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Welcome to the Mind & Brain Sciences Journal Club! In this club, interested members of the Physics Forums community participate in presenting and discussing scientific articles pertaining to the brain and mind. If you're interested in joining up, please PM me.
Below is some information on how the journal club works and some useful resources for journal club members. Nothing here is set in stone-- the important thing is that we strike on a formula that works well for everyone, and that may entail change over time. So the rules are flexible and may change as we go along; feedback is encouraged.
General Format
The journal club operates on a rolling schedule where two kinds of presentations for two separate articles are active during any given week: one thread which is in an 'introductory phase,' and another which is in a 'discussion phase.'
In the introductory phase, a journal club member posts a new thread announcing the article for which he or she plans to do a presentation, provides references and (where applicable) links to the article, and provides some initial introductory remarks and background information about the article and its topic. The purpose of the introductory phase is to give journal club members time to look over the newly introduced article, digest any relevant background information, and ask preliminary questions before we proceed to an in-depth discussion. Once a full week passes, the thread transitions from the introductory phase to the discussion phase, and a new introductory thread about a new article is posted.
The discussion phase is where the in-depth analyses, critiques, questions, comments, etc. about an article take place. The author of the thread follows up his or her introductory remarks with a detailed summary and discussion of the article, after which the article is discussed amongst the author of the thread and the other members of the journal club. (PF members who are not "officially" in the journal club can also join in whenever they wish, of course.) A journal club thread officially remains in the discussion phase for one week before another thread takes its place in the spotlight, but all discussions can continue indefinitely.
In order to schedule upcoming presentations and peruse an index of present and past presentations, please see the second post in this thread.
Article Resources
All articles discussed in the journal club must have been published in peer reviewed scientific journals. Because different members of the journal club have differing degrees of access to private article resources, it is highly preferred (though not required) that the article one chooses to present be viewable in full through a public, online resource. At the present time, we do not have any plans to facilitate distribution of non-public articles amongst journal members via private means such as e-mail.
The following is a list of some resources one can use to find publically available scientific articles pertaining to the mind and brain. Unless otherwise noted, all articles in these resources are free and publically accessible through the internet. If you come across a good resource not listed here, please PM me or make a note of it in this thread so that it can be added to the list.
- Search engines -
PubMed Central
Google Scholar (does not return only publicly accessible articles, but may be useful for finding articles of interest)
- Journals not specific to mind/brain science -
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/tocrender.fcgi?journal=215&action=archive
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/tocrender.fcgi?journal=104&action=archive
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
http://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=index-html - http://compbiol.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=index-html&issn=1553-7358 - http://medicine.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=index-html&issn=1549-1676 - http://genetics.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=index-html&issn=1553-7404
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/tocrender.fcgi?journal=2&action=archive (free access to articles > 6 months old)
- Journals specific to mind/brain science -
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/tocrender.fcgi?journal=312&action=archive
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/tocrender.fcgi?journal=316&action=archive
BioMed Central (BMC)
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/tocrender.fcgi?journal=48&action=archive - http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/tocrender.fcgi?journal=49&action=archive - http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/tocrender.fcgi?journal=62&action=archive
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/tocrender.fcgi?journal=322&action=archive
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/tocrender.fcgi?journal=201&action=archive
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/tocrender.fcgi?journal=286&action=archive
The Journal of Neuroscience (free access to articles > 1 year old)
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/tocrender.fcgi?journal=119&action=archive
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/tocrender.fcgi?journal=103&action=archive (free access to articles > 1 year old)
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/tocrender.fcgi?journal=307&action=archive
Neuron (free access to articles > 1 year old)
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/tocrender.fcgi?journal=246&action=archive (free access to articles > 6 months old)
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/tocrender.fcgi?journal=130&action=archive
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Welcome to the Mind & Brain Sciences Journal Club! In this club, interested members of the Physics Forums community participate in presenting and discussing scientific articles pertaining to the brain and mind. If you're interested in joining up, please PM me.
Below is some information on how the journal club works and some useful resources for journal club members. Nothing here is set in stone-- the important thing is that we strike on a formula that works well for everyone, and that may entail change over time. So the rules are flexible and may change as we go along; feedback is encouraged.
General Format
The journal club operates on a rolling schedule where two kinds of presentations for two separate articles are active during any given week: one thread which is in an 'introductory phase,' and another which is in a 'discussion phase.'
In the introductory phase, a journal club member posts a new thread announcing the article for which he or she plans to do a presentation, provides references and (where applicable) links to the article, and provides some initial introductory remarks and background information about the article and its topic. The purpose of the introductory phase is to give journal club members time to look over the newly introduced article, digest any relevant background information, and ask preliminary questions before we proceed to an in-depth discussion. Once a full week passes, the thread transitions from the introductory phase to the discussion phase, and a new introductory thread about a new article is posted.
The discussion phase is where the in-depth analyses, critiques, questions, comments, etc. about an article take place. The author of the thread follows up his or her introductory remarks with a detailed summary and discussion of the article, after which the article is discussed amongst the author of the thread and the other members of the journal club. (PF members who are not "officially" in the journal club can also join in whenever they wish, of course.) A journal club thread officially remains in the discussion phase for one week before another thread takes its place in the spotlight, but all discussions can continue indefinitely.
In order to schedule upcoming presentations and peruse an index of present and past presentations, please see the second post in this thread.
Article Resources
All articles discussed in the journal club must have been published in peer reviewed scientific journals. Because different members of the journal club have differing degrees of access to private article resources, it is highly preferred (though not required) that the article one chooses to present be viewable in full through a public, online resource. At the present time, we do not have any plans to facilitate distribution of non-public articles amongst journal members via private means such as e-mail.
The following is a list of some resources one can use to find publically available scientific articles pertaining to the mind and brain. Unless otherwise noted, all articles in these resources are free and publically accessible through the internet. If you come across a good resource not listed here, please PM me or make a note of it in this thread so that it can be added to the list.
- Search engines -
PubMed Central
Google Scholar (does not return only publicly accessible articles, but may be useful for finding articles of interest)
- Journals not specific to mind/brain science -
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/tocrender.fcgi?journal=215&action=archive
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/tocrender.fcgi?journal=104&action=archive
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
http://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=index-html - http://compbiol.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=index-html&issn=1553-7358 - http://medicine.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=index-html&issn=1549-1676 - http://genetics.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=index-html&issn=1553-7404
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/tocrender.fcgi?journal=2&action=archive (free access to articles > 6 months old)
- Journals specific to mind/brain science -
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/tocrender.fcgi?journal=312&action=archive
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/tocrender.fcgi?journal=316&action=archive
BioMed Central (BMC)
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/tocrender.fcgi?journal=48&action=archive - http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/tocrender.fcgi?journal=49&action=archive - http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/tocrender.fcgi?journal=62&action=archive
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/tocrender.fcgi?journal=322&action=archive
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/tocrender.fcgi?journal=201&action=archive
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/tocrender.fcgi?journal=286&action=archive
The Journal of Neuroscience (free access to articles > 1 year old)
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/tocrender.fcgi?journal=119&action=archive
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/tocrender.fcgi?journal=103&action=archive (free access to articles > 1 year old)
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/tocrender.fcgi?journal=307&action=archive
Neuron (free access to articles > 1 year old)
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/tocrender.fcgi?journal=246&action=archive (free access to articles > 6 months old)
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/tocrender.fcgi?journal=130&action=archive
Member List
CosminaPrisma
cotarded
detta
DocToxyn
hypnagogue
Lars Laborious
Monique
Moonbear
neurocomp2003
Q_Goest
shruth
somasimple
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