Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging

News Archive 2008

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09 DECEMBER 2008:

The Amnesia Gene: Why some people are more likely to forget traumatic events
Human memory is highly influenced by emotion. In healthy subjects events that are emotionally charged—and it doesn’t matter if the emotions are positive or traumatic—tend to be much better remembered than emotionally neutral events. This psychological tendency comes with a glaring exception, however: in some individuals, extremely stressful or traumatic events can induce amnesia, so that they lose the ability to remember what happened.

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25 JULY 2008:

UCL Neuroscience couple enjoy unique achievement
An academic husband and wife at UCL (Unversity College London) have found themselves in the unique position of being both Fellows of the Royal Society (FRS) and Fellows of the British Academy (FBA), an exceptional accomplishment in the history of UCL for an academic couple.

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18 JULY 2008:

Fellows of the British Academy elected

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10 JULY 2008:

Professor Eleanor Maguire wins Royal Society Rosalyn Franklin Award

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26 JUNE 2008:

Brain's adventure centre located
Scientists have located a region of the brain that encourages humans to indulge in adventurous behaviour. Sophisticated scans showed the region, located in a primitive area of the brain, is activated when people choose unfamiliar options.

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06 JUNE 2008:

Is this a unified theory of the brain?

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03 JUNE 2008:

How do you see this glass?

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24 APRIL 2008:

Professor Cathy Price receives the 2008 Justine et Yves Sergent Award

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22 FEBRUARY 2008:

Computers 'spot Alzheimer's fast'
Computers can diagnose Alzheimer's disease faster and more accurately than experts, research suggests.

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