NPSM013 Проект: Невропсихология на разстройствата в развитието
Анотация:
This course has three aims:
1) To acquaint students with the literature on a specific developmental disorder.
2) To provide students with an opportunity to design a specific study to address gaps in that literature.
3) To familiarize students with the format and requirements for submitting a research grant proposal to a major funding agency
Преподавател(и):
Assist. Prof. Maria Tziraki, PhD
проф. Елена Андонова д-р
гл. ас. Михаела Барокова д-р
Описание на курса:
Компетенции:
Students who complete this course:
1) will know:
• The current state of literature on a specific developmental disorder
• The best practices for designing a study with this specific population
2) will be able to:
• Propose a research study, involving children with neurodevelopmental disorders
• To complete the application process for funding for their proposed research study
Предварителни изисквания:
Enrolment in
Форми на провеждане:
Редовен
Учебни форми:
Проект
Език, на който се води курса:
Английски
Теми, които се разглеждат в курса:
- How to pick a research topic? How to conduct a literature review?
- Design a research study with a clinical population. Best practices.
- Finding a potential source for research funding. How to meet the funding application instructions.
Литература по темите:
The reading list will depend on the topic that the student chooses for their project. Nevertheless, here are some recommended readings about how to conduct a literature review and how to think about developmental disorders.
Bem, D. J. (1995) Writing a review article for Psycho logical Bulletin. Psychological Bulletin, 118, 172-177.
Bem, D. J. (2004). Writing the empirical journal article. In J. M. Darley, M. P. Zanna, & H. L. Roediger III (Eds.), The compleat academic: A career guide (pp. 185–219). American Psychological Association.
Bishop, D. (2010). Which neurodevelopmental disorders get researched and why? PLoSOne, 5, e15112.
Dennis, E. & Thompson, P. (2013). Typical and atypical brain development: A review of neuroimaging studies. Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience, 15, 359-384.
Karmiloff-Smith, A (2009). Nativism versus neuroconstructivism: Rethinking the study of developmental disorders. Developmental Psychology, 45, 56-63.
Koppelman, G. H., & Holloway, J. W. (2012). Successful grant writing. Paediatric respiratory reviews, 13(1), 63-66.
Pennington, B. (2009). How neuropsychology informs our understanding of developmental disorders. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 50, 72-78.
Thomas, M. (2016). Understanding delay in developmental disorders. Child Development Perspectives, 10, 73-80.
Yang, O. O. (2012). Guide to effective grant writing: How to write a successful NIH grant application. New York: Springer.