Working Papers & Projects
In Progress
Seven projects across neuroscience, psychology, philosophy, literary study, and chemistry. Status is shown in Scholar's Red.
PROJ · WP-001
Literature × Philosophy × Neuroscience
An original conceptual framework applying Deleuze and Guattari's schizoanalytic philosophy to Homeric psychology, arguing that the Homeric psyche is a productive multiplicity rather than a primitive fragmented self. The flagship essay of this archive.
90% — currently in final revision
Homer
Iliad
Deleuze
Guattari
Schizoanalysis
psyche
PROJ · WP-002
Psychology × Music × Methods
Music & Psychology
A mixed-methods study exploring music creation, mood, motivation, PTSD, creativity, AI-generated music, delayed gratification, and agency. The Shostakovich case study anchors the qualitative arm.
55%
Music cognition
mood
motivation
creativity
AI music
PROJ · WP-003
Education × Neuroscience × Design
Neuroscience-backed Literature Platform
Designing an educational application using findings from neuroscience and psychology to improve attention, retention, intrinsic motivation, and deep reading. Currently scoping the literature review.
30%
Attention
retention
intrinsic motivation
deep reading
PROJ · WP-004
Neuroscience × Computation × Modelling
Computational Neuroscience
Learning Python to model neural processes. The current reading programme covers Hebbian learning, reinforcement learning, and basic neural computation. Spiking-network tutorials are next.
40%
Hebbian learning
RL
neural computation
Python
PROJ · WP-005
Neuroscience × Psychiatry × Methods
Sense and Sensitivity
An autobiographical account of my experience with fibromyalgia and how it impacted my adolescent life, mental health and academia.
25%
autobiography
neurological disorders
adolescence
PROJ · WP-006
Philosophy × Comparative Cognition × Ethology
Comparative Cognition: Cats and Selfhood
Using Mead's 'I' and 'Me' to investigate whether domestic cats exhibit coherent selfhood. The empirical anchor is observational; the conceptual anchor is symbolic interactionism.
20%
Comparative cognition
Mead
selfhood
cats
PROJ · WP-007
Chemistry × Environmental Science
A co-authored chemistry investigation into an organic deodorant — cocoa butter, coconut oil, baking soda, and arrowroot starch — as a healthier, environment-friendly alternative to commercial formulas.
100% — submitted, AY 2025–2026
Organic chemistry
cosmetics
environmental science