redesign for mida rana?
Just a doodle but here's an idea!
I didn't realize that the thing in her mouth in her old photos was a pencil and not a pipe until I finished drawing so Mari's a smoker I guess. Anyway, my idea for Mari (name meaning "clever" and "sorted/classified/organized house") is that she's Taro's teacher through the whole of the 10 weeks (unless she is eliminated violently or via being fired). She is aware of what's going on in Taro's life- his parents' failing relationship, his subsequent parenting of his little sister Hanako, his sabotaged friendships and failing love life, and the secret admirer he clings to the idea of for hope- and provides a sort of rock for his life, someone he can turn to when he needs to talk. She's the "cool teacher" in a way, and all of her students are fond of her.
As for her rivalry, I can see it going two ways at the same time. One, Taro becomes closer with Mari and starts to develop a crush (which Mari is normal and would firmly reject). This is also how Mayu (nurse rival) goes down, but it's not really meant to imply that Taro likes older women, rather that he's reaching for stability in his suddenly crumbling life and throwing himself into the arms of whoever will give it to him. Two, knowing about his failing relationships and his secret admirer, Mari starts seeing Ayano stalking Taro, and suspects that she may be sabotaging him, either as an elaborate form of bullying or because she is his secret admirer. Worrying for his mental health, she becomes suspicious of Ayano and gets both herself and Genka involved. During her week, the player would have to get her out of the room before leaving gifts or notes for Taro, avoid her noticing them stalking him, and find a way to sabotage her that would remove her ability to keep an eye on them. This could include doing something to make Taro stop trusting her with his problems ("reject"), tricking her and the counselor into believing they're completely unrelated to Taro's misfortune and her suspicion is unfounded ("befriend"), framing her as trying to get Ayano expelled for personal reasons, getting her fired ("expel"), or simply killing her, which would run the risk of making any later punishment from Genka much harsher as she will quickly link any suspicious behavior such as being caught bloody or armed to Mari's disappearance/death.
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Interesting Papers for Week 50, 2023
Visual search as effortful work. Anderson, B. A., & Lee, D. S. (2023). Journal of Experimental Psychology. General, 152(6), 1580–1597.
Waves traveling over a map of visual space can ignite short-term predictions of sensory input. Benigno, G. B., Budzinski, R. C., Davis, Z. W., Reynolds, J. H., & Muller, L. (2023). Nature Communications, 14, 3409.
The role of memory in counterfactual valuation. Biderman, N., Gershman, S. J., & Shohamy, D. (2023). Journal of Experimental Psychology. General, 152(6), 1754–1767.
Not so smart? “Smart” drugs increase the level but decrease the quality of cognitive effort. Bowman, E., Coghill, D., Murawski, C., & Bossaerts, P. (2023). Science Advances, 9(24).
Rhythmic Information Sampling in the Brain during Visual Recognition. Caplette, L., Jerbi, K., & Gosselin, F. (2023). Journal of Neuroscience, 43(24), 4487–4497.
Proprioceptive uncertainty promotes the rubber hand illusion. Chancel, M., & Ehrsson, H. H. (2023). Cortex, 165, 70–85.
A matter of availability: sharper tuning for memorized than for perceived stimulus features. Chota, S., Gayet, S., Kenemans, J. L., Olivers, C. N. L., & Van der Stigchel, S. (2023). Cerebral Cortex, 33(12), 7608–7618.
Astrocyte activities in the external globus pallidus regulate action-selection strategies in reward-seeking behaviors. Kang, S., Hong, S.-I., Kang, S., Song, M., Yang, M. A., Essa, H., … Choi, D.-S. (2023). Science Advances, 9(24).
Outliers may not be automatically removed. Karch, J. D. (2023). Journal of Experimental Psychology. General, 152(6), 1735–1753.
Copy rats: Learning by observation during a foraging task by rats. Keshen, C., Cole, M., Buck, S., & Khouri, P. (2023). Learning & Behavior, 51(2), 179–190.
Neuronal responses to omitted tones in the auditory brain: A neuronal correlate for predictive coding. Lao-Rodríguez, A. B., Przewrocki, K., Pérez-González, D., Alishbayli, A., Yilmaz, E., Malmierca, M. S., & Englitz, B. (2023). Science Advances, 9(24).
Coherent mapping of position and head direction across auditory and visual cortex. Mertens, P. E. C., Marchesi, P., Ruikes, T. R., Oude Lohuis, M., Krijger, Q., Pennartz, C. M. A., & Lansink, C. S. (2023). Cerebral Cortex, 33(12), 7369–7385.
Accumbens cholinergic interneurons dynamically promote dopamine release and enable motivation. Mohebi, A., Collins, V. L., & Berke, J. D. (2023). eLife, 12, e85011.
Geometric constraints on human brain function. Pang, J. C., Aquino, K. M., Oldehinkel, M., Robinson, P. A., Fulcher, B. D., Breakspear, M., & Fornito, A. (2023). Nature, 618(7965), 566–574.
Agency as a bridge to form associative memories. Ruiz, N. A., DuBrow, S., & Murty, V. P. (2023). Journal of Experimental Psychology. General, 152(6), 1797–1813.
Teleporting into walls? The irrelevance of the physical world in embodied perspective-taking. Samuel, S., Salo, S., Ladvelin, T., Cole, G. G., & Eacott, M. J. (2023). Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 30(3), 1011–1019.
Distinct neural mechanisms construct classical versus extraclassical inhibitory surrounds in an inhibitory nucleus in the midbrain attention network. Schryver, H. M., & Mysore, S. P. (2023). Nature Communications, 14, 3400.
Eccentricity advances arrival to visual perception. Upadhyayula, A., Phillips, I., & Flombaum, J. (2023). Journal of Experimental Psychology. General, 152(6), 1527–1538.
Statistical learning speeds visual search: More efficient selection, or faster response? Wang, S., Cong, S. H., & Woodman, G. F. (2023). Journal of Experimental Psychology. General, 152(6), 1723–1734.
Collaborative decision making is grounded in representations of other people’s competence and effort. Xiang, Y., Vélez, N., & Gershman, S. J. (2023). Journal of Experimental Psychology. General, 152(6), 1565–1579.
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