You can now pre-register your interest to attend the Cognitive Neuroscience Skills Training In Cambridge (COGNESTIC) at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit in Cambridge on 19-30 September 2022. We will provide researchers with training in state-of-the-art methods for neuroimaging and neurostimulation.  Our tutors are experts using and developing MRI, fMRI, EEG/MEG and TMS […]

We are delighted to announce that the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit (MRC CBU), has been awarded Silver status in the Green Impact award from the University of Cambridge. The Green Impact is the University’s environmental accreditation scheme, which supports and encourages departments and colleges across the University in reducing environmental impacts. The Green […]

Congratulations to Dr Amy Orben from the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, who has been announced as the winner of the 2022 UK Reproducibility Network Dorothy Bishop Prize. The award recognises Early Career Researchers achievements and contributions to open research. Amy received the prize at the UKRN Annual Meeting on 11 […]

We are very pleased to announce that Dr Ajay Halai  from the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, has been announced as the winner of the Elizabeth Warrington Prize 2022, by the British Neuropsychological Society.  The Elizabeth Warrington Prize is awarded annually on the basis of distinguished work in neuropsychology by a […]

Girls and boys might be more vulnerable to the negative effects of social media use at different times during their adolescence, say an international team of scientists. In a study published in Nature Communications, a team of researchers, led by Dr Amy Orben, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, show that, in […]

Congratulations to Tamar Makin on receiving her ERC Consolidator Award. The funding supports mid-career researchers and helps them consolidate their teams and conduct pioneering research on topics and with methods of their choosing. Tamar said: “Robotic motor augmentation is a new research domain that employs methodologies originally designed for purely restorative purposes (e.g., prosthetic limbs) […]