publications lecture1 hphy 212 summer 2013

On an index card or paper

Please write down a research question and/or hypothesis you’d like to know more about.

College research – better than good enough

HPHY 212Publications – lecture 1

Learning objectives

• Peer reviewed articles vs. popular for biomedical topics.• Identify parts of peer reviewed/primary

source literature in the sciences.• Recognize parts of the peer review

process.• Use FindText and Interlibrary loan to get

articles.

Information is not knowledge.

- Albert Einstein

-Frank Zappa

From http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090226210039.htm

"If someone is doing a boring task, like listening to a dull telephone conversation, they may start to daydream," said study researcher Professor Jackie Andrade, Ph.D., of the School of Psychology, University of Plymouth. "Daydreaming distracts them from the task, resulting in poorer performance. A simple task, like doodling, may be sufficient to stop daydreaming without affecting performance on the main task.”

Listening to a mobile phone conversation dropped parietal lobe* activity by how much?

*That's the part of your brain that's doing the driving and any other spatial tasks.

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HOW?

d it.

How much of your parietal lobe is used when listening on a cell phone and driving?

A. 0%-20%B. 21%-40%C. 41%-60%D. 61%-80%E. 81%-100%

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HOW?

d it.

Do college level

research

life cycle of information – popular

Event happens

FB/twitter/Wikipedia/TV/

radio/blogs

Newspapers/magazines

journal articles

books and movies

Scientific information more like thisResearch

Poster/conference

talk

peer-review process

journal article

news – TV, blogs,

newspapers.

chapter/book/

textbook

WHAT IS A SCHOLARLY ARTICLE?

http://vimeo.com/27119325

Scholarly or popular?Q1

Easy to read

URL = publication/source

ABSTRACT

Sections of articleQ2

Q3

Attractive design

Title & author

Q4

Author & credentials

source

Q5

RoomHTTPS://ripple-dev.uoregon.edu

Parts most scholarly articles contain:

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Anatomy of scientific journal article:

1. Publication/journal2. Title3. Authors4. Abstract5. Introduction6. Article text7. Charts/data/graphs8. Conclusions9. References

Professor Karduna discusses the peer review journal article process

Peer Review ProcessManuscript (potential article)

Sent to journal editor

Blind review Blind review Blind review

Sent to three to five experts in the field

Manuscript (potential article)

1. Accept2. Revise3. Reject

When should a college athlete return to playing sports after a concussion?

The Grid

Athletes should return to play when….

BooleanAND, OR, NOT

concussionBrain trauma

Closed head injur*

OROR

(concussion OR brain trauma OR closed head injur*) = larger set

BooleanAND, OR, NOT

Concussion O R brain injuries College

athlet*

Return to play

(concussion OR brain injuries) AND return to play AND college athlete*) = more precise set

AND

BooleanAND, OR, NOT

concussionsNOT

comas

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HOW?

d it.

On an index card or paper

Please revise your research question and/or hypothesis you’d like to know more about.