MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit

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

28/05/2026

Using a stochastic dynamical model, Grodem et al show that, before age 60, inter-individual differences in neuroanatomical volumes almost exclusively reflect stable differences between individuals, rather than systematic differences in rate-of-change:
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG.a.1242

27/05/2026

Intracranial electrophysiology and multivariate decoding reveal that all spectral frequencies of neural activity encode semantic information:
https://doi.org/10.1162/IMAG.a.1201

07/05/2026

Congratulations to CBU Director, Prof. Matthew Lambon Ralph, on receiving an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Málaga, recognising his internationally leading work on language, semantic cognition and aphasia, and long standing Cambridge–Málaga collaboration.

01/05/2026

The University approves plans for the Cambridge Mind and Brain Institute (CMBi).

An evolution of the renowned CBU, bridging across Schools and Departments, the new Institute will integrate discovery science with clinical innovation to transform brain health.

06/03/2026

Postdoc position in visual cognitive computational neuroscience in Jozwik lab at the University of Cambridge -

At times, I have funding for a postdoc position from grants, with a guaranteed funding window (usually at least 2 years), so I may be able to hire directly. Regardless, I encourage every postdoc to apply for postdoctoral fellowships before/just after joining the lab (I have a list of fellowships), a...

02/03/2026

PhD position in visual cognitive computational neuroscience in Jozwik lab at the University of Cambridge

At times, I have funding for a postdoc position from grants, with a guaranteed funding window (usually at least 2 years), so I may be able to hire directly. Regardless, I encourage every postdoc to apply for postdoctoral fellowships before/just after joining the lab (I have a list of fellowships), a...

24/02/2026

New paper reports frequency-dependent differences in resting-state haemodynamics of gliomas, potentially indicative of non-neural changes such as neovascularisation.
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-026-05443-4

23/02/2026

Take part in a University of Cambridge study testing whether AI chatbots can help track PTSD symptoms — earn £70 for your time.

UK-based adults with PTSD or related symptoms welcome.

Sign up here: https://cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4Znqz5loh8N71Lo