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About Us
Established in 1944, the CBU is one of the largest and most long-lasting contributors to the understanding of human cognition and its disorders. Our research programme investigates fundamental human mental processes including attention, language, emotion and memory. We conduct behavioural experiments to determine how these processes work, build computer models to explain them, study how they could arise from the systems of the brain and other biological processes, and seek to translate where possible the implications of our research for the prevention and remediation of diseases and disorders across the lifespan.
Our mission
You can find out what the CBU does and why by visiting Our mission page.
Our research
You can find out about all our current research programmes, explore the different groups and meet the people involved by visiting Our research pages.
Our history
You can look at a short account of the history of the Unit, explore significant parts of it more extensively via an interactive timeline, or browse the content of our electronic archive by visiting the Our history pages.
Links with the University of Cambridge
You can read about our close links with the University of Cambridge here.