ENW3273 Topic 3: P2

Writing for Psychology Today, Jeffrey Davis suggests that going for a walk is “one of the greatest tools for giving you a creative advantage at the office or studio.”

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The writer goes on to point out that “aerobic workouts […] can also stimulate the Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF), which can produce new brain cells, improve brain plasticity, and regulate energy metabolism and prevent exhaustion”(Davis, 2019).

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• Incorrect

In “A Scientifically Proven Trick for Remembering Pretty Much Anything” Brittney Wong (2019) writes that drawing reminders to yourself is “more effective than writing and rewriting notes, visualization exercises and passively looking at images” (p. 43).

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Wong (2019) explains the practical need for tools to enhance memory. “As people age, the ability to retain new information slips because of the deterioration of critical brain structures involved in memory, including the hippocampus and frontal lobes. (p. 44)”

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Walking is work, but it’s work that’s good for the brain – and for creativity. Davis (2019) explains, “Although our brains work harder to process in different environments, walking outside forces our brains to churn out new ideas every time we take in new sights, new sounds, new smells, new flavors.”

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“But drawing calls upon regions of the brain involved in visual perceptual processing ― regions that show relatively less deterioration than areas involved in processing verbal information” (Wong).

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• Incorrect

Smith, Snuffy. How to Go to College. Scribners, 2005. 234.

What from the citation goes inside these parenthesis?

According to Snuffy Smith, “The possibilities are endless” (________________).

• Smith 234

• Smith

• 234

• How to Go to College

College students often change their major several times before settling on an area of study. “The possibilities are endless” (234). 
Is this in text citation correct? 

• No, it needs the author's name
• Yes

Use "and" when you have two authors in between brackets: e.g. (Smith and Wesson, 2018, pp. 31-33)

• True

• False

When citing one or two authors in-text, never use et al.; instead, always provide the author(s)' names.

• True

• False