Melissa McSweeney

“Piece of Mind” Project

Piece of Mind is a multidisciplinary collective of neuroscientists, musicians, dancers and circus artists collaborating with the goal of presenting scientific concepts through performance arts. The majority of scientific advances are only communicated in writing, and remain within the academic realm. While art-science projects have been picking up steam as a means of engaging the

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Panel Discussion: Coping with Academic Challenges and Impostor Phenomenon

“Impostor phenomenon” is a pattern of thoughts in which an individual feels like a fraud and doesn’t deserve the success, position, and/or accolades one has achieved, even though one’s objective skills and competence would suggest the opposite. Impostor phenomenon can warp admirable traits, such as humility and respect for others’ hard work, into weapons against

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