BioCritic

I rant about biology on the internet.

[BioCritic @BioCritic]

If your PhD is breaking you, maybe you shouldn't be doing a PhD.... #phdchat #mentalhealth #phdlife

https://t.co/UuYUGOKPSl

[BioCritic @BioCritic]

Crash course in understanding what an fMRI image REALLY means. Some good resources for neuro students linked at the end. #medstudents #neuroscience #learningresource https://t.co/4a5pk6jSvm

[BioCritic @BioCritic]

@svakulenk0 Thank you! Quitting a PhD is so widely seen as a failure, but it's not. Or at least I'm trying very hard not to see it that way!

[BioCritic @BioCritic]

If your PhD is breaking you, maybe you shouldn't be doing a PhD.... #phdchat #mentalhealth #phdlife

https://t.co/UuYUGOKPSl

[Tom Chodor @TomChodor]

@DrMcCarthyJones It's the first time I've seen it to be honest. But in general I think we should be open about the fact that a PhD is not for everyone, and that it's ok to quit it if it's not working out.

[PhD Balance @PhD_Balance]

Hey everyone! Please check out today's post (link below). To share your story, please visit our website (link in bio)- it can be a personal story, remain #anonymous, or a post about tips and tricks in surviving #gradschool! #phdchat #MentalHealthAwareness
https://t.co/AGXVOd6Guz

[Svitlana Vakulenko 🇺🇦 @svakulenk0]

“research on doctoral students’ well-being has consistently found high-stress levels, mental-health concerns e.g., depression, and alarming physical health symptoms... studies tend to report negative emotions as the dominant affective state for PhD students” @dgarcia_eu @ancsaaa3

[BioCritic @BioCritic]

I think it's important to remember that that your PhD isn't something you *have* to do. I wish more people acknowledged that. Maybe then I wouldn't have pushed myself to breaking point before I made the decision to leave.
#phdchat #phdlife #mentalhealth

[Times Higher Education @timeshighered]

Mental health problems were found to be more common among PhD candidates in an Australian study earlier this year

https://t.co/kIBYnWohhn

[BioCritic @BioCritic]

Great article. How a study is carried out impacts it's possible outcomes. Design needs to be careful and carried out to completion. https://t.co/GnnS2W3S7V

[Scott Stossel @SStossel]

The always insightful @David_Dobbs on a possibly life-saving depression treatment that didn't pass muster in clinical trials: https://t.co/caZYsHk5jn

[BioCritic @BioCritic]

New post about how scientists haven't discovered a new organ again. https://t.co/NoBqOQeCLA

[Retraction Watch @RetractionWatch]

Authors retract, replace highly cited paper on ADHD in kids https://t.co/ya4oZPr0D2

[BioCritic @BioCritic]

I like the idea of raw data embedded into research publications, but as an early stage researcher I wouldn't have a clue about how to do it, and I'm just not going to spend €145 on software to do it for me. https://t.co/ATl0gwrfRT

[BioCritic @BioCritic]

I hope this doesn't get interpreted as TBI = Violent Ciminal. TBI recovery is a long and expensive process. Without adequate aftercare, including counselling, it's not surprising that survivors would end up in situations which resulted in incarceration. https://t.co/v1FYvXdFwS

[Neuroscience Info @neuinfo]

Can Traumatic Brain Injury Contribute to Criminal Behavior? Universitys in the #UK aim to find out. @UniofExeter @UofGlasgow @ManchesterUniv @sheffielduni @UniofOxford https://t.co/IbyyIePfCt

[BioCritic @BioCritic]

Angler fish just got even cooler! https://t.co/gNh3QDkmjS

[Neuroskeptic 🇺🇦 @Neuro_Skeptic]

Is conscious perception a series of discrete temporal frames? https://t.co/KOcZmRKiwc I'm... not... sure...

[The New York Times @nytimes]

The six-inch-long skeleton has ten ribs, giant eye sockets and a long skull that ends in a point. It is not an alien. https://t.co/QlyxJKfaRm

[BioCritic @BioCritic]

"We are biological robots, this is true, but the biological part of that is not redundant. We are inherently chemical, and without those chemicals you cannot create a human mind."
https://t.co/bRQdIr3U4B via @wordpressdotcom

[BioCritic @BioCritic]

Sad people say sad things in places designed for talking about sad things. https://t.co/G6dbIkpA9D

[BioCritic @BioCritic]

That "Game Changer" Treatment for MS Is Too Good To Be True — Really https://t.co/4ptn9UbJHV via @Futurism

[Neuroskeptic 🇺🇦 @Neuro_Skeptic]

Of all the blobs in all the brains in all the world, she activates mine.