Shelley Batts is a Neuroscience PhD candidate at the University of Michigan. She studies hair cell regeneration in the cochlea, and is trying to finish that quixotic quest called 'thesis.' She lies awake at night pondering how science intersects with politics, culture, policy, money, medicine, and religion in an attempt to be more than just a niche scientist sitting in the oh-so-lovely ivory tower. Follow me and my parrot, Pepper, on our quest to finish my PhD, land a post-doc, and stay sane.
Steve Higgins is a psychology graduate student at an online university. He hopes that the three weeks and $29.95 that he is spending on his Ph.D. will get him a job at a Tier 1 research university. Do online universities have postdocs? Ok...just kidding, Steve is really a Ph.D. Candidate in Psychology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign studying high level vision. You know... stuff like scene & object perception.
While not an official contributer to 'Of Two Minds,' Shelley's sidekick is an African Grey parrot named Pepper. His heros are Irene Pepperberg, Alex, and Rachel Carson. He spends his time learning Mandarin and writing the Great American novel.
"Those who dwell, as scientists or laymen, among the beauties and mysteries of the earth, are never alone or weary of life." ~Rachel Carson
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March 31, 2008
Category: Brains and Stuff
Welcome to the most recent installation of the neuroscience blog carnival, Encephelon, here at Of Two Minds! Steve and I thought we would mix things up a little bit and let a guest blogger summarize the best brain blogging (submitted...
Posted by Steve Higgins at 7:50 PM • 14 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
March 30, 2008
Category: Humor
Wilder Penfield at work ;)...
Posted by Steve Higgins at 7:54 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
March 29, 2008
Category: Tastes Like Neuroscience
There are some things I consider news, and some things I just consider "well, duh." File this study, which reported that high school students don't care that loud music damages their hearing, under the second category. Kids These Days...
Posted by Shelley Batts at 10:16 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Humor
The guys from I Can Haz Cheezburger? have come up with a new website for all of you to submit random crap to. This one, instead of being based on cats, is based on graphs. According to Wired: Unlike...
Posted by Steve Higgins at 9:33 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
March 28, 2008
Category: Brains and Stuff
Shelley and I are hosting the new issue of Encephalon coming out this Monday morning (March 31st). We have some great contributions so far but we would love to get some more! So shoot an email to encephalon.host@gmail.com with...
Posted by Steve Higgins at 1:14 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Video
Someone emailed me this week asking for the location of this video so I figured I'd post this from my old blog Omni Brain. From Sandra: I Am the Very Model of a Psychopharmacologist is set to Gilbert and Sullivan's...
Posted by Steve Higgins at 12:46 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Brains and Stuff
Everyone and their mother (especially their mothers) have sent me a link to this brain lamp. I think I'm required to post it now. So here it is: According to Lervik Design: MYBrain. The table lamp A replica of the...
Posted by Steve Higgins at 12:38 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Travel
charleston 001 Originally uploaded by jshiggins Over spring break I headed down to Charleston, South Carolina for the week to enjoy some nice sunny weather and forget about school for a little while. What a beautiful and historic city!...
Posted by Steve Higgins at 12:23 PM • 15 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Popular Culture
Being a (very) recent convert to the World of Mac, it is with great interest that I read a provocative report by Mindset Media comparing the behavior of Mac-owners vs. PC-owners--specifically, who was snobbier? Mindset surveyed 7500 Mac and...
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March 27, 2008
Category: Technology
Growing up it seemed like the only science on television was Mr. Wizard, Nova, and Star Trek (ok ok ... it's fiction but most scientists love star trek). Now there are a number of channels that regularly feature science...
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