Psychology

Memory and Sensation: Decoding Izanami

Memory and Sensation: Decoding Izanami

I am big fan of Japanese manga and anime. And one of my favourites is the Naruto series. The story revolves around a fictional ninja world and the main character who aspires to become the best ninja in his village (I won’t speak further and deliver spoilers!). The story line, character development and concepts of the series are legendary and I would suggest everyone to watch it at least once (I have done it twice). But this blog is for those who have already watched or are watching the series. And as it might be very complicating and long to summaries the context of my discussion, I want to draw our attention to a particular duel between Kabuto and Uchiha Itachi and its conceptual staging. Beware, spoilers ahead!!

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Sports Complex: The Science Behind Fanatic Behaviour

Recently watched the India-Sri Lanka-Bangladesh tri-series matches and noticed how fans including many of my close friends react to teams' victory and loss. This got me curious about the reasons why fans follow sports so passionately, to extents where there are chances of violence and hooliganism. The following post is a download of an article written by Shirley Wang in 2006 that compiles the research that attempt to answer this question. I have highlighted the sentences that I found important. 

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