Current Events > My dissertation proposal is in a week.

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About on my final draft of the proposal. Advisor has been too busy to give me too much feedback unfortunately, so I feel like I'm going into this a little bit unchecked.

Should really send it out to my committee soon, not that they'll read it until like an hour beforehand anyway.
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what is it about?
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I'm in a cognitive neuroscience lab, we primarily do neuroimaging in humans using MRI. I'm proposing a set of experiments, both simulation and empirical, to examine how the organization of lower order information entering into a higher order system impacts that higher order systems ability to maintain high fidelity short term memory.
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You're proposing to experiment on humans :O
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ShinigamiSoul posted...

You're proposing to experiment on humans :O

Yes >=) muhahahahha!

But, uh, in all seriousness, MRIs are as noninvasive as they come, just a giant magnet, really.
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You'll probably do great, just remember to drink a good cup of coffee the morning of.
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i hope the old boys let you into their doctor club <3
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Im working on my master and all this stuff you gotta do is overwhelming. I gotta form a committee, gotta make a individual development plant for my prof, gotta go to the conferences. Like can I just do my experiment and get my degree?

COVxy posted...

ShinigamiSoul posted...

You're proposing to experiment on humans :O

Yes >=) muhahahahha!

But, uh, in all seriousness, MRIs are as noninvasive as they come, just a giant magnet, really.

psh that's what they say to lure you in then BAM mind control device in the bran and you start blacking out randomly, I've seen it happen before
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hortanz posted...

You'll probably do great, just remember to drink a good cup of coffee the morning of.

Thanks! Yes, one giant good cup of coffee lol.

nexigrams posted...

i hope the old boys let you into their doctor club <3

Thanks. This is the first step, the 'Will we let you even attempt to do so?' step.

Hexagon posted...

Im working on my master and all this stuff you gotta do is overwhelming. I gotta form a committee, gotta make a individual development plant for my prof, gotta go to the conferences. Like can I just do my experiment and get my degree?

It can be overwhelming, but to be fair to the process, my committees have always been helpful, made my ideas stronger.
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You've come a long way from E[(x-E[x])(y-E[y])].

Best of luck!
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how much longer will it take to figure out how to get psychic powers?
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