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2D II Proj 2 – Zine: Research

April 18, 2017 / / 0 Comments

Jurong West

A place where NTU students and staff cannot be unfamiliar about.
We all know, NTU is somewhere in the Jurong West/ Pioneer.
What else do we know about this area around us?
Come with me to find out cool

 

ZINE PRESENTATION

 

Research Process: 

Secondary

The first I did was to google search interesting things in Jurong West. After a long scroll… I discovered Jurong Hill! I was genuinely surprised to find out that there is a hill in Jurong West, and it has even welcomed a visit by Queen Elizabeth II.

 

Primary
After gaining a bit more knowledge through online research, I went to explore the different parts in Jurong West.
I visited Jurong Hill, Taman Jurong, Boon Lay avenue (where RVHS is currently located and its surroundings) – the popular and less known areas.

 

  

After being there at Jurong Hill, I was disappointed from its current deserted-ness.  Yet, the view was still amazing as I could really get a good view of the whole area, seeing the industrial, residential and nature. laughing A pity that it was pouring when I got there, so I couldn’t get good pictures.

 

Upon visit, I found out that Jurong Hill was a site of heritage valued by the town. Together with it, were many other placed spread around Jurong. I was puzzled by “60 stalls” and decided on a trip there.

 

  

  

I feel very welcomed by the strong presence of art around this area. Even at the shopping centre opposite.

 

  

 

However, these may not be strong interesting points.
As I sulked on the bus ride back to NTU, I discovered I passed by many many schools…

And River Valley High School got me thinking. 
Isn’t it located at River Valley?? So I went on to find out more.

 

 

And I realised why. 

  

 

Nature is mesmerising

 

3D II WK 2 – Research: SCENTS & MEMORY

January 24, 2017 / / 3 Comments

Smells <—> Memory

Smells can often trigger and be associated with one’s personal memories. Why? Science. The anatomy of our body and organ structure allows smells to get routed through the olfactory bulb (the smell analysing region in the brain), then triggering familiar memories.

 

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Before reaching your thalamus, smells first wind their way through other regions of your brain, including areas controlling memory and emotion. So with scents, you have all this extra processing even before you have conscious awareness of the scent.

Your body also contains far more receptors for smells (at least 1,000) than it does for other senses, like sight (four) and touch (at least four).3 What this means is you can discern between many different types of smells, even those you may not have the words to describe.

Individual perception to scents is different due to visual or audio memories one has personally experienced. Because of this, one scent may trigger pleasant memory in one and unpleasant memory in the other.

 

Interesting finds

  • Aromatherapy

Specific scents can help in therapy using the connection between smell and memory. For eg, green apple scent can help in treating migranes, and lavendar for pain relief.

  • Strengthening sense of smell

The more we exercise, the less likely we are to develop problems with smelling.

 

The Science of How Smell Triggers Memory: http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2015/08/06/smells-trigger-memories.aspx