Recruiting future neuroscientists: What asking the recruits can teach us

Neuroscientist

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 594-597

  Willcockson, Irmgard U ^a   Phelps, Cynthia L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Biography; Career choice; Internet; Neurosciences

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CAREER; FAMILY; FEMALE; FUTUROLOGY; HAPPINESS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCOME; INTERNET; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROSCIENCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCIENCE; STUDENT; TEACHER;

ADOLESCENT; BIOGRAPHY; CAREER CHOICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROSCIENCES; PERSONNEL SELECTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE;

EID: 9144249928     PISSN: 10738584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073858404269059     Document Type: Review

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