Working Materials and Recommended Literature
The following documents and links are intended to serve as guides during your studies and later scientific work.
A good overview of the overall topic is provided in the book chapter by Prof. Udo Rudolph:
Scientific Reading, Presenting, Writing: An Introduction for Psychology Students.
1. Working Materials
- Guidelines and Tips for Presentations
Example of a Handout
Information Sheet on Writing Theses at the Department
2. Recommended Literature: Must-Read
- Amrhein, V., Greenland, S., & McShane, B. (2019). Scientists rise up against statistical significance. *Nature*, 567(7748), 305–307. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-00857-9
Cohen, J. (1994). The Earth is Round (p<.05). *American Psychologist*, 12, 997–1003.
Cohen, J. (1990). Things I Have Learned (So Far). *American Psychologist*, 12, 1304–1312.
- Elliott, M., Knodt, A. R., Ireland, D., Morris, M. L., Poulton, R., Ramrakha, S., Sison, M. L., Moffitt, T. E., & Hariri, A. R. (2019). What is the test-retest reliability of common task-FMRI measures? New empirical evidence and a meta-analysis. *bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).* https://doi.org/10.1101/681700
- Elliott, M., Knodt, A. R., & Hariri, A. R. (2021). Striving Toward Translation: Strategies for Reliable fMRI Measurement. *Trends in Cognitive Sciences*, 25(9), 776–787. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8363569/
- Kotchoubey, B., Tretter, F., Braun, H., Buchheim, T., Draguhn, A., Fuchs, T., Hasler, F., Hastedt, H., Hinterberger, T., Northoff, G., Rentschler, I., Schleim, S., Sellmaier, S., Van Elst, L. T., & Tschacher, W. (2016). Methodological Problems on the Way to Integrative Human Neuroscience. *Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience*, 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnint.2016.00041
- Makin, T. R., & Orban de Xivry, J. J. (2019). Ten Common Statistical Mistakes to Watch Out for When Writing or Reviewing a Manuscript. *eLife*, 8, e48175. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.48175
- Open Science Collaboration. (2015). Estimating the Reproducibility of Psychological Science. *Science*, 349(6251). https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aac4716