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News Archive 2009


19 NOVEMBER 2009:

Professors Chris and Uta Frith win European Latsis Prize
UCL Professors Chris and Uta Frith have received the European Latsis Prize for their contribution to understanding the human mind and brain. The prize is funded by the Geneva-based Latsis Foundation and awarded by the European Science Foundation to an individual or a research group who, in the opinion of their peers, has made the greatest contribution to a particular field of European research.


15 OCTOBER 2009:

Colombian guerrillas help UCL scientists locate literacy in the brain
UCL scientists have redefined their understanding of the key regions of the brain involved in literacy. The unique study of former guerrillas in Colombia, funded by the Wellcome Trust and the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science, enabled researchers to see how brain structure changed after learning to read.


15 OCTOBER 2009:

UCL neuroscientist is Royal Society 2010 Anniversary Research Professor
UCL neuroscientist Professor Jon Driver has been awarded a Royal Society 2010 Anniversary Research Professorship. Professor Driver is one of a handful of leading scientists to receive the prestigious award, which has been made in celebration of the Royal Society's 350th anniversary.


24 SEPTEMBER 2009:

How the brain knows a dog is a dog
The Chinese crested dog is a very unusual breed. It is mostly hairless, except for ‘socks’, a ‘plume’ and a ‘crest’ of hair. Yet if you encountered one for the first time you would still know that it was a dog - how?


30 APRIL 2009:

Ian McEwan at UCL: Emotion in Literature and the Brain


12 MARCH 2009:

A step closer to reading the mind
Scientists say for the first time they have understood someone's thoughts by looking at what their brain is doing.


11 FEBRUARY 2009:

UCL research: are we as decisive as we think?
The underlying sense of being in control of our own actions is challenged by new research from the UCL Institute of Neurology and the UCL Institute of Cognitive Neurosocience, which demonstrates that the choices we make internally are weak and easily overridden compared to when we are told which choice to make.


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