MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences UnitFinishing PhD student, Emma Hill, has rcently been awarded the 2013 British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) Conference Best Poster Presentation Excellence Award for her poster presentation entitled ‘A new decentering and perspective broadening training intervention for recurrent depression’. As an Excellence Award winner, Emma will be invited to present her work at […]
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Is that my friend John? Or is it a car?
Whenever you perceive something in the outside world, such as someone walking toward you in the street, your brain almost instantly processes a wide range of information. Do you recognise the person? Should you approach or move away? We have to represent essential features of the world in order to act successfully. Traditionally, neuroimaging has […]
We're looking for new participants
At the CBU, we are interested in improving psychological health and wellbeing. Some of our research is aimed to improve our understanding and treatment of emotional problems, such as depression. If you have been diagnosed with depression, or experience extended periods of low mood, you may be eligible to participate in these studies. If you […]
We’re looking for new participants
At the CBU, we are interested in improving psychological health and wellbeing. Some of our research is aimed to improve our understanding and treatment of emotional problems, such as depression. If you have been diagnosed with depression, or experience extended periods of low mood, you may be eligible to participate in these studies. If you […]
Five CamCAN films now on Youtube
The BBSRC have released 5 short promotional videos about the Cambridge Centre for Ageing and Neuroscience (CamCAN) – a pan-Cambridge project on healthy ageing, funded by the BBSRC, that brings together the MRC CBU, MRC Biostatistics Unit and the University Departments of Psychology, Psychiatry, Engineering and Public Health. This project includes detailed cognitive and neuroimaging […]
Your brain – the advanced prediction machine
Why is a child so much better at catching a moving ball than the most advanced robot? Why do we find unexpected or ambiguous language amusing? How are we so good at attending to the world around us, and yet fall for visual illusions and magic? Latest neuroscience research suggests that this is because the […]
Tim Dalgleish wins BPS Presidents' Award
Tim Dalgleish, Senior scientist at the CBU, has recently been awared the British Psychological Society’s Presidents’ Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychological Knowledge. The award is given to “a mid-career researcher currently engaged in research of outstanding quality in recognition of exceptional contributions to psychological knowledge”. Tim joins several previous winners with CBU connections, including current […]
Tim Dalgleish wins BPS Presidents’ Award
Tim Dalgleish, Senior scientist at the CBU, has recently been awared the British Psychological Society’s Presidents’ Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychological Knowledge. The award is given to “a mid-career researcher currently engaged in research of outstanding quality in recognition of exceptional contributions to psychological knowledge”. Tim joins several previous winners with CBU connections, including current […]
