Varun Athilat

My interests are all over the place, so here's my attempt at consolidation! First and foremost, I am a researcher interested in the interplay between text-based language and emotions. This avenue of research has taken me down so many interesting rabbitholes, like persuasion, language comprehension in ASD, and naturally occurring language in digital environments. I have also been playing the piano for most of my life, beginning my self-taught journey into repertoire for the left-hand alone around the age of 16. This interest, in tandem with my primary YouTube channel, has taken me on an extraordinary path of music discovery into often neglected corners of history.