I’m in New York for the 2007 annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society. CNS alternates between San Francisco and New York; this year it’s in the latter city. I suppose if you have to pick two cities to have a conference in, those are pretty good ones. Still, one of the things I like […]
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brains in the elevator: notes from CNS 2007, pt. I
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10 May 2007 |
0:04 |
musings, academics |
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Getting rich in graduate school
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1 April 2007 |
10:56 |
science, politics, news articles, academics |
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The New York Times has an interesting article in today’s paper by Mary Jenkins covering a new federal program set to provide substantial raises in funding for a minority of graduate students in the sciences. The Pell-Mell Grants, a joint venture of the Federal Government, Pell Grant program, and Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, is projected […]
The New York Times has an interesting article in today’s paper by Mary Jenkins covering a new federal program set to provide substantial raises in funding for a minority of graduate students in the sciences. The Pell-Mell Grants, a joint venture of the Federal Government, Pell Grant program, and Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, is projected […]
trendspotting the fMRI literature
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8 January 2007 |
23:43 |
fmri, academics, methodology |
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Select a few neuroimaging papers at random and you’re likely to come across a handful of statements in the introduction to the effect that the topic under study is of “increasing interest”. At conferences and research talks, you’ll sometimes see speakers invoke a familiar kind of figure that looks something like this:
That’s the number of […]
Select a few neuroimaging papers at random and you’re likely to come across a handful of statements in the introduction to the effect that the topic under study is of “increasing interest”. At conferences and research talks, you’ll sometimes see speakers invoke a familiar kind of figure that looks something like this:
That’s the number of […]
what’s your number?
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11 November 2006 |
20:17 |
general, academics, publishing |
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The PLoS blog has an interesting entry by Richard Cave, PLoS’s IT director, on the topic of unique author identification. If you’ve done more than a couple dozen literature searches, odds are you’ve run into cases where you’ve asked yourself “is I. Niedebeternaym the I. Niedebeternaym I’m looking for?” Sometimes authors share names; sometimes individual […]
The PLoS blog has an interesting entry by Richard Cave, PLoS’s IT director, on the topic of unique author identification. If you’ve done more than a couple dozen literature searches, odds are you’ve run into cases where you’ve asked yourself “is I. Niedebeternaym the I. Niedebeternaym I’m looking for?” Sometimes authors share names; sometimes individual […]
Multiple choice tests: why you shouldn’t panic
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26 August 2006 |
9:32 |
academics, tutorials |
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Many undergraduate students in the social and life sciences go through 4 or more years of university education utterly convinced that multiple choice exams are Satan’s favorite testing format. Drawn up by diabolical, sadistic demons (sometimes termed “professors”), questions on multiple choice exams are invariably ambiguous, unfair, and out for (the student’s) blood. Personally, […]
Many undergraduate students in the social and life sciences go through 4 or more years of university education utterly convinced that multiple choice exams are Satan’s favorite testing format. Drawn up by diabolical, sadistic demons (sometimes termed “professors”), questions on multiple choice exams are invariably ambiguous, unfair, and out for (the student’s) blood. Personally, […]