Description
Topic 1: Visuomotor System Design
Empirical Article: Evidence for an effector-independent action system from people born without hands
Journalism Article: Study of Reaching and Grasping With Hand or Foot Reveals Novel Brain Insight.
1. Respond to the questions on the attached worksheet (no more than 1 page) Do not write in a long essay format! Write your response under each question. If you need more space, you may remove the questions, but keep the numbers and format.
2. Put citations (including the original articles and other references you used) and any diagram on page 2
1. What was the primary research/study question? What was their main hypothesis?
2. What research approach(es) and experimental design were used to address this question?
3. What were the most important findings of the primary research? How do these results support or refute the hypothesis of the paper?
4. What conclusions did the researchers make? What were the limitations?
5. What research findings were focused on in the journalism piece?
6. What interpretations and conclusions about the research did the journalist(s) make? Do you think they fairly and accurately represented the article? Why or why not?
7. In what ways is this research of interest or importance to the public? Could the research have been better represented? How?
