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+### Getting started in the lab
+- See [this page](https://www.medewerkers.universiteitleiden.nl/po/international-staff?cf=sociale-wetenschappen&cd=psychologie) for lots of resources for international staff at the university.
+- Get added to the Google lab calendar (ask Anne)
+- Get added to the _CoCoSys lab MS teams group_ (ask Anne)
+- Get added to the _Cognitive Psychology_, _Open Science Community Leiden_ and _Psychology Living Room_ MS teams groups. The _MS Teams_ group has a good wiki with a lot of department-related information. Make sure to check it out!
+- Get organized: my setup is Zotero for papers, Obsidian for notes/planning, Teams for quick communication
+- Read, and then **[contribute to this wiki](https://github.com/anne-urai/lab_wiki/ContributeToWiki.html)**
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+#### Getting started at the cognitive psychology unit
+- ask secretary [Eva Potters](https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/staffmembers/eva-potters#tab-1) to be added to the _FSW - Cogpsy_ mailing list. 
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+#### Choosing a scientific project
+Read [Alon (2009)](http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1097276509006418) and consider taking 3 months to scope the project, before starting!
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