welcome to the course ”from behavior to cognition” at the

Welcome to the course ”From Behavior to Cognition” at the

Maria Levander

Assoc professor/specialist in neuropsychologyLic psychologist

Lic psychotherapist in CBT/supervisor

maria.levander@gmail.comCellphone 0703 345747

Sofia SchilkenAdministrator

Department of Clinical NeuroscienceDivision of Psychology

Visiting adress: Fogdevreten 2 A, Solna

Phone: 08-524 824 24E-mail: sofia.schilken@ki.se

Agenda 7/11/2011

schedule oral examinations written individual examination scientific seminar written report/examinationquestions

Written report/examination

Focus on an interesting neuro-scientific subject!

Find another student who is interested in the same subject no later than the 14 th of november!

Follow the guidelines and start writing in good english after receiving an ”ok” by Maria Levander on maria.levander@gmail.com

Formal requirements

6-7 pages + title page and references

12 point text with 1.5 line spacing

font with serifs

ex: Times New Roman

Paginate!!!

Disposition of the report

Title Summary/Abstract Introduction with title subdivision of the main text Discussion References Appendix/appendices

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Databases(http://kib.ki.se/databas/)

PubMedMeSH database

Web of Science PsycInfo Cochrane Library www.scholar.google.com www.scirus.com www.f1000biology.com www.plos.org

www.uwlax.edu

Databassearch

AND – both terms OR – any of the terms NOT – excluding the term Truncation

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Department of Clinical Neuroscience

Neuroscience part II

Fall 2011

The title is central and must be consice, descriptive and informative

Kalle Karlsson and Lisa Larsson

Titlepage

Psychoneuroimmunological effects of stress

Stress – a riskfactor for detoriation of AIDS?

Exemples of titles/subjects

Is cognitive functioning dependent on brain size? Manifestation of social and emotional difficulties in autism –

some examples ”Tab” instead of ”bat”: a 14 year old boy with acquired language

difficulties – a case study Arguments for learning foreign languages at an early age Working memory in ADH – a summary of the most recent

clinical/research findings Why humans need olfaction? Sleep in relation to age A few comments on drug addiction in relation to neural activity

Summary/Abstract

To write the last

Must describe the entire work

Introduction General introduction to the subject/problem/issue

Define the subject/problem more specifically

write explicitely the issues and objectives

Concret questions or hypotheses

Use consistently the same terms

Define central concepts

Avoid!

Too much background information!!!

Irrelevant information!!!

Repetitions!

Everyday language and ”swinglish”

About images and figures

Must give something beyond the text

Place the text below the picture

Indicate the source from which the image/figure/picture is retrieved

Figur 1. Brainvolyme before treatment.

(Simpson, 2006)

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Discussion Summarize parts of the introduction Investigate possible mechanisms/explanations

Compare different studies

Convince the reader about your conclusions/ reflections

Give suggestions about further research on the topic

Avoid!

Too much speculation!

Too little speculation!!

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References

Every reference cited in the text should be listed in the reference list according to relevant format

Consequent and complete referenceformat

The reference should be placed at the positions it supports

”ADHD is one the most common neuropsychiatric diagnoses during childhood, but the specific causes are as yet unknown even though genetical and environmental factors are involved (Ax, 2002; Byx, 2003; Cox, 2005; Dix, 2005; Exx, 1994).”

”ADHD is one of the most common psychiatric diagnoses during childhood (Exx, 1994), but the specific causes are as yet unknown (Cox, 2005) even though genetical (Ax, 2002; Dix, 2005) and environmental factors (Byx, 2003) are involved.”

References from the internet

Refer directly to the specified document

DeCaro, S. A. (2003). Classic line illusions and the depth hypothesis. Retrieved 071126 from http://psychology.sdecnet.com/illusion.htm.

Make sure the ”webadresses” are working

Print document title, date and author, if possible

SUBMISSION OF REPORT BY E- MAIL (MARIA.LEVANDER@GMAIL.COM) NO LATER THAN

4 TH OF JANUARY 2012 AT 12 PM!!!

Date for submission of report

What to do at the seminar in january 2012

Opposition and responding

The respondent/writer summarizes the report (approx. 5 min) The respondent corrects errors of different kinds The opponent/reader discusses the report with respect to:

Formal aspectsContent aspectsGeneral discussion for all participants

To review a report Correspondence between the title and content?

Informative summary?

Cross-cutting issues:”common thread”Easy to read language?Formal requirements?

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Apparent purpose?Answer questions?Define key concepts?Based discussion on the introduction?Speculations (too many/too few)

The reference list (correct?)

Point out the strengths and the possible weaknesses!!

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GOOD LUCK!GOOD LUCK!