MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences UnitWe are delighted to announce that Kate Baker has joined the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit (MRC CBU) as a new Programme Leader Track scientist in February 2018. She will be leading a new programme investigating genomic disorders and cognitive development. Kate joins us from the Department of Medical Genetics at the University of […]
MRC CBU Science Night – 2018 Cambridge Science Festival
Making sense of the mind and brain As part of the 2018 Cambridge Science Festival (12th – 25th March), the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit (MRC CBU) will be hosting another in-house Science Night, exploring parts of the various research programmes being carried out at the Unit. This will be held on: Wednesday 14th […]
Do we need language to think? Damage to executive brain regions causes fluid intelligence loss, but damage to language regions doesn’t
What is the neural basis for complex thought? Philosophers, psychologists and cognitive scientists have long argued over whether or not our ability to think depends on our language system. Fluid intelligence, measured by tests of novel problem solving, is proposed to depend on a set of frontal and parietal ‘multiple-demand’ (MD) brain regions which are […]
Successful workshop on state-of-the-art oscillatory brain stimulation held at the MRC CBU
Rhythmic brain activity (neural oscillations) may be a crucial part of how our brain processes sensory information, remembers and makes decisions. Nevertheless, there is relatively little evidence that demonstrates a causal rather than an epiphenomenal role for these oscillations. Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and transcranial electrical stimulation (TES) are two important methods for perturbing or […]
Brain oscillations causally modulate neural responses to speech
Rhythmic electrical activity in the brain (neural oscillations) has been shown to align to the rhythm of speech, particularly when listeners successfully understand sentences. However, it remains unknown whether these oscillations truly cause successful speech processing, or are only a commonly-associated epiphenomenon. In a recent publication in Current Biology, Benedikt Zoefel, Alan Archer-Boyd, and Matt […]
Wednesday Lunchtime Seminars – Lent Term 2018
The Wednesday Lunchtime Seminar programme for Lent 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 […]
Chaucer Club Seminars – Lent term 2018
The Chaucer Club Seminar programme for Lent 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-Seminars No parking is available at the MRC Cognition […]
‘Rising Star’ Award
Congratulations to MRC CBU’s Rogier Kievit for being selected as an APS Rising star of 2017. ‘The APS Rising Star designation is presented to outstanding psychological scientists in the earliest stages of their research careers post-PhD’. Rogier said: “It’s an honour to be selected for this award. APS has been at the forefront of improving […]
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