Networking

More to come later on the study of sub-disciplines and isolated disciplines later- I have a few emails out to some medical student friends for some input.

When I first read the networking question I immediately thought of H-Net, a networking site for the Humanities and Social Sciences. Through this site anyone interested in either discipline and a multitude of sub-disciplines can sign up for discussion forums and list-serves. The forums offer a great place for the discussion of new publications in the fields and even opportunities to discuss job opportunities.

The National Science Teachers Association also offers a similar forum for discussion of science at the elementary and highschool levels. As for Rebecca Saxe it seems that MIT has its own fairly structured forum for discussion among its faculty through article postings, pod casts, e-news, and rss feeds. ( http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/saxe-tt0514.html )

The New York Academy of Science, of which Saxe is apparently either a member or simply a visitor (she spoke there in April 2007) is an interdisciplinary organization for the presentation of research in print and electronic format with conferences and symposiums.

Brain Talk Communities is a non-profit organization geared toward patients undergoing treatment or observation for a neurological condition. Brain Talk maintains forums for discussion and support and a specific forum for Child Neurology. Although this forum is far from formally scientific, it does connect people w/ common issues and could offer Saxe a look into observations of children not in her study. ( http://brain.hastypastry.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=115 )

Back to scholarly resources-- Social Science Research Network maintains Cognitive Science Network for the publication of research papers, job postings, directory of professionals in the field, and other announcements. ( http://www.ssrn.com/csn/index.html ) Cognitive Science Network, after searching for author Rebecca Saxe returns "1 out of 0 results" so I'm not sure what they're getting at here.....

Networks of scientists sharing ideas through online forums and organizations create a variety of new resources for Saxe and her colleagues.