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Interdisciplinary brain orbit diagram: an engraved brain surrounded by orbital paths linking Psychology, Neuroscience, Linguistics, Semiotics, Trauma Studies and Media Theory, with handwritten notes reading “Curiosity connects disciplines.” and “Different fields. A shared system.”
✳Fig. 1.1 — The mind as a system across scales.
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Research Papers

Original research on the psychology of media, trauma, and control.

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Original Concepts

A growing lexicon of Psychomedia theories, terms, and frameworks.

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FIG. A — SIGNAL / SYSTEM How do media environments shape attention, emotion and behaviour?

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Themes drawn from the tags on the current papers.

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Fig. 3.1 — Six entries from the developing vocabulary. Select any card for the full definition.

Concept Map

nothing exists in isolation

A working map of Psychomedia. Relationships will expand as further research is published.

Fig. 4.1 — Relationships as stated in the field-definition paper.Question 003

A life arranged around curiosity.

Research and essays by Mint Achanaiyakul, connecting mind, language, and media.

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    About  ·  The Open Curriculum

    A life arranged around curiosity.

    I’m Mint Achanaiyakul, a cognitive theorist, founder, and lifelong learner. My interests span the mind, language, science, culture, movement, and the connections between them.

    1. 01 The Curious Mind
    2. 02 How I Think
    3. 03 Fields of Study
    4. 04 Projects in Motion
    5. 05 Languages as Lenses
    6. 06 The Path So Far
    7. 07 Where This Leads
    Fig. 0.1 — The learner, orbited by subjects. Portrait area reserved.

    01 — The Curious Mind

    start with a question
    Fig. 1.1 — Caption to come.

    I was born in Bangkok, spent my first four years in California, and grew up in Bangkok. I’ve always loved education, but no single curriculum has ever contained everything I wanted to learn.

    I’m a cognitive theorist and founder of Psychomedia. My work explores how language, media, and culture shape memory, identity, and responses to trauma. Psychomedia developed from my long-term study of the subconscious, the architecture of the mind, symbolic conditioning, and mass-media influence.

    That curiosity also runs through dance, sports, music, languages, and the experiences I create to bring people together.

    I take education seriously. My curiosity doesn’t stop at the edge of a curriculum.

    02 — How I Think

    I look beneath the surface: questioning assumptions, tracing connections, and building explanations across disciplines. The process is rarely linear—a new discovery can send me back to rethink the question.

    The anatomy of a question

    Psychomedia.

    One field that grew from this approach. Other questions lead elsewhere.

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    Fig. 2.1 — The anatomy of a question. Three recurring aspects of thinking, not a sequence.

    03 — Fields of Study

    My interests extend across the sciences, humanities, and languages. Each field offers another way of understanding the world.

    Fig. 3.1 — The fields that shape my questions.

    04 — Projects in Motion

    Research

    Psychomedia

    An emerging interdisciplinary field exploring how media, trauma, language, and systems of control interact with human psychology. My research develops original concepts and theoretical frameworks, published here on Polymath Mint.

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    Events

    Crimson Cat Events

    Founded in Bangkok in 2025 to turn strangers into friends through games, conversation, and shared experiences.

    crimsoncatevents.com (opens in a new tab)
    Personal Archive

    Mint Acha

    My personal archive of photographs, memories, books, and reflections—a record of the experiences and ideas that have shaped my life.

    mintacha.com (opens in a new tab)
    EducationWebsite in development

    Psychomedia Global

    The developing educational home of Psychomedia, bringing together proposed curricula, course outlines, and foundations for studying the field. A platform for future teaching and academic collaboration.

    psychomediaglobal.com
    LanguagesWebsite in development

    Polyglot Mint

    A creative project dedicated to multilingual speaking, singing, and performance, exploring the expressive possibilities of different languages.

    polyglotmint.com

    05 — Languages as Lenses

    same word, new world

    Choose a language to read its story.

    In my lifeEnglish

    Fig. 5.1 — The languages I use, study, and keep returning to.

    06 — The Path So Far

    A record in progress

      07 — Where This Leads

      Some questions become research papers.

      Others become projects, new skills, or experiences I never expected to pursue.

      I don’t know where every curiosity will lead.

      That’s part of what makes learning worthwhile.

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