Writing a research paper will help you achieve three important objectives: (1) To expand your knowledge of neuropsychological and behaviour change interventions by focusing on an area that is of particular interest to you; (2) To further develop your skills as a critical reader of psychological research; and (3) To develop your scientific writing skills.

Research Paper: Design a neuropsychological/behaviour change intervention

In the research paper you should review critically an area of neuropsychological rehabilitation with respect to interventions designed to treat a neuropsychological/cognitive deficit covered in the course. Choose from the general topics of memory, behaviour, executive function, motor, etc. and decide on a deficit within one of these domains to address with a neuropsychological intervention. You will design an intervention to ameliorate the neuropsychological deficit of interest or associated psychological challenge (anxiety, depression, adjustment difficulties, lack of insight), evaluate the efficacy of your intervention (in which you will generate mock data) and critically discuss your findings in the context of the current literature in the field. A list of research topics chosen by prior students is provided.