On Your Mind Neuroscience Podcast

This week (or month) on the On Your Mind Podcast: Sorry for the wait! Here is a real, honest to God, episode. It's got updates on Liam's Thesis and Kat's paper, some fun science news and lots of advice for graduate students, henceforth known as gradvice. This page will be updated soon with links and more details, but for now here is everything Liam wanted to talk about: Choosing a supervisor Personality and mentorship style can be as important as research interest even if you're someone who likes a lot of supervisor contact you'll want some independence Don't be afraid to ask your potential supervisor very direct questions like "what are your expectations of time spent in the lab" how long does your average student take to finish is there a particular project you have in mind how would you describe your mentorship style how would you describe the work culture of the lab PubMed a few students and see how much they publish Maintaining Sanity Your PHD will probably take 6 years. You can aim for less, b