General Instructions
You will write a paper on a brain disorder
Format requirements
• Minimum Length: 5 pages, not including the title page, references, or any figures/tables/appendices you wish to include
• Maximum Length: 7 pages, not including the title page, references, or any figures/tables/appendices you wish to include
• Spacing: double-spaced
• Font size: 12-point font, Times New Roman
• Margins: 1-inch margins left, right, top and bottom
• Formatting and citation style: APA 7th Edition (you should include a cover page
1. Introduction and Epidemiology: Please introduce your topic area and discuss, for the disorder, its prevalence (US, Worldwide or other – be specific) and incidence, and any relevant variation in prevalence and incidence (e.g., gender and age differences).
2. Symptoms: What are the primary symptoms of the disorder? Don’t just list them – explain them. How is the disorder diagnosed? Who makes the diagnosis?
3. Etiology: What is the current thinking about the disorder’s etiology (cause), particularly with respect to the brain? Is there a genetic component? Are there interesting environmental components or gene x environment interactions?
4. Cognitive Neuroscience Findings: What are some relevant cognitive neuroscience findings for the disorder? Cognitive neuroscience in this sense is broadly defined to include any field of study combining mind/behaviour and brain. You will lose points if you only discuss neuroscience findings or if you only discuss cognitive findings. Relevance includes application to the etiology of the disorder, its diagnosis, or its treatment. It could also be how the disorder has changed our understanding of Cognitive Neuroscience, or a combination of these meanings. Findings that count would include EEG, MEG, fMRI, TMS, PET or other imaging strategies, or traditional lesion type approaches (e.g., neuropsychology).
5. Treatment and Course: How is the disorder treated medically and/or psychologically? Concentrate on the best practice, or standard of care, even if that standard is not adequate. If the usual treatments for the disorder are ineffective, are any new treatments on the horizon that are informed by Cognitive Neuroscience? Alternative approaches should only be considered if you can tie them logically to the underlying neuroscience of the disorder. What age is the disorder usually diagnosed? What is the disease progression, if any? What is the outcome, with or without treatment?
Please use these exact five headings (without the colon) in the order listed here. You will lose points for not including these exact headings.
I HAVE UPLOADED THE ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY I DID AS AN ASSIGNMENT, PLEASE USE THESE SOURCES OR ANY OF YOUR CHOOSING.
