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Reblog if you are a active Studyblr:

Psychology

Medicine

Neurology

Pharmacy

Biology

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types of study breaks for every situation

if you realize you’ve been studying for hours: grab a snack to refuel your body and watch a sitcom to refuel your brain. then back to the books.

if you’re feeling stressed out: take some deep breaths, text your friends, maybe stare at a wall for a few minutes. gather yourself.

if you can’t seem to focus: get moving and get outside. take out the garbage, check your mail box, maybe walk your dog. just get moving and get fresh air. it’ll help bring you back.

if there’s something else going on in your life and you can’t get it off your mind: write down what’s going through your head, sort of like a diary entry. it’ll help you work things out.

if you’re just mentally and physically exhausted: set a timer for 25-30 minutes and take a nap. any longer and you’ll hit REM and you’ll wake up feeling just as tired. once you wake up, get some caffeine in you.

if the material is boring as hell: find another way to study. see if there’s a crash course video online about it or draw out what you’re trying to learn in diagrams and pictures to make it fun.

if people around you won’t shut up: listen to some music. soundtrack and classical music is always good because they won’t absorb you as much as music with lyrics. white noise (like ocean waves, rain sounds, etc.) also works.

if you only half understand a concept: call/message a friend who’s not in the class and try to teach the material to them. this will help you mentally work through the material and will help you remember it as well.

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Need new blogs to follow

I’m a new science blog and I need to follow some people! Please like/reblog if you blog a lot about:

Neuroscience

Psychology

Biological sciences

Behavioral genetics

Or  if you’re a neuro or psych major studyblr

I will most likely follow you. 

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Horrible Joke 🚽📃

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The popular refreshing drink 7-Up used to contain lithium nitrate, a mood stabilizer often used in psychiatric treatments, and was marketed as a hangover cure. #FACT

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To anyone hyperfixated on Aztec or Mayan culture…

I would really appreciate some info dumping, for a personal (project?) i’m working on.

This is kinda a vague request, so here’s some context.

In a fictional (video game) world, there’s this “mysterious ancient civilization” based on the cultures mentioned above. The developers of this video game have since expanded upon the fictional civilization, but they’ve completely abandoned the original concept of it altogether in favor of copying from a formula that’s already worked at earning money.

After watching a YouTube video criticizing the game, I had the groundbreaking realization that I don’t need to accept the canon. Now I’ve decided to reverse engineer the culture through synthesizing elements of the developers’ original intent, elements they didn’t create with monetary incentive, and the original inspirations for the culture: Aztec and Mayan culture.

Assuming you’re still reading because you’re hyperfixated and dying to info dump, this is where you would come in.

I am not a dev team, nor do I know like, anything about ancient Mesoamerica, and while I am most certainly going to do research on the subject, I figured it would be a good idea to make this post beforehand. —so I can hopefully find someone open to helping out. I’d like some insight into what kind of research I should do. I’d definitely like some new perspectives

Here are some questions and prompts, If you’re interested in answering, answer as many or as few as you’d like. (These questions will apply to both cultures since I don’t know enough about either culture to tailor questions to either)

—Oh and if any of these don’t have an answer, something along the lines of “sybau— wdym??” or “idfk” works.

1. What kind of political system did they use? What political or economic influence did they have? How did the political hierarchy work?

2. What was their economy like? If they used currency, what kind did they use? What commodities were most significant to them?

3. LANGUAGE. Please give me as much info as possible regarding their language.

3.5 What kind of script did they use? was their writing system sound based or meaning based?

4. What kind of music instruments did they use? (I know one of them had those death whistles, were there any other noise making devices similarly unrelated to music?)

5. CLOTHING. How did they dress? What colors were important to them? What materials did they use? what animals were involved?

6. Did they domesticate any animals? (I think that’s a no based off of what I know about domestication and America’s lack of domesticatable animal life..) What were they (if they did)?

7. What was the religion like? That probably has a very convoluted answer, so maybe answer this last..

8. Where on the internet can I find what their artifacts looked like? Where can I find digitalized primary sources?

9. Tell me about controversy surrounding them, PLEASE (also, I’d like to know what you think and why; every fictional culture needs a little bias behind its inspiration)

10. Do you have any crackpot theories or hot takes? I’ll gladly listen. —(or.. read I guess.)

I have one last thing for anyone interested, but I understand why someone who isn’t obsessed with the game side of this would get bored reading.

I’m gonna put an overview of the original info surrounding the fictional culture, and i’d like you to give comments on it. I’d probably use your feedback as inspiration.

(Do not look at the internet for info on them, anything from 2023 or later is contradictory to the original lore)

The culture i’ve been referring to is a “tribe” named the Sonau, which was translated to english as the Zonai.

The name originates from a Japanese word (謎, meaning mysterious), which was apparently reversed from nazo to zona, to create the name.

The Zonai were a people who primarily resided in a region called Faron; an extremely rainforesty region. Ruins created by them span across the entire (fictional) kingdom, which is a tell that they didn’t exclusively reside in one region.

(Oh yeah, btw this is a Zelda game from Nintendo)

Each culture kinda has their own symbol, and the Zonai’s symbol is a spiral. a HUGE motif for the Zonai is dragons, which in the game, are basically flying snakes with a bunch of bird talons and mammalian face structure.

Here’s a comparison of architecture stuff someone else made

The first picture is from the game.

Those heads are used in tons of different ways, and can actually be found isolated similar to the irl picture.

Dragons are important for in game lore reasons, but are there any obvious inspirations for that from irl? (Also, owl and boar motifs exist as well, but they aren’t nearly as prominent, and they’re 100% in game lore related.)

The Zonai built 3 huge labyrinths. The labyrinths and other structures are incorporated into puzzles made for the protagonist.

Here is the short list of what is explicitly stated about the Zonai in-game to finish this off

- They were a barbaric tribe who favored this armor:

- They were strong magic wielders

- Their entire people suddenly vanished without explanation. (I’m assuming so their exclusion from the game’s present would make sense)

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(via mayanhistory-blog)

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An Inca tambo (rest station) on the Inca Trail, Peru.

Learn more https://archaeologs.com/w/tambo

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July's Full Moon © astronycc

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Skull of a Skeleton with Burning Cigarette (1886) by Vincent van Gogh

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Self-Portrait with Pipe and Glass (1887) by Vincent van Gogh

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Self-Portrait with Straw Hat (1887) by Vincent van Gogh

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Self-Portrait with Straw Hat and Pipe (1887) by Vincent van Gogh

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Skull (1887) by Vincent van Gogh

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Skull (1887) by Vincent van Gogh

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