MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit
Welcome to the Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit
The MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit is a leading research centre for advancing understanding of human cognition such as memory, attention, perception, language and emotion. We aim to translate research findings to improve health and wellbeing, including developing psychological therapies for mood disorders, improving our understanding of cognitive problems in childhood, and optimising diagnostic and rehabilitative techniques for neurological conditions.
Latest news
The anterior temporal lobes (ATL) have become a key brain region of interest in cognitive neuroscience founded upon neuropsychological investigations…
Vice-Chancellor Social Impact awardee 2020 – Andrea Kusec
Huge congratulations to MRC CBU’s Andrea Kusec, who is one of the winners of the 2020 University of Cambridge Vice-Chancellor’s…
Working for the future: Parentally deprived Nigerian children have enhanced working memory ability
The dominant view is that early adverse rearing generally impairs cognitive functions. However, recent empirical studies have shown that early…
Large-scale modelling study in chronic post-stroke aphasia
Neuroimaging has radically improved our understanding of how speech and language abilities map to the brain in normal and impaired…
