Dr Matti Stenroos, a post-doc in the Cognition and Brain Sciences Methods group, has been awarded the Young Investigator Award in the category of modelling and methods at the Biomag 2012 conference in Paris. Dr Stenroos develops methods that allow us to estimate electrical brain activity from non-invasive measurements of electric potentials and magnetic fields […]
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CBU at the British Science Festival
The CBU’s Tom Manly will be talking at the British Science Festival’s “Who are you? The Psychology of Consciousness” session in Aberdeen on Friday 7th September. This sold-out event, aimed at a general public audience, will examine the various ways that we use the term conscious, from basic registration of what is going on […]
International Conference on Working Memory
International Conference on Working Memory Cambridge, 9th – 11th July 2014 This conference is being held in celebration of the exceptional contributions of Alan Baddeley and Graham Hitch, on the 40th anniversary of the publication of their model of working memory in 1974. The conference will cover the full range of theoretical and empirical approaches to the […]
Two CBU scientists give THE book reviews
Tristan Bekinschtein and Nikolaus Kriegeskorte have both recently given book reviews for the Times Higher Education supplement. Tristan reviewed ‘Consciousness: Confessions of a Romantic Reductionist’ by Christof Koch, read his review here and Nikolaus reviewed ‘Connectome: How the Brain’s Wiring Makes Us Who We Are’ by Sebastian Seung, and you can read his review here.
CBU part of MRC/EPSRC Partnership Grant for MEG in UK
The CBU is one of the eight UK sites to offer whole-head magnetoencephalography (MEG), and CBU MEG scientists Richard Henson and Yury Shtyrov are part of a nationwide collaborative initiative (led by Professor Krish Singh at Cardiff University) that has recently been awarded £1.3M by the MRC and EPSRC, in order to bring together clinical […]
New MRC funding scheme rewards Early Career Scientists at CBU
Four CBU scientists will receive additional funding under a new scheme launched to mark the upcoming MRC Centenary in 2013. Richard Meiser-Stedman, an MRC funded Clinician Scientist Fellow based at the Unit, will use his award to further his work on understanding the nature of PTSD and developing early stage treatments; Michael Ewbank, a CBU […]
Mind Changers – Donald Broadbent remembered
A recent BBC Radio 4 programme explored the legacy of psychologist Donald Broadbent, who was Director of the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit from 1958-1974. Broadbent propagated his belief that psychology should be applied to practical problems, such as optimising human performance by the design of aircraft cockpits or nuclear reactor control rooms. He […]
John Duncan appearance at Café Scientifique evening
Professor John Duncan recently appeared at a Café Scientique evening of informal science, a series hosted by the “Naked Scientists” of the University of Cambridge and sponsored by the MRC. In his lecture and Q&A session John explored human intelligence and the neurons and circuits in the brain that enable us to have the thoughts, […]