MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences UnitWe are pleased to announce that we will be holding a two-day workshop on representational similarity analysis (RSA) at the Medical Research Council Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit on February 16-17, 2015. The workshop will provide in-depth teaching of basic and advanced aspects of RSA. It will include (1) didactical introductions to this set of […]
Do you see what I see?
Researchers here at the CBU have revealed that the representations of objects we see in our environment are unique in each individual’s brain. CBU researchers Ian Charest and Nikolaus Kriegeskorte have just published a study which introduces the novel approach of individual representational similarity analysis based on neuroimaging data. In order to reveal the representations […]
MRC CEO awards – CBU scientist shortlisted
The MRC Chief Eexecutive Award Scheme recognises contributions from employees for outstanding effort and commitment to both their work and the MRC. For the third year running, a tremendous number of nominations have been received from across the organisation. This is a great achievement and recognition of the contribution made by staff to […]
Are we awake when we sleep?
Speech processing while unconscious: Sleep inhibits action but not preparation and meaning. In a team effort between the Medical Research Council Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit (Cambridge, UK) and the Laboratory of Cognitive and Psycholinguistics Sciences, Ecole Normale Superiore (Paris), part of what we are capable of while sleeping has been unravelled. People were asked […]
CBU student shortlisted for science writing award
CBU PhD student, Rebecca Beresford, has been shortlisted for the 2014 Max Perutz Science Writing Award. The MRC Max Perutz Award is now in its 17th year and encourages MRC-funded researchers to communicate their work to a wider audience. Since the competition started in 1998, hundreds of researchers have submitted entries and taken their first […]
CBU at the Fringe
CBU Scientist Tom Manly will be performing science-based stand-up comedy at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe. Tom will be performing as part of Bright Club Scotland taking to the stage at the Stand in the Square (Venue 372) at 3:40 on August 13th. Other acts include Carla Washbourne (environmental science and public policy), Suzanne McEndoo (quantum […]
Wellcome Trust Strategic Award for Tim Dalgleish
We have delighted to report that Tim Dalgleish and colleagues in Oxford and Exeter have been successful in their application for a large Wellcome Trust Strategic Award entitled entitled ‘Promoting Mental Health and Building Resilience in Adolescence: Investigating Mindfulness and Attentional Control’. This will fund work and staff to be based in Cambridge, and is a very […]
Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship awarded to Yaara Erez
Many congratulations to Yaara Erez, who has been awarded a Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship from the Royal Society. This gives Yaara up to five years of independent funding to pursue her work with us, following on from her previous support from EMBO. Yaara plans to combine multivariate analysis and computational modelling of single cell data from […]
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