First off, I have not been posting the last few months as I had exams and my graduation and I was interviewing for PhD positions. I am happy to confirm that I have graduated from the university of Leeds with a First Class Honours degree in Neuroscience and that I will be returning to the university as a Postgraduate researcher in the Gamper Lab where I will be studying the functional expression of M channels in nociceptors and in conjunction with Eli Lilly establish the treatment possibilities based on this research. This will gain me my PhD in Neuroscience.
With that out the way and hopefully some proof that I am at least somewhat knowledgeable I am going to be talking about employing scepticism when you are learning, researching and just in life in general. The reason this has been prompted is from recent reports I have seen that even so called 'science news pages' doing the same.
I will organise it that I will write a post explaining what I mean, what scepticism is, why it is good and the various reasons why what the various types of media are doing is not entirely beneficial. This of course will relate to science and neuroscience but it is important in life in general. After this, I will publish 2 examples in research that highlight why we need to ask questions and not take things as read because it hinders research.
These examples will be from 1: mental health focusing on depression, but also relevant for schizophrenia, autism, anxiety and other mental health issues. 2: Spinal cord injury and motor movement disorders, focusing on SCI and ALS.
I promise it will be worth a read
