The MRC CBU (Uni of Cam) is a leading research Unit for advancing understanding of human cognition such as memory, attention, perception, language & emotion.
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On behalf of the Medical Research Council and the University of Cambridge, we are delighted to announce that Dr Amy Orben (@OrbenAmy) has been appointed as a Programme Leader Track Scientist at @mrccbu. She will commence her role on 1 Nov 2021.
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A neuroimaging meta-analysis providing a new perspective on the way language is organised in the brain
doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage…
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We are delighted that @camillalnord has been awarded a £1.5 million Wellcome Career Development Award at @mrccbu and @psychiatry_ucam to investigate the neural mechanisms of bodily symptoms in neuropsychiatric conditions @wellcometrust. ow.ly/mSch50NFHca
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On behalf of the Medical Research Council and the University of Cambridge, we are delighted to announce that Dr Camilla Nord (@camillalnord) has been appointed as a new Programme Leader Track Scientist at the @mrccbu from 15 October 2021.🎉1/5
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On behalf of the Medical Research Council and the University of Cambridge, we are delighted to announce that Prof. Tamar Makin @PlasticityUCL has been appointed as a new Programme Leader at @mrccbu, and will commence her role on 1 June 2022
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Also, many congratulations to @mrccbu's Rogier Kievit (@rogierK) on being named as a Rising Star in Nature’s Top Ten world-wide life sciences institutions. Very well deserved!🎉
nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
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Huge congratulations to @mrccbu’s Prof. Sue Gathercole who has been elected as a fellow of the highly prestigious Association for Psychological Science (@PsychScience). Very well deserved!
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Many congratulations to @mrccbu’s Amy Orben (@OrbenAmy) who has been honoured with the British Psychological Society’s Award for Outstanding Doctoral Research.🎉
mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/blog/2020/…
@CamNeuro @BPSOfficial
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MRC CBU scientist @DuncanAstle receives a prestigious Opportunity Award from the @JSMF, along with collaborators @SueReviews and @DanAkarca. They will use the award to build an evidence base, alongside new formal models, that captures complexity in child development.
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Congratulations to @mrccbu's @rikhens, who has been elected this year as a Fellow of the British Academy 👏
We are delighted to welcome 85 leading academics to our Fellowship, including a record number of women representing a range of specialisms from education and social stratification to the interface of law and technology. See the full list: thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news…
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New paper - Good Scientific Practice in MEEG Research: Progress and Perspectives: ow.ly/S7uX50ItLuj @NeuroImage_EiC
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Stopping unwanted thoughts and actions share a common inhibitory control mechanism in the brain: doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-2…
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An fMRI/MEG study using RSA & representational connectivity analyses suggests that semantic information makes a rapid & distinct contribution to visual object recognition that is linked to feedback activity from the anterior temporal lobes: nature.com/articles/s42003-0…
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The MRC CBU looking as beautiful as ever, with the smattering of snow this morning! 🌨 ☃ ❤️
#snow #cambridgesnow #cambridge
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Come down to the @royalsociety's #summerscience exhibition in #London and try out the @plasticity_lab's Third Thumb!
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Last week the @mrccbu hosted a very special Festschrift for Prof. John Duncan FBA FRS, who has recently retired after 45 dedicated years at the Unit.
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Huge congratulation to @MoatazAssem, who has been awarded the prestigious Wellcome Trust Early Career Award to investigate working memory brain circuits @mrccbu 👏
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Happy #LGBTSTEMDay!🏳️🌈On this day, we're celebrating the great work & achievements of members of the LGBT+ community in #neuroscience here @mrccbu.
Thread of research by our colleagues featured in this pic, resources, & details on our great LGBT+ in Science virtual seminar👇🥳
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Modelling suggests that reduced fMRI responses to repeated stimuli arise from scaling, rather than sharpening, of neural tuning curves. nature.com/articles/s41467-0… @rikhens #fMRI
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Fantastic opportunities to study here at the @mrccbu
Full details can be found on our website:
mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/studentshi…
#studentships #cambridgestudentships
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Congratulations to @mrccbu's @rogierK for being selected as an APS Rising star 2017! psychologicalscience.org/red…
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Congratulations to Tamar Makin @plasticity_lab on receiving her ERC Consolidator Award 🎉 See our website for more information: ow.ly/Tkch50ImpKO
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Congratulations to @mrccbu's @OrbenAmy, who has been recruited to the @DCMS College of Experts. Amy’s expertise will help advise policymakers and she will support DCMS with its work to drive growth & enrich lives: bit.ly/3uooJ76
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@mrccbu are delighted to announce that Professor Matthew Lambon-Ralph has been appointed as the next Director of the Unit from 1 September 2018. He will take over from the current Director, Professor Susan Gathercole, who will be stepping down in August: ow.ly/SYuq30jo631
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We are happy to announce Cognitive Neuroimaging Skills Training In Cambridge (#COGNESTIC) @mrccbu, on 18-29 Sep 2023. We will provide training in state-of-the-art methods for open neuroimaging analysis and related methods. Please visit mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/cognestic-… more information.
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Gladys West is a mathematician whose work on the mathematical modelling of the shape of the Earth later became GPS (Global Positioning System). Her ground-breaking work was not officially recognised until 2018.
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#Pride #lgbtSTEM
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Which brain networks do we need to understand challenging sentences? It depends on the whether words are difficult to perceive or have ambiguous meanings. Work from @Lucy_MacG of @mrccbu with @DrMattDavis @ev_fedorenko @JenniRodd @BeckyAGilbert @jneurolang
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It's our 75th Anniversary this year + we'll be sharing some pics to celebrate!🎉
Kenneth Craik,1938 (left,who would later become our 1st Director), conducting experiments on visual adaption,w/ Oliver L. Zangwill acting as the participant.@The_MRC #75thAnniversary #CBU75 #75Years
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Congratulations to our Director Susan Gathercole who has been awarded an OBE #BirthdayHonours @The_MRC
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New paper: A neuroanatomical and cognitive model of impaired social behaviour in frontotemporal dementia: doi.org/10.1093/brain/awae04…
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Then and now. The main house of @mrccbu circa early 50s, and today! What amazing science this place has witnessed over the decades.📸 @The_MRC #75thAnniversary #CBU75 #75years #throwbackthursday
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In this review, @rogierk shows how cognitive abilities affect each other during sensitive windows in development 👇
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Research by David Howett, Rik Henson & Dennis Chan, University of Cambridge, in collaboration with researchers at UCL, has shown that virtual reality (VR) can identify early Alzheimer's disease more accurately than 'gold standard' cognitive tests used now: ow.ly/Cmr050urFvK
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Happy #PrideMonth! 🎉🏳️🌈Becky is a @wellcometrust @royalsociety Henry Dale Fellow who studies computational models of brain function in neurodevelopmental conditions such as autism.
@PrideinStem
@CamNeuro
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📢Fantastic opportunities to study here at the
@mrccbu!
Application Portal is now open!👇
mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/studentshi…
#studentships #cambridgestudentships
ALT Details of PhD opportunities at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, starting October 2021.
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Happy #LGBTSTEMDay! Shraddha Kaur is a PhD student and @Gates_Cambridge Scholar at the @mrccbu. Her work explores how we update our memory in the short term, so that we can keep track of information relevant to our current goals. @sk1601 @PrideinSTEM @CamNeuro
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A review: "The complex neurobiology of resilient functioning after childhood maltreatment" 👇
bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.co…
@ioannik23 @ioannik23 @rogierK @DrAnneLaura
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Congratulations to @mrccbu's @OrbenAmy who has been awarded a UKRI £1.9m Future Leaders Fellowship.
Amy will use this to enhance her research into social media and teenage mental health. 👏
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Huge congratulations to not only @mrccbu's Director, Prof. Matt Lambon Ralph, but also Prof. Tim Dalgeish (@TimDalgleish) who have been elected as new fellows to the Academy of Medical Sciences. Very well deserved! 🍾
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Happy #LGBTSTEMDay! @DuncanAstle is a Programme Leader at the @mrccbu . His research team explore brain development in childhood, and how this can go awry in children who struggle to learn. @PrideinSTEM @CamNeuro mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/people/dun…
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Applications open!
@mrccbu warmly welcome PhD, MPhil & MSc applications from UK and Overseas individuals interested in mental health, child development, ageing, dementias, neurological & sensory disorders or basic cognitive neuroscience.
mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/study-with…
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The Mental Health Neuroscience Programme (@camillalnord @quentindercon @AliciaJ_Smith @HugoFleming_ Sara Mehrhof & Alec Sargood) investigates brain-body mechanisms of mental health conditions to develop+improve treatments. See review w/@DrSFink #MHAW cell.com/trends/cognitive-sc…
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Belonging in School is a new, FREE educator resource about developing inclusive policies. Join our launch celebration on 20th Sept for the details. All welcome! bitly.ws/RSK3
👉Mail 'inclusive-education-subscribe (at) mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk' to be notified of release!
ALT Cartoon-style image in tones of blue and yellow shows several primary school children reading in their classroom in different positions. One is reading alone at a table, two laughing together over a book on the floor, another is upside down on a beanbag. Another child works with a teacher at the table. Headline text at top in blue block letters reads “Belonging in School”. Smaller block text below reads “A new free resource to support planning inclusive school policies. Launching September 2023!”. A wavy oval outline in bottom right corner surrounds text reading “Join us online or in Cambridge!”
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Many congratulations to Prof. Karalyn Patterson who has been awarded the @The_BNPA medal for her outstanding work on language disorders, especially semantic dementia. Very well deserved! 🎉#WomenInScience #WomenInStem #InternationalWomensDay #IWD2019 #IWD #DementiaResearch
So excited and delighted to hear my great friend, mentor and inspiration Prof Karalyn Patterson of @mrccbu give @The_BNPA medal lecture.
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Happy #LGBTSTEMDay! Today we are celebrating diversity in science: Becky is a @wellcometrust @royalsociety Henry Dale Fellow who studies computational models of brain function in neurodevelopmental conditions such as autism. @PrideinStem @CamNeuro
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Congratulations to all the @mrccbu staff and students who created and delivered the BrainBus project, which has won the BNA award for public engagement of neuroscience! 🎉
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The @mrccbu wouldn't be the same without its fantastic staff, students and collaborations from around the world #ScienceIsGlobal
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Looking to do a PhD? Come and join us at the @mrccbu. Check out the poster below and our website for full details. Applications now open!
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Congratulations to @mrccbu’s @OrbenAmy, who has been announced as the winner of the 2022 UK Reproducibility Network Dorothy Bishop Prize: ow.ly/QpNT50IHgyk
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Happy International #WomenInScience Day!
Left: @mrccbu 1952, Muriel Woodhead, #researching effects of noise on #decisionmaking.
Right: Latest recruit, Rachel Elliott researching links between #memory + #depression. #75years #CBU75 #75thAnniversary #WomenInSTEM #MondayMotivation
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New paper out now in Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology @APA, @TimDalgleish, @MJBlack_psych, David Johnston & Anna Bevan introduce a special issue they have co-edited on Transdiagnostic Approaches to Mental Health. psycnet.apa.org/record/2020-… @CPFT_Research
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Want to know more about semantic control?
Out now 💥
A meta-analytic review of current controversies by @mrccbu's @beckyJ_1989 👇
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
#semanticcognition #semanticcontrol #ALEmetaanalysis #executiveprocessing #wednesdaywisdom
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The Third Thumb is part of an exciting new neuroscientific research study from the @plasticity_lab, based at the @mrccbu, @Cambridge_Uni and in collaboration with the @UCL_ICN, UCL. 1/4
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Happy #LGBTSTEMday! Camilla is a cognitive neuroscientist at the University of Cambridge. She works with brain imaging, brain stimulation, and computational modelling to develop and improve treatments for mental health disorders. @CamNeuro @PrideinSTEM
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Many congratulations to Matt Lambon Ralph, @mrccbu Director, for being elected as a Fellow of the @BritishAcademy_today, in recognition of achievements in humanities and social sciences. 👏
thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news…
The full list of Fellows can be read here: mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/blog/2019/…
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Applications now open to our Master’s in Cognitive Neuroscience, an innovative course combining cutting-edge teaching & deep research experience in a cognitive neuroscience lab mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/study-with…
Sign up to a webinar on 20th Sept to find out more – pgstdnt.medschl.cam.ac.uk/pr…
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Happy #LGBTSTEMDay! 🏳️🌈Today we are celebrating diversity in science: Becky is a @wellcometrust @royalsociety Henry Dale Fellow who studies computational models of brain function in neurodevelopmental conditions such as autism. @PrideinStem @CamNeuro
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The winner of our brain drawing competition at the @mrccbu Open Day. Very well done Lisa, age 6; a great effort! 😀🎉👏
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@mrccbu staff get-together to celebrate the end of an era. Sue, you have been a great Director; an inspiration to all!
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Fluid intelligence drops with age. This may be partly due to reduced frontoparietal brain activity, but buffered by varied physical exercise.
New paper by @mrccbu's @djmitch81 et al:
doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.01…
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New paper!
Contrary to evidence from cross-sectional data, longitudinal data show that education does not slow brain aging 👇
pnas.org/content/118/18/e210…
@rikhens @ethanknights @rogierK
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We are pleased to announce that @mrccbu has transferred to the @Cambridge_Uni Clinical School and is now an @The_MRC University Unit.
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We thank everyone for the many wonderful supportive messages about the MRC CBU 🙏
It is important to clarify the current situation: The MRC will shift from direct Unit funding to new long-term Centres of Research Excellence = partnership model between universities and the MRC
Next year our Unit @mrccbu in Cambridge will be 80 years old (mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/history/). Sadly, the UK MRC has decided to now close all its units and our funding ends in 2027 so it’s the end of an era for the CBU as we know it. 1/n
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Here are just some of the inspirational women working together at the @mrccbu 💪💁♀️#IWD2018 #internationalwomensday2018
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Happy International Women's Day 2019! From all of us at the @mrccbu 💪#IWD #IWD2019 #WomenInScience #WomenInStem #InternationalWomensDay
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Congratulations to @_c_hitchcock, who was awarded an ESRC New Investigator Grant, and has started a great new study to discover if a new autobiographical memory-based technique will help people suffering from #depression get the most out of #CBT. mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/blog/2018/…
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Happy #LGBTSTEMDay! 🏳️🌈@camillalnord is a neuroscientist working with @TimDalgleish at the @mrccbu developing new approaches to understanding & treating mental health disorders using brain imaging, brain stimulation, and computational modelling. @CamNeuro @PrideinSTEM
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Happy #LGBTSTEMDay! 🏳️🌈@DuncanAstle is a Programme Leader at the @mrccbu. His research team explore brain development in childhood, and how this can go awry in children who struggle to learn. @PrideinSTEM @CamNeuro mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/people/dun…
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Please join us for another #CBUMethodsDay at the @mrccbu: imaging.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/me… on February 7th. We have over 20 short talks on methodological innovations and new application in brain imaging, brain stimulation, behavioural research and web-based experiments. 1/2
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Huge congratulations to @mrccbu's Prof. Rik Henson (@rikhens) on this fantastic achievement! 🎉 Very well deserved.
#BNA2019 AGM: delighted to announce Professor Richard (Rik) Henson @rikhens as our new President-Elect. Congratulations Rik! 🍾 Exciting times ahead! See more about Rik here: buff.ly/2KHXnUe @CamBrainCNS @mrccbu @Cambridge_Uni
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Fantastic opportunities to study here at the @mrccbu! 👇
Application Portal is now open for 2020 intake.
Deadline 3rd Dec 2019.
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Happy #LGBTSTEMDay! 🏳️🌈
@camillalnord is a neuroscientist working with @TimDalgleish at the @mrccbu developing new approaches to understanding & treating mental health disorders using brain imaging, brain stimulation, and computational modelling.
@CamNeuro
@PrideinSTEM
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The way that parents communicate with their children predicts child intelligence – even correcting for the parent’s education, income and IQ: ow.ly/N1Hf50NFKEZ
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We now have just over 20,000 followers!!🎉🥳🙌
Thank you one and all, and if you want to know more about our research, events, & how to participate in our studies, do check out our website.😎
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mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk
#brainresearch #CBU75 #75thAnniversary
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Today we take occupancy of the new extension to the MRC CBU, named the South Pole! It has been designed to provide the space to take in even more talented researchers to investigate cognition and the brain, how it changes across the lifespan. #SouthPole #NewBuild
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Many congratulations to our friend and colleague,
Prof. Karalyn Patterson, for winning this very prestigious award! 🎉 An inspiration to many, and very well deserved.
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#suffragescience #WomenInSTEM
The interview is brilliant too 👇
We are thrilled to announce the next Life Sciences awardee 2020.
Congratulations to Karalyn Patterson of @Cambridge_Uni
Read more about Karalyn in this interview:
suffragescience.org/post/kar…
#SuffrageScience #womeninSTEM
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You can now pre-register your interest to attend the Cognitive Neuroscience Skills Training In Cambridge (COGNESTIC) @mrccbu between 19-30 September 2022. You can find more information here:
mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/conference…
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Come and see Edwin's 3D-printed brain at our Open Day on 15th June! 🧠
Full details of the day here: mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/blog/2019/…
All welcome!
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A common brain mechanism enables stopping unwanted actions and thoughts. #selfcontrol #memory @dcdace @Memory_Control @CambridgeFTD nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
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At the @mrccbu we would like to make a statement regarding the death of George Floyd in the USA and the #BlackLivesMatter movement. 1/8 Please see thread.
#BLM #BMLUK
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The angular gyrus is engaged by autobiographical recall not object-semantics, or event-semantics #semantics #neuroscience #angulargyrus: doi.org/10.1162/imag_a_00116
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In new work published in @NatMachIntell today, @mrccbu scientists use a newly developed artificial neural network to show how many features we observe in brains across species are caused by their shared functional, structural & energetic constraints - nature.com/articles/s42256-0…
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Happy #PrideMonth! 🎉🏳️🌈@DuncanAstle is a Programme Leader at the @mrccbu. His research team explore brain development in childhood, and how this can go awry in children who struggle to learn.
mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/people/dun…
@PrideinSTEM
@cambridgelgbt
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Happy #PrideMonth! 🎉🏳️🌈
Over the next couple of days, we'll be highlighting the incredible research from some of our @mrccbu-ers from the #LGBT+ Community.
Watch this space...😃🏳️🌈
@PrideinSTEM
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New paper that reviews the nature of the AG in episodic and semantic memory, and other things.
By @mrccbu's Gina Humphreys, Matt Lambon Ralph, and @CambPsych's Jon Simons (@js_simons).
doi.org/10.1016/j.tins.2021.…
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Happy International Women's Day from all at the MRC CBU @mrccbu
#IWD #IWD2024 #InternationalWomensDay
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Happy #PrideMonth!🎉🏳️🌈 Camilla Nord is a cognitive neuroscientist at @Cambridge_Uni. She works with brain imaging, brain stimulation, and computational modelling to develop and improve treatments for mental health disorders.
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@CamNeuro
@PrideinSTEM
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Global topology of human connectome is insensitive to early life environments – A prospective longitudinal study of the general population: doi.org/10.1111/desc.13490
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Former CBU PI Ian Robertson retires (in far-from-retiring style) at Trinity College Dublin Festschrift today!
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Applications open today @mrccbu
We welcome applications from UK and Overseas individuals who wish to do research on mental health, child development, ageing and dementias, neurological and sensory disorders or basic cognitive neuroscience
See mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/studentshi…
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