Congratulations to MRC CBU’s Dr Amy Orben, Programme Leader Track Scientist, who has been announced as a finalist for the MRC Early Career Impact Award. Amy has been shortlisted for her hard work for multiple, innovative contributions to open science, reproducibility and research cultures in her early career phase, championing early-career researchers, and improving scientific […]
Lack of computer access linked to poorer mental health in young people during COVID-19 pandemic
Cambridge researchers have highlighted how lack of access to a computer was linked to poorer mental health among young people and adolescents during COVID-19 lockdowns. The team found that the end of 2020 was the time when young people faced the most difficulties and that the mental health of those young people without access to […]
Rebecca Williams awarded commended prize at MRC Max Perutz Science Writing Awards
Many congratulations to MRC CBU’s PhD student Rebecca Williams, who won the Commended Prize at the MRC Max Perutz Science Writing Awards. Rebecca’s writing piece was titled: ‘Apathy research: why should we bother?’ The award ceremony was held on Thursday 20 October. Rebecca said: “I am so thrilled to have been given the award, and […]
Complex role of expectancy on memory
It is important to understand the factors that affect what we remember. We often remember surprising events that are not expected based on our prior knowledge. However, we also remember events that conform to our expectations. A recent theory explains these paradoxical effects of prior knowledge (or “schemas”) by assuming that different memory systems support […]
Two MRC CBU PhD students shortlisted for MRC Max Perutz Science Writing Award
Huge congratulations to two of MRC CBU’s PhD students, Rebecca Williams and Natalia Zdorovtsova, who have both been shortlisted for the 2022 MRC Max Perutz Science Writing Award. The award aims to encourage and recognise outstanding written communication by MRC PhD students. The competition challenges students to explain why their research matters in 1,100 words […]
MRC CBU’s Prof. Rik Henson elected as a Fellow of the British Academy
Congratulations to Prof. Rik Henson, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, who has been elected this year as a Fellow of the British Academy: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/fellows/rik-henson-fba/ Rik said “This honour is of course a reflection of the great mentors I’ve had, the great colleagues I work with, and the unwavering support of my […]
Understanding the multidimensional cognitive deficits of IvPPA
The logopenic variant of primary progressive aphasia (lvPPA) is a rare neurodegenerative condition affecting the elderly. LvPPA is diagnosed based on a specific pattern of communication and language difficulties, which in turn arise from damage to a particular set of brain regions. The close relationship between these patterns of brain-behaviour changes has meant that lvPPA […]
The Third Thumb Project at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition
The Third Thumb is a flexible 3D printed thumb extension for your hand developed by Dani Clode, designer in the Plasticity Lab (currently at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit (MRC CBU), previously at UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience). The Third Thumb is part of an exciting new neuroscientific research study. The Third Thumb […]
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