Tokyo Dispatch: Feeling Inexplicably Safe
The Frontier Psychiatrists reports from the least edgy place I've ever been
I have traveled to Japan for the first time in my life. I'm here for Brain Stimulation, an academic conference in Kobe, Japan. The day I am writing this sentence I woke up to 5 academic publications accepted to journals or conferences in one day. That brings me to 7 for the year, which is still a far cry from the 18 I co-authored last year. I had help! So, so much help. One co-author, in particular, Amna Aslam, has done a remarkable job helping accelerate the flow of publications from my group, and I am very thankful. Others (in no particular order) like Irfan Handoo, Danielle DeSouza, Anthony Sterns, Fred Ma, Loren Larson, David Carreon, Nolan Williams, Colleen Hanlon, Carlene MacMillan, Burton Tabaac, and Kenneth Shinozuka helped me co-author academic paper after paper in the past year! Science is truly a team support!
Today’s article is not about academic success— a fleeting feeling if ever there was one! It’s about a feeling you can’t quite grasp till you are living in th…