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Wednesday, 23 May 2012 19:20

My first difficulties towards my PhD

Written by Manousos Klados
I think that the man in the photo, completely describes  my situation over the last weeks. My problem is that I cannot find subjects who are not math-anxious in order to continue my experiments! Is it so hard??? The last four months over 700 students of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki have completed the AMAS test, and from all these subjects only 17 fitted my needs and wanted to participate in my research... Is this possible???
This is the first time that I am using this blog in order to post my personal thoughts or opinions, and I am doing this because I would like to ask you all if you are facing the same problems like me. I don't know what's happening in the other countries of the UE or in the USA, but here in Greece we lack a lot from organization. I know that in institutes in other countries there are seperate departments which can help you find subjects for your PhD purposes. This seems to me like an illusion with our standards.
On the other hand, our under-gradudate students, at least, are completely bored to participate in such kind of activities, or they lack from motivation, I am not so sure. I think that the new generation (I know that I am speaking like an old man now :P) hasn't completely understand the meaning of science and the University's role...
Opposed to all these, I want to close this post with a chemistry student's asnwer, who gave me when I asked him why he wants to participate in further experiments. He said me the following:
"I can understand your agony to finish your PhD, and if I was in your case I wanted others to help me"
I wish a lot of us were thinking samely...

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Sunday, 08 April 2012 21:10

Math Anxiety Linked With Differences In Brain Functioning, Study Finds

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Math Anxiety Linked With Differences In Brain Functioning, Study Finds

Math anxiety is a real thing, a new brain imaging study by Stanford researchers has confirmed.

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Sunday, 08 April 2012 21:07

The Causes and Prevention of Math Anxiety

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Mathematics anxiety has been defined as feelings of tension and anxiety that interfere with the manipulation of numbers and the solving of mathematical problems in a wide variety of ordinary life and academic situations Math anxiety can cause one to forget and lose one’s self-confidence (Tobias, S., 1993).

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Sunday, 08 April 2012 21:03

Activity in Brain Networks Related to Features of Depression

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Depressed individuals with a tendency to ruminate on negative thoughts, i.e. to repeatedly think about particular negative thoughts or memories, show different patterns of brain network activation compared to healthy individuals, report scientists of a new study inBiological Psychiatry.

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Sunday, 08 April 2012 21:00

Restoring Memory, Repairing Damaged Brains With An Artificial Hippocampus

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Biomedical engineers analyze and duplicate the neural mechanism of learning in rats

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