An effective resume highlights your experiences, qualifications, and skills that assist you in landing an interview. A great cover letter expands on these skills and experiences and tailors them for the specific role and the needs of the organization for which you are applying. This showcases why you are the most suitable candidate for that…
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A resume is a 1-2-page formal document that provides a high-level summary of your educational background, professional experiences (both paid and unpaid), co-curricular experiences, and competencies/skills. The purpose of a resume is to market yourself to an employer by concisely emphasizing your strengths, abilities, and skills in a way that demonstrates that you are the…
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Neurosexism is the claim that there are set differences between the female and male brains, often leading to judgments that females/males are better at stereotypical gender-based tasks based on biological factors (Rippon, 2016). Unfortunately the concept of possessing a “male” brain and “female” brain still exists today, and has historically impacted a lot of scientific…
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Have you ever wondered why or how we become so captivated by the world around us? From art, to music, or to the beauty of nature, how do our brains perceive how these events make us feel? The study of such phenomena is known as neuroaesthetics. Neuroscience and psychology are used to understand how our…
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Neuroeconomics, as the name implies, bridges the fields of neuroscience and economics to help further our understanding of decision-making. While some fields of economic thought treat humans as rational agents, concepts in social psychology and neuroeconomics have offered a competing view. Tools used to study the brain can be used to explore how humans react…
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In 1987, Kenneth James Park entered the home of his in-laws using a spare key. He took the tire iron from his car and beat his mother-in-law to death; then proceeded to choke her husband (Staff, 2006). Though this sounds like a typical case of homicide, one aspect that makes the case interesting was this:…
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Biases can be found anywhere around us, and are introduced to us early on in our lives. Right from childhood, biases are introduced at home and school, later from the media, and even in non-fiction news we acquire from credible sources. As such, scholarly articles published by the means of thorough research, editing, and review…
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Historically speaking, discourse within Western academia and science has been void of non-White voices for centuries. This was not done out of a whim, but instead planned according to pseudoscience and the concept of validated “scientific racism.” This term has its roots in the foundation of science within the West in the 16th century (Skibba,…
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Reading research articles can be a frustrating task as it requires great practice and patience. This skill can take several years to be enhanced, but by reading this blog, you can get a head start on how to effectively interpret scholarly papers. This blog also provides helpful tips and resources to speed up your process in gaining access to and reading journal articles.
