Every thought or action brings together different kinds of information.  If we go to the fridge for milk, we combine knowledge of the spatial layout of the kitchen, sensory input from the contents of the fridge, our goal of making tea and our knowledge of what tea requires, as well as the commands that move […]

In the past decade, scientists have been excited about new analytical methods, using machine learning, that allow us to track information coded in patterns of brain activity. We can use them to “read” out from brain activity what participants are looking at or paying attention to, or even what they are imagining. But are the […]

Increased prefrontal cortex activity during tasks such as encoding new memories is often observed in some healthy older adults, despite overall age-related declines in memory and other cognitive functions. This study compared two leading models of brain ageing: that the frontal cortex is either compensating for impairments elsewhere in the brain; or alternatively, that structural […]