Overview
Please upload a draft of your proposal introduction.
Use the template below as an outline:
- Introduction (~350 words)
Note: The Introduction and Previous works sections should flow together like an inverted pyramid.
The Introduction gives a broad overview of your topic, while the Previous works section offers more specific context that helps us understand how your study builds upon what is already known to find out something is currently unknown.
a.What is your topic? Who/what does it affect? Why is it important to study?
- What is something that is unknown about this topic? (Note: The study you propose to conduct is an attempt to answer this unknown, or a piece of this unknown).
Research topic: Contributions of neuroscience to the subject of emotional pain
Possible questions: Why does emotional pain affect us more than physical pain even though the parts of the brain are very similar? Are emotional responses to pain influenced by neuronal activation? Are emotions and pain related? Are there any treatment advantages in treating emotional pain?
Type of research: a controlled experiment using a resonance imaging (fMRI) machine to scan the brains of emotionally broken participants.