MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences UnitOn behalf of the Medical Research Council (MRC) and the University of Cambridge, we are delighted to announce that Dr Camilla Nord has been appointed as a new Programme Leader Track Scientist at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit (MRC CBU) from 15 October 2021. Camilla will lead the new Mental Health Neuroscience Programme at the […]
Can neuroimaging tell us about hidden cognitive abilities in people with minimal speech?
A team of CBU scientists are developing a neural test that may be able to detect language comprehension in autistic people with minimal spoken language. The test uses EEG to measure children’s neural responses to spoken sentences. It relies on machine-learning algorithms to detect whether the brain responds differentially to sentences that are semantically correct […]
A unified neurocomputational bilateral model of spoken language production in healthy participants and recovery in post stroke aphasia
Language is a key human ability. When impaired (e.g., after stroke or neurodegeneration), patients are left with significant disability in their professional and everyday lives. These language problems (known as aphasia) are common – around one-third of the 10 million+ patients in the acute phase post stroke. Many patients show some degree of partial recovery […]
Mind over Matter: how hippocampal GABA enables inhibitory control over unwanted thoughts
We can’t always control what we think, for those with psychiatric disorders, this is especially challenging. Intrusive memories, flashbacks, and hallucinations are hallmark symptoms of a variety of mental health conditions. Although these symptoms are often attributed to problems with brain regions that help us inhibit unwanted thoughts—such as the prefrontal cortex—difficulties in controlling intrusive […]
Moving beyond narrow diagnoses with the help of brain networks
When kids struggle in school, one of the first steps toward getting them help is often labelling their difficulties with a formal diagnosis, like attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism, or dyslexia. But few children experience symptoms that fit neatly a single category – a complication that has hindered efforts to uncover the origin […]
Auditory-inspired algorithm to improve speech perception and reduce power consumption
Worldwide over 800,000 people with severe-to-profound hearing loss use a cochlear implant (CI) to perceive sound. CIs can be used by babies, who are born deaf, after just a few months up to the elderly who lost their hearing later in life. Despite ongoing research efforts, speech perception in noisy environments remains a major problem […]
Causes and individual effects for speech perception difficulties with cochlear implants
Cochlear implants (CIs) are neuroprostheses that can provide good speech perception in quiet listening situations, but often fail to do so in environments with interfering sounds (e.g. in a restaurant or classroom). Importantly, there is a lot of variability between CI listeners, and it remains unclear why some people do really well with CIs, while […]
A core cognitive operation in problem solving and intelligence
Tests of simple problem solving are important because they predict success in many real life activities, including education and work. Often they are called tests of fluid intelligence. Fluid intelligence is important in meeting many kinds of cognitive challenge, such as dealing with brain diseases, mental health conditions, or developmental or economic disadvantages. Evidently a […]
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