Neuroscience and Behavior  Tags: neuroscience behavior nsb  

Newspapers and popular magazines publish articles about neuroscience of interest to the general public. These articles may be good sources of information, but they are not scholarly. The authors are often journalists rather than scholars; the presentation of the information is informal, free of the requirements of scholarly publication; and the intended audience is general readers.

Scholarly journal articles are usually published in peer reviewed journals, "which means they have been scrutinised by other researchers in the field and judged worthy of publication for the wider research population." (Heffernan, 2005, p. 49). The authors are scholars and researchers; the information and research is presented in the required formats for scholarly publication; and the intended audience is other scholars and researchers.

See also:

• Distinguishing Between Scholarly or Peer Reviewed and Popular Journal Articles (University of North Carolina Libraries)
• Locate Scholarly Journal Articles (Georgia State University Library)
• Peer Reviewed Journals in Education & Psychology (University of California Berkeley Library)
  
  

References

Heffernan, T.M. (2005). A Student's Guide to Studying Psychology (3rd ed.). New York: Psychology Press.