Chapter 6 Resources

A more thorough list of resources for learning and doing science in the lab is available on our Lab Wiki

6.1 Department-specific Resources

6.2 Literature

  • Identify journals to track
    • Set up email alerts (journal websites)
    • Set up RSS feeds: Feedly
  • Identify researchers/labs to track
    • Google Scholar Alerts: Topic OR author based
  • Identify topics you want to track
  • Become active on Cog. Neuro Twitter (seriously, I find way more articles that I actually read in this way than the other methods!)
    • Subscribe to topics (or hashtags), create lists, follow researchers, labs, colleges/research centers
  • List of recommended journals to follow:
    • General:
      • Science; Nature; PNAS
    • Neuroscience:
      • Neuron; Nature Neuroscience; Journal of Neuroscience; Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience; Current Biology; Cortex; Cerebral Cortex; Hippocampus; Human Brain Mapping; Neuropsychologia; Cognitive Neuropsychology; Neuroimage; Brain and Language; Cognitive, Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience
    • Psychology:
      • Nature Human Behavior; Psychological Science; JEP:G; JEP:LMC; JEP:A; JEP:HPP; Cognition; Cognitive Psychology; Journal of Cognition; Psychonomic Bulletin and Review; Behavior Research Methods; Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications; Memory and Cognition; Attention, Perception & Psychophysics
    • Reviews:
      • Trends in Neuroscience; Trends in Cognitive Sciences; Nature Reviews Neuroscience; Annual Reviews of Psychology; Annual Reviews of Neuroscience; Perspectives on Psychological Science