Submitted by Administrator on Fri, 26/07/2013 - 09:53
The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) have released five short promotional films about the Cambridge Centre for Ageing and Neuroscience (Cam-CAN). Cam-CAN is a pan-Cambridge BBSRC-funded project on healthy ageing, led by Professor Lorraine K Tyler (Centre for Speech, Language and the Brain, Department of Psychology).
This research project includes detailed cognitive and neuroimaging profiling of 700 people from 18-88 years of age, and brings together the University of Cambridge Departments of Psychology, Psychiatry, Engineering and Public Health, the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, and the MRC Biostatistics Unit.
Professor Rik Henson, one of the MRC CBU Co-Investigators, comments: "Although the 5-year project is only half-way through, and the results not yet fully analysed, the aims and scope of the project are well captured by these engaging vignettes." Although at present Cam-CAN is a cross-sectional study, further funding is sought for future longitudinal and interventional extensions.
The videos can be found here:
• Part #1: Cam-CAN project overview
• Part #2: MRI brain imaging
• Part#3: MEG brain waves
• Part #4: Motor learning experiment
• Part #5: Hitchcock emotional movie response
Visit the Cam-CAN website to discover more about the project.