Angela Sterritt 📘 ... a denial that there is systemic racism in Canada, where "white" is the assumed default and everyone else is "other." But to call attention to whiteness is to declare that there *is* a racial component to Canadians' identity, and that upends the denial, IMHO.

Quite funny when ppl use “Asian” “black” “people of color” “BAME” to describe minorities but will not accept themselves as “white”

I know it sounds very cliche and prolly outdated but I don’t want to disappoint my supervisor (like I know it’s all for myself but still, I’m sorry)

sounds counterintuitive but can we please have a quiet discussion zone in the library? Where we just sit and read papers and talk at a very low volume…not yelling to teach other prep case for consultancy job application…

Last year I taught myself R with resources I primarily found via Twitter. I've been meaning to share some of the resources here, and I finally have a little time today. So here they are... 🧵 Academic Chatter™ #rstudio #rstatistics

🚨New paper alert🚨 "Studying Mental Health Problems as systems, not syndromes" is now published #OpenAccess in Current Directions. I'll summarize the paper briefly here. ⬇️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/09…

I don’t understand why I have eight draft for a 600 word coursework…and it doesn’t even worth that much

Did you know that Harvard has free Resume, CV and Cover Letter resources - including action verbs, templates and samples? I've compiled a list of them -

Collecting pdfs for literature review...

Does anyone have tips on how to increase the clarity of your writing (that doesn’t require friends to read a gazillion drafts)? That’s my biggest rationale in rejections, that I’m not clear. The ideas are there but they are not translating. I truly want to be a better writer!

Girl with a Pearl Earring, painted by Vermeer in 1665, might just be the most famous and beloved portrait in the world. But who is the girl? Well, that's the thing. There was no girl, because this isn't a portrait...

A basic Zotero workflow that you can master in 20min to fast-track your research even if you've never used Zotero (for folks who started following me recently:

A VERY long shot…but if anyone was on flight BA177 from Heathrow to JFK yesterday (Tues 4 April) at 1.10pm and landing at 3.30pm and found this little fella, there’s a distraught little boy who would love to be reunited with him. Get in touch if you can help. Thanks

New version of Actflow Toolbox just released (colelab.github.io/ActflowToolbox/), adding glasso FC functionality. Demo: colelab.github.io/ActflowToolbox… We found that glasso FC is an improvement on the fMRI field-standard functional connectivity measure (correlation): doi.org/10.1101/2023.0…

All you need to know about the mammalian brains 🧠

The Handbook of #AcademicMentalHealth is almost done! We really hope it will inspire change: “The work environment in many universities today is toxic, exploitative and dehumanizing. Leaders must stop prioritizing profits and productivity over student and staff well-being.”

Are you interested in developing advanced causal modeling skills in a PhD focused on poverty, stigma and quality of life in families with children with developmental disabilities in Ethiopia and Kenya? Apply for this PhD! drive-health.org.uk/projects-2024 (project 1, deadline 10 March)

Writing a PhD Thesis Introduction: 10 Steps to Get You Started Staring at a blank page, wondering how to start your PhD thesis introduction? You're not alone. Here's a roadmap to get you started:

Articles in #PAIN feature figures like these brain maps showing effects of VR neuroscience-based therapy on functional connectivity. Learn more in Čeko et al.’s new article in #PAIN bit.ly/4cVu74t

Parkwood (1) gives me flashbacks to Maudsley (2)