The CBU recently ran an online experiment in cooperation with the BBC Radio 4 show The Human Zoo. “The Human Zoo explores the foibles, quirks and behaviour of that most fascinating of species – us!” Familiarity breeds contempt, as the saying goes. But psychologists say that repetition does something powerful to our appreciation of everything […]
BBC featuring work of CBU scientists
The work of Adrian Owen and his team, ex of CBU and now at University of Western Ontario, focussing on their MRI work attempting to help communicate with vegetative state patients will be featured in an hour long BBC Panorama programme being shown on Tuesday 13th November. Much of the early work was conducted at […]
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 […]