Classic Presentation Mistakes The following slides each contain a number of errors How many can you spot? Think about use of text (structure, formatting size & colour), slide colours, use of graphics (tables/graphs/pictures) etc.

Do we Learn More with Age? Aim: show that we may learn more as we grow older Experimental data are presented Conlusions are made

Old Dog Learns New Trick! Old dogs have been reported to learn new tricks in an article presented in Naturethis week The dogs were traind for a number of years prior to this discovery in specialy designed kennels. Not all dogs had the capacity for imprved learning with age, but most did. This lends support to the fact that you ar never to late to learn…..if you’re a dog! Could this be true for humans too? Recent research has shown that the older you get, the less able you are to cope with chang – does this mean that we are less likly to learn as we age?

Methods Dogs were trained to perform new tricks Others were not trained The two sets of dogs were compared in their abilities to perform novel tricks Data were collected over 4 years

Old Dogs Learn New Trick!

Experimental Results

Conclusions The conclusions from the study were clear Old dogs can leanr new tricks Can this be relevent to humans? Controversial finding: many believe humans have reduced learning as they age Future research is vitaly important

How Many Mistakes? How many mistakes did you spot? How would you avoid making these mistakes? What other important things should you remember when giving a visual presentation?