Students are asked to form into groups of 2-4. By January 22nd,
please send a single email either stating that you would like
me to place you in a group, or send one email from the group
you have formed listing the members and their email addresses.
The final projects will focus on a particular disease or set
of related diseases of your choosing. The project will consist
of a paper and a poster summarizing the paper.
You may select one of two formats for the paper:
- A critical review: A review of what is known about the neurobiological
basis of a particular disease or treatment modality highlighting
and critically evaluating a particular theory or point of
view.
- A research proposal: a paper outlining a hypothesis about
the neurobiological basis of a particular disease or treatment
modality and a set of experiments to test that hypothesis.
Further details about the two formats will be provided later.
The projects will be completed in stages.
| February 14 |
Each group must submit (electronically) a
brief (1-2 paragraph) description of the general topic and
2-4 specific hypotheses to be further researched (1 per
person in the group). |
| March 5 |
Groups must meet to share research, decide
on one hypothesis to follow up on and assign tasks to members |
| March 16 |
Each group must submit a draft background
section, a draft bibliography and a detailed outline |
| April 13 |
Penultimate draft due |
| May 2 |
Revised final draft and poster due. |
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