cognition

Sheep can be trained to recognise human faces from photographic portraits – and can even identify the picture of their handler without prior training...

A brain network previously associated with daydreaming has been found to play an important role in allowing us to perform tasks on autopilot...

Daphne Martschenko (Faculty of Education) discusses whether DNA can predict our educational achievement.

Tomas Folke (Department of Psychology) and Julia Ouzia (Anglia Ruskin University) discuss the cognitive disadvantages that may be associated with...

When you’re prey, being able to spot and assess the threat posed by potential predators is of life-or-death importance. In a paper published today in...

Research suggests that Eurasian Jays might be able to determine aspects of the ‘internal life’ of their mate.

What’s the point of a brain? This fundamental question has led Professor Daniel Wolpert to some remarkable conclusions about how and why the brain...

Professor Barbara Sahakian, Professor of Clinical Neuropsychology at the University of Cambridge, has been researching cognitive enhancers for over a...

Efforts to understand the effects of ageing on the brain have been given a major boost with the announcement of a new £5m grant from the Biotechnology...

Seven Cambridge researchers are among the 44 new Fellows announced by the Royal Society this week.