Articles about 'MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit'

Ageing affects test-taking, not language, study shows

12 May 2016

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Schizophrenia and the teenage brain: how can imaging help?

17 February 2016

Adolescence is a dangerous time for the onset of mental health problems. Advances in brain imaging are helping to picture how neural changes in these crucial years can lead to chronic debilitating mental illness.

Listen to your heart: why your brain may give away how well you know yourself

21 April 2015

“Listen to your heart,” sang Swedish pop group Roxette in the late Eighties. But not everyone is able to tune into their heartbeat, according to an international team of researchers – and half of us under- or over-estimate our ability.

Recalling memories may make us forget

16 March 2015

Intentionally recalling memories may lead us to forget other competing experiences that interfere with retrieval, according to a study published today. In other words, the very act of remembering may be one of the major reasons why we forget.

Brain signals from healthy and vegetative state patients

Scientists find ‘hidden brain signatures’ of consciousness in vegetative state patients

16 October 2014

Scientists in Cambridge have found hidden signatures in the brains of people in a vegetative state, which point to networks that could support consciousness even when a patient appears to be unconscious and unresponsive. ̽��ֱ��study could help doctors identify patients who are aware despite being unable to communicate.

Functional neuroimaging of the human brain

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29 November 2011

What is it about the human brain that makes language possible? Two evolutionary systems working together, say neuroscientists Professor William Marslen-Wilson and Professor Lorraine Tyler.

Digitally enhanced MRI of the human head showing the brain and spinal cord in blue/green and the other tissues in red and pink.

Serotonin levels affect the brain’s response to anger

15 September 2011

Research provides new insight into why some individuals may be more aggressive than others.

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