So You Want to Be a Neuroscientist? / / Ashley Juavinett.
The pursuit to understand the human brain in all its intricacy is a fascinatingly complex challenge and neuroscience is one of the fastest-growing scientific fields worldwide. There is a wide range of career options open to those who wish to pursue a career in neuroscience, yet there are few resourc...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2020] ©2020 |
| Year of Publication: | 2020 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- PART I Why Should You Study the Nervous System?
- 1 Why Did You Pick Up This Book?
- 2 This Isn’t Your Grandmother’s Neuroscience
- 3 Who Are All of the Neuroscientists?
- 4 Where Neuroscience Is Headed
- PART II Graduate School in Neuroscience
- 5 Why You Should (or Shouldn’t) Get a PhD in Neuroscience
- 6 What Is a Neuroscience Graduate Degree, Anyway?
- 7 Paths to Graduate School
- 8 Choosing a Graduate School and Advisor
- 9 Herding Cats, or Making the Most of Your Committee
- 10 The Beauty of Self-Care
- 11 The Dissertation
- PART III Research, Research, Research
- 12 Types of Neuroscience Research
- 13 Good Research Habits
- 14 You Can Learn How to Code (and You Probably Should)
- 15 No One Wants to Talk About Authorship
- 16 Communicating Your Science
- 17 Networking Is Not a Bad Word
- 18 Finding Good Mentors
- PART IV Where Do All the Neuroscientists Go?
- 19 General Tips for Getting a Job After Graduate School
- 20 Academia
- 21 Industry Researc
- 22 Consulting
- 23 Data Science
- 24 Science Communication and Policy
- 25 A Cast of Neuroscience Characters
- Acknowledgments
- Glossary
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index