Communications Culture

LEARNMEM™ fosters a culture of inclusion at all levels and encourages active scientific discourse to take place in a respectful and psychologically safe environment. To promote this discourse, we have some suggestions:

• We encourage you to use first names in referring to each other and to dismiss titles and ranks to level the playing field;

• We encourage you to be brave, ask questions, and challenge ideas;

• We encourage you to take opportunities to learn new things, meet new people, and think about new experiments and collaborations;

• We encourage you to let go of dogma and constantly ask “why not?”; and

• We encourage you to take risks and think outside the box and encourage others to do the same.

Poster Size Requirements

48 inches wide (4 feet) x 36 inches tall (3 feet)

Poster Set up Times

Tips for Poster Presentations

• Make sure your walk-through takes no more than three minutes. Do not hold your visitors hostage!

• Arrange the poster in columns not rows.

• Focus your message – what is the one thing you want people to remember?

• Convey your message visually.

• Be readable from about 4 - 6 feet away.

• Use font size of at least 24 pt for regular text, 42 -60 pt for titles, and >70 pt for titles

• Be clearly organized. Use panels and sections.

• Avoid technical jargon and undefined acronyms.

• Avoid using lengthy blocks of text.

• Choose colors carefully and pay attention to contrast (e.g. dark print on light background).

• Use spacing appropriately to increase visual appeal and enhance readability.

• Make sure you preview your file before you print.

• Proofread your poster before printing!

QALMRI Format for Posters

After: Kosslyn & Rosenberg (2001). Psychology: The Brain, The Person, The World. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

Q stands for Question

All research begins with a question, and the point of the research is to answer it. Your introduction should be concise and serve only to set up your question.

A stands for Alternatives

You should have at least two testable, falsifiable hypotheses that are mutually exclusive; a null hypothesis and an alternative hypothesis.

Poster Printing

SoCal Poster Board is the LEARNMEM™’s pinboard supplier. They can print your poster and deliver it directly to the venue for your convenience.

Cost of printing a 36 x 48 inch poster is $84 for paper poster (8-mil semi-gloss poster paper) and $132 for fabric poster (15-mil water resistant matte anticrease fabric). Orders must be placed by April 18th to avoid RUSH charges. Make sure you mention the conference when placing the order.

Your poster will be waiting for you at the Whitewater Ballroom on Tuesday, April 25th after 12 PM.

SoCal Poster Board LLC

(818) 296-9449 info@socalposterboard.com https://socalposterboard.com

L stands for Logic

How did the design allow you to distinguish among the alternatives? Set up the expectations for your results and how they might support your hypothesis.

M stands for Method

What procedures did you use? What variables were manipulated and what variables were measured? Include other important experimental details.

R stands for Results

What was the outcome of the experiment? Show the results of statistical analyses using plots and visuals. Show individual data points whenever possible.

I stands for Inferences

What conclusions can be drawn from the data? What are other potential explanations? How successful were you in addressing the question of interest?