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Jackdaws on nest box

Here’s looking at you: research shows jackdaws can recognise individual human faces

11 Aug 2015

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...

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Research reveals how elephants 'see' the world

28 Aug 2013

Designed with middle school students, study helps to inform better practices for protecting these endangered animals.

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Increasing numbers of students take smart drugs to get through exams.

Smart drugs - smart decisions?

23 May 2013

What are the ethical implications for society of allowing healthy people to take ‘smart drugs’ to enhance their performance? Barbara Sahakian will...

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Eurasian Jay mating pair engaged in food-sharing

Monogamous birds read partner's food desires

15 Feb 2013

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

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Neurons, in vitrio colour!

The man with the golden brain

13 Dec 2011

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...

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Mbulelo Ndabeni and Julia Gillespie dance in Seven for a Secret (Rambert Dance Company)

Two for joy

21 Nov 2011

An innovative dance performance with creative input from Professor Nicky Clayton, a expert on bird cognition, goes on tour this week. The Rambert...

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Pills

The ethics of smart drugs

31 Oct 2011

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

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Pills

Drug side effect linked with increased health risks for over 65s

24 Jun 2011

A side effect of many commonly used drugs appears to increase the risks of both cognitive impairment and death.

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Brain scans

Test could detect Alzheimer’s disease earlier

16 May 2011

Innovation on the strength of a simple test identified in a new study would enable intervention before damage is done.

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parkinsons-neurons

Major new study into brain ageing

25 May 2010

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...

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RSC busts

Royal Society announces new Fellows

21 May 2010

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

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dyslexia

The educational neuroscience of dyslexia and dyscalculia

01 Jan 2010

For some children, acquiring the important skills of learning to read or do arithmetic is fraught with difficulty. Educational neuroscience is...

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