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Welcome to the course From Behavior to
Cognition at the
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• Maria Levander
• Assoc professor/specialist in neuropsychology
• Lic psychologist
• Lic psychotherapist in CBT/supervisor
• maria.levander_at_gmail.com
• Cellphone 0703 345747

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Sofia Schilken Administrator Department of
Clinical Neuroscience Division of
Psychology Visiting adress Fogdevreten 2 A,
Solna Phone [phone] E-mail
sofia.schilken_at_ki.se
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Agenda 7/11/2011

• schedule
• oral examinations
• written individual examination
• scientific seminar
• written report/examination
• questions

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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_at_gmail.com

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Formal requirements

• 6-7 pages title page and references

• font with serifs
• ex Times New Roman

• 12 point text with 1.5 line spacing

• Paginate!!!

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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/)

• PubMed
• MeSH database
• Web of Science
• PsycInfo
• Cochrane Library
• www.scholar.google.com
• www.scirus.com
• www.f1000biology.com
• www.plos.org

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Databassearch

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

c Harry Bartlett
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Titlepage
KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET 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
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Psychoneuroimmunological effects of stress
Stress a riskfactor for detoriation of AIDS?
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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

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Summary/Abstract

• To write the last
• Must describe the entire work

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Introduction

• General introduction to
• the subject/problem/issue

• Define the subject/problem more specifically

• Define central concepts

• write explicitely the issues and objectives
• Concret questions or hypotheses

• Use consistently the same terms

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Avoid!

• Too much background information!!!

• Irrelevant information!!!

• Repetitions!
• Everyday language and swinglish

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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

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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

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Avoid!

• Too much speculation!

• Too little speculation!!

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References

• Consequent and complete referenceformat

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

• The reference should be placed at the positions
  it supports

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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.
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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
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submission of report by e- mail
(maria.levander_at_gmail.com) no later than 4 th
of january 2012 at 12 pm!!!

• Date for submission of report

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What to do at the seminar in january 2012

• Opposition and responding

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• 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 aspects
• Content aspects
• General discussion for all participants

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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!