Women in Cognitive Science: Professional development and building networks

为认知科学领域的妇女，特别是处于学术生涯早期阶段的妇女设计了四个讲习班。重点将放在“冒名顶替现象”上，即认为自己在智力和专业上都不合格的内心情感体验，尽管客观证据表明事实恰恰相反。研究表明，这种现象很普遍，但女性比男性更常见。有充分证据表明，它的不良影响可能是寻求科学事业的重大心理障碍。讲习班的重点是谈判技巧，以创造机会和优化机制，以维持研究生产力。第二个重点是博士前、博士后和早期职业资助申请的写作。这些讲习班将与跨越广泛地理区域的四个主要心理学科学会议（认知科学学会、心理学会、心理科学协会和数学心理学学会）同时举行。讲习班将采取公共论坛的形式，邀请发言者和小组成员在个人和机构一级就提高妇女在认知科学方面的专业地位的最佳做法展开讨论。通过与这些已建立的学会合作，讲习班将最大限度地扩大在认知科学高级学术职位中仍然代表性不足的群体的外展潜力。

Four workshops are designed for women in cognitive science, especially women in the early stages of their academic career. The focus will be on the "imposter phenomenon," the internal emotional experience of not being qualified, both intellectually and professionally, despite objective evidence indicating the opposite. Research suggests that this phenomenon is widespread but is experienced more often by women than by men. Its well-documented aversive effects can be a significant psychological barrier to seeking a career in science. The workshops focus on negotiation techniques to create opportunities and optimize mechanisms to sustain research productivity. A second focus is on predoctoral, postdoctoral, and early career grant application writing. The workshops are to be held in conjunction with four major scientific meetings in Psychology, across a broad geographical area (the Cognitive Science Society, the Psychonomic Society, the Association for Psychological Science, and the Society for Mathematical Psychology). The workshops will take the form of a public forum with invited speaker-panelists to initiate discussion about best practices for the professional advancement of women in cognitive science at the individual and institutional level. By partnering with these established societies, the workshops will maximize the outreach potential to a group that continues to be underrepresented in senior academic positions in the cognitive sciences.