Cognitive segmentation and fluid intelligence Fluid intelligence tests are important because the ability to solve these problems is broadly predictive of success in many kinds of cognitive activity.  It remains uncertain which aspects of cognition determine performance on these tests.  To address this question, a CBU group modified a traditional fluid intelligence test, matrix reasoning, […]

Phonics works. New research suggests that sounding out words is the best way to teach reading Researchers from Royal Holloway, University of London and the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit (CBU) in Cambridge have published a paper in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, contributing to an intense debate about how best to teach […]

Social Pain and social gain in the adolescent brain: A common neural circuitry Previous research has shown that negative social feedback activates regions of the brain associated with processing of physical pain, giving rise to the idea of a brain circuit that processes social pain. This new study examined whether they process any socially important […]

Structural connectivity and patterns of gene expression provide insight into the mechanisms that may lead to the cognitive effects of a single-gene mutation Neurodevelopmental disorders are difficult to investigate because various biological causes may lead to the clusters of behaviours that are grouped within a diagnostic category. Focusing on neurodevelopmental disorder with a genetic origin […]