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Read more at: Dr Amy Milton to visit New Zealand

Dr Amy Milton to visit New Zealand

1 August 2013

Dr Amy Milton is to visit the University of Canterbury (UC) in Christchurch, New Zealand, as an Erskine Visiting Cambridge Fellow, between August and October. Dr Milton researches the mechanisms underlying memory reconsolidation. Using translational animal models of psychiatric disorders such as post-traumatic stress...


Read more at: CSLB publications news

CSLB publications news

30 July 2013

The Centre for Speech, Language and the Brain (CSLB), is a major multidisciplinary research centre headed by Professor Lorraine K. Tyler . The CSLB carries out research across three main research themes: the neurobiology of spoken language in healthy and brain-damaged populations , neurocognitive accounts of conceptual...


Read more at: BBSRC produces promotional films for Cam-CAN study

BBSRC produces promotional films for Cam-CAN study

26 July 2013

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...


Read more at: Professor Robbins to give Cambridge Science Summer School talk

Professor Robbins to give Cambridge Science Summer School talk

25 July 2013

On Friday, 26th July, Head of Department Professor Trevor Robbins CBE will give a lecture entitled "The neuroscience of drug addiction and related disorders" as part of the Cambridge Science Summer School 2013 Talks series. The lecture is from 17:00-18:00 and will take place at Physiology Lecture Theatre, Department of...


Read more at: Professor Usha Goswami elected Fellow of the British Academy

Professor Usha Goswami elected Fellow of the British Academy

23 July 2013

Professor of Cognitive Developmental Neuroscience and Director of the Centre for Neuroscience in Education , Professor Usha Goswami , is one of 42 academics to be elected Fellow of the British Academy this year. The British Academy, which was established by Royal Charter in 1902, is the UK’s national body that supports and...


Read more at: ESRC funding awarded to Dr Alex Kogan and the Cambridge Prosociality and Well-Being Lab

ESRC funding awarded to Dr Alex Kogan and the Cambridge Prosociality and Well-Being Lab

23 July 2013

University Lecturer and beloved commander of the Cambridge Prosociality and Well-Being Lab , Dr Alex Kogan , has been awarded a three-year Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) grant under the Future Research Leaders Scheme. The aims of the Scheme are to help outstanding early-career social scientists realise their...


Read more at: Leverhulme Trust grant awarded to Dr James Russell

Leverhulme Trust grant awarded to Dr James Russell

5 July 2013

Dr James Russell , Reader in Cognitive Development, and Director of the Cambridge Developing Cognition Lab , has been awarded a grant from The Leverhulme Trust . Dr Russell's project is called "The development of episodic foresight in young children: spatiotemporal binding." The grant is over two years from February 2014...


Read more at: James S. McDonnell Foundation Grant awarded to Dénes Szücs

James S. McDonnell Foundation Grant awarded to Dénes Szücs

3 July 2013

Cognitive and emotional background of mathematical development Senior Lecturer, Dr Dénes Szücs , has been awarded the James S. McDonnell Foundation (JSMF) Scholar Award . The James S. McDonnell Foundation was established by the aviation pioneer and founder of McDonnell Douglas, James S. McDonnell (1899-1980). Through...


Read more at: Promotions announced for three faculty members

Promotions announced for three faculty members

3 July 2013

The Department of Psychology is delighted to announce that three of its academic staff have been promoted. Tim Bussey has been promoted to the rank of Professor . Tim is a Principal Investigator in the Translational Cognitive Neuroscience Lab , in which the touchscreen method for cognitive testing of rodents was devised...


Read more at: Ekaterina Damer wins the Department photography competition

Ekaterina Damer wins the Department photography competition

25 June 2013

Ekaterina Damer has been announced as the winner of the Department of Psychology's June 2013 photography competition. Katia won with her black and white image, 'Mind the step, never mind the split', which was taken on the New Museums Site. The prize for the winning image included a signed copy of Dr James Russell's new...