MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit

MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit For further details, please see our website. The Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit (www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk).

The MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit is a leading research centre for advancing understanding of human cognition such as memory, attention, perception, language and emotion. A leading cognitive neuroscience institution based in Cambridge UK, with a mission to improve human health and enhancing our understanding of cognition. Formerly the Applied Psychology Unit, the CBU is funded by the Medical Research Council and is home to well over 100 scientists, visitors and PhD students.

Do novel experiences shortly before or after learning improve memory for what was learned? They don’t according to Raza ...
05/02/2026

Do novel experiences shortly before or after learning improve memory for what was learned?
They don’t according to Raza et al., but simply resting might.
Read about novel VR experiences versus wakeful rest as ways to improve memory: https://doi.org/10.1177/17470218251346156

Do metabolic rewards drive action?New study by Fleming et al. finds they shape preferences but not behaviour – a surpris...
02/02/2026

Do metabolic rewards drive action?

New study by Fleming et al. finds they shape preferences but not behaviour – a surprising dissociation with implications for understanding metabolic interoception in health and disease.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2025.109187

You still have two weeks to register for COGNESTIC, 14-25 September 2026. We provide training in state-of-the-art method...
15/01/2026

You still have two weeks to register for COGNESTIC, 14-25 September 2026. We provide training in state-of-the-art methods for neuroimaging analysis and great opportunities for professional networking, especially for early-career researchers. For more info:
https://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/events/cognestic-2026/

Congratulations to Dr Lewis Owens, leading CBU supporter and fundraiser, on his MBE in the New Year’s Honours List. Thor...
02/01/2026

Congratulations to Dr Lewis Owens, leading CBU supporter and fundraiser, on his MBE in the New Year’s Honours List. Thoroughly deserved for his amazing amount of fundraising, volunteering and charitable work over so many years.

Season's Greetings!From all at the MRC CBU 🎄☃️🎅
25/12/2025

Season's Greetings!
From all at the MRC CBU 🎄☃️🎅

Huge congratulations to MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit's Charlotte Garcia for receiving the “Outstanding Contribu...
10/12/2025

Huge congratulations to MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit's Charlotte Garcia for receiving the “Outstanding Contributions to EDI in the Workplace” award at yesterday’s School of Clinical Medicine EDI event! So well-deserved.

New paper introduces a novel way to study brain degeneracy: we identify group of people with distinct neural activation ...
09/12/2025

New paper introduces a novel way to study brain degeneracy: we identify group of people with distinct neural activation but similar task performance and demographics – showing that multiple brain activation patterns can support the same cognitive outcome: https://ow.ly/sX9O50XG7RM

Apathy is a common symptom in a wide range of conditions – with limited treatment. In this opinion article, we highlight...
09/12/2025

Apathy is a common symptom in a wide range of conditions – with limited treatment. In this opinion article, we highlight a novel approach to apathy based on a reduction in confidence on action outcomes, and include testable hypotheses at a cognitive and neuroanatomical level: https://www.cell.com/trends/neurosciences/fulltext/S0166-2236(25)00223-1

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