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[Kirsten Smayda @kesmayda]

Hey! I started a podcast: The PhD Network.

Listen to the journeys people have taken during and after their PhD. 👂🎙️

https://t.co/gSIRtnF09V

#AcademicTwitter
#PhD #phdlife #phdvoice #podcasts

[Sound Health Network @SoundHealthNet]

There is a Pediatric Music Therapy PostDoctoral Fellowship at @UCSF.

Based at the Stad Center, the Fellowship aims to prepare the next generation to accomplish high-impact pediatric music therapy researcher.

Learn more here: https://t.co/28SIz0LCJ8

#musictherapy #fellowship

[Dr Christopher Madan 🐘🧠💻 (he/him) @cMadan]

Academia and the World Beyond, Volume 2
A PhD Is Not a Commitment to Academia

is out now! Well, the online version, physical copies being sent out soon.
https://t.co/6xXG6BnoTa

[Neuroscience News @NeuroscienceNew]

A new study reveals the vital role of sleep in maximizing the cognitive benefits of physical activity. Stay active, sleep well, and protect your cognitive health.

https://t.co/MUmm4R9y4w

#exercise #neuroscience

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[Kirsten Smayda @kesmayda]

Congrats to @CollimoreAshley and the whole team involved!

[Ashley N. Collimore Doherty, Ph.D. @CollimoreAshley]

‼️New first-author manuscript‼️
A single training with the closed loop control of music immediately improves temporal asymmetry and energetic cost of walking after stroke.

Nothing like publishing my first grad school study in my last month as a student😆
https://t.co/guyFadZfCJ

[Kirsten Smayda @kesmayda]

New favorite video on how sound travels to the cortex. Sound on.

[Hugo Chrost @chrost_hugo]

An animation showing how we hear sounds.

Credits: design_cells

#MedTwitter

[Hugo Chrost @chrost_hugo]

Why your brain needs exercise?

Credit: Tami Tolpa

#MedTwitter

[Frank Garcea @FrankGarcea]

🚨Research Assistant Job Alert🚨
Apply today! https://t.co/Udx5IABOTH
There is an open RA position in the URMC Translational Brain Mapping Program. The position is ideal for folks to build their research experience before applying to med school or #cogneuro PhD programs.

[Kirsten Smayda @kesmayda]

Nice writeup

[Leo Tiokhin @LeonidTiokhin]

Feeling trapped in academia, but unsure about industry? 🤔

After 12 years in academia, I finally pivoted to industry last year. It was a long, exhausting process, but worth it. A few honest lessons from my experience, for those facing similar struggles: https://t.co/zlPzuDskEO

[Danika Pfeiffer @DanikaPfeiffer]

We are filling our last focus group of assistant professors from R1 institutions on Monday, May 22nd at 12pm ET. Interested? Complete this form: https://t.co/OfDdE9uEqf

[Bozena Pajak @BozenaPajak]

Are you a PhD student working on *learning* in one of the following areas: second language, literacy, math? Apply for a Duolingo Research Grant to support your work! Deadline: May 31 https://t.co/7rPiS9JB5o #PhDGrants

[David Sinclair @davidasinclair]

Amazing! New paper shows biological age rapidly increases during stress & reverses when the stress is relieved. That’s a relief 😅
https://t.co/XyLpVf4lsi

[Sander Koole @SLKoole]

Music is sometimes used as a relatively content-free emotion induction. An extensive database of emotion-eliciting music was created by Warrenburg; https://t.co/DHQAbNE6eC Music also appears to reliably induce nostalgia: https://t.co/CveQUCTnej
13/21

[Kirsten Smayda @kesmayda]

@MelisOnCheddar Life is finite. Act quickly.

[Kirsten Smayda @kesmayda]

"Rhythm-mediated reward may enhance learning, memory, and social processes."

#music #neuroscience #neurotwitter #musictherapy

[Anna Fiveash @Anna5ash]

Updated link to final article here: https://t.co/XCvHCapgBg
#musicscience #rhythm #reward

[Kirsten Smayda @kesmayda]

It's a promising CURRENT treatment.

[Sound Health Network @SoundHealthNet]

In The News:

Parkinson’s disease: Music therapy a promising future treatment?

https://t.co/6ZOIuaBPjt

[Kirsten Smayda @kesmayda]

Good advice. Use the system to your advantage. But also, some industry companies offer the same amount of flexibility. Ask about the culture and in what ways the leadership utilize the proclaimed flexible working options.

[tor wager @torwager]

We have an opening for our Lab Manager position at the Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Lab at Dartmouth. Please RT! https://t.co/3WsoXJgqj3

[Kirsten Smayda @kesmayda]

@stbmtx Lol

[Kirsten Smayda @kesmayda]

Have never seen such a tool! I can imagine how useful this would've been in my PhD.

#AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter #phdlife

[Hugh Kearns @ithinkwellHugh]

#PhD students, #postdocs and #supervisors should have a discussion about expectations before they commit to the relationship. Use this form to start the discussion. Download free from: https://t.co/T2LIpt0tvR #PhDchat #ECRchat #PhDforum #academicchatter