Resources
I have gathered some resources I found as I looked for learning opportunities, please feel free to look at them or message me if you find another one I should add.
Organizations and memberships
General
- International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility (INCF).
- Cognitive Science Organization (CSS).
- Organization for Computational Neuroscience (OCNS).
- Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS).
- Society for Neuroscience (SfN).
- Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS).
Some of these organizations have special membership prizes for individuals from developing countries and lower incomes. The INCF, CSS and OCNS can request membership fee waivers given that paying the fee would signify an uncoverable financial burden.
Inclusion-focused
- Women in Neuroscience (WiN).
Learning and training
- At the INCF training space you can find several resources for open science, computational neuroscience and neuroinformatics, coding, neuroethics, and many others, for free!
- At Neuromatch, you can take their yearly courses in computational methods for different disciplines: climate science, machine learning, computational neuroscience, and neuroAI. Additionally, their resources are open-access and completely free for you to use or teach in your classes.
- At Humai, you can find Spanish resources and courses in data analysis, ML and applications to Neuroscience and Psychology. They can work with you to weigh both your current knowledge and goals, and have different courses and career tracks that you can enrol in according to your needs. Plus, they are very active, give away scholarships and offer reduced prices if you show financial needs.
Graduate School applications
- Lucy Lai’s PhD apps website has an easy-going introduction and guide to PhD applications in the US.
- Ya’el Courtney’s PhD app guide is complete, detailed, and US-focused.
Science communicators and academic influencers (mainly in Neuro)
Following people inside academia can help you understand what it is about. I suggest you have a look at them, both because of the excitement of their research and because their posts discuss some of their downsides.
- Ieva Andrulytė, MSc, andrulyte at IG.
- Daniel Toker, PhD, @the_brain_scientist at IG and his personal website.
- Lindsay Ejoh, BSc, @neuro_melody at IG.
- Lucy Lai, PhD, @drlucylai at IG and her personal website.
- Ludmila Kucikova, MScR @computational_neuroscientist at IG.
Books, papers and other sources of fun and reflection!
Books
- Friedenberg, J., Silverman, G., & Spivey, M. J. (2021). Cognitive Science: An Introduction to the Study of Mind (4th ed.). Sage Publications, Incorporated.
- Sun, R. (Ed.). (2023). The Cambridge Handbook of Computational Cognitive Sciences (2nd ed.). Cambridge University Press.
- Trappenberg, T. (2023). Fundamentals of Computational Neuroscience (3rd ed). Oxford Academic, https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192869364.001.0001
SciComm books
- Lindsay, G. (2021). Models of the Mind: How Physics, Engineering and Mathematics Have Shaped Our Understanding of the Brain. Bloomsbury. https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/models-of-the-mind-9781472966438/
- Marcus, G., & Freeman, J. (Eds.). (2015). The Future of the Brain: Essays by the World’s Leading Neuroscientists. Princeton University Press. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh0x7
- Narayanan, A., & Kapoor, S. (2024). AI Snake Oil: What Artificial Intelligence Can Do, What It Can’t, and How to Tell the Difference. Princeton University Press.
Papers
- Aghi, K., Anderson, B. M., Castellano, B. M., Cunningham, A., Delano, M., Dickinson, E. S., Von Diezmann, L., Forslund-Startceva, S. K., Grijseels, D. M., Groh, S. S., Guthman, E. M., Jayasinghe, I., Johnston, J., Long, S., McLaughlin, J. F., McLaughlin, M., Miyagi, M., Rajaraman, B., Sancheznieto, F., . . . Weinberg, Z. Y. (2024). Rigorous science demands support of transgender scientists. Cell, 187(6), 1327–1334. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2024.02.021
- Machlovi, S., Pero, A., Ng, S., Zhong, M., & Cai, D. (2020). Women in neuroscience: Where are we in 2019? Journal of Neuroscience Research, 99(1), 9–12. https://doi.org/10.1002/jnr.24570
- Moreno, J. A., Manca, R., Nel, J. A., Spantidakis, I., Venter, Z., & Juster, R. (2024). A brief historic overview of sexual and gender diversity in neuroscience: Past, present, and future. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 18, 1414396. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2024.1414396