NPB 100L Neurobiology Laboratory Today 1 Course summary 2 Class conference 3 Course surveys 4 Final Project notes and Q A What is the goal of Neuroscience To characterize the functions of the brain nervous system with the goal of better understanding behavior Sensory motor coordination Higher thought between behaviors How is this goal pursued Through thoughtful and careful experiments and data analysis that test hypotheses and lead in turn to new hypotheses Course Philosophy Typical introductory lab class Real science Cookie cutter 1 Do A 2 Do B 3 Do C 4 Make sure when you did C you didn t 4b curse thpthgh 5 Follow data analysis recipe 7 Move to next week 1 Generate idea 2 Design experiment to test idea 3 Do A 4 Didn t work re think A fix 4 Do B 5 Look hard at data 6 Quantitatively analyze data 7 Develop a model to explain data 8 Design tests of this model repeat Course Goals 1 To provide an experimental basis that reinforces or complements key concepts of NPB 100 or 110B 2 To provide hands on techniques for analyzing nervous system function Experiments demos Neurophysiology fluorescence imaging behavioral assays Analysis Computer modeling quantitative data analysis 3 To learn the experimental process underlying scientific discovery Hypothesis generation or discovery goal Experimental design Data collection Tinker around Data analysis modeling Revise repeat A special thanks to Lifeng Wang We couldn t have done it without you Your Experiments Section 2 1 Effect of tone sequence regularity on EEG oddball responses Takhmina 2 Effect of congruency of word pairs on EEG oddball responses Wyatt 3 Contribution of visual information to the size weight illusion Alyssa Daniel Teresa Qibin Alexander Rebekah Sara 4 Contributions of visual and touch information to the size weight illusion Saahil Shawn Haochen 5 Effect of object shape on weight perception Tiffiny Jasmine 6 Effect of object brightness on weight perception Janely Nadia Cheryl 7 Comparison of left and right side responses to tail fan stimulation in the crayfish Sam Sophia 8 Effect of distractions on reaction time Simin Mara Isaac Post course survey See survey link in an announcement in Canvas Final Projects What you need to do Every lab member writes up Final Project separately Format for final Lab paper due Friday December 9 at 4 30pm Abstract Brief 5 sentence description of entire paper Introduction Tell us what unanswered question motivated you to pursue this project Include any background material to understand the larger context of your project needed Methods Describe what you did in a manner that a student taking the course next year could follow reproduce Results The heart of the paper includes well organized labeled figures and possibly tables including captions of your key findings and text describing these key results Discussion Discuss the implications of your results for understanding the system you studied and put your results in the context of at least 2 papers from the literature References Proper citation of the articles from the literature that you refer to in the previous sections of the paper Final Report Guidelines Length no more than 10 pages including figures Not counting references and optional appendix appendix only if necessary do not dump raw data tables or unnecessary distracting figures there Content Introduction Methods Results Discussion Internal consistency References Structure Style Hypothesis is specific and analyzable using data you obtained Provides relevant background information Describes why the question is interesting or important Description is presented at the appropriate level audience is someone in your major who has not yet taken this class Methods are appropriate for the research question Details of experiment and analysis are specific and reproducible Describes the patterns found in the analysis of your data Includes numbered graphs or tables that are clear well presented and have labeled axes a legend if necessary and a caption Discusses how the results address the original research question Explains any unavoidable limitations and open questions Outline some next steps for how the experiments or analysis could be expanded to address these limitations open questions Summarizes the findings and reflects on the broader biological meaning Demonstrates a logical relationship between introduction methods results and discussion All references are relevant and referred to clearly in the text Includes a reference section with at least 2 from peer reviewed literature Clear structure with headings for each section Sections contain only the appropriate content Thoughts organized into coherent paragraphs with clear topic sentences Sentences are clear and concise Shorter is better Wording is precise No errors in grammar punctuation usage or spelling Reference section formatted consistently with detail needed to find sources