ASHLEY ROMAN

Cognitive
Science

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Learning Language

imitation or understanding? Language is a subconscious process that, just like any skill, has to be developed and enriched with time. From birth, infants acquire verbal abilities through rhythmic, mirrored syllables, until distinctions clarify; at which point, short one-word exclamations are used for functionality, i.e.…

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Outsmarting My Smartphone

“I worry, sometimes, that in some afterlife, I’ll be forced to watch myself from my phone’s perspective: some years-long montage of all the moments where my mouth was half open, where my finger gluttonously typed, where carpal tunnel blossomed, while behind my head: life whooshed…

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Emotional Whiplash: The Unseen Cost

The capacity of our attention spans has been slowly chipping away. This is not a new concern. It has been a source of anxiety since the earliest days of the internet. But what was once a slow erosion has accelerated ninefold in the short-form era.…

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About Me

I am a third-year Cognitive Science at the University of Georgia, focusing my studies at the intersection of technology and human psychology. I plan on pursuing an MS in Artificial Intelligence after I graduate.

I built this site to store my personal essays about culture, the human mind, and technology, and the ways these three keep shaping each other. I attempt to find meaning in everything, actively protesting against an “it’s not that deep” epidemic.


Currently Interested In:
– AI’s Effect on Human Interaction
– Mindful Tech Advancement (currently: UDC)
– US Education
– Politics & Policy
– Finance/Economics


“We become what we behold. We shape our tools, and thereafter our tools shape us.” 

— Marshall
McLuhan