POSTER PREP

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POSTER PREP
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General Guidelines for Posters

• Introduction should be clear and concise and
  should quickly and logically rationalize the
  hypotheses/predictions/research questions
• Any prior background data can be shown
  graphically or in text
• Hypotheses/predictions/questions should stand out
  and be clearly stated in their own section
• Method should NOT be an exhaustive description of
  what you did. Use timelines tables and
  pictures. Only minimal written text is needed.
• Make it clear HOW youre answering the questions
  posed

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General Guidelines for Posters

• There is no written results section in a poster.
  Data are shown in figures or pictures.
• Statistically significant results are shown with
  s.
• Discussion is both a summary and conclusion.
• Go back to the questions/predictions/hypotheses.
• If not results were not supported, briefly offer
  an explanation.

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Poster Hints and Tips

• Keep the text to a minimum. No one is going to
  stand for 20-30 minutes to READ your poster. If
  you happen to not be there, there should be
  enough info for the general gist/message to be
  conveyed but not details.
• Everything should be legible from about a 4 foot
  distance away.

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Poster Hints and Tips

• Make the poster work for you! Watch for flow and
  organization. Color code and point it out to your
  audience so they can follow along more easily.
• Use pictures and diagrams and time lines and
  figures as much as possible.
• You should SELDOM if at all need full sentences.

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Sample Poster
Introduction Background is maybe 3-4
sentences. Some figures to show past, relevant
data that led to the study questions 1-2
sentence explanation. 1-2 sentences to solidify
rationale
Experimental Timeline
Behavioral Findings
1 sentence each
Method
Neurological Findings
General stuff here. Diet, housing, sex
A few sent. To describe the general pattern.
Behavioral Measures
A blank was used to blank. DVs here
Summary

• Research Questions
• Does dietary choline supplementation blah blah?
• What is the interaction between blah and blah?

A blank was used to blank. DVs here

• Go back to questions
• Basically answer them and explain elaborate where
  necessary but briefly!

Neural Measures
Blank was looked at in blank.
References