MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit
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MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit
@mrccbu
The MRC CBU (Uni of Cam) is a leading research Unit for advancing understanding of human cognition such as memory, attention, perception, language & emotion.
Cambridge, UK
mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk
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    MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit
    @mrccbu
    Oct 28, 2021
    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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    MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit
    @mrccbu
    Aug 12, 2021
    A neuroimaging meta-analysis providing a new perspective on the way language is organised in the brain doi.org/10.1016/j.neur… @vicki_h1854 @beckyJ_1989
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    MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit
    @mrccbu
    Apr 11, 2023
    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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    MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit
    @mrccbu
    Oct 15, 2021
    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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    MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit
    @mrccbu
    Mar 14, 2022
    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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    MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit
    @mrccbu
    Jun 24, 2019
    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/d4158…
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    MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit
    @mrccbu
    Dec 18, 2018
    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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    MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit
    @mrccbu
    Mar 4, 2020
    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/2020/03/a… @CamNeuro @BPSOfficial
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    MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit
    @mrccbu
    Aug 12, 2020
    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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    MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit
    @mrccbu
    Jul 25, 2022
    Congratulations to @mrccbu's @rikhens, who has been elected this year as a Fellow of the British Academy 👏
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    The British Academy
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    Jul 22, 2022
    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/record-nu…
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    MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit
    @mrccbu
    Mar 28, 2022
    New paper - Good Scientific Practice in MEEG Research: Progress and Perspectives: ow.ly/S7uX50ItLuj @NeuroImage_EiC
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    MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit
    @mrccbu
    Jan 19, 2022
    Stopping unwanted thoughts and actions share a common inhibitory control mechanism in the brain: doi.org/10.1038/s41467… ow.ly/Z42l50HxNN2
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    MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit
    @mrccbu
    Jan 10, 2024
    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/s4200…
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    MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit
    @mrccbu
    Dec 4, 2020
    The MRC CBU looking as beautiful as ever, with the smattering of snow this morning! 🌨 ☃ ❤️ #snow #cambridgesnow #cambridge
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