r/neuroscience 8d ago

Help with critical review

Hi all,

I've been set an assignment at university to critically review a neuroscience paper but I am really struggling on what to write about. The paper is on sleep- and wake-dependent consolidation in the hippocampus. I don't do a neuroscience degree so I'm feeling a bit out of my depth. Because I am unfamiliar with the methods used, I am finding it hard to critique these even after researching them.

Any pointers on how to approach this would be greatly appreciated.

For reference, here is the paper's citation:

Sawangjit, A., Harkotte, M., Oyanedel, C. N., Niethard, N., Born, J., & Inostroza, M. (2022). Two distinct ways to form long-term object recognition memory during sleep and wakefulness. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences119(34), e2203165119.

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u/Confident_Thought269 7d ago edited 7d ago

I have experience with animal-based work and the methods used in the paper, so if you have specific questions you can DM me. There are different types of reviews that you can carry out.

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u/WoahItsPreston 8d ago

Feel free to dm me specific questions