New results reported by Medical Research Council Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit and University of Cambridge researchers raise interesting questions about possible benefits of left-handedness. Approximately 1 in 10 of us are left-handed. Whilst the brains of left- and right- handed people are generally organized along similar lines, one reported difference is in a Ventral […]
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The forgetful side effect of frequent recall
A study run here at the Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit in Cambridge has shown how intentional recall is beyond a simple reawakening of a memory; and actually leads us to forget other competing experiences that interfere with retrieval. Quite simply, the very act of remembering may be one of the major reasons why we […]
Human brains age less than previously thought
Older brains may be more similar to younger brains than previously thought. A new study from BBSRC-funded researchers at the Medical Research Council’s Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit and the University of Cambridge has shown that changes in the ageing brain previously observed using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) – one of the standard ways […]