MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences UnitWe are delighted to confirm the 2nd MRC CBU Open Science Day Workshop will take place on Tuesday 20 November 2018. The workshop will be held in the Lecture Theatre at the MRC CBU, University of Cambridge, 15 Chaucer Road, CB7 2EF. Please see here for Unit directions (no on-site parking is available): How to […]
Forward models demonstrate that repetition suppression is best modelled by local neural scaling
Inferring neural mechanisms from functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is challenging because the fMRI signal integrates over millions of neurons. One approach is to compare computational models that map neural activity to fMRI responses, to see which best predicts fMRI data. Scientists, including MRC CBU’s Rik Henson, Arjen Alink and Huna Abdulrahman, use this approach to […]
Chaucer Club Seminars – Michaelmas Term 2018
The Chaucer Club Seminar schedule for Michaelmas 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 No parking is available at the MRC […]
Wednesday Lunchtime Seminars – Michaelmas Term 2018
The Wednesday Lunchtime Seminar programme for Michaelmas 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 […]
New protocol paper out now for The HARMONIC Transdiagnostic Treatment Trial
Anxiety, mood and trauma-related disorders are common, affecting up to 20% of adults. Many of these individuals will experience symptoms of more than one disorder as diagnostically defined. However, most psychological treatments focus on individual disorders and are less effective for those who experience comorbid disorders. The new protocol paper from CBU scientists, Tim Dalgleish, […]
International SYT1 case series links neurotransmission speed to cognition
In 2015, Kate Baker and colleagues published the first report of a child with severe disability and a mutation in Synaptotagmin 1 (SYT1). SYT1 is the critical molecular trigger for fast, synchronous neurotransmitter release, highlighting an important new mechanism for developmental disorders. Following this first case report, genomic testing laboratories around the world began to […]
Although visual short-term memory gets worse with age, strategies to improve it might not
Remembering things we have recently seen, in visual short-term memory, allows us to piece together the visual world and to perform many other tasks that are critical to everyday life. Cognitive scientists have shown that we don’t just remember items in isolation, but also their relationship to their context, which improves memory. We are also capable […]
Mid-life activities protect old-age cognition against brain decline
The concept of “cognitive reserve” has been used to explain why some people maintain their cognitive abilities in old age despite normal age-related atrophy of their brains. 205 retired people aged 66-88 from the Cambridge Centre for Ageing and Neuroscience (www.cam-can.com) performed a cognitive test of IQ, had a brain scan and completed a questionnaire […]
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