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Hi everyone, after a break, we are back with the new episode of Faces Behind Papers. In this episode, my guest was Prof. Benjamin Scott. He is an assistant professor of neuroscience at Boston University. It was refreshing and inspiring the chat with a researcher who is genuinely passionate about exploring the neural basis of cognition and complex behavior. I hope you enjoy our conversation!
If you're interested specific parts of the podcast, you can skip to those parts here:
00:48 Choosing academia
02:20 Challenges along the way
04:34 What drew you to neuroscience
06:56 Investigating the neural basis of decision making
07:51 What excites you the most about your research field?
11:35 If you had all the funding and resources in the world, what would you try to explore?
12:28 How do you think academia changed over the years?
14:55 Anyone you look up to within academia?
18:07 Typical day at work
19:31 Recommended paper: Transcriptomic diversity of cell types across the adult human brain | Science
21:00 Advice to students interested in research
