Luke D. 2023 | BASIS Independent Brooklyn
- Project Title: An Adequate and Novel Study of Phobias
- BASIS Independent Advisor: Jennifer Reyes
Fear is a universally felt emotion. Presentations of phobias are very personal and prevalent in the modern day, despite their evolutionary roots. Through my research, I am categorizing phobias into three distinct categories; evolutionarily preserved phobias, trauma-induced phobias, and those that represent a co-opting of the evolutionary fear response to more modern triggers, to which our biology would have no predisposition of fear. Additionally, I want to understand if these various phobias affect different groups of people with different severities and track what correlations may exist.
My Posts
Week 7
May 12, 2023
I spent the majority of this week putting up posters with a scannable code up around my sight. As it is in Industry City, there is a lot of foot traffic meaning that more people will see it. So far, the general consensus has been that people suffering from an intense phobia tend not to […]
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Week 6
May 5, 2023
I began this week by helping one of the neurologists with some assessments. I spent some time on it as each test has to be done twice to ensure correctness. Following this arduous process, I spent some time brainstorming places to disperse my survey and finishing up anything school related. Additionally, I figured out how […]
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Week 5
April 28, 2023
Seeing as how I have returned from my journey and fixed my decimated sleep cycle, the work can continue! I began this week by talking to Dr. Ajmani-White about how to phrase my questions. The key information that I want to gain is: whether or not the person has a phobia, how severe it is, […]
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Week 4
April 21, 2023
At the time of my posting, I will have just returned from Italy and will be incredibly jet-lagged. That being said, the research must go on! From talking with some native Italians, I’ve gathered that they still view psychology, and mental health as a whole as a taboo subject and dislike discussing them. In their […]
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