You can now pre-register your interest to attend the Cognitive Neuroscience Skills Training In Cambridge (COGNESTIC) at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit in Cambridge on 18-29 September 2023. The COGNESTIC summer school will provide researchers with training in state-of-the-art methods for open neuroimaging analysis and related methods. We will use a variety of […]
Structural Equation Modelling for Longitudinal Data Workshop
We are pleased to announce the workshop for Structural Equation Modelling for Longitudinal Data will take place on 27 and 28 March 2023, at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit. The workshop will be tutored by Ethan McCormick from the University of Leiden. The workshop is free to attend but registration is required. To […]
MRC CBU Science Night – Cambridge Festival 2023
Exploring the Brain and Mind As part of the 2023 Cambridge Festival (17 March – 2 April), the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit (MRC CBU) will be hosting an in-house Science Night, exploring parts of the various research programmes being carried out at the Unit. When: Wednesday 29 March 2023, 6pm – 8:30pm Where: […]
Neural contributions to reduced fluid intelligence across the adult lifespan
Fluid intelligence – the ability to solve novel, complex problems – declines steeply during healthy human aging. Despite consensus that fluid intelligence is associated with particular frontoparietal brain regions, little research has investigated suggestions that under-responsiveness of these regions mediates age-related decline. Using fMRI data collected for the Cambridge Centre for Ageing and Neuroscience (Cam-CAN), […]
Rare data from awake brain tumor surgeries create a detailed map of the frontal lobes
Intraoperative mapping during awake neurosurgeries guides the resection of brain tumors to minimize the loss of healthy tissue and preserve brain function. This is usually done through “zapping brains” i.e. sending a weak electrical current, and thereby temporarily switching off certain areas. If patients stop being able to do basic things, such as counting or […]
Amy Orben shortlisted for MRC Early Career Impact Award
Congratulations to MRC CBU’s Dr Amy Orben, Programme Leader Track Scientist, who has been announced as a finalist for the MRC Early Career Impact Award. Amy has been shortlisted for her hard work for multiple, innovative contributions to open science, reproducibility and research cultures in her early career phase, championing early-career researchers, and improving scientific […]
Rebecca Williams awarded commended prize at MRC Max Perutz Science Writing Awards
Many congratulations to MRC CBU’s PhD student Rebecca Williams, who won the Commended Prize at the MRC Max Perutz Science Writing Awards. Rebecca’s writing piece was titled: ‘Apathy research: why should we bother?’ The award ceremony was held on Thursday 20 October. Rebecca said: “I am so thrilled to have been given the award, and […]
Complex role of expectancy on memory
It is important to understand the factors that affect what we remember. We often remember surprising events that are not expected based on our prior knowledge. However, we also remember events that conform to our expectations. A recent theory explains these paradoxical effects of prior knowledge (or “schemas”) by assuming that different memory systems support […]