Graduate school is a time filled with excitement, discovery, and, at times, stress, and anxiety. The complexity of learning what your interests are and planning your career during this time can be especially amplified for students pursuing transdisciplinary careers in the arts and sciences.
As an undergraduate, I chose to study both music and the brain, and was encouraged to and discouraged from pursuing a career that combined the two by various faculty and departments — often in equal parts. But, I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to combine my loves of music and the brain.
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About the Contributor
Patricia Izbicki is a neuroscientist and classical pianist by training. She studies the effects of music on the brain and nervous system, specifically that of music training on cognitive and motor inhibition across the lifespan. She is a PhD candidate and research assistant at Iowa State University and a member of SfN’s Trainee Advisory Committee.
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