scholarly strategies Unlocking the ivory tower, one brain at a time

What makes us human?  Neuroscientifically speaking, it’s the prefrontal cortex – the part of the brain responsible for planning, learning, and perhaps even personality.  The prefrontal cortex is the part of the brain we use to learn and reflect, and it’s where we do our conscious thinking. Subconscious thought happens somewhere else entirely.  Our subconscious [...]

Although the word “boarding” in reference to a large writing project may make you think “waterboarding…” this is probably more productive. From ABDsurvivalguide.com: =================================== A Cool Strategy for Organizing Complex Ideas Ben Dean, Ph.D. =================================== Many graduate students complain that the dissertation is so huge that it becomes impossible to organize. How can all of [...]