Shreya's Psych Blog 2023

Hello! This week I wanted to share an article I found about one of my favorite tastes: Umami. I used to only associate umami with the MSG found in the instant ramen packets I love, but now I know better.  Here is a link to the article!   Umami is considered the fifth taste and is a recent discovery in 1985 by the Umami international Symposium which was held in Hawaii. Umami flavors are often used to make low sodium meals taste better using ingredients that are filled with umami like fish sauce, mushrooms, and oysters. Umami has a lasting aftertaste and one of the reasons it is so pleasant to humans is because breast milk contains the same amino acids as umami, leading humans to naturally like umami. Monosodium Glutamate (MSG) provides an umami tate to foods, it is often included in foods like instant ramen. I think the unique taste of umami is super interesting and its cool how humans naturally are drawn to umami because of the connection with breast milk.  I got a 2 on t...

My birthday is August 11 so my part of the brain is the motor cortex which can initiate voluntary movement and my neurotransmitter is Norepinephrine which increases skeletal muscle and heart contractions which is crucial for fight or flight.  My superhero is the Winged HeartMover. As an extremely social super hero who delights in his fame, it is rare for the Winged HeartMover to not respond to any questions. However, whenever this superhero is asked questions about his childhood, observers have reported seeing tears welling up in his eyes.  The little that is known about this superhero's childhood is as follows: The Winged HeartMover was born to a pterodactyl and a T-Rex 4593822 years ago in an unknown planet. The Winged HeartMover had 12 siblings and out of all of the siblings he was the only one who was shaped like a large heart with legs and wings. The others were all shaped like typical T-Rex/Pterodactyl hybrids. Because of this, the Winged HeartMover felt alone, because i...

  I was born 4:06 PM Friday August 11, 2006 in Dallas Texas. My parents like to tell the story about how as soon as I was born, I had enough hair to comb and style with a small bow. My first word was "ma". I was a pretty normal baby except that I was extremely shy and never strayed far from my parents. Apparently, I would never talk but I also never slept either. On interesting thing I would do as a little kid is walk around in a swimsuit. I never learned how to swim properly, but I loved wearing my swimsuit. One year for Halloween, my parents bought me a Cinderella costume, and instead of wearing the costume I refused to leave the house without my pink princess swimsuit. I went to the Honor Roll school before Kindergarten but I didn't deal well with being away from home and stuck close to one particular teacher all the years I was there. During this time my younger brother was born, we clash a lot due to our opposing personalities but in the end he does make my life a bi...