The concept of “cognitive reserve” has been used to explain why some people maintain their cognitive abilities in old age despite normal age-related atrophy of their brains. 205 retired people aged 66-88 from the Cambridge Centre for Ageing and Neuroscience (www.cam-can.com) performed a cognitive test of IQ, had a brain scan and completed a questionnaire […]
MRC Festival of Medical Research – CBU Open Day Follow up
As part of the MRC Festival of Medical Research 2018, CBU hosted a Unit Open Day on Saturday 16 June. Over 130 friends, colleagues, volunteers, students and local families attended to hear about the exciting research taking place at the Unit, and to get involved in some brain related activities. The morning kicked off with […]
Annual CALM Conference Follow Up
This year’s annual CALM conference took place on Saturday 9th June. Over 40 health and education practitioners attended to hear about exciting findings from the CALM research clinic. Susan Gathercole opened the day presenting data showing that ADHD symptoms are not the cause of learning difficulties in children with ADHD: the cognitive problems associated […]
Neural prediction errors distinguish speech perception and misperception of speech
Misperception of speech results from a weak representation of the difference between what we expect to hear and what is actually said, according to a human neuroimaging study published in JNeurosci. The research, led by Dr Matt Davis (MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit), and Helen Blank (University Medical Center, Hamburg), provides new evidence for how […]
2018 Travel Award Winner
Delia Fuhrmann, a postdoctoral researcher in Dr. Rogier Kievit’s group at the MRC CBU, was recently announced the winner of the Journal of Intelligence 2018 travel award. Dr. Fuhrmann’s research focusses on the neurocognitive architecture of fluid intelligence which she is currently studying in the CALM sample. She is planning to present her work at […]
MRC Festival of Medical Research – Unit Open Day
As part of the MRC Festival of Medical Research 2018 (14- 24 June 2018), the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit (MRC CBU) will be hosting a Unit Open Day. Guests will have the opportunity to learn more about the working brain and our research in psychology and neuroscience. This will be held on: Saturday […]
CALM Workshop 2018
“CALM: Learning, cognition and behaviour in the CALM sample: the story so far” Saturday 9th June 2018. 10.30am-2pm MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge This year our annual CALM workshop for health and educational practitioners will showcase the findings that have emerged from the CALM data so far. Talks will include: Do […]
650th child assessed and 300th child scanned in CALM
The Centre for Attention, Learning and Memory (CALM) has reached another milestone! The team have just assessed the 650th child and 300 children have had an MRI scan. The CALM clinic opened in 2014 with the remit of understanding why some children struggle at school. Children with difficulties in attention, learning and / or memory […]
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