Introduction I'm not a film critic. I'm a student of neuroscience, psychology, storytelling, and human behaviour. So rather than evaluating the film as cinema, I found myself asking a different question: Why did it connect so strongly with audiences? Action sequences, visual effects, marketing campaigns, or star power alone can't explain its success. Those elements … Continue reading Dhurandhar: The Neuroscience and Psychology of Storytelling
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Good Marks In a Subject Doesn’t Mean an Interest In It
Recently, I got an opportunity to guide a bright student at our community learning center in Mumbai. A lot of school students get mentored here for various subjects. There was this particular girl who was quite confused on choosing her study field in college. She got 90+ marks in science and mathematics, and everyone is … Continue reading Good Marks In a Subject Doesn’t Mean an Interest In It
The Science and Psychology of Color
Color is all around us, but what influence does it have on our moods, emotions, and behaviors? Can it? What's color? Color is the aspect of things that's caused by differing qualities of light being reflected or emitted by them. To see color, you've got to have light. When light hits objects, some of the wavelengths are … Continue reading The Science and Psychology of Color