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Scientific Journal Writing

Submitted by Ayla on Sun, 01/22/2012 - 6:39pm

At this point in time, I would consider scientific journal articles to be the main writing of my discipline.  In class, I brought an article that I had written last semester in which I reported results of a five week long experiment.  Whenever I write a scientific journal article, there is a very strict format that I am required to follow.  The introduction provides the reader with the general background information about the experiment at hand.  This includes, but it not limited to, the theory behind the science, the impact of the results of the experiment, previous experimental results, how the experiment described in the paper is new and innovative, and the history and uses of the materials in the experiment.  The section that follows, the results and discussion, should flow like a story and does not have to be in chronological order.  This section presents the results of the experiment so that the reader will understand how the experimenter arrived at a conclusion.  Following the results is a very brief experimental section and an even shorter conclusion.  The conclusion is meant to be one paragraph that restates the results of the experiment and the final conclusion about the experiment.  

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Sex and Gender Differences in Cognition and Neurobiology

Submitted by Kaye on Wed, 09/28/2011 - 10:38am

I just received an announcement about this very relevant conference that is being held at Drexel University College of Medicine on Thursday, October 27, 2011 from 9 am - 4 pm.  Regisration is free.  Please see the website for more information. 

Diffusion: Heterogeneous mixtures

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The Emperor's New Drugs

Submitted by Riki on Fri, 05/14/2010 - 8:44am

 

Controversial news has broken loose in the mental health community: antidepressants are hardly better than placebos!

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Neural and Cultural Patterns of Love

Submitted by Bo-Rin Kim on Sat, 05/08/2010 - 1:32pm


    Love is one of the most popular topics discussed among different age groups and across different cultures. Its entrancing and addictive nature has encouraged scientists to explore the neurological basis of this emotional phenomenon. However, this paper questions the perspective that love arises from a set pattern of activity in a number of designated neural structures. It instead proposes that the definitions of love set in place by different cultures influence and give rise to unique patterns of neural activity that lead to the experience of love. Thus, love is unique to the individual and does not arise from a generalized pattern of neural activity.

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The Love Drug: Oxytocin and its implications to social interaction

Submitted by meroberts on Thu, 04/22/2010 - 9:13am

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    Traumatic Stress: A Chemical Approach

    Submitted by egleichman on Tue, 04/06/2010 - 1:54pm

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    Serotonin Syndrome: A brief introduction

    Submitted by Caroline H on Wed, 02/24/2010 - 12:14am

    Serotonin (5-HT) is a key neurotransmitter that regulates numerous functions such as appetite, sleep, memory and learning, mood, behavior, and sexuality amongst other operations of the central nervous system (CNS) (1). As such, its significant bearing on our lives is undeniable: with normal synaptic levels of serotonin, we can live as content, functioning human beings.

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    Making sense of the world: the need to entertain the inconceivable

    Submitted by Paul Grobstein on Mon, 02/08/2010 - 5:40pm

    An interesting example of the constraints placed on inquiry by stories that make some things difficult to conceive came up in Neurobiology and Behavior last week, during a discussion of the ability of the nervous system to generate outputs by itself rather than simply in response to external stimuli.

    "Perhaps I've just had the idea that 'cause equals effect' engrained in my mind for so long that it's just difficult to sway me, but I still feel that there must be some input to trigger reactions in our body" 

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    Parsing Cancer Metaphors

    Submitted by jrlewis on Wed, 12/30/2009 - 2:37pm

    Scientists, physicians, and patients use metaphors to understand the complex condition called cancer.  These metaphors direct the process of research and treatment.  It is sometimes useful to make explicit existing metaphors and their problems and to suggest new metaphors that might overcome them.  Thinking of cancer in evolutionary rather than military terms offers new possibilities in connection both with research and treatment.

    Cancer as a Metaphor:

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