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Writing tips

Guide to scientific writing
Please banish verbal false limbs and pretentious diction.
Great guide to scientific writing, from Andy Field
The Thesis Whisperer (great blog for grads)
Strunk and White never goes out of style.
Tips for Writing up a Thesis (this is geared to PhD students, but the principles apply to any thesis)
The Writer's Diet Test to determine if your writing is "flabby or fit"

How to review a paper, tips on being a good reviewer, more tips here.

Sound Processing

The basics of music acoustics
FAQ on music acoustics
Audacity (free sound editing software)
MatLab scripts for reading and writing MIDI files (useful for someone who wants to generate stimuli in MIDI format)
MatLab script for processing WAV files audioread (older versions would have used wavread) 

Excel tips

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How to create a pivot table in Excel 2003/2010 (video)
What are and how to use formulas in Excel (video)
Using basic formulas to create averages, sums, or counts of data (video)

Mr Excel.com: excellent resource--tips, tutorials, or search the forum/ask a ?
Excel tips page: use the search or just browse by category
Excel macro collections and tips for beginners
How to do a one-sample t-test in Excel
PivotPower add-in (free version available) Helpful Pivot Table commands!
AET Chart Tools Add in 
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Free online Excel training that adapts to your skill level. 

E-Prime help

E-Prime Getting Started Guide
E-Prime User's Guide
E-Prime 2.0 Reference Guide Manual
Another E-prime introductory tutorial

E-Prime data export video
Merging data from many subjects into one file, ready for export to Excel
Edat2 output file filtering and column arranging example

E-Prime timing modes and pre-release
E-prime Knowledge Base (problems): triggering external hardware

PSTNET has a great youtube channel with many webinar videos: 
E-Prime video introduction
​E-Prime 2.0 Basic Webinar
E-Prime How To: Task Events
​E-Prime How To: Nested Lists
Slide State Creation
Experiment Advisor
Advanced Attributes
Startup Info and Devices

Computer programming

Intro to Python course. Python is a useful, flexible language
Structure of computer programs course
Amazing list of psychology and computing links (useful software/tools, etc)

Statistics

CBU Stats wiki: FAQ
JASP--the 'low-fat', FREE, alternative to SPSS. Highly recommended.

SPSS
Video walk-throughs of SPSS procedures (from plots to ANOVA)
SPSS: How to conduct a repeated measures ANOVA
SPSS: How to conduct a repeated measures ANCOVA
Post-hoc tests in repeated-measures, from Howell
Why are you using SPSS anyway? Try R. It's free.

Misc
What is 'power'? What is meant by 'observed power'?
Fabulous and clear article on error bars. Required reading.
CircStats Toolbox - for MatLab, for Python
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Correlations and covariates
Why mean-center covariates?
How to graph a partial correlation (e.g., adjusted for covariates)
Comparing correlation coefficients, slopes, intercepts
Compare nonoverlapping but correlated correlation coefficients

d' and signal detection theory
Presentation on d' analysis and the formulas required
Clear article describing d', B, c, and how to understand them
Wikipedia entry on Sensitivity and Specificity: d' captures both

Multi-level model info
CBU stats wiki: multi-level models
Examples of multi-level model fitting in SPSS
Multilevel Models and ANOVAs in SPSS

Handy (free) software/scripts

_CopyFilenames (Windows) adds "copy filenames" to right click: handy for importing file lists into E-prime or excel)
Evernote is great for organizing information--some use it as a lab notebook.
FileMenuTools (Windows) Customize right-click menu (greater functionality than CopyFilenames)
Mendeley (organize pdfs and references)
Dropbox (folder share)
NX No Machine (VNC client software)
Write MIDI files from text
Save videos from Youtube for talks

Ethics related information

Human Research Ethics - at Western 
WesternREM Ethics online submission platform
    Psychology research participation pool

Tip for Accessing Papers off Campus

**Applicable to Western students only**
Access papers off campus by simply adding proxy1.lib.uwo.ca behind the .com. This will then ask you to enter your UWO id & password. 

University of Western Ontario pages

UWO homepage
Psychology homepage
E-Journals search
Neuroscience Library Databases 

ISI Web of Knowledge

Financial Services Forms
My Human Resources (to update pay and personal details)
UWO letterhead
Other Psychology dept forms (ethics, online expense, templates, etc.)
How to get Monthly Grant statements and more

Linux/unix

Basic commands
Learning unix/linux

Presentation tips

How to make a great poster Fabulous site with templates and tips
Force Powerpoint to export high resolution images (Windows)
Remove annoying 'play/pause' bar and media controls from sound/video
Drop powerpoint & make interesting online presentations using Prezzi!

Career Tips and Advice

For post-docs and junior faculty: jobs
How to nurture scientists (awesome links for many career levels--Uri Alon)
Useful aggregation of job search advice (from applying to negotiating)
Academic Scientist's toolkit:  Helpful info on job search and career
Tips on negotiating a first academic position

The Life of a Data Scientist

For post-docs and junior faculty: career
HHMI guide to scientific management Very comprehensive!
CIHR career guide for new PIs
Early career management: research plans, management, teaching
Human Frontiers Art of Grantsmanship
Tips on running an undergraduate lab
How to write a reference letter
Action Programs: better to-do lists for juggling multiple projects
John Hopkins Postdoctoral Funding Opportunity Database
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For students
Student and supervisor resources from the thesis whisperer
Jody Culham's advice to young scientists
How to manage your supervisor (geared to undergrads)

How to ask for a letter of reference
Writing a personal statement for grad school

Writing a 'letter of motivation' (applies to personal statements, too!)
Resume advice for undergraduates (from Yale)
How to write a CV
     - Example CVs
Employability skills service
Time management: the difference between urgent and important
Tips for PhD students
Workstory: interviews with people in various professions and how they got there
Outside academia: Versatile PhD is a great site for exploring options
Career resources at Western for grads and undergrads

University Interview Guide is a UK based guide that offers tips on how to succeed in grad school interviews. 
The Ultimate Guide to Completing an Application Form 

Videos

Rhythm
Effect of music on a man with Parkinson's disease
Oliver Sacks on music and Parkinson's disease
Oliver Sacks on the power of rhythm
Snowball, a dancing cockatiel One of the only non-human species to get the 'beat'
There is no movement without rhythm: the Baro people in Guinea
Toddler moves to music (cute!)
Not all animals find metronomes helpful (also cute)
Elder man reacts to music from his era
Writing
Scientific Writing: Beyond Tips and Tricks

Brain anatomy and fMRI links

Excellent 3D renderings of brain structures
Brain Tutor: learn common brain areas and their function
SPL brain anatomy browser: more structure in 3D
Detailed schematic of brain (at undergrad/grad bio psych level)
Brain systems: beginner/intermediate/advanced levels
HOPES Brain tutorial: basic but good
What is 'Connectivity' in fMRI?

MRICroN and tutorial

MRC CBU imaging wiki
MIT's imaging wiki

automatic analysis:
aa wiki
All aa default parameters in a list

MarsBar help

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How to create ROIs in MarsBar
How to export ROIs to NifTi or Analyze

How to extract data from Regions of Interest in MarsBar


Degrees in Music + Neuroscience

I supervise music neuroscience MSc and PhD students in
UWO Psychology-- Cognitive Developmental Brain Sciences OR
UWO Neuroscience

Other programs of interest:
McMaster Institute for Music and the Mind (undergrad+grad)
Music Psychology, Jyvaskyla, Finland 
Music, Mind, and Brain, Goldsmiths College, London, UK
Institute for Music in Human and Social Development, Edinburgh, Scotland

Lots of labs listed and general music neuro info:
Music Cognition U.
Society for Music Perception and Cognition Music Lab List

Funding opportunities

UWO funding opportunities list
Michael J. Fox Foundation
Parkinson Society Canada 
Alfred P. Sloan Fellowships
Parkinson's Funding NINDS
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Parkinson's Foundation

Heart and Stroke foundation (August/November)

Conference Funding
Society for Neuroscience travel grants (PDoc, Grad, Undergrad)

Students/Postdocs
Graduate Women in Science (grad to early faculty, any nationality)
Parkinson's disease foundation (summer undergrad/postdoc, North America)
Parkinson Society Canada (grad, March)
APA summer science fellowship (undergrad, Spring)
Ontario Mental Health Fund fellowships (grad/postdoc/early career, Citizen/PR, Fall)
Banting fellowships (postdoc, any citizenship, Fall).
U Ottawa list of Postdoc opportunities

Check the usual NSERC, CIHR, and SSHRC (Fall).

Teaching links

Piazza: a great forum for student courses
UWO teaching support centre: Active Learning, Assessment
UWO guide to mentoring graduate students
UWO TA Handbook
How to avoid overprepping for classes

Misc

Keeping your brain young

Online experiments: tips and tricks

Collection of resources on Mechanical Turk and others
Running experiments on MTurk