Master Any Topic: Study Tips from a PhD Student πŸŽ“

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Master Any Topic: Study Tips from a PhD Student πŸŽ“
Charlotte Fraza
31.2K views β€’ Nov 2, 2025
Master Any Topic: Study Tips from a PhD Student πŸŽ“

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πŸ‘‹ Hey everyone, welcome back to the channel. Today I wanted to discuss the best way to create your own self-learning curriculum, as I had to do it during my PhD, hope you enjoy! If you want to get me a coffee so I can make more videos β˜•οΈ: https://www.charfraza.com/#/portal/support

Used resources:
- Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life β€” Anne Lamott
- A Mind for Numbers and Learning How to Learn β€” Barbara Oakley
- Where Good Ideas Come From β€” Steven Johnson
- Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential β€” Tiago Forte
- Staying Sharp Requires Intellectual Gardening - https://lemire.me/blog/2013/06/25/staying-sharp-requires-intellectual-gardening/
- Selective Attention - https://thedecisionlab.com/reference-guide/neuroscience/selective-attention
- The Ultimate Guide to Writing Online - https://perell.com/essay/the-ultimate-guide-to-writing-online/

πŸ‘©β€πŸ’» Courses I love:
Scientific Writing - https://imp.i384100.net/YRV2je
SciWrite stanford - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x33Km7hRzP0&list=PL8yeejfiNxNBT2rTomRjmWNlgh4DBmHST&index=1
Writing Courses edx - https://edx.sjv.io/DyWRB5
Mastering Style: The Learning and Teaching of Writing - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYhjo5O-nfg
PhD: How to write a great research paper - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AYxMbYZQ1Y
Machine Learning Specialization - http://imp.i384100.net/9W64oe
Python for Everybody Specialization - https://imp.i384100.net/WD5b0e
Neuromatch - https://neuromatch.io/

πŸ“š Books I love:
What They Forgot To Teach You At School - https://geni.us/0LHy
The artist's Way - https://geni.us/TnwH8
The center cannot hold - https://geni.us/GVGQH
On Writing - https://geni.us/aHVVkz
Deep Work - https://geni.us/XPlK0Q
Show your work - https://geni.us/IZ4B7
Building a second brain - https://geni.us/CxYa
The daily stoic - https://geni.us/GSwc8K
Models of the mind - https://geni.us/YnEp8
Principles of Neural Science - https://geni.us/DE2om3
Building a second brain - https://geni.us/CxYa
Man who mistook his wife for a hat - https://geni.us/LRpw6vl
Man's search for meaning - https://geni.us/ASd5
The Divided Self - https://geni.us/hLBciy

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πŸ™‹β€β™€οΈ Hi, my name is Charlotte Fraza a fourth year PhD student in Computational Neuroscience. With this Channel I hope to teach the world about Computational Neuroscience and give current and prospective students the tools to enter this field. I hope you enjoy the videos ❀️.

πŸ’ƒ Connect with me
🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/CFraza
πŸ“§ For brands/collaborations: charfraza@gmail.com
I try to answer all the comments, but if I don't respond, I'm probably in my coding cave πŸ‘©β€πŸ’»

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