Prospectus | 08/09 - Psychology and Neuroscience - Maastricht ...

Chapter 3 - Specialization Fundamental Neuroscience
The course will focus on major areas in Psychopharmacology such as Addiction,
Depression, Anxiety, Psychosis and Cognition. These areas will be illuminated form
both the perspectives of basic neuroscience including animal subjects as well as
experimental and clinical human psychopharmacology.
Instructional Approach
Each half-day the programme will consist of a sequence of three elements:
• Key note Lectures by internationally renowned speakers in the morning
• Presentations of recent research by PhD students or junior researchers
• Forum report by students about the poster-presentations
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The workshop offers plenty of opportunity for the Master’s student to interact with
PhD students, junior and senior staff and the invited guest speakers.
Form of Assessment
Short presentation in the forum discussion.
| 501RM Protocol Writing – 2 credits
Coordinator: Caroline van Heugten, Psychiatry & Neuropsychology (FHML),
Phone 38 84091, 12 Dr. Tanslaan, Room 4.E3.017, E-mail: c.vanheugten@np.unimaas.nl
Description of the Course
This training course addresses the different phases of writing scientific protocols and
research reports. The course covers all of the stages involved in the creation of a piece
of writing; from rough working documents and prewriting, to editing draft texts and
making final revisions. Since the course precedes the Master’s research and thesis
stage, the primary focus is on the development of skills that will enable the writing of
a research proposal and Master’s thesis. The course covers a variety of topics related
to scientific writing, such as different protocol types, the IMRAD-format, APA style and
format, citations and references, plagiarism, project planning and applying on-line
writing guides.
Instructional Approach
A combination of lectures, take home writing assignments and take home review
assignments.
Form of Assessment
Written research proposal.