things instead of reading something that is real world that you can actually use in your everyday life,” says Buford. Individuals have also noticed the effects of reading and writing on their daily life The changes in a person’s brain can start to be noticed by people through daily activities that are affected. The ability to be able to understand and access a different mindset has changed people to look through a differ-ent lens. LaFleur has been able to notice these effects person-ally. “I feel like my brain is sharper for my literary training; I read and watch movies with the eye of an English professor, and I like that,” says LaFleur.

Viewing through a differ-ent lens and accepting a differ-ent kind of material from reading has helped people in their com-

and life, but if a person becomes discouraged with writing then their whole future can be affected and manipulated around that fear. This negative association that some in-dividuals deal with is an issue that Shipman has to deal with. “I think at first the students are very nervous. They do not have a lot of confidence in their abil-ity to write or to read, especially out loud...so students at first lost confidence and then but after my classes...they get very excited and they do it outside of class. They trade poems with each other. They become personally invested in it outside of just the classroom envi-ronment,” says Shipman. Becoming invested in an in-teresting book can assist young in-dividuals and teens by providing an escape route from a busy or stress-ful time. A busy and depressing plot of a book can help with the self esteem of many individuals and add gratitude to their life. In some scenarios, the book can help an individual escape and increase the self esteem of the individual. When an individual becomes too

the reasons writing is very fulfill-ing: it allows someone to be able to access their emotions and thoughts and encrypt them out onto a piece of paper. A study from the Univer-sity of California in 2007 states that verbalizing our feelings makes our sadness, anger and pain less in-tense.

“And writing, like I said, it is really cathartic; it helps you get your feelings out, you know. Instead of being controlled by them, it helps you do something with them. And there is nothing more powerful than having some kind of painful experience writing a good poem about it and seeing that painful thing turn into something beautiful. A beautiful piece of art that other people can relate to and write. It can really connect you to other people, as well,” says Ship-man. Some individuals who attend college still feel that emotional discomfort of sharing their works of art and litereary creations. For the most part, reading and writing are beneficial to an individual’s health

writing is a broad technique that some psychologist like to connect and suggest along with their original practices. This broad area that reading and writing falls under allows all dif-ferent people to be able to apply to any category that reading and writing works with. “I do recommend that people do their own self help reading between sessions. Because I think that is a way to extend the treatment in between the sessions. There is only so much you can do within a session or within a series of sessions...I do recommend journaling sometimes for people. It is my understand-ing that if we take some-thing out of our head and put it on paper, it kind of activates the whole process and it’s maybe kind of like practicing a breathing tech-nique,” says Thompson.

Healthy self expres-sion is difficult to come across. Some people, in-cluding teens, do not have a self expression technique they can use to develop emotions. Developing and engaging with the emotions that you have built up usu-ally the individual to chose to complete the techniques that assist. This is one of

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invested and obsessed with reading negative events can start to occur. The individual starts to become disconnected. Overall, reading provides relief, an escape, and positive out-comes. “So it really helped me maintain my own self confi-dence and my own internal life because I could leave all the chaos and go read a book and escape...sometimes people become too disconnected from the world and they do not know how to like separate what’s real and what is not,” says Buford. The impact of reading and writing varies between person to person because most of the time reading and writ-ing is a choice action. Because reading and writing is a choice action, it increases the impact it has on a person’s life. For some it has changed their life and others it has given them a purpose. “My whole life has been shaped around literature. My entire career has been shaped around literature… So I discov-ered poetry when I was in col-lege, and I was doing volunteer-ing inventory for a book store and they put me in the poetry section. And as I was suppose to be shelving the books and doing pricing, I just started to read the books. So I was not very reflective in doing inven-tory, but I fell in love with po-etry. And so since then, I have

a masters in poetry, I have been teaching creative writing, I read poetry, I published dozens of poems, I have published several books. It has shaped my whole purpose in the world. So like kind of a big deal,” says Shipman. Reading and writing, for most, has assisted in shaping their career and purpose in life. Literary aspects can build self confidence, act as a destresser, add gratitude in one’s life, and affect one’s daily life. Positive and negative effects come from these techniques, but in in-stead of being a red Wrong Way sign, it is more yellow life caution tape. Reading and writing has affected teenagers, professors, and authors. Those little tiny words are the craft-ing of such a complex life. Will they do that forever?

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“...There is nothing more powerful then having some kind of pain-ful expierence, writing a good poem about it, and seeing that painful thing turn into something

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Kelsey Shipman works directly with poetry and has found a way to express her emotions through writ-

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Why did you become a booktuber?

“To put it simply, the reason I became a booktuber was because it felt like I was meant to. I had been an avid youtube viewer for years and loved the platform-it seemed like the perfect place to expand the audience I had on by book blog,” says Silva.

Who are you?

“I’m a nineteen year-old univer-sity student in Toronto, Canada. My passion for reading led me to start my YouTube channel, The Y.A. Bookworm Blogger, where I posts videos about books and have the opportunity to work with authors and publishers from around the world. In addition to being featured on Huffington Post, The Y.A. Bookworm Blogger was recently named by CBC.ca as one of the ‘10 Canadian Book-Tubers you should be watching.,” says Silva. Her youtube channel brings a spark of creativity that interests and captivates many.

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ImportanceWhat does reading mean to you?

“Reading to me means many things, but I mostly look at it as an escape from my everyday life. Whenever I’m stressed or simply looking to an embark on adventure, there’s comfort in knowing I can transport myself into a good story!,” says Silva.

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This is a photo of Caitlin Da Silva.

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How has reading impacted your life?

“The most significant impact reading has had on my life has been the fact that it lead me to starting a youtube channel. If it weren’t for reading, I don’t know if I ever would have con-sidered making videos; YouTube has become such a passion of mine that I don’t even know who I’d be without it!,” says Silva.

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What book has had the most life changing effect on you?

“Twilight, one hundred percent! I was not much of a reader when I was young but once I read Twilight, that changed! If it weren’t for Twilight, I may have never became a reader and thus would not have been intro-duced to the wonderful online book community!,” syas Silva.

What does reading mean to you?

“Reading to me means many things, but I mostly look at it as an escape from my everyday life. Whenever I’m stressed or simply looking to an embark on adventure, there’s comfort in knowing I can transport myself into a good story!,” says Silva.

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This is a photo of Silva’s favorite book.

This is a photo of other popular books that Silva likes.

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Austin,

TX

Book People

By: Adoree Benke

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Do you love books, People and CLubs?

Come to Book People!

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They have hosted over 300 events every year, and they feature many author signings each week. If you come, you will get 10% off your purchase of a book for the book club.

Location

603 N Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX 78703

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IsBILINGUALAlwaysBETTER

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¿Hablas español? Spreek je nederlands? Chances are if you live in the United States at one point or another you will encounter someone who doesn’t speak English, but have you ever stopped to wonder what the effects of growing up speaking English as a second language have on children in the United States? Currently, in the United States, 20 percent of the population speaks a language other than English as their native tongue says Psychol-ogy Today, a psychology magazine, however, 40 percent of all immigrants to the US identify as speaking English well or very well says The CIS. The social effects of entering the public schooling system where the language of your peers is different than your own can be devastating, but the cog-nitive effects in contrast can be great; Eleanor “Elly” Field, a retired behav-ioral therapists, says,”Of course they [bilingual children] master two languages which is amaz

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ing and they do face a lot of problems in school. I would say they face seri-ous cognitive advantages, but are at a disadvantage socially.” “There are two kind of groups of ad-vantages [to learning a new language]. The first would be cultural [and] the second being more focused on job opportunities. Once you learn a new language it’s like unlocking a whole new world. You’re able to speak to new people, participate in things you might not have before, travel more easily, and really the act of learning a language itself requires expanding your knowledge on the group that speaks it, it’s culture and ways of interaction. A distinct advantage is also increased job opportunities; an ability to speak mul-tiple languages fluently opens countless doors to more jobs and higher paying jobs,” says Laura Nash, an ESL teacher at Hill Elementary School. Children in the United States who do not speak English at home are forced to learn English upon entering the public education system. Children who enter the school system starting in kin-dergarten almost always obtain fluency in English prior to graduating high school, however, if they enter school later on they may not achieve fluency in English. Americans who speak multiple lan-guages make on average $7,000 dollars per year more than their monolingual counterparts according to Omniglot, an encyclopedia of writing systems and languages. In addition to making more on average, multilingualism has

been linked to certain health benefits as well, many people would find it hard to argue that knowing more than one language is a bad thing and the benefits hardly come to an end once you leave high school; recent studies such as one performed by the University of Ghent in Belgium have found that multilin-gualism may fight of dementia for over four years in elderly patients. While monolingual patients in the afore mentioned study often developed signs of dimension starting at or around age 73 in contrast multilingual and bilin-gual patients didn’t show such signs of dementia until around age 77. With every upside comes a downside. Field says, “When it comes to fitting in at school I’ve found in my experi-ence that [american] children who did not grow up speaking English at home have a hard time coping in school and making friends. My husband always said that not knowing English seri-ously limited his prospects for mak-ing friends in grade school and made him into a kind of outcast in some respects.”Fields husband grew up speaking primarily Yiddish at home and did not speak English until after entering a public school. She says his struggle with friend making did come to an end when he had mastered English.Further issues are brought to light when one questions the education non-native English speaking children receive. Angie Sevier, previously a teacher in AISD says,“I’ve seen that a lot of children who

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don’t know English when they start grade school are treated as second class citizens and never really catch up to their classmates. A lot of these kids give up on doing well at school after so many years of struggling to keep up with classmates.” Schooling presents many challenges for children who did not grow up speaking English, another immediate disadvantage is the correlation between bilingualism and slowed acquisition of vocabulary. The National Literacy Panel on Language-Minority Children and Youth performed a study which found that bilingual children have a harder time building their vocabularies until about age five or six, when they catch up with their monolingual peers. The reason for this being the burden of the vocabulary they already posses in each language.Growing up multilingual has its ups and downs, as well as astounding ef-fects on cognitive development, social interaction, and treatment at school.

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Is music really as good for working as people say it is, or could it some-times hurt more than it helps?

Imagine you are a high school student doing homework on a dull Tuesday evening. You flip your math book open and write a few numbers

on a blank page of notebook paper. It’s very bor-ing, and your mind wanders off to the dragon you have just started doodling on the corner of your page. Unfortunately, the dragon can only entertain you for so long, so you turn on your phone and play some music. For the rest of the night, you blast your upbeat music and study. Nowadays, people get easily distracted with electronics. A common example is listen-ing to music while working. While many people claim that working and listening to music at the same time benefits their learning by keeping them focused and creating an enjoyable work environ-ment, it may actually be more harmful than not. However, there may be benefits to listen-ing to music while doing tasks that require less precision, like cleaning. A 2007 study by Brian Dalton and David Behm showed that listening to music while doing a task that required concentra-tion negatively affects comprehension and quality as it is a distraction, even though the task may be completed more quickly. Conversely, in a 2003 study by Yu-Chin (Jerrie) Hsieh and Sheryl Kline, it was revealed that even though listening to music while doing a task like cleaning does not have any measured negative effect on mood, effectiveness, or speed, the music can help workers enjoy the task more.

This shows that music is not a good distrac-tion while working on important tasks, but

can be beneficial for chores or other work that does not require much

concentration. In both cases, music has a positive effect

on mood and the enjoy-ment level of the task.

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professor of psychology

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versity of Texas in Austin, the human brain can only focus on two or three specific tasks at the same time, so listening to music diverts the focus from the original task, such as studying, to the music. “Ideally you want to study for a test in the same environment that you will be taking the test, and you obviously can’t listen to music in class while you’re taking the test,” says Domjan. However, simpler tasks, like chores, don’t require as much concentration compared to a more difficult task like studying, so listening to music while cleaning or doing the dishes could actually help the worker feel happier or enjoy the task more. Since studying is an important task that requires a lot of focus, any distraction may be detrimental. “If you are doing something that requires precision then you can’t listen to music because you will lose that precision,” says Domjan. In addition to the task, the kind of mu-sic being played can also have an effect on the worker, depending on their personality or music preferences. For example, some people enjoy lis-tening to upbeat music while doing simpler tasks because it is more enjoyable, while others might prefer slower music that helps to relax. “But if you are doing something like housework than it is best probably to listen to fast paced music or something that is more energetic because housework is very boring and you would want to enjoy it more,” says Domjan. “But it definitely depends on the person and their personality.” A common misconception is that classical music is better than other types and makes the listener smarter. This theory is called the Mo-zart Effect. However, Domjan mentions that the Mozart Effect does not exist, and if it does, the effect is not as exaggerated as most think. Ac-cording to him, people only believe that classical music is better than more contemporary music because it is more complex, as opposed to the more repetitive pop music. “But anything that stimulates the mind is going to help somebody, and if it elevates your

mood, it helps someone function more effec-tively subsequent to listening to

music,” says Robert Duke,

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head of the music

and human learning de-partment at the University of Texas

in Austin. “And that’s different thing than listening to music while you’re working. “ Music may not always elevate one’s mood. Sometimes if a specific type of music is played at a time, the person’s mood could worsen. Duke says that instead of music elevating his mood, sometimes the music has to be played according to how he’s feeling at the moment. An example he included was that if he was in a positive mood, loud music would be his preference. But if he was not in a good mood, the same loud music would have a negative effect on how he was feeling. “So, it would be a mistake to expect music to have a predictable effect,” says Duke. Both professors agree that listen-ing to music has a negative effect on the person while they are working, but some people can work effectively with music in the background. Those who are able to work ef-fectively with music in the background have the ability to tune out the music so that they don’t always hear it. “Music definitely helps me with my homework, tuning out the background noise that distracts me and making it a little more enjoyable so that I don’t wander around the house,” says Emma Moran, a freshman at the LASA High School in Austin, Texas. “It serves both purposes, as well as helping to relax me.“ While doing homework, Moran listens to the music that she likes, which may change depending on the day. According to her, any

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back-ground noise

distracts her so much that she is unable to do the work. She also

mentions that even if she does get distracted with the music, it prevents her from leaving her homework and wandering around. “Music helps me tune out the back-ground noise, and after a while, I can’t even remember what songs I’ve listened to,” says Moran. Music may be a good distraction for some people, but many of those who enjoy listening to music make the mistake of in-creasing the volume too much. “In fact, I can walk by a lot of people and hear their music through their head-phones, which means that it is way too loud,” says Domjan. According to Domjan, having the mu-sic too loud can not only distract a person, but it also severely damages hearing. Every-body has important hairlike cells in their ears that are necessary for hearing. Over time, the cells may be damaged by loud music. This causes temporary or permanent hearing loss. Domjan says that this is why many rock musicians have severe hearing loss. A simple test to find out whether someone should turn down the music is if music is being heard through headphones by another person, the music is too loud. But even if the music is soft, it is bad during work. “If there is light music in the back-ground then it is not taking as much of a presence in your mind, but it still is not good because you are not completely focused,” says Domjan. So even if someone decides to listen to music while working on something else, there are a lot of factors that could be a cause of many bad effects, like hearing loss, loss of focus that could lead to poorer qual-

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ity work, and if the music was played at the wrong time, a bad emotional state. Listening to music while working can potentially be good in a student’s perspective, but is actually harmful because it is an unnecessary distraction for most people, unless they are able to tune out the music while still focusing on the task. Mu-sic is, however, good for elevating mood and relaxing a person, so listening while doing simple tasks is fine. Ideally, it is best to work in silence and in the same situation that someone will be in while working, and music is usually not a part of that envi-ronment. §

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If you notice any of the symptoms shown above in yourself or others, it could be a sign of stress. If so,

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Nervous Behaviors Clenched Jaw and Grinding Teeth

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Nail biting, fidgeting, and pacing are examples of stress related actions.

These are examples of some unconscious ac-tions that commonly happen to stressed people.

This is one of the first things to suffer because of stress. The person is likely taking on too many tasks so they put it off or avoid it altogether. Or, they may be so worried or anxious that they become forget-ful.

By overindulging in com-fort foods, the stressed people can get overweight, obese, or have heart prob-lems. On the opposite spectrum, some stop eating or eat very little. This could be because they developed a negative self image or a negative opinion about food.

People often tend to turn to alcohol or drugs when they are stressed. These serve as short term solu-tions with damaging long term consequences.

Sometimes when a person is really stressed, they can snap and lash out at other people or things instead of trying to solve the prob-lem. This helps them kind of let go of their feelings, but it could also build up over time and become dangerous.

When some people are stressed, they feel like they aren’t doing enough with their lives. So, they try to get some thrills by doing high risk activities, like gambling. These thrills can eventu-ally get too risky, which can cause accidents.

Stress can destroy self-esteem and self-image to a point where stressed people feel like they can’t go on with their lives. A lot of people are too embarrassed or ashamed to talk about their issues, but they can drop subtle hints in their speech or actions.

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Nutrition

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In YouBy: Ashton Major Corpuz

How does the lack of nutrient effect

congitive development? Studys show

that children who don’t get proper

nutrition may be at a disadvantage in

mental capabilites.

Woman working in the rice fields.

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first world countries most

families don’t have to worry about getting enough food

to sustain themselves. They eat 3 meals a day and maybe a few snacks in between meals, but what about the people who don’t have that much food and aren’t getting proper nutri-tion? We used to think that just their body development was slowed. Turns out their mental development is too.

A 2014 PubMed study on how certain micronutrient statuses (iron, vitamin A, zinc, iodine) affect cogni-tive development was conducted in Cambodia. Students age 6-16 showed that children who were nutritionally stunted scored significantly lower than healthy children In RCPM test. However, most first world countries do not have this problem.

“Fortunately, these deficiencies are rare in the United States, mainly due to fortification of foods”. says Lubna Qureshi, a Registered Dietitian Nutri-tionist who completed her Masters in Dietetic studies

Some important nutrients that your body needs are protein, which, according to the New Health Guide Organization, can build and re-pair body tissue, Iron, which creates hemoglobin to let red blood cells transport oxygen, carbohydrates, which provide the body with energy, Calcium, which is responsible for bone growth, and sodium, which helps maintain a healthy fluid

balance. These are just a few nutrients that help maintain our body.

“Eating healthy really matters,” Qureshi says. “Following a healthy eating pattern also supports the nutrient adequacy that is crucial to run[ning] the engine of the human body.”

Qureshi recommends a variety of vegetable from all sub-groups, beans and peas, starchy fruits, grains half of which should be whole grains, fat-free/low-fat dairy, variety of protein foods. She also recommended to limit saturated fats and trans fats, added sugars and sodium.

The 2014 Nutrition Coun-try Profile about Nigeria, located in sub-saharan Africa, showed as of 2011 Nigeria has 49% of the total population suffering from anemia which has been linked with lack of the micronutrient iron and 30% of preschool children with deficien-cies of vitamin A which can lead to lead to blindness if not taken care of.

“Research suggests that deficiencies of iron, B vitamins, zinc, vitamin A and iodine may have a negative effect on cogni-tive domains,” Qureshi says.

When people go for an extended

“The length needed to exhibit cognitive dysfunction due to the consumption of nutrient deficient

diet may vary among

individuals”

This picture is show-ing kids eating.Credit: Wikapedia article National School Lunch act

“Research suggests that deficiencies of iron, B vitamins, zinc, vitamin A and iodine may have a negative effect on cognitive domains”

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learning and memory, nutritional deficiencies early in life can affect the cognitive development of school-aged children”. Wilder Research also found that 5th grade students with less nutritious diets performed worse on the standard-ized reading and writing assessment. Another study found out 5th graders who ate more fast food performed worse on math and reading. Alternatively a study that banned junk food from schools and replaced it with more nutritious foods found that students participating in not eating junk food performed higher on English and Science tests.

Research also suggests that proper nutrition affects psychosocial positively by reducing aggression and disciplin-ary problems and increasing concentration and energy level if they are provided with the correct nutrition.

All of this shows just how much nutrition impacts our lives and how important it is to watch what you eat so you can get the most out of your brain and body. In less fortu-nate nations the risks of having iron deficient anemia and even the chance of blindness can occur if they do not eat enough of the correct foods often enough. While in wealthier nations people eat too much non nutritious foods, become obese, and even slow down their mental capabilities and concentration. In the end eating nutritious and healthy foods is a choice that can benefit a lot of people. Just not everyone is able to make that choice.

Picture of a structure, it has words on the pillars that have to do with healthy eating and the pillars are holding up education.Credit: Ashton Major Corpuz

period of time with improper eating they could be at risk of showing signs of mental dysfunction.

“The length needed to exhibit cognitive dys-function due to the consumption of nutrient deficient diet may vary among individuals,” Qureshi says. “For some nutrients, the body may show signs in a few months while for others it may take years”.

Countries similar to Cambodia have problems with not having enough nutrition and sometimes de-veloping malnutrition while Countries similar to the United States have problems of eating too much of certain nutrients which causes obesity and diabetes. However something both countries have in common is that both have some type of problem with nutrition and those problems affect mental development and capabilities.

“According to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, more than two-thirds of all adults and nearly one-third of all children and youth in the United States are either overweight or obese,” Qureshi says

According to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Obesity is can be caused from taking in more calories through food and drink than you are burning through your daily life.

Wilder Research published an article in 2014 about the effects of nutrition on students’ academic performance says that “Research suggests that diets high in trans and saturated fats can negatively impact

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“If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans.” - James HerriotYou’re walking through your high school hallway with the windowless walls and fluorescent lights making it seem all the more like a prison. You have your Algebra final next period and an English presentation after that; your stress is through the roof. You sit down by your locker, wondering how you could possibly make it through the day, when all of a sudden, you see something in the distance that makes a smile burst through your lips: your school’s pet therapy dog! It comes up to you and as you pet it, you feel the stress wash away. According to a study in 2010 by Lori Fri-esen, Animal-Assisted therapy programs with children are becoming increasingly popular in schools across the country. This type of therapy uses animals, commonly dogs, to provide support to people with a mental health condition or to elevate the mood for people in a tense situation. Pet therapy has found it’s way into high-schools and colleges where stress is often at it’s highest. Before getting into therapy dogs and how they relate to the mental state of students, we

need to know what’s going on in the brain that makes pet therapy so effective. The primary hormone involved in pet therapy is oxytocin. This is the hormone found in new mothers that helps form a bond between mother and child. Interac-tion with animals often causes a higher level of beta endorphins which is the body’s natural high, as well as dopamine. A combination of these three hormones gives us that “feel good” feeling that we get when hugging a loved one or petting a dog. These hormones are the key to why pet therapy works. Not only can it help people with a mental disorder, but it can also be an extremely helpful tool in the lowering of stress for students. For example, the practice of pet therapy has just made its way to the hallways of the Liberal Arts and Science Academy, an elite high school in Aus-tin, Texas, in the form of an Italian Greyhound-Chihuahua mix named Bruce Wayne. Bruce Wayne is LASA’s very own therapy dog owned by Marissa Rivera, a wellness counselor at the school.

A study at the University of Missouri-Columbia Center for the Study of Animal Wellness showed that when a human pets a dog, within minutes they get a massive release of hormones-known to be associated with health and feel-ings of wellbeing.

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“A lot of other students that I see for other reasons, sometimes they’ll request to come see me only on days when Bruce is here,” says Rivera. “It just helps, especially if they have something difficult they want to talk about or they’re just stressed out.” And the students are indeed stressed. According to a study of children from high-per-forming California high schools, 70 percent of the students say they often or always feel stressed by their school work. As the year goes on, Bruce continues to gain popularity among the students at LASA. Rivera says that kids will come in once or twice a day to just hang out with Bruce or pet him. She says she believes that it is important that we have Bruce Wayne at LASA because it encourages stu-dents to take a step back from the stress of their daily lives. She also talks about the benefits of pet therapy compared to talk therapy. “I think pet therapy is really great for those people who have a hard time verbal-izing different feelings,” says Rivera. “Sometimes I’ll have students that just talk to Bruce, sometimes it’s easier to talk to somebody that you know isn’t judging you or isn’t going to respond back in a cer-tain way, so they’re just more free to express themselves.” When asked her opinion on if having a therapy dog in every school would be the right thing to do, Rivera’s answer was firmly yes. “I think it would help, not only from a therapy per-spective, helping reduce stress and helping everybody relax but I think it would also help nor-malize how to be around animals and like the right ways to approach animals,” says Rivera. This method of therapy at LASA has influ-enced one student in particular, Harriet Butler, a freshman at the school. Butler first met Bruce Wayne by accident, she says, when one day she was feeling stressed out for a test and she decid-ed to go to the counselor. Bruce Wayne just hap-pened to be there. “He is so sweet and really did help me that

first day I got to hang out with him,” Butler says. “He made everything brighter and better when I got to play with him and hold him.” Another advantage of pet therapy is that it gives incentive to students to go to the coun-selor. In Butler’s case, she states that before she discovered Bruce Wayne, she avoided going to the counselor’s office. “I didn’t look forward to anything there if I was having a bad day,” Butler says. But after discovering Bruce Wayne, Butler says that she was always excited to go to the counselor and see him. “I always knew he’d be there if I needed that extra spark,” says Butler. “He is just the sweetest thing and I love him so much.” Pet therapy in schools is also proven to better the education of students. According to a study done by the Canine Assisted Reading

Education(C.A.R.E) and data collected from the teacher responses to the C.A.R.E. Program, students assigned to registered therapy dogs demonstrated more reading growth than their peers who were not assigned to regis-tered therapy dogs. Butler supports this statement, saying that hav-ing Bruce Wayne also helps with her education and focusing better on school work. When asked her opinion about if all schools should have therapy dogs, her answer was similar to Rivera’s. “If every school had a therapy dog, I feel like stu-dents would gain confidence and happiness within their

learning environment and feel less alone,” says Butler. Both Butler and Rivera have pointed out the advantages of pet therapy being implemented in schools. Their personal experiences provide support to the idea of the pet therapy spreading to schools throughout the world. With the current momentum and streak of positive feedback relat-ing to therapy dogs, who knows what schools will look like in 5 years? They might just have a lot more dog hair to deal with.

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Stanford Prison

MIlgram Experiment

In 1961 Stanley Milgram conducted an experiment focusing on the conflict between obedience to authority and personal conscience. Participants were told to play the role of “teacher” and ad-minister electric shocks to “the learner,” who was supposedly in a different room, every time they answered a question incorrectly. In reality, no one was actually being shocked. Milgram was just playing a recording that made it sound as if the “learner” were in a great deal of pain and wished for the experiment to stop. Despite this however, the “teacher” continued to administer the elec-tric shock when told to do so.

In 1971, psychology professor Philip Zimbardo had a mock prison constructed where 24 male students were selected at random to play the role of either a prisoner or prison guard for two weeks in order to study the psychologi-cal effects of being in prison. The experiment was ended after six days due to the subjects getting into their role too much and inflicting physical and psychological torture. It is for this reason that the Stanford Prison Experi-ment is considered to be one of the most un-ethical psychological experiments of all time.

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In 1951, Solomon Asch conducted an experiment to investigate the extent to which the social pres-sure from the majority of a group could affect a person’s tendency to conform. To do this, Asch put a test subject into a room with seven other people who were all actors in the experiment. He showed them all a picture of three lines, all different lengths, and asked everybody in the room to say which line was the longest. The seven actors went first and purposely chose the incorrect line. When it was the subject’s turn to choose, most chose the incorrect line.

In 1972, Walter Mischel of Stanford University was determined to find out if deferred gratifi-cation in children can be an indicator of future success.To do this he developed the Marshmal-low Experiment. In this experiment, children were taken into a room where a marshmallow was placed on the table in front of them. Before the adult left the room, they told the child that they would receive a second marshmallow if the first was still on the table after 15 minutes. The examiner recorded how long each child resisted eating the marshmallow and later noted wheth-er it correlated with the child’s success in adult-hood and found that the children who waited for the second marshmallow had higher SAT scores.

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Jane Elliott, a third grade teacher, created an exer-cise in 1968 to help her white students understand the effects of racism.To do this, she divided her class into two groups: blue-eyed students and brown-eyed students. On the first day of the experiment, the blue eyed children were designated as the superior group and were given extra privileges, while the brown-eyed children represented the minority group. As a result the blue-eyed children’s grades rose while the brown-eyed children’s suffered. The next day, Elliot reversed the roles of the two groups and the blue-eyed stu-dents became the minority group. When these roles reversed so did the academic performances as well as bullying.

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“Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive and will come forth later in uglier ways.”

-Sigmund Freud