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.

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

Many congratulations to MRC CBU’s PhD student Annalise Whines, who won the runner-up prize at the MRC Max Perutz Science...
05/12/2025

Many congratulations to MRC CBU’s PhD student Annalise Whines, who won the runner-up prize at the MRC Max Perutz Science Communication Awards in the video category. Annalise’s video was titled ‘Does motivation change across the menstrual cycle?’

Annalise said: “I’m thrilled to have been awarded the runner-up prize and to be able to publicly share my research on how the menstrual cycle affects mental health - an important topic that remains too often overlooked.”

The full list of shortlisted articles have now been published and can be read/watched here. Annalise’s’ video is linked on page13: https://www.ukri.org/publications/mrc-max-perutz-science-writing-award-2025/

What if it’s not about having “too much” or “too little” empathy, but about the balance between understanding and sharin...
01/12/2025

What if it’s not about having “too much” or “too little” empathy, but about the balance between understanding and sharing others’ emotions? A new paper review empathic disequilibrium in autism and mental health, moving beyond deficit-oriented narratives: https://ow.ly/PAN750XzTUX

Researchers from MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit and University of Cambridge showed that the brain stays in the ad...
25/11/2025

Researchers from MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit and University of Cambridge showed that the brain stays in the adolescent phase until our early thirties. Find out more in the BBC article 👉 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgl6klez226o

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