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Article Selection
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

 * Article title
 * Palmar Grasp Reflex


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article needs a lot of work to be considered complete. The lead is decent; it described the grasp reflex but it is kind of all over the place with information. I think that it would flow better with more structure and information. The article only has two major sections so the lead does not have much to describe. More sections should be added to this article such as Clinical Significance and Neural Mechanisms. The content seems up to date, but there is definitely content that is missing. The article is neutral in terms of point of view. I did not detect any opinion statements. The citations listed are reliable sources, though some statements are missing citations. Most citations are from primary sources. Because the article is so short, it is missing information to make it flow efficiently. Many sentences could be rewritten to be more understandable. This article is definitely a stub and needs to be added to. Its strengths are that it still describes the topic and a reader could get a general idea of what the palmar grasp reflex is, but nothing more than that. The talk page has not been active at all -- there is only one comment.


 * Sources
 * Anekar AA, Bordoni B. Palmar Grasp Reflex. [Updated 2021 Sep 6]. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2021 Jan-. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK553133/
 * Futagi, Y., & Suzuki, Y. (2010). Neural mechanism and clinical significance of the plantar grasp reflex in infants. Pediatric neurology, 43(2), 81–86. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2010.04.002
 * Futagi, Y., Suzuki, Y., & Goto, M. (1999). Clinical significance of plantar grasp response in infants. Pediatric neurology, 20(2), 111–115. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0887-8994(98)00103-9

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Symbiotic Bacteria


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article has a little bit of information for a lot of sections. Most sections are just a couple sentences long and could definitely use some more information. Its lead is two sentences long and it only states the definition and gives a couple examples of symbiotic bacteria. The lead does not include a summary of all of the topics in the article. It needs to be added to. I think that the article includes the main topics that are important about symbiotic bacteria, but the sections lack information. The only well developed section is that describing the characteristics. The article is neutral and it only presents facts. I did not find any opinionated statements. Most citations are from primary sources, though many are from 2012 or earlier. The article could use some more current sources. I think that some of the topics are out of order. Characteristics are listed last and I think that they should be earlier in the article. The information that is there is well written but I think that more wiki links could be inserted for terms that are more scientific. The talk page only has one comment so people have not been very active on this article. There are a couple of other student editors that have this page assigned to them. My overall impressions of this article are not much. I like all of the topics present but most of them need much more information to be considered complete.


 * Sources
 * Clayton AL, Oakeson KF, Gutin M, Pontes A, Dunn DM, von Niederhausern AC, et al. (2012) A Novel Human-Infection-Derived Bacterium Provides Insights into the Evolutionary Origins of Mutualistic Insect–Bacterial Symbioses. PLoS Genet 8(11): e1002990. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1002990
 * Petersen, J., Zielinski, F., Pape, T. et al. Hydrogen is an energy source for hydrothermal vent symbioses. Nature 476, 176–180 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature10325
 * Chang, X., Kingsley, K. L., & White, J. F. (2021). Chemical Interactions at the Interface of Plant Root Hair Cells and Intracellular Bacteria. Microorganisms, 9(5), 1041. doi:10.3390/microorganisms9051041

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Dysdiadochokinesia


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article has a pretty weak lead. It is comprised of three sentences that vaguely describe what Dysdiadochokinesia is. The introductory sentence is good, but it could be expanded on. The lead also contains where the parts of the word Dysdiadochokinesia come from and I think that is unnecessary in the lead. It could even just be simplified to say that its origins are from the Greek language. The article only has one main topic with one subtopic. The article is not well developed and could use many more sections such as Prognosis, Treatment, Complications, Testing, and Clinical Importance. The only two sections are Signs and Symptoms and Causes. The sources are decently old (from 2013 or older), so it could use some updated sources. A lot of content is missing and this article would benefit from some editing. The article does not contain any opinionated sentences. It is overall very neutral and informative. The citations present seem to be reliable sources but many of them only talk about Dysdiadochokinesia as a symptom of another disease. The writing is coherent and understandable and the information is relevant to the topics. It is well organized but it is missing topics. A reader would only get an incomplete understanding of this disease from this article. The article does not contain any images, which makes it boring to look at. The talk page only has one comment on it and the author included a link that no longer works. The link was to another study that had Dysdiadochokinesia listed as a symptom and not the main focus. I was not impressed by this article and think that it could be greatly improved by adding more sections and information.


 * Sources
 * Rocha Cabrero F, De Jesus O. Dysdiadochokinesia. [Updated 2021 Aug 30]. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2021 Jan-. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK559262/
 * Opal, P., & Ashizawa, T. (1998). Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 1. In M. P. Adam (Eds.) et. al., GeneReviews®. University of Washington, Seattle.

Option 4

 * Article title
 * Verbal Memory


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article is in need of a lot of work. The article has a total of five sentences that cover a general definition of what it is, how it works in the brain, and what recall means. From this article, a reader would not get a satisfactory understanding of what verbal memory is. The lead section is one sentence long and does not address the other topics present. The content lacks almost all information about verbal memory and could benefit from some editing. It could use some additional information (obviously) and sections. This topic has the potential to continue to explain Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia, so I think that a section about that would be very beneficial. The sentences present are factual and do not contain any opinions. The two sources that are listed are reliable and more information could definitely be utilized from them. The sentences are well-structured and understandable. There are no images in the article. The talk page does not have any comments on it, indicating that no one has been working on this article. I was not at all impressed with this article and it needs a lot of work to be considered decent.


 * Sources
 * Catani, M., Allin, M. P. G., Husain, M., Pugliese, L., Mesulam, M. M., Murray, R. M., & Jones, D. K. (2007). Symmetries in human brain language pathways correlate with verbal recall. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 104(43), 17163. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0702116104
 * Better verbal memory in women than men in MCI despite similar levels of hippocampal atrophy Sundermann, E. E., Biegon, A., Rubin, L. H., Lipton, R. B., Mowrey, W., Landau, S., Maki, P. M., & For the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative. (2016). Better verbal memory in women than men in MCI despite similar levels of hippocampal atrophy. Neurology, 86(15), 1368. https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000002570
 * ten Brinke, L. F., Bolandzadeh, N., Nagamatsu, L. S., Hsu, C. L., Davis, J. C., Miran-Khan, K., & Liu-Ambrose, T. (2015). Aerobic exercise increases hippocampal volume in older women with probable mild cognitive impairment: A 6-month randomised controlled trial. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 49(4), 248. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2013-093184

Option 5

 * Article title
 * Esophageal motility disorder


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article has an OK start, but it needs a lot more information for any reader to get a grasp on the disorder. The lead is pretty good for the information that is presented in the article but more information could be added. It does a good job of explaining what the disorder is and was a cause of it might be. The content of the article is lacking in completeness and could use a couple more sections, such as Causes, Treatment, Clinical Importance, and Complications. The only topic that the article has currently is Symptoms. The article's sentences are well written, though a little rewording could help them sound more professional. The sentences do not contain any opinions and are written in a neutral tone. There are two sources for this page, though I was not able to read the full text for one of them. The other source is reliable and a lot more information could be used from it and summarized into the article. The one source I could see is still relatively recent, but many more sources are needed for this article to become successful. The writing quality is good and the article is understandable, but it could be improved. A reader could get a general understanding of this disorder but they would not get more than that. This article does not have any pictures. The only comment on the talk page is from someone who removed copywrite information, so people are not very active on this page. This article has a good start to it, but it needs work to really be great. I was not super impressed, but I have seen worse articles.


 * Sources
 * https://web.archive.org/web/20180927002027/https://www.uwmedicine.org/health-library/pages/esophageal-motility-disorders.aspx
 * Khalaf, M. H. G., Chowdhary, S., Elmunzer, B. J., Elias, P. S., & Castell, D. (2019). Impact of Peppermint Therapy on Dysphagia and Non-cardiac Chest Pain: A Pilot Study. Digestive Diseases and Sciences, 64(8), 2214–2218. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-019-05523-8