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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.

27/07/2026

A new study extends research on autobiographical memory processing to two novel domains in adolescents, finding that positive biases in memory processing were associated with good mental health, while these biases were reduced in adolescents at risk of affective disorder: doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.70191

23/07/2026

Jung, Lambon Ralph and colleagues report an 8057 patient ALE meta-analysis for structural and functional neuroimaging across bvFTD, nfvPPA, SD/svPPA and lvPPA: doi.org/10.1093/braincomms/fcag223

20/07/2026

New publication by Lihua shows that bilingualism may protect against longitudinal decline of episodic memory, though many other effects of bilingualism can depend on ethnicity and gender: doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/72rd4_v1

15/07/2026

New protocol paper (https://doi.org/10.37349/en.2026.1006138) describing Phases 4-5 of the Cam-CAN study of healthy ageing, led by Ina Demetriou Includes MRI and MEG data up to 14 years after baseline. Data available soon on https://cam-can.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/dataset/

13/07/2026

Chan, Robinson and Lambon Ralph explore the neural and cognitive bases of creative thought: doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2026.06.022

29/06/2026

A multiple-demand or cognitive control network in well known in the human brain. Using an on-screen maze, we directly compare brain activity in human and macaque. Both species show demand-related activation in lateral and medial frontal, parietal and temporo-occipital cortex: doi.org/10.7554/eLife.111502.1

25/06/2026

The Genomics and Mental Health Research Day was held to great success – providing a forum to share insights, identify gaps in knowledge, and shape future research priorities.

Read more about the event here: www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/blog/2026/06/genomics-and-mental-health-research-day-2026/

23/06/2026

Does signed prediction error influence declarative memory? This recent study takes a closer look - replicating prior findings, but uncovering an alternative explanation along the way!
Doi.org/10.3758/s13421-026-01864-8

02/06/2026

Questionnaires need to be relevant and accessible. The CamQUAIT is designed with these goals in mind. This new questionnaire measures apathy and impulsivity in people with frontotemporal dementia, providing a helpful outcome measure to test symptomatic treatments: Doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0345545

29/05/2026

Across 1,000+ people, eating disorder symptoms were linked to “empathic disequilibrium”, feeling others’ emotions strongly while finding them harder to understand. Heightened emotional reactivity helped explain the link: DOI.org/10.1186/s40337-026-01600-2

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MRC Cognition And Brain Sciences, University Of Cambridge, 15 Chaucer Road
Cambridge
CB27EF

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http://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/, http://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/contacts/form.html

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