As we go about our lives, we experience a continuous stream of information. Yet when thinking about the past, we remember it as discrete events – ‘I attended a meeting’; ‘I went to see a movie’. How is our continuous experience transformed into these separate memories? Research has shown that people naturally segment experience into […]

The best psychological ‘talking therapy’ for depression is Cognitive Behavioural Therapy – commonly referred to as ‘CBT’. Although CBT helps with depression, around half of people who complete a course of CBT still have depressive symptoms. It is therefore vitally important that we improve psychological therapies like CBT so that more people can beat depression. […]

We are delighted to confirm the 2nd MRC CBU Open Science Day Workshop will take place on Tuesday 20 November 2018. The workshop will be held in the Lecture Theatre at the MRC CBU, University of Cambridge, 15 Chaucer Road, CB7 2EF. Please see here for Unit directions (no on-site parking is available): How to […]

Inferring neural mechanisms from functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is challenging because the fMRI signal integrates over millions of neurons. One approach is to compare computational models that map neural activity to fMRI responses, to see which best predicts fMRI data. Scientists, including  MRC CBU’s Rik Henson, Arjen Alink and Huna Abdulrahman, use this approach to […]

The Chaucer Club Seminar schedule for Michaelmas term 2018 is now available. Talks are free to attend and are open to all. Please note – spaces are limited and all seats are allocated on first-come, first-served basis. You can find the programme and further details here: Chaucer Club No parking is available at the MRC […]

The Wednesday Lunchtime Seminar programme for Michaelmas term 2018 is now available. Talks are free to attend and are open to all. Please note – spaces are limited and all seats are allocated on first-come, first-served basis. You can find the programme and further details here: WLTS No parking is available at the MRC Cognition […]

Anxiety, mood and trauma-related disorders are common, affecting up to 20% of adults. Many of these individuals will experience symptoms of more than one disorder as diagnostically defined. However, most psychological treatments focus on individual disorders and are less effective for those who experience comorbid disorders. The new protocol paper from CBU scientists, Tim Dalgleish, […]

Remembering things we have recently seen, in visual short-term memory, allows us to piece together the visual world and to perform many other tasks that are critical to everyday life. Cognitive scientists have shown that we don’t just remember items in isolation, but also their relationship to their context, which improves memory. We are also capable […]