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The Design of Experiments in Neuroscience - Softcover

Harrington, Mary

 
9781412974325: The Design of Experiments in Neuroscience
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1412974321 ISBN 13: 9781412974325
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc, 2010

Synopsis

"You are about to start on a great adventure. You are going to transition from reading about science to becoming a scientist."

-From the Preface

Using engaging, disarming prose, author Mary Harrington shows neuroscience students how to go about selecting a topic, designing an experiment, analyzing the results, and publishing a paper. This text effectively illustrates basic research methods and design principles by uniquely using relevant examples from neuroscience such as the principles of design of fMRI studies, the use of transgenic mice, and conditional gene knockouts. The author also addresses basic professional ethics, fundamental statistics and data analysis tools, the range of possible experimental designs (from simple descriptive studies to multifactorial designs), and ways to control unwanted variables and avoid common pitfalls.

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About the Author

Mary Harrington received a B.S. in Psychology from Pennsylvania State University, an M.A, in Psychology from the University of Toronto and a Ph.D. in Psychology from Dalhousie University in Canada. Currently, she is the Tippit Professor in the Life Sciences at Smith College in Massachusetts, where she teaches various courses in the Neuroscience Program and Psychology Department. In addition, she is a member of the Neuroscience and Behavior Program at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Mary has published extensively and has received research grants from NIH, NSF, Mellon Foundation and Pfizer. She recently published the third edition of her textbook The Design of Experiments in Neuroscience. She serves as the chair of the Education Committee for SRBR and is the co-organizer (with Karyn Esser) of the 2020 International Chronobiology Summer School.

From the Back Cover

Using engaging, disarming prose, author Mary Harrington shows neuroscience students how to go about selecting a topic, designing an experiment, analyzing the results, and publishing a paper.

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Publisher
SAGE Publications, Inc
Publication date
2010
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1412974321
ISBN 13 
9781412974325
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
2
Number of pages
280