Neal Morton
@nealmorton.bsky.social
Cognitive neuroscientist using neuroimaging and machine learning to understand the brain. Director of the Human and Machine Learning Lab at University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (hamllab.org).
I love that the config files Python packages use are in TOML, or Tom’s Obvious Minimal Language.
June 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I love that the config files Python packages use are in TOML, or Tom’s Obvious Minimal Language.
Thanks for the shoutout, but I think you have the wrong Neal Morton!
April 10, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Thanks for the shoutout, but I think you have the wrong Neal Morton!
It’s also easier to keep track of changes when important functions are in separate code modules, without all that extra notebook markup and metadata complicating things.
August 25, 2024 at 6:04 PM
It’s also easier to keep track of changes when important functions are in separate code modules, without all that extra notebook markup and metadata complicating things.
One more: talk to other PhD candidates. Finishing a PhD is hard and it helps to have extra social support from a group of people that understands. Most people don’t know what it’s like to finish a dissertation, so it takes some extra effort to find good support.
November 21, 2023 at 5:01 PM
One more: talk to other PhD candidates. Finishing a PhD is hard and it helps to have extra social support from a group of people that understands. Most people don’t know what it’s like to finish a dissertation, so it takes some extra effort to find good support.
Two tips: (1) review and appreciate what you’ve already done. Write down a list of everything you’ve learned and accomplished so far. (2) try to separate out the work from worrying about the quality of the work. Get in habit of reading/writing/etc. anyway even when you feel like your work is bad.
November 21, 2023 at 4:54 PM
Two tips: (1) review and appreciate what you’ve already done. Write down a list of everything you’ve learned and accomplished so far. (2) try to separate out the work from worrying about the quality of the work. Get in habit of reading/writing/etc. anyway even when you feel like your work is bad.
I'll be exploring a few directions, but this model of learning and generalizing cognitive maps is a good example: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33181068/
For PhDs, there's potential for collaborations or applying for a postdoc fellowship. If you have thoughts about a potential project, get in touch!
For PhDs, there's potential for collaborations or applying for a postdoc fellowship. If you have thoughts about a potential project, get in touch!
November 7, 2023 at 6:29 PM
I'll be exploring a few directions, but this model of learning and generalizing cognitive maps is a good example: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33181068/
For PhDs, there's potential for collaborations or applying for a postdoc fellowship. If you have thoughts about a potential project, get in touch!
For PhDs, there's potential for collaborations or applying for a postdoc fellowship. If you have thoughts about a potential project, get in touch!
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Also, I wanna shout out their Success Through Aging Research program (uwm.edu/our/star/). They bring together a yearly cohort of undergrads from underrepresented backgrounds for mentored research experiences. I got to spend a lot of time with this year’s cohort, and they are just phenomenal people.
November 4, 2023 at 1:59 PM
Also, I wanna shout out their Success Through Aging Research program (uwm.edu/our/star/). They bring together a yearly cohort of undergrads from underrepresented backgrounds for mentored research experiences. I got to spend a lot of time with this year’s cohort, and they are just phenomenal people.