Neuroscience Seminar
Grant Proposal
Effects of methylphenidate on dyslexia
• Similar areas in brain involved in both ADHD and dyslexia - signs and symptoms are similar
• Look at effects of the drug during interventions
• Children ages 6
• Lowest possible dosage
• Same level of dyslexia
• Informed consent
• Methods: ANOVA
• 3 reading tests
• Baseline
• During
• after
• Two groups
• One receives the drug
• One receives a placebo
For your second "paper", you will actually be writing a grant proposal. In a grant proposal there are three main ingredients:
1. WHY is this research important?
2. WHAT research is already done and will be done?
3. HOW are you going to conduct your research?