How to Pick a Graduate Advisor

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This NeuroView article offers guidance to early-career scientists on selecting a graduate or postdoctoral advisor. Effective mentorship is essential not only for individual career development but also for fostering innovation and supporting the well-being of academic institutions. There is a strong need for universities to invest more in training faculty members to become effective mentors and to systematically evaluate the quality of mentorship. To address this, the article proposes the introduction of an M-index as a metric for assessing mentoring effectiveness. It also advocates for more comprehensive research into the characteristics of outstanding mentorship, greater recognition and rewards for exemplary mentors, and the inclusion of mentorship quality as a key criterion in the awarding of research grants and academic honors.

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EEGLAB

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EEGLAB is an interactive MATLAB toolbox that supports learning and research in EEG and related brain signal processing through a flexible graphical interface and script-based workflows. It empowers users to explore and analyze continuous and event-related EEG, MEG, and other electrophysiological data using advanced techniques such as independent component analysis (ICA), time/frequency analysis, artifact rejection, and data visualization.

The EEGLAB community promotes accessibility and reproducibility in neuroscience through extensive tutorials, open-source plug-ins, and customizable tools that support both novice and experienced researchers.

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NANS Education Committee Webinars

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The North American Neuromodulation Society (NANS) Education Committee creates and supports learning opportunities for neuromodulators through written, virtual, and practical teaching sessions that improve awareness of recommended standards in safety and efficacy.

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INS Virtual Journal Club Series

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The International Neuromodulation Society (INS) presents a virtual journal club series to offer an objective, non-commercial platform for discussing timely studies of neuromodulation techniques and clinical practice. Many articles will come from Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface, the official journal of the INS.

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