In a recently published paper, in Frontiers in Phychology, titled “Deep Convolutional Neural Networks Outperform Feature-Based But Not Categorical Models in Explaining Object Similarity Judgments” (https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01726/full), MRC CBU’s Kamila Jozwik, Niko Kriegeskorte, Kate Storrs and Marieke Mur worked together to find out if deep nets are good models for explaining human cognition. We perceive and recognise […]

The ability to control thoughts is fundamental to our wellbeing.  When this capacity breaks down, it causes some of the most debilitating symptoms of psychiatric diseases: intrusive memories, images, hallucinations, ruminations, and pathological worry. These debilitating symptoms are widely believed to reflect, in part, the diminished engagement of the prefrontal cortex to stop unwanted mental […]

Do you think of yourself as a curious person? Are you interested in how people interact with each other? Do you sometimes think about the impact that our friends and family have on our wellbeing? Have you ever wondered what the brain does when we feel included or rejected by others? If so, join our […]

The project “Neuroscience in British Literature” is a new FENS awarded online history project, and is now available online: Neurobritlit.com The wonders of the human brain have captured the heart of many British authors. The tremendous knowledge that has been accumulated in the field of neuroscience over the past centuries has inspired, and continues to […]

A study carried out last year by Melissa Wake (Murdoch Childrens Research Institute) and her team including Professor Susan Gathercole (MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit) has been awarded a place in the National Health and Medical Research Council’s (NHMRC) Ten of the Best 2016 for ‘Achieving in the classroom’. The study tested the potential […]

As any parent will have noticed, cognitive abilities such as language, reasoning and memory develop at a remarkable pace during childhood and adolescence. One of the most striking findings in psychology is that almost all such cognitive abilities are positively related – That is, on average, people who are better at skill A (e.g. reasoning) […]