Many congratulations to MRC CBU’s PhD student Rebecca Williams, who won the Commended Prize at the MRC Max Perutz Science Writing Awards. Rebecca’s writing piece was titled: ‘Apathy research: why should we bother?’ The award ceremony was held on Thursday 20 October. Rebecca said: “I am so thrilled to have been given the award, and […]
Complex role of expectancy on memory
It is important to understand the factors that affect what we remember. We often remember surprising events that are not expected based on our prior knowledge. However, we also remember events that conform to our expectations. A recent theory explains these paradoxical effects of prior knowledge (or “schemas”) by assuming that different memory systems support […]
Two MRC CBU PhD students shortlisted for MRC Max Perutz Science Writing Award
Huge congratulations to two of MRC CBU’s PhD students, Rebecca Williams and Natalia Zdorovtsova, who have both been shortlisted for the 2022 MRC Max Perutz Science Writing Award. The award aims to encourage and recognise outstanding written communication by MRC PhD students. The competition challenges students to explain why their research matters in 1,100 words […]
MRC CBU’s Prof. Rik Henson elected as a Fellow of the British Academy
Congratulations to Prof. Rik Henson, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, who has been elected this year as a Fellow of the British Academy: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/fellows/rik-henson-fba/ Rik said “This honour is of course a reflection of the great mentors I’ve had, the great colleagues I work with, and the unwavering support of my […]
Understanding the multidimensional cognitive deficits of IvPPA
The logopenic variant of primary progressive aphasia (lvPPA) is a rare neurodegenerative condition affecting the elderly. LvPPA is diagnosed based on a specific pattern of communication and language difficulties, which in turn arise from damage to a particular set of brain regions. The close relationship between these patterns of brain-behaviour changes has meant that lvPPA […]
Differential auditory and visual phase-locking are observed during audio-visual benefit and silent lip-reading for speech perception
Verbal communication in noisy environments is challenging, especially for hearing-impaired individuals. Seeing facial movements of communication partners improves speech perception when auditory signals are degraded or absent. The neural mechanisms supporting lip-reading or audio-visual benefit are not fully understood. In this study Máté Aller, Heidi Solberg Økland, Lucy J. MacGregor, Helen Blank, and Matthew H. […]
The Third Thumb Project at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition
The Third Thumb is a flexible 3D printed thumb extension for your hand developed by Dani Clode, designer in the Plasticity Lab (currently at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit (MRC CBU), previously at UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience). The Third Thumb is part of an exciting new neuroscientific research study. The Third Thumb […]
Recent review discussing angular gyrus function
Decades of neuropsychological and neuroimaging evidence have implicated the lateral parietal cortex (LPC) in a myriad of cognitive domains, generating numerous influential theoretical models. However, these theories fail to explain why distinct cognitive activities appear to implicate common neural regions. Scientists from the MRC CBU discuss a unifying model in which the angular gyrus forms […]
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