Within the field of Neuroscience, a number of different writing formats are employed. Listed below is a few examples of common writing formats that need to be mastered in order to excel and function properly within the organizational culture of Neuroscience:
- Research Papers
- Journal Articles
- Posters
- Memos
- Oral Presentation Outlines
- And more
A core structure for scientific papers is IMRAD, which stands for Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussions. Learning how to organize a paper using these four distinct sections is imperative to create an effective, consistent, organized, and functional article.
Ethical Approval Institutional Review Boards and Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees (IRB/IACUC) submissions are necessary to approve projects and experiments, and Neuroscientists need to ensure they cater to the format requirements for these approval submissions.
Below is an example of the writing style used in a Neuroscience book.
