educated but confused Val Soto, Yassine Filali, & Avery Van De Water

It's time for a hiatus. Join hosts Val, Avery, & Yassine in a discussion about transitions. There are big changes on the horizon for each, so tune-in to hear this roundtable chat and navigate this transition with us!
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Season 2 - we are interviewing people who inspire us. In today's episode, our guest of honor is... Don Robin. Avery and second guest, Noah Waller, talk with Don about our experiences with mentorship. Follow us on twitter @theEBCpod :); we appreciate the love. Thanks for listening :) As always, stay educated and seek confusion. Join our email list to get notified when new episodes drop (and merch in the near future).FACT CHECK!At some point we said that all science holds a materialist view. This is not necessarily true. There are other views such as dualism that are held, however materialism is the most common- especially among cognitive scientists. You can read more here. Randy Schroeder was the associate director and educational counselor with TRIO at The University of New Hampshire. Don states that schools with formal mentorship programs retain faculty 40-50% better than those without. While I couldn’t find this exact study, there was a study that assessed the impact of a formal mentorship program on junior faculty satisfaction and productivity. They found that mentees were 34% more likely to hold senior faculty positions compared to the control group.Did we miss anything? Contact us at educatedbutconfused@gmail.com

Season 2 - we are interviewing people who inspire us. In today's episode, our guest of honor is... Teon Brooks! We discuss Teon’s educational journey and experience as a data scientist. Follow us on twitter @theEBCpod :); we appreciate the love. Thanks for listening :) As always, stay educated and seek confusion. Join our email list to get notified when new episodes drop (and merch in the near future).
FACT CHECK!
Did we solve physics?
Nothing is wrong with physics to our knowledge, but it's fun to pretend we solved it!
Are there less than a thousand MEG systems in existence?
It's true! In 2022, there were only an estimated 200 MEG systems worldwide. https://tinyurl.com/4475m33f
Are people more interested in image resolution than everything else (temporal or spatial)?
Image resolution matters quite a bit, but depending on the questions investigators are attempting to answer, it may or may not be of importance to maximize image resolution. That said, degree and type of interest in resolution is wholly up to those investigators.
Is twitter charging for API?
It does appear that twitter will now be charging folks to take full advantage of their API. There is still free access to the API, but it is severely limited compared to the ~$100 Basic plan.
https://tinyurl.com/4ck34cnh

Have the number of tenure track positions gone down?
Within the last several decades, tenure density has been decreasing in the US. https://tinyurl.com/359796um

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Join our email list to get notified when new episodes drop (and merch in the near future). In today's episode, our guest of honor is... Justin Sipla! We discuss Justin's neuroanatomy course and the concept of free will. Follow us on twitter @theEBCpod :); we appreciate the love. Thanks for listening :) As always, stay educated and seek confusion.
FACT CHECK!
Do we have volition over walking?
Yes, we do have volition, or the ability to make conscious choices, over walking. Walking is an activity that is primarily controlled by our motor cortex and cerebellum, which are parts of the brain involved in voluntary movement. While some aspects of walking, such as maintaining balance and coordinating limb movements, are automated to some extent, we can consciously choose when and where to walk, as well as modify our walking patterns or speed.
Explore more in this paper: Petersen, T H et al. “The motor cortex drives the muscles during walking in human subjects.” The Journal of physiology vol. 590,10 (2012): 2443-52. doi:10.1113/jphysiol.2012.227397

Is there scientific merit to Wim Hof breathing?
From the Wim Hof Website “What "The Iceman" Wim Hof is capable of was long viewed as scientifically impossible. It wasn't until the first Radboud University study in 2011 that things really kicked off. The study showed that by using his method, Wim was able to voluntarily influence his autonomic nervous system - something which until then was thought impossible. This ground-breaking finding, published in PNAS, established credibility, quite literally rewrote biology textbooks and piqued scientists' curiosity.”
Read more here: https://www.wimhofmethod.com/science
Free will article: Libet B, Gleason CA, Wright EW, Pearl DK. Time of conscious intention to act in relation to onset of cerebral activity (readiness-potential). The unconscious initiation of a freely voluntary act. Brain. 1983;106 (Pt 3):623-642. doi:10.1093/brain/106.3.623

Kavli Summer Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience https://sicn.cmb.ucdavis.edu/

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In today's episode, our guest of honor is... Lex Gómez! We discuss Lex's experience finished her dissertation and starting as a postdoctoral position.
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Fact check!
While Pennsylvania and Iowa are close in latitude, they are not the same. Pennsylvania is located on latitude 41 and Iowa is on latitude 42.
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It seems as though men’s pant sizing, generally across brands, follows a Waist/Length measurement, where Waist is the circumference of a person’s waist in inches and Length is the inseam length in inches. So, 30/28 would be a 30 inch waist with a 28 inch inseam. While some women’s brands do follow this convention, it is more often not the same for women’s sizing. In many cases, a number is assigned to a specific waist circumference. These sizes vary by brand.
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Val is, in fact, allowed to take the whole day off following an overnight study. This applies to lab work, but that does not mean he is excused from coursework. So, careful planning is necessary.

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