The current system of scientific publishing has lately received increasing scrutiny and criticism. One essential innovation that has received broad attention in the past decade is open access (OA). OA is now beginning to become a owreality. Hever, in addition to access, a scientific publication system also needs to provide evaluation of papers. Evaluation steers the […]
Archives for October 2012
Suppression and Substitution: helping us forget
A team of researchers at the Medical Research Council (MRC) has discovered that the human brain can intentionally forget unwanted memories via two distinct and opposite processes. By improving our understanding of the brain mechanisms underlying these processes, known as ‘memory suppression’ and ‘memory substitution’, these findings may help explain why people can have problems […]
Emily Holmes at Royal Society Women in Science event
Emily Holmes, who has recently joined the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit from Oxford University, will be speaking at the Royal Society’s Women in Science event being held on Friday 19 October 2012. Emily serves on the Royal Society’s EDAN (Equality and Diversity Advisory Network) committee and will take part in the panel discussion […]
Applications now being accepted for 2013 PhD positions
Applications are now being accepted for our three-year PhD positions, starting in October 2013. Full details on current research topics and potential supervisors are given on our website, and details on how to apply are given in our Postgraduate Study pages. We offer three fully funded MRC studentships for UK/EU candidates, and also welcome independently […]