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cognitive load

Finding the Words

May 6, 2020

Lately I’ve been having problems writing, and it’s all related to how my brain is working – or not.

Tags bipolar, cognitive decline, cognitive load, counselling, depression, mental health, words, writing

Shaping a Book

April 22, 2020

Writing a book is hard work, especially finding the right structure for it.

Tags book proposal, book structure, books, cognitive load, creative writing, Creativity, writing

Cognitive Load in Mental Health

March 4, 2020

A few years ago I wrote about the “spoonie” hypothesis. Basically it defines individual spoons as units of energy, and notes that each person is … Read more

Tags cognitive load, mental health, mental illness, spoonie
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This is so true. The first research project I did after my PhD on my own I felt ... unmoored and without direction in the absence of a research group/supervisor. I had to figure it out on my own, which was a whole new kettle of fish.

Carly Ziter@carlyziter

Something we don’t talk about a lot is the... professional loneliness (not quite right, but for lack of a better word) of transitioning from student/postdoc to prof. Many of us move from part of a busy collaborative lab (+ having a cohort of peers) to being largely solitary (1/n)

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Please share my friend Laura‘s hellish account of her long COVID experience ... with anyone you think is being cavalier about a pandemic illness we barely understand. https://t.co/klVUgN6qRZ

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