I'm back and I'm...meh

I was productive up until I left for Thanksgiving break. I finished one of two weekly goals. Now I'm sick so not feeling particularly motivated, but here goes.

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Evolutionary Cognitive Archaeology: A History (done)
Chapter 3: The Evolution of Working Memory (in progress)
Chapter 4: The Contributions of Neuroarchaeology to Human Language Origin Theories (done)
Chapter 5: Materials and Methods (done)
Chapter 6: Functional Neuroimaging of Early Stone Age Toolmaking Reveals an Executive Function Network (In Progress)
Chapter 7: Discussion of ch. 6 results (done)
Chapter 8: Results of language exaptation hypothesis study
Chapter 9: Discussion of ch. 8 results
Chapter 10: Results of longitudinal motor learning study
Chapter 11: Discussion of ch. 10 results
Chapter 12: General discussion and conclusion
Appendix A: Subject Selection Materials (done)
Appendix B: Motion Processing Parameters (done)
Appendix C: Subject Interviews (done)
References (In Progress)

Daily Goals:

Friday 12/4

• read Perone et al. (2011)
• read Spencer and Perone (2008)
• revise intro of ch. 6

Saturday 12/5

• Revise results of ch. 6
• Read one article for A Comparative Approach section in ch. 3

Sunday 12/6

• revise discussion of ch. 6
• Read one article for A Comparative Approach section in ch. 3

Monday 12/7

• revise methods of ch. 6
• Read one article for A Comparative Approach section in ch. 3
• Write 1st half of A Comparative Approach section in ch. 3

Tuesday 12/8

• Ch. 10 analyses GroupxTask effect
• Ch. 10 analyses SessionxTask effect
• Read one article for A Comparative Approach section in ch. 3

Wednesday 12/9

• Finishing touches on ch. 6 and send to John
• Find several articles for A Developmental Approach section of ch. 3
• Read one article for A Comparative Approach section in ch. 3

Thursday 12/10

• Read one article for A Comparative Approach section in ch. 3
• Read one article for A Comparative Approach section in ch. 3
• Write 2nd half of a Comparative Approach section in ch. 3

Weekly Goals:

12/4-12/10

• Finish revising ch. 6 and send back to John
• Finish ch. 10 whole brain analyses
• Finish A Comparative Approach section in ch. 3

12/11-12/18

• Finish A Developmental Approach section in ch. 3
• Finish ch. 10 analyses
• Write outline for ch. 10

12/19-12/25

• Final revisions and submission of ch. 6 to Science
• Work on analyses for ch. 8
• Write half of ch. 10

12/26-1/1

• Finish What the Archaeological Record Has Offered section in ch. 3
• Finish ch. 8 analyses
• Write 2nd half of ch. 10

      Monthly Goals:

      December

•       Give IPFW talk
•       Finish ch. 6 and submit to Science
•       Finish ch. 10 1st draft

      January

•       Finish ch. 3
•       Finish ch. 11
•       Finish outline of ch. 8

      February

•       Finish ch. 8
•       Finish ch. 1
•       Finish ch. 9

      March

•       Finish ch. 12
•       Submit completed dissertation to John and Bob
•       Finish Acknowledgments and other formatting edits

      April

•       Revise dissertation with John and Bob's edits
•       AAPA and Paleoanthro talks
•       Submit edited dissertation to committee

      May

•       Defend dissertation
•       Walk at graduation