Interested in training in advanced cognitive neuroscience at the University of Cambridge? Apply to our Master's in Cognitive Neuroscience - deadline 8 December! www.cmbi.cam.ac.uk/our-courses/...

We're still open for participants for this exciting study. To take part, contact Kamila.Jozwik@mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk

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Interested in Generative AI and Mixed Reality? We're looking for participants for an exciting new study. To find out more or take part, contact Kamila.Jozwik@mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk. Recruitment is open until the end of September.

Cambridge University announces a new Cambridge Mind and Brain Institute focused on understanding and improving brain health across our lifespan, from early childhood through to old age. Find out more 👉 https://bit.ly/4hpgZsl @mrccbu.bsky.social

In a new analysis of a US cohort of older adults, Lihua Xia and colleagues find evidence that bilingualism supports cognitive reserve in aging, in that the baseline cognition of bilinguals was less dependent on their brain structure: doi.org/10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2026.09.008

What happens in the brain when we attend to an object? New paper shows neural processes driving inter-region coherence are most salient during a period of cued object selection, despite comparable local information representation during other task phases: doi.org/10.17863/CAM.134424

Interested in Generative AI and Mixed Reality? We're looking for participants for an exciting new study. To find out more or take part, contact Kamila.Jozwik@mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk. Recruitment is open until the end of September.

Another exciting start of our annual two-week summer school #COGNESTIC (Cognitive Neuroimaging Skills Training In Cambridge) at @mrccbu.bsky.social! Here, 60 excited attendees attentively follow @dcdace.bsky.social's session "MRI Image Handling & BIDS".

In four behavioural experiments, we show that the effects of prior knowledge on episodic memory depend on the type of memory test, further revealing inadequacies of theories like SLIMM. https://rdcu.be/nCksGGx7iosa

A new study by Drs Guangting Mai, Emily Upton, Matt Davis and Holly Robson, reveals how cortical tracking of speech envelopes at multi-syllable and syllable levels reflects a combination of lesion and symptom profiles in post-stroke aphasia: doi.org/10.1093/braincomms/fcag261

This study demonstrates the efficacy of using Electrical Field Imaging measures in Cochlear Implant users for identifying the presense and number of extra-cochlear electrodes using a non-invasive, fast technique. This technique is already in use clinically at Addenbrookes! #CIs

Gates Cambridge Scholars Alicja Podgorski and Nimrod Hertz have been collaborating on research to address the complexity of #PTSD - www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/u... @uniofcam.bsky.social @stjohnscollege.bsky.social @gatesfoundation.bsky.social @mrccbu.bsky.social

Understanding the complexity of PTSD - Gates Cambridge

Gates Cambridge Scholars Alicja Podgorski and Nimrod Hertz have been collaborating on research to address the complexity of PTSD.

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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

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

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

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/

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

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:

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/

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

The UK government says under-16s will be banned from social media by spring 2027. @orbenamy.bsky.social from @mrccbu.bsky.social gives her reaction to today's announcement, and measures it against the evidence we already have about social media restrictions. More expert reactions 👉 bit.ly/3Qq453H

Genomics & Mental Health Research Day 2026 is taking place tomorrow at @newnhamcollege.bsky.social. Hosted by the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit and the NHS Genomics and Mental Health Network of Excellence, it explores post-diagnostic challenges in rare neurodevelopmental conditions.

Applications Open! We are looking for a motivated summer intern to support a podcast in development in collaboration with the Plasticity Lab, exploring what restorative, assistive, and augmentative neurotechnology reveals about hidden human capacity 🦾 Full details here: forms.office.com/e/PDjanEYkSE

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

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 #EatingDisorders #Empathy

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

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

Delighted to celebrate today @jvonseth.bsky.social from @mrccbu.bsky.social passing her PhD viva. Special thanks to examiners @olafhauk.bsky.social and @pattiadank.bsky.social for asking all the right questions

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.

Universidad de Málaga@univmalaga.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Así vivimos el jueves la ceremonia de nombramiento como 🎓 Doctor Honoris Causa por la UMA del neurocientífico Matthew A. Lambon. 📽️ Vídeo completo en nuestro canal de YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyUR...

Code (python) is available at github: github.com/rl671/heterorc Should be readily applicable to your own EEG/MEG decoding pipelines! Great collaboration with @alexwoolgar.bsky.social @rhens.bsky.social , Sichao, Yanan, and John, during my time at @mrccbu.bsky.social & @theneuro.bsky.social ! (6/6)

GitHub - rl671/heterorc: HeteroRC: Decoding latent information from dynamic neural responses with interpretable heterogeneous reservoir computing

HeteroRC: Decoding latent information from dynamic neural responses with interpretable heterogeneous reservoir computing - rl671/heterorc

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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. #Neuroscience #MentalHealth