Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging

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News Archive 2011


09 DECEMBER 2011:

Changes in London taxi drivers’ brains driven by acquiring ‘the Knowledge’, study shows.
Acquiring ‘the Knowledge’ - the complex layout of central London’s 25 000 streets and thousands of places of interest - causes structural changes in the brain and changes to memory in the capital’s taxi drivers, new research funded by the Wellcome Trust has shown.


25 NOVEMBER 2011:

Klaus Wunderlich wins Lloyd's "Science of Risk" prize.
Hedging your bets by learning reward correlations in the human brain.


09 OCTOBER 2011:

Brain 'rejects negative thoughts'.
One reason optimists retain a positive outlook even in the face of evidence to the contrary has been discovered, say researchers.


12 AUGUST 2011:

Tamara Shiner wins Queen Square Prize in Neurology.


08 AUGUST 2011:

Professor Eleanor Maguire awarded the Joan Mott Prize.


20 JULY 2011:

Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging student receives Young Researcher Award.
Congratulations to Sundeep Teki, a PhD student in Auditory Neuroscience at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, who received a Young Researcher award at the 13th International Rhythm Perception and Production Workshop organized by the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig, Germany.


20 JUNE 2011:

Professor Ray Dolan nominated for 2010 Santiago Grisolia Chair Award.


09 JUNE 2011:

The Kemali Prize awarded to Professor Eleanor Maguire.


13 MAY 2011:

'Consciousness connections' revealed in coma brains.
A new test of consciousness which could be helpful in the diagnosis of coma patients has been identified in new research led by scientists from the University of Liège and UCL.


10 MAY 2011:

Professor Eleanor Maguire & Professor Tim Griffiths elected Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences.


24 MARCH 2011:

Professor Ray Dolan elected as a member of the Royal Irish Academy.


10 JANUARY 2011:

Professor Eleanor Maguire wins the Feldberg Foundation Prize.


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