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Spotlight on children | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/spotlight-on-children1 Nov 2018: We take a life course and multidisciplinary approach to the problem: from a child’s genes and clinical development in the womb, through the neuroscience and psychology of learning disorders, to -
“With this vial, we could potentially feed the entire planet”
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/growing-meat7 Nov 2018: I have just come from a meeting with Dr Mark Kotter in the Department of Clinical Neurosciences. -
Academy of Medical Sciences announces 2018 Fellowships | University…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/academy-of-medical-sciences-announces-2018-fellowships10 May 2018: Professor Peter Hutchinson, Department of Clinical Neurosciences. Professor Jonathan Mant, Department of Public Health and Primary Care. -
The Cambridge Series at Hay Festival | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/public-engagement/the-cambridge-series-at-hay-festival20 Mar 2018: Paul Fletcher is Bernard Wolfe Professor of Health Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge. -
Inside the mind of a young person | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/inside-the-mind-of-a-young-person15 Nov 2018: Read more here. -
Inside the mind of a young person
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/young-minds15 Nov 2018: Professor Usha Goswami from the Centre for Neuroscience in Education is working on a game that could help children with dyslexia, for example. ... The teenagers were scanned as part of the NeuroScience in Psychiatry Network (NSPN), set up in 2012 by -
Cambridge Festival of Ideas launches today | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/cambridge-festival-of-ideas-launches-today15 Oct 2018: Synaesthesia and art: dance of light is a two-part lecture about the neuroscience of synaesthesia - the phenomenon that describes linkages in the brain, which give rise to multi-sensory experiences -
Research Horizons
https://www.cam.ac.uk/system/files/issue_37_research_horizons.pdf9 Oct 2018: Cambridge; research; children; mental health; education; school; language; learning difficulties; play -
Bridging the divide: philosophy meets science | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/bridging-the-divide-philosophy-meets-science12 Jul 2018: We were an experiment for this.”. Dr De Haan looked at the connections between cognitive neuroscience, psychology and philosophy for his strand of the project. -
Scientists link genes to brain anatomy in autism | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/scientists-link-genes-to-brain-anatomy-in-autism26 Feb 2018: Previous studies have reported differences in brain structure of autistic individuals. However, until now, scientists have not known which genes are linked to -
“With this vial, we could potentially feed the entire planet” |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/with-this-vial-we-could-potentially-feed-the-entire-planet8 Nov 2018: Search. Search. “With this vial, we could potentially feed the entire planet”. Research. “With this vial, we could potentially feed the entire planet”.. The text in this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International -
Study finds that genes play a role in empathy | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/study-finds-that-genes-play-a-role-in-empathy12 Mar 2018: Empathy has two parts: the ability to recognize another person’s thoughts and feelings, and the ability to respond with an appropriate emotion to someone -
Why we just can't stop eating: the complex truth behind obesity | …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/why-we-just-cant-stop-eating-the-complex-truth-behind-obesity23 Jul 2018: Britain has seen a dramatic transformation in recent years in its attitude towards food. We have gone from being a country ridiculed for its bland, carb-heavy -
Brain training app helps reduce OCD symptoms, study finds |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/brain-training-app-helps-reduce-ocd-symptoms-study-finds23 Oct 2018: The culture—like no other—embraces novel ideas, even if outlandish and far-fetched on the surface,” says Baland Jalal, a neuroscientist at the Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Institute and PhD -
How incurable mitochondrial diseases strike previously unaffected…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/how-incurable-mitochondrial-diseases-strike-previously-unaffected-families15 Jan 2018: Professor Patrick Chinnery, from the MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit and the Department of Clinical Neurosciences at the University of Cambridge, said: “We know that these devastating mitochondrial mutations can pop up -
A healthy lifestyle cuts stroke risk, irrespective of genetic risk |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/a-healthy-lifestyle-cuts-stroke-risk-irrespective-of-genetic-risk25 Oct 2018: Professor Hugh Markus from the Department of Clinical Neurosciences at University of Cambridge says: “This drives home just how important a healthy lifestyle is for all of us, even those without -
Marmoset study gives insights into loss of pleasure in depression |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/marmoset-study-gives-insights-into-loss-of-pleasure-in-depression4 Dec 2018: regions is causally responsible,” says Professor Angela Roberts from the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge. -
The stresses and strains of work and unemployment | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/the-stresses-and-strains-of-work-and-unemployment26 Jun 2018: When I ask Dr Adam Coutts what we know about the impact of unemployment on health, his response is blunt and to the point: “It’s very bad.” There’s a pause -
Gardeners and carpenters: the ‘skill’ of parenting | University of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/gardeners-and-carpenters-the-skill-of-parenting8 Nov 2018: Professors Claire Hughes and Paul Ramchandani have spent their adult lives studying children. Both are fascinated by the complicated jigsaw of early child -
‘Mini-placentas’ could provide a model for early pregnancy |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/mini-placentas-could-provide-a-model-for-early-pregnancy28 Nov 2018: Development and Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge. -
European research network aims to tackle problematic internet use |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/european-research-network-aims-to-tackle-problematic-internet-use9 Oct 2018: As the internet has become an integral part of modern life and its use has grown, so too has its problematic use become a growing concern across all age -
Loneliness is contagious – and here's how to beat it | University …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/loneliness-is-contagious-and-heres-how-to-beat-it16 Jul 2018: Loneliness is a common condition affecting around one in three adults. It damages your brain, immune system, and can lead to depression and suicide. Loneliness -
Scientists discover the secrets behind the cuttlefish’s 3D…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/scientists-discover-the-secrets-behind-the-cuttlefishs-3d-invisibility-cloak15 Feb 2018: and Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge. -
Electronic device implanted in the brain could stop seizures |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/electronic-device-implanted-in-the-brain-could-stop-seizures29 Aug 2018: The researchers, from the University of Cambridge, the École Nationale Supérieure des Mines and INSERM in France, implanted the device into the brains of mice, -
Research Horizons
https://www.cam.ac.uk/system/files/issue_36_research_horizons.pdf11 Jun 2018: The equations that feed Kymata range in complexity from the relatively simple – those that were written in the 1930s and take little account of physiology or neuroscience – to equations like those -
Many cases of dementia may arise from non-inherited DNA ‘spelling…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/many-cases-of-dementia-may-arise-from-non-inherited-dna-spelling-mistakes15 Oct 2018: A team of researchers led by Professor Patrick Chinnery from the Medical Research Council (MRC) Mitochondrial Biology Unit and the Department of Clinical Neurosciences at the University of Cambridge hypothesised that -
Mental health disorders: risks and resilience in adolescence |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/mental-health-disorders-risks-and-resilience-in-adolescence10 Oct 2018: The teenagers were scanned as part of the NeuroScience in Psychiatry Network (NSPN), set up in 2012 by Professor Ian Goodyer from the Department of Psychiatry with funding from the Wellcome -
Calcium may play a role in the development of Parkinson’s disease |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/calcium-may-play-a-role-in-the-development-of-parkinsons-disease19 Feb 2018: The international team, led by the University of Cambridge, found that calcium can mediate the interaction between small membranous structures inside nerve -
Brain cholesterol associated with increased risk of Alzheimer’s…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/brain-cholesterol-associated-with-increased-risk-of-alzheimers-disease7 May 2018: The international team, led by the University of Cambridge, have found that in the brain, cholesterol acts as a catalyst which triggers the formation of the -
Young children use physics, not previous rewards, to learn about…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/young-children-use-physics-not-previous-rewards-to-learn-about-tools23 Feb 2018: The findings of the study, based on the Aesop’s fable The Crow and the Pitcher, help solve a debate about whether children learning to use tools are genuinely -
How could multilingualism benefit India’s poorest schoolchildren? |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/how-could-multilingualism-benefit-indias-poorest-schoolchildren20 Nov 2018: The crowded and bustling streets of Delhi teem with life. Stop to listen and, above the din of rickshaws, taxis and buses, you’ll hear a multitude of -
Living with artificial intelligence: how do we get it right? |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/living-with-artificial-intelligence-how-do-we-get-it-right28 Feb 2018: This has been the decade of AI, with one astonishing feat after another. A chess-playing AI that can defeat not only all human chess players, but also all -
Advances in brain imaging settle debate over spread of key protein in …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/advances-in-brain-imaging-settle-debate-over-spread-of-key-protein-in-alzheimers5 Jan 2018: observe,” says Dr Thomas Cope from the Department of Clinical Neurosciences at the University of Cambridge, the study’s first author. -
New brain mapping technique highlights relationship between…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/new-brain-mapping-technique-highlights-relationship-between-connectivity-and-iq2 Jan 2018: In recent years, there has been a concerted effort among scientists to map the connections in the brain – the so-called ‘connectome’ – and to understand how -
Mechanism behind neuron death in motor neurone disease and…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/mechanism-behind-neuron-death-in-motor-neurone-disease-and-frontotemporal-dementia-discovered20 Apr 2018: Dr Giovanna Lalli, from Wellcome’s Neuroscience and Mental Health team, said: “Motor neurone disease and frontotemporal dementia are devastating diseases that affect thousands of people across the UK, resulting in -
Women with polycystic ovary syndrome more likely to have a child with …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/women-with-polycystic-ovary-syndrome-more-likely-to-have-a-child-with-autism1 Aug 2018: PCOS affects about one in ten women and is caused by elevated levels of the hormone testosterone. It is associated with fluid-filled sacs (called follicles) in -
Study in mice suggests personalised stem cell treatment may offer…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/study-in-mice-suggests-personalised-stem-cell-treatment-may-offer-relief-for-progressive-ms22 Feb 2018: lead author of the study from the Department of Clinical Neurosciences at the University of Cambridge. ... After completing a PhD in Clinical Neurosciences here he is now a Wellcome Trust Research Training fellow. -
Sense of control and meaning helps protect women from anxiety, study…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/sense-of-control-and-meaning-helps-protect-women-from-anxiety-study-suggests24 Apr 2018: The study, published today in BMJ Open, found that women who had these traits did not have anxiety, even if they were living in the most deprived -
Artificial intelligence is growing up fast: what’s next for thinking…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/artificial-intelligence-is-growing-up-fast-whats-next-for-thinking-machines6 Feb 2018: We are well on the way to a world in which many aspects of our daily lives will depend on AI systems. Within a decade, machines might diagnose patients with -
Cambridge team develops technique to ‘listen’ to a patient’s brain…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cambridge-team-develops-technique-to-listen-to-a-patients-brain-during-tumour-surgery16 Oct 2018: Yaara’s background is in Computer Science and Psychology. She spent several years as a software developer before deciding to pursue a PhD in neuroscience, and she is now a Royal ... We can and we should use our knowledge from basic neuroscience to -
Identification of brain region responsible for alleviating pain could …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/identification-of-brain-region-responsible-for-alleviating-pain-could-lead-to-development-of-opioid27 Feb 2018: The team, led by the University of Cambridge, have pinpointed an area of the brain that is important for endogenous analgesia – the brain’s intrinsic pain -
Selective amnesia: how rats and humans are able to actively forget…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/selective-amnesia-how-rats-and-humans-are-able-to-actively-forget-distracting-memories7 Nov 2018: The human brain is estimated to include some 86 billion neurons (or nerve cells) and as many as 150 trillion synaptic connections, making it a powerful machine -
Scientists generate key life event in artificial mouse ‘embryo’…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/scientists-generate-key-life-event-in-artificial-mouse-embryo-created-from-stem-cells23 Jul 2018: The team, led by Professor Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz at the University of Cambridge, previously created a much simpler structure resembling a mouse embryo in -
Mother’s attitude towards baby during pregnancy may have implications …
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/mothers-attitude-towards-baby-during-pregnancy-may-have-implications-for-childs-development12 Jun 2018: Researchers at the Centre for Family Research carried out a meta-analysis, reviewing all published studies in the field, in an attempt to demonstrate -
Study of learning and memory problems in OCD helps young people…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/study-of-learning-and-memory-problems-in-ocd-helps-young-people-unlock-their-potential-at-school22 Jan 2018: OCD in children and adolescents is a distressing condition, which is often chronic and persists into adulthood. Almost 90% of these young patients have -
Over half a million people take part in largest ever study of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/over-half-a-million-people-take-part-in-largest-ever-study-of-psychological-sex-differences-and12 Nov 2018: Working with the television production company Channel 4, they tested over half a million people, including over 36,000 autistic people. The results are -
Scientists develop mouse ‘embryo-like structures’ with organisation…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/scientists-develop-mouse-embryo-like-structures-with-organisation-along-bodys-major-axes3 Oct 2018: disease. Earlier in the year, the group led by Professor Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz at the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge reported embryo-like structures capable
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