Topic: How is the brain affected by stress, and how does this relate to cognition and behaviour? You may wish to discuss this topic with relation to social issues, social isolation/quarantine
Overview:
The assignment will involve writing a blog post related to course content that cites at least two original journal articles. At least one cited article must be empirical, and its findings must be discussed in depth.
Will include:
• An abstract
• An introduction
• A method section
• A results section
• A discussion/conclusion section
• A list of references
Content: You should focus on the information that you think would be most interesting and useful to your peers. You should include substantial discussion of both cognitive/ behavioural, and biological/brain information.
2. To demonstrate originality, please discuss information from at least 2 journal articles, of which one must be empirical. The second article could be a review, but it must still be from a journal. If you are not sure whether your article is from a suitable journal, you may send it to me to ask. All the claims and suggestions you make need to derive from empirical psychological scientific evidence, which should be properly cited using APA format (within-text citations + reference list). You may also include additional references of different type (e.g., reputable online resources, books) if you wish. Please also cite additional references using APA format.
3. Pictures: The blog post should be readable and visually appealing. You must include two original pictures in your blog post, such as photos you take, self-made computer graphics, or hand-drawings. You may include additional images if you wish. All images must include a citation/source in their captions. Explicitly state that it is an original image by the author if you created it yourself.
4. Title: Please think of an engaging title to attract readers
5. Format: Type your blog post in a Word document, and copy & paste the pictures into
the appropriate location in the text. You may stylize your document as you wish (APA style is not required, other than for citations and references).
6. Length: Your blog post should be 1000-1200 words long (not including the reference list).
7. Audience: You are targeting your student peers, in particular those in the early stages of their education, who are not necessarily experts in brain and behaviour. You can assume a basic understanding of psychology.
