research study investigating the neural basis

finding an empirical journal article (i.e., a study published in a scientific journal with introduction/background, method, results, and discussion/conclusion sections) and submitting a written summary of the article (approx. 2.5-3.5 pages long) with an additional 1 to 1.5 pages of your own personal comments, for a total of about 4-5 double-spaced pages. The article MUST report a research study investigating the neural basis of some type of mental and/or behavioral function or process or psychological disorder. An article that ONLY reviews and describes other studies and/or theories or presents a new model or theory, WITHOUT an experiment/study actually conducted by the author(s) is NOT ACCEPTABLE. It should ideally consist of one substantial (or 2 shorter) experiments or studies at the most. An article that’s TOO SHORT or TOO LONG with 3 or more experiments or studies, will be difficult to summarize effectively and receive a good grade. Also avoid anything that seems too technical, or complex. You should be able to generally understand the purpose, method(s), findings, and explanations in order to effectively summarize and discuss the research.

For the personal commentary section you can consider issues like: Whether and how the study relates to any material covered in class? Did you find the research and results interesting? Why or why not? What were the best and/or worst aspects of the study? Did they mention something unusual or unexpected? To what extent were you able to understand what they did and found? What did you find difficult? Did you like or dislike the way the study was conducted? Why? What do think could be improved or what would you have done differently? Were their conclusions justified given their results and/or any methodological problems? What, if any, are the real-world implications of their results? If you were an investigator doing this research, how would you follow it up? For the personal commentary section you can consider issues like: Whether and how the study relates to any material covered in class? Did you find the research and results interesting? Why or why not? What were the best and/or worst aspects of the study? Did they mention something unusual or unexpected? To what extent were you able to understand what they did and found? What did you find difficult? Did you like or dislike the way the study was conducted? Why? What do think could be improved or what would you have done differently? Were their conclusions justified given their results and/or any methodological problems? What, if any, are the real-world implications of their results? If you were an investigator doing this research, how would you follow it up?

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