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  2. Cambridge ReseARch Trail

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    Thumbnail for Cambridge ReseARch Trail 14 Mar 2024: access. While you're on the Downing Site to the Department of Psychology and learn about brain waves and the work of Professor Zoe Kourtzi who's work aims to understand
  3. University A-Z | University of Cambridge

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    24 Jan 2013: for Academic Clinical Fellowships). Clinical Veterinary Medicine - seeCognition and Brain Sciences Unit, MRC - see MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit. ... Speech, Language and the Brain, Centre for, Department of Psychology. Staff Development -
  4. Useful links | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/public-engagement/information-for-staff-and-students/useful-links
    11 Feb 2013: University of Cambridge courses and Admissions Cambridge Admissions Office Institute of Continuing Education University of Cambridge Strategy and Policy The
  5. How to tell a missile from a pylon: a tale of two cortices |…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/how-to-tell-a-missile-from-a-pylon-a-tale-of-two-cortices
    Thumbnail for How to tell a missile from a pylon: a tale of two cortices | University of Cambridge 2 Oct 2014: Andrew Welchman. Now, researchers at the University of Cambridge have identified the two regions of the brain involved in these two tasks – picking out objects from background noise and identifying the ... These results show that training in clear
  6. Changing our minds | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/changing-our-minds
    25 Sep 2007: In particular, new techniques have recently emerged that combine functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) with experimental psychology. ... fMRI is used to view the structure of the brain and show the relationship between physical changes (such as
  7. Tuning into brainwave rhythms speeds up learning in adults

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/brainwavelearning
    Thumbnail for Tuning into brainwave rhythms speeds up learning in adults 31 Jan 2023: Each brain has its own natural rhythm, generated by the oscillation of neurons working together,” said Prof Zoe Kourtzi, senior author of the study from Cambridge’s Department of Psychology. ... Dr Elizabeth Michael tweaks the experiment at the
  8. Scientists find that the impact of social media on wellbeing varies…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/scientists-find-that-the-impact-of-social-media-on-wellbeing-varies-across-adolescence
    Thumbnail for Scientists find that the impact of social media on wellbeing varies across adolescence | University of Cambridge 28 Mar 2022: The researchers are from the University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, and the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour. ... Professor Rogier Kievit, Professor of Developmental Neuroscience at the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition,
  9. Horizons

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/system/files/horizons_issue_40.pdf
    19 Nov 2020: Professor Sarah-Jayne BlakemoreDepartment of Psychology. Humans are inherently social. The parts of the brain that enable us to recognise the mental states, feelings and actions of others develop throughout adolescence –
  10. The impulsive brain | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/the-impulsive-brain
    31 May 2001: Now researchers at the University of Cambridge's Department of Experimental Psychology have discovered some of the underlying brain systems probably responsible for such impulsive behaviour. ... Its work spans human experimental psychology, sensory and
  11. Projects funded through the Public Engagement Starter Fund |…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/public-engagement/information-for-staff-and-students/public-engagement-starter-fund/projects-funded-through-the-public-engagement-starter-fund
    5 Mar 2020: 2019. Dr Aude Belin-Rauscent. Psychology. £610. Become a neurosurgeon and learn the procedure used to implant life changing deep brain stimulating electrodes! ... 2019. Dr Tanja Fuchsberger. Psychology. £1350. Memories - how they come and go, or
  12. A step towards solving the enduring puzzle of ‘infantile amnesia’ |…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/a-step-towards-solving-the-enduring-puzzle-of-infantile-amnesia
    Thumbnail for A step towards solving the enduring puzzle of ‘infantile amnesia’ | University of Cambridge 29 Nov 2014: In seeking to understand how the brain develops its remarkable capacity for episodic memory, cognitive psychologists have tended to explain amnesia for early lives by arguing that our first experiences have ... A team led by Professor James Russell from
  13. Using AI to tackle society's biggest challenges

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/AI-deas-launch
    Thumbnail for Using AI to tackle society's biggest challenges 5 Feb 2024: Brain diseases and mental health disorders are taking a toll on people throughout their lives. ... This project will use the latest advances in AI to better understand brain health and disease.
  14. Dancing becomes brain science | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/dancing-becomes-brain-science
    11 Nov 2004: Search. Search. Dancing becomes brain science. News. Dancing becomes brain science.. ... Dr Rosaleen McCarthy, a cognitive neuropsychologist at the Department of Experimental Psychology is working alongside choreographer Wayne McGregor and his team of
  15. Problems with ‘pruning’ brain connections linked to adolescent mental …

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/problems-with-pruning-brain-connections-linked-to-adolescent-mental-health-disorders
    Thumbnail for Problems with ‘pruning’ brain connections linked to adolescent mental health disorders | University of Cambridge 24 Apr 2023: Search. Search. Problems with ‘pruning’ brain connections linked to adolescent mental health disorders. ... Dr Tianye Jia from the Institute of Science and Technology for Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Fudan University, Shanghai, China and the
  16. R E S E A R C H HORIZONS ...

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/system/files/issue_4_research_horizons.pdf
    16 Jan 2023: Because of its inverted structure, lighthas to pass through several cells in theretina before it reaches thephotoreceptor cells that capture theimage and transmit it to the brain. ... Professor Friedrich Lösel, Director ofthe Institute of Criminology
  17. From Antarctica to the Universe: the Cambridge Festival 2022

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/cambridgefestival2022
    Thumbnail for From Antarctica to the Universe: the Cambridge Festival 2022 28 Feb 2022: More on AI in medicine as Dr Duncan Astle from the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Professor Zoe Kourtzi from the Department of Psychology and Mr Stephen Price from the ... the role of neuroinflammation - inflammation in the brain - in diseases
  18. Annual Disability Lecture launched | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/annual-disability-lecture-launched
    21 May 2003: Previously Professor of Cognitive Developmental Psychology at the Institute of Child Health, University College London. ... Professor Goswami's appointment is intended to strengthen psychology in the Faculty of Education, which hopes eventually to offer
  19. Scientists find ‘hidden brain signatures’ of consciousness in…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/scientists-find-hidden-brain-signatures-of-consciousness-in-vegetative-state-patients
    Thumbnail for Scientists find ‘hidden brain signatures’ of consciousness in vegetative state patients | University of Cambridge 16 Oct 2014: Search. Search. Scientists find ‘hidden brain signatures’ of consciousness in vegetative state patients. ... Dr Tristan Bekinschtein from the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit and the Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge, adds:
  20. Reading in an age of digital distraction | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/reading-in-an-age-of-digital-distraction
    Thumbnail for Reading in an age of digital distraction | University of Cambridge 3 May 2019: After all, a number of their employees have PhDs in Psychology,” he says. ... The idea draws from neuroscience - research showing the brain’s ability for neuroplasticity and therefore how our behaviours are to some degree mouldable.
  21. The psychology of gambling | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/the-psychology-of-gambling
    Thumbnail for The psychology of gambling | University of Cambridge 1 Apr 2007: Previous research has shown a reliable pattern of brain activity when humans receive monetary wins. ... More subtle chemical imbalances in this brain region may accompany the transition from regular gambling to problem gambling.
  22. Research Horizons

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/system/files/issue_36_research_horizons.pdf
    11 Jun 2018: Psychology and the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit have set out to do. ... the brain – a decision that has courted much debate on the wisdom of funding something so inherently difficult.
  23. Women’s brains are hardwired differently to men, or are they? |…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/womens-brains-are-hardwired-differently-to-men-or-are-they
    16 Mar 2011: Is there a female brain?’ will be led by Melissa Hines, Professor of Psychology at the University of Cambridge. ... Melissa Hines is a professor specialising in gender development, with a particular interest in how hormones shape brain development and
  24. Major new study into brain ageing | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/major-new-study-into-brain-ageing
    Thumbnail for Major new study into brain ageing | University of Cambridge 25 May 2010: Search. Search. Major new study into brain ageing. Research. Major new study into brain ageing.. ... Professor Lorraine Tyler. The funding has been awarded to a team from public health, clinical neurosciences and psychology at the University of Cambridge
  25. Can old brains learn new tricks? | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/can-old-brains-learn-new-tricks
    Thumbnail for Can old brains learn new tricks? | University of Cambridge 1 Sep 2007: In the Centre for Speech, Language and the Brain (CSLB) in the Department of Experimental Psychology, researchers are working to understand the relationship between neural ageing and cognitive ageing. ... Speech, Language and the Brain at the Department
  26. Cabaret: Science of Sex, Drugs, and Rock’‘n'Roll | University of…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/cabaret-science-of-sex-drugs-and-rocknroll
    15 Mar 2007: In 2006 he was part of the psychology team analyzing the housemates' body language on Channel 4's Big Brother's Big Brain.
  27. University of Cambridge research magazine issue 25

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/system/files/issue_25_research_horizons.pdf
    13 Oct 2014: Neuroscientists refer to the brain’s ‘plasticity’ in explaining this ability to restructure and learn new things, continually building on previous patterns of neuronal interactions. ... The brain can use previous experience of similar cues to be
  28. Cambridge Ideas - The Music In Me | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cambridge-ideas-the-music-in-me
    Thumbnail for Cambridge Ideas - The Music In Me | University of Cambridge 31 Mar 2011: The studies have been led by Dr Jason Rentfrow, from the Universities Department of Social and Developmental Psychology, who is conducting ongoing research into the links between personality and musical
  29. Third William Pitt Seminar - “The Narratives of Risk” | University of …

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/third-william-pitt-seminar-the-narratives-of-risk
    16 Oct 2008: Dr Luke Clark, from the Department of Experimental Psychology will speak about the interactions between brain mechanisms and gambling decisions.
  30. Extra testosterone reduces your empathy | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/extra-testosterone-reduces-your-empathy
    Thumbnail for Extra testosterone reduces your empathy | University of Cambridge 10 Feb 2011: The study has important implications for the androgen theory of autism (testosterone is an androgen) and confirms earlier rodent research that shows that testosterone organizes very early brain development in a ... This suggests testosterone levels in
  31. University of Cambridge Research magazine issue 22

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/system/files/issue_22_research_horizons.pdf
    26 Sep 2013: For this reason, we think the brain groups together different aspects of sounds using prior experience of their characteristic statistical structure. ... said Turner, who is working with hearing experts Professor Brian Moore at the Department of
  32. The Cambridge Science Festival: tickets to book before they’re gone | …

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/the-cambridge-science-festival-tickets-to-book-before-theyre-gone
    Thumbnail for The Cambridge Science Festival: tickets to book before they’re gone | University of Cambridge 3 Feb 2017: In Engineering Solutions To Medical Problems, Ewen Kellar covers 3D printing body parts, supergluing the brain and making artificial tendons out of racing car fibres (UTC Cambridge, 26 March). ... Mums can discover how ‘in tune’ they are with their
  33. Cambridge Ideas - Bird Tango | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cambridge-ideas-bird-tango
    Thumbnail for Cambridge Ideas - Bird Tango | University of Cambridge 11 Nov 2010: As an accomplished dancer in her own right she has fused her passions by collaborating with Rambert Dance Company to produce a Darwinian inspired ballet called
  34. Clever crows and dancing duets | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/clever-crows-and-dancing-duets
    Thumbnail for Clever crows and dancing duets | University of Cambridge 1 May 2008: She is now also embarking on similar studies in young children with Dr Jim Russell in the Department of Experimental Psychology. ... These incredibly productive collaborations hold great promise for our future understanding of the workings of the brain
  35. Seven Cambridge academics elected as Fellows of The British Academy | …

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/seven-cambridge-academics-elected-as-fellows-of-the-british-academy
    16 Jul 2009: His research also extends to studying the psychology of sex differences in humans and the role of foetal testosterone in neurocognitive development. ... His research uses a variety of different methods including cognitive psychology, studies of brain
  36. University of Cambridge Research Horizons Issue 12

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/system/files/issue_12_research_horizons.pdf
    12 May 2010: In Focus: 22–23The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council. Features 24–34Beliefs, predictions and 24shortcuts in the deceitful brain. ... These new buildings are paralleled by refurbishments of existing stock: theHerchel Smith
  37. Keeping track of reality | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/keeping-track-of-reality
    Thumbnail for Keeping track of reality | University of Cambridge 5 Oct 2011: It is exciting to think that these individual differences in ability might have a basis in a simple brain folding variation. ... It is exciting to think that these individual differences in ability might have a basis in a simple brain folding variation.
  38. BA Festival of Science arrives in Norwich | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/ba-festival-of-science-arrives-in-norwich
    31 Aug 2006: Other topics range from popular psychology (including a scientific approach to helping people look on the bright side!) to nutrigenomics and mammoth hunting in Norfolk. ... Lessons from cancer'; Kay-Tee Khaw from Clinical Gerontology on the subject of
  39. Education investment needs to be sustained to halt widening…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/education-investment-needs-to-be-sustained-to-halt-widening-inequality-say-cambridge-experts
    Thumbnail for Education investment needs to be sustained to halt widening inequality, say Cambridge experts | University of Cambridge 24 Mar 2015: References:. (1) Blakemore, Sarah‐Jayne, and Suparna Choudhury. "Development of the adolescent brain: implications for executive function and social cognition."Journal of child psychology and psychiatry 47, no.
  40. Ageing affects test-taking, not language, study shows | University of …

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/ageing-affects-test-taking-not-language-study-shows
    Thumbnail for Ageing affects test-taking, not language, study shows | University of Cambridge 12 May 2016: Karen Campbell. Scientists from the Cambridge Centre for Ageing and Neuroscience (Cam-CAN) scanned participants during testing and found that the areas of the brain responsible for language performed just as ... The research, published in the Journal of
  41. Is there any such thing as the female brain? | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/is-there-any-such-thing-as-the-female-brain
    Thumbnail for Is there any such thing as the female brain? | University of Cambridge 22 Jun 2011: But is this because of differences in brain-wiring or because of continuing social inequalities? ... At Women’s Word - a festival of literature, debate and discussion taking place at Lucy Cavendish College this weekend – Melissa Hines, Professor of
  42. Your brain might not be as ‘old’ as you think | University of…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/your-brain-might-not-be-as-old-as-you-think
    Thumbnail for Your brain might not be as ‘old’ as you think | University of Cambridge 9 Mar 2015: Kamen Tsvetanov. How ‘old’ is your brain? Put another way, how ‘aged’ is your brain? ... In other words, neuroscientists may have been overestimating age differences in brain activity in previous fMRI studies.
  43. Beliefs, predictions and shortcuts in the deceitful brain |…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/beliefs-predictions-and-shortcuts-in-the-deceitful-brain
    Thumbnail for Beliefs, predictions and shortcuts in the deceitful brain | University of Cambridge 1 May 2010: If our brain tried to represent everything as accurately as possible, we would be paralysed by information. ... and Trevor Robbins in the Department of Experimental Psychology, and Professor O’Rahilly in the IMS.
  44. Mechanisms of real-time speech interpretation in the human brain

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/mechanisms-of-real-time-speech-interpretation-in-the-human-brain-revealed
    Thumbnail for Mechanisms of real-time speech interpretation in the human brain revealed | University of Cambridge 30 Sep 2019: Search. Search. Mechanisms of real-time speech interpretation in the human brain revealed. ... The way our brain enables us to understand what someone is saying, as they’re saying it, is remarkable.
  45. People can ‘beat’ guilt detection tests by suppressing incriminating…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/people-can-beat-guilt-detection-tests-by-suppressing-incriminating-memories
    Thumbnail for People can ‘beat’ guilt detection tests by suppressing incriminating memories | University of Cambridge 3 Jun 2013: Dr Zara Bergstrom, formerly with the University of Cambridge and currently a lecturer in cognitive psychology at the University of Kent and principal investigator on the research, said: “Brain activity guilt ... Dr Jon Simons, of the Department of
  46. The educational neuroscience of dyslexia and dyscalculia | University …

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/the-educational-neuroscience-of-dyslexia-and-dyscalculia
    Thumbnail for The educational neuroscience of dyslexia and dyscalculia | University of Cambridge 1 Jan 2010: Staff are trained in a variety of disciplines, spanning psychology, education, medicine, linguistics and physics. ... Whenever a child (or adult) is thinking or feeling, tiny electrical changes occur in the brain.
  47. Near misses are like winning to problem gamblers | University of…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/near-misses-are-like-winning-to-problem-gamblers
    Thumbnail for Near misses are like winning to problem gamblers | University of Cambridge 4 May 2010: In particular, the study found strong responses in the midbrain, an area that is packed with dopamine-releasing brain cells. ... The study also found the near misses were linked with increased activity in a brain region called the ventral striatum, an
  48. Mothers’ and babies’ brains ‘more in tune’ when mother is happy |…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/mothers-and-babies-brains-more-in-tune-when-mother-is-happy
    Thumbnail for Mothers’ and babies’ brains ‘more in tune’ when mother is happy | University of Cambridge 17 Dec 2019: Leong in the University of Cambridge’s Department of Psychology, who led the study. ... Reference. Santamaria, L. et al: Emotional valence modulates the topology of the parent-infant inter-brain network.
  49. ‘Gut feelings’ help make more successful financial traders |…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/gut-feelings-help-make-more-successful-financial-traders
    Thumbnail for ‘Gut feelings’ help make more successful financial traders | University of Cambridge 19 Sep 2016: In economics and finance most models analyse conscious reasoning and are based on psychology. ... We should refocus on the body, or more exactly the interaction between body and brain.
  50. Noises off: the machine that rubs out noise | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/noises-off-the-machine-that-rubs-out-noise
    Thumbnail for Noises off: the machine that rubs out noise | University of Cambridge 2 Oct 2013: For this reason, we think the brain groups together different aspects of sounds using prior experience of their characteristic statistical structure. ... said Turner, who is working with hearing experts Professor Brian Moore at the Department of
  51. ‘Map’ of teenage brain provides strong evidence of link between…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/map-of-teenage-brain-provides-strong-evidence-of-link-between-serious-antisocial-behaviour-and-brain
    Thumbnail for ‘Map’ of teenage brain provides strong evidence of link between serious antisocial behaviour and brain development | University of Cambridge 16 Jun 2016: Luca Passamonti. In a study published today in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, researchers used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) methods to look at the brain structure of male adolescents ... of the brain,” says Dr Graeme Fairchild, who

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