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Neuroscience has transformed our understanding of the brain and promises treatments for devastating disorders that affect millions.

Charts map rapid growth and slow decline of brains

06 April 2022

An international team of researchers has created a series of brain charts spanning our entire lifespan – from a 15 week old fetus to 100 year old adult – that show how our brains expand rapidly in early life and slowly shrink as we age. 

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Swear word

Frankly, do we give a damn…? Study finds links between swearing and honesty

16 Jan 2017

It’s long been associated with anger and coarseness but profanity can have another, more positive connotation. Psychologists have learned that people...

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Vegetable and fruits

Mediterranean diet may protect your brain in old age, new finding suggests

06 Jan 2017

Could a Mediterranean diet keep your brain young? That is the tantalising finding from a study out this week. Writing on ̽»¨Ö±²¥Conversation website...

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Patients show considerable improvements after treatment for newly-defined movement disorder

19 Dec 2016

DNA sequencing has defined a new genetic disorder that affects movement, enabling patients with dystonia — a disabling condition that affects...

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Deer skulls

Larger brain size linked to longer life in deer

14 Dec 2016

̽»¨Ö±²¥size of a female animals' brain may determine whether they live longer and have more healthy offspring, according to new research led by the...

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Teenagers could see long-term benefits from new treatments for depression

01 Dec 2016

More than two-thirds of adolescents who suffer from depression could see long-term benefits from receiving one of three psychological treatments – of...

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EU referendum CONTRAST

Hard Brexiter or ardent Remainer? Psychologists aim to find out what drives our political ideologies

01 Dec 2016

At a time of increasing divisions within politics – think of the recent battles over whether the UK should remain in or leave the European Union –...

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Brain showing hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease (plaques in blue)

New imaging technique measures toxicity of proteins associated with Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases

23 Nov 2016

A new super-resolution imaging technique allows researchers to track how surface changes in proteins are related to neurodegenerative diseases such...

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Opinion: Would gender differences exist if we treated all people the same from birth?

22 Nov 2016

Joe Herbert, Emeritus Professor of Neuroscience, explores what we mean by 'gender identity' and asks whether we should insist on an equal gender...

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Large house spider on kitchen floor

Reconditioning the brain to overcome fear

21 Nov 2016

Researchers have discovered a way to remove specific fears from the brain, using a combination of artificial intelligence and brain scanning...

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Actress Nadia Nadarajah recites a poem using British Sign Language

Talk with Your Hands: a Cambridge Shorts film

18 Nov 2016

̽»¨Ö±²¥capacity for language is what sets us apart from other animals. Talk with Your Hands , the third of four Cambridge Shorts films, explores the...

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Brain tumours and brain injury to be focus of new Cambridge laboratories

11 Nov 2016

A new suite of laboratories aimed at improving outcomes for patients with brain injuries and brain tumours opens today at the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge.

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'Injured' cyclist on Trumpington Road

Does your empathy predict if you would stop and help an injured person?

31 Oct 2016

If you see an injured person by the side of the road, would you stop and help them, or are you more likely to walk on by? What motivates people to do...

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