Cognition and the Brain Seminar Series

First-year graduate students at the MRC CBU, including MPhils in Cognitive Neuroscience and pure research MPhils and PhDs, are required to attend our series of advanced seminars in cognitive neuroscience, covering topics from memory to emotion to artificial intelligence in cognitive neuroscience. This series is taught by senior scientists at the MRC CBU and will provide a broad overview of cutting-edge research in cognitive neuroscience.

Please note – this is a teaching course exclusively for first-year graduate students from the MRC CBU and the University Departments of Psychology & Psychiatry. If you are not in these groups but would like to attend please contact grad-admin [@] mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk to seek permission.

Cognition and the Brain Lectures

Lectures will last 90 minutes, beginning at 15:00, except where noted.

	Date	Time	Lecturer		Lecture
1	07-Oct-25	12:00	Dr	Camilla Nord	Introduction to cognition and the brain
2	07-Oct-25		Prof	Matt Lambon Ralph	Semantic cognition
3	08-Oct-25		Prof	Tamar Makin	Cortical reorganisation
4	14-Oct-25		Dr	Charlotte Garcia	Basic Mechanisms of Auditory Perception Acoustically and with Cochlear Implants
5	15-Oct-25		Dr	Francois Guerit	The sense of hearing: consequences of its loss and opportunities with AI & technology
6	21-Oct-25		Dr	Tim Dalgleish	Affective disorders
7	22-Oct-25		Dr	Matt Davis	Computational Cognitive Neuroscience of Speech Understanding
8	28-Oct-25		Prof	John Duncan	Intelligence, executive function, and the brain
9	29-Oct-25		Dr	Mike Anderson	Memory Suppression
10	03-Nov-25		Dr	Kate Baker	Genomic Disorders and Cognitive Development
11	05-Nov-25		Prof	Duncan Astle	Generative network models and systems neuroscience
12	11-Nov-25		Dr	Camilla Nord	Computational psychiatry and brain-body interactions
13	12-Nov-25		Prof	Rik Henson	The cognitive neuroscience of human memory
14	18-Nov-25		Dr	Thomas Cope	How do neuroscientific concepts of memory help in a clinical context?
15	19-Nov-25		Dr	Tom Manly	Neuropsychology and neuropsychological rehabilitation
16	25-Nov-25		Dr	Kamila Jóźwik	Cognitive computational neuroscience of vision: combining behaviour, neuroimaging, and biologically-inspired deep learning
17	26-Nov-25		Prof	Alexandra Woolgar	Brain mechanisms of flexible cognitive control
	02-Dec-25			No lecture (revision)
	03-Dec-25			No lecture (revision)
	04-Dec-25			20-question multiple choice assessment