Psychology · Research & writing
Inside the Mind
Development, Dreams & Personality
Three research-driven essays exploring how people learn right from wrong, experience consciousness during sleep, and develop enduring but adaptable patterns of personality. Together, the collection translates psychological research into approachable questions about human behavior and everyday life.
Developmental Psychology
Moral Development and Behavior
Fairness, Empathy, and Honesty from Childhood to Adolescence
An examination of how moral behavior changes as children enter adolescence. The essay compares the development of fairness, empathy, and honesty, showing how rigid, consequence-based thinking gradually becomes more contextual, relational, and socially aware.
Moral reasoning · Empathy · Prosocial behavior · Adolescence
Read essayConsciousness & Neuroscience
Dreaming and REM Sleep
Exploring the Brain’s Nighttime State of Consciousness
An exploration of dreaming as an internally generated state of consciousness. Drawing on research into REM sleep, memory, emotion, creativity, and lucid dreaming, the essay considers what the dreaming brain reveals about how conscious experience is constructed.
REM sleep · Dreaming · Memory · Consciousness
Read essayPersonality Psychology
The Science of Personality
The Big Five Across Behavior and Development
A research-based personal exploration of the Big Five personality traits and the relationship between personality, behavior, and development. The essay combines psychological theory with reflection to examine how individual traits can remain recognizable while evolving through experience.
Big Five · Personality development · Behavior · Self-reflection
Read essayThese essays reflect my interest in making research approachable, connecting psychological theory to the decisions, experiences, and patterns that shape everyday life.
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