We investigate how the human brain generates behaviour, thoughts and feelings and how to use this knowledge to help patients with neurological and psychiatric disorders.
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What is human neuroimaging?
Human neuroimaging allows us to non-invasively investigate brain structure and function.
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What we study
Human brain functions we study include; Action, Decision Making, Emotion, Hearing, Language, Memory, Navigation, Seeing, Self awareness, Social Behaviour and the Bayesian Brain.
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How does human neuroimaging make a difference?
Understanding how the human brain normally generates our behaviour, thoughts and feelings helps us to identify what goes wrong in neurological and psychiatric disorders and how these disorders might best be treated.
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Statistical Parametric Mapping
Our leading software for analysing neuroimaging data was developed at FIL.
📢 Participants Needed!
— Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging (@WCHN_UCL) May 23, 2022
Contribute to research into neural systems that support speech & language in the healthy brain and following brain injury.
Earn £15 per hour by completing language tasks in an #fMRI brain scanner.https://t.co/ksTBAMEQle#volunteering #neuroscience pic.twitter.com/tywXO19tDz
📢 Participants Needed!
— Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging (@WCHN_UCL) May 20, 2022
Contribute to research into how experiences affect
mood and how our mood affects the decisions we make.
Earn £50 by playing games on a smartphone app & completing mood ratings for 8 weeks.
More info: https://t.co/ksTBAMnftG#volunteering #neuroscience pic.twitter.com/p9XOAttzWY
📢 Participants Needed!
— Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging (@WCHN_UCL) May 18, 2022
Contribute to research into the effect of dopamine on decision-making.
Earn up to £60 by playing a motivation game inside a brain scanner while your brain activation is being tracked.
More info: https://t.co/ksTBAMnftG #volunteering #neuroscience pic.twitter.com/xx64H6QP6l