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Learn more about ABL’s work as part of the 2024 Cambridge Festival.  There is an augmented reality Cambridge ReseARch trail which can be followed by downloading the app, "Cambridge AR Trail", from the relevant app store or by scanning the QR codes on posters at each trail location to get exploring. Further details about the Cambridge ReseARch trail…

The Adaptive Brain Lab features in BBC's Brain Hacks. https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001qr3k/brain-hacks to find more details.

Brain diseases and mental health disorders are taking a toll on people throughout their lives. We develop and translate innovative AI tools to better understand brain health and disease. We explore the environmental, social and neurological factors at play, to develop responsible AI-driven tools that help clinicians predict, diagnose and treat brai…

Exciting paper by @CambridgeABL showing that pulvinar myelin plasticity interacts with GABAergic inhibition to support learning and perceptual decision making. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002029Ziminski, J.J., Frangou, P., Karlaftis, V.M., Emir, U., and Kourtzi, Z. (2023). Microstructural and neurochemical plasticity mechanisms interact t…

Ultra-High-Field Neuroimaging Reveals Fine-Scale Processing for 3D PerceptionBinocular vision plays a significant role in supporting our interactions with the surrounding environment. The fine-scale neural mechanisms that underlie the brain’s skill in extracting 3D structure from binocular signals are poorly understood. Here, we capitalize on recen…

Combining multimodal brain imaging (fMRI, MRS) with behavioural measures of visual adaptation and memory, we show that adaptive processing is supported by GABAergic interactions between two functional networks: a sensory-adaptation network (visual, intra-parietal, dlPFC) and a perceptual-memory network (angular, precuneus, dmPFC).Click here to view…

Ultra-high field (UHF) neuroimaging affords the sub-millimeter resolution that allows researchers to interrogate brain computations at a finer scale than that afforded by standard fMRI techniques. Here, we present a step-by-step protocol for using UHF imaging (Siemens Terra 7T scanner) to measure activity in the human brain. We outline how to prepr…

Exciting work in the lab using Laminar fMRI reveals that adaptive processing involves recurrent processing within visual cortex and top-down influences from posterior parietal cortex via feedback.https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.57637

A new research centre focused on improving support for lifelong learning and cognitive agility opened on 1 October 2020 in Singapore. The Centre for Lifelong Learning and Individualised Cognition (CLIC) is a collaboration between the University of Cambridge and the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and is funded by Singapore’s National R…

We are very pleased to announce that the Adaptive Brain Lab is now open and invites volunteers for studies.  We have reviewed and implemented government and University guidance, and have updated our procedures to create a COVID secure testing environment. Our procedures are carefully designed in order to mitigate against risk in relation to COVID-1…

Using high-field laminar fMRI, we show that learning alters orientation specific representations in superficial V1 layers and enhances connectivity from visual to parietal cortex, suggesting that recurrent visual plasticity and feedforward connectivity gate perceptual decision making.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.08.016

New paper by Elisa Zamboni et al is availabe at BioRxiv in which we examine fine-scale computations for adaptive processing in the human brain.Adapting to the environment statistics by reducing brain responses to repetitive sensory information is key for efficient information processing. Yet, the fine-scale computations that support this adaptive p…

New paper by Ke Jia et al is available in BioRxiv in which we show that 7T brain imaging reveals adaptive fine-scale circuits in the human brain.Learning and experience are critical for translating ambiguous sensory information from our environments to perceptual decisions. Yet, evidence on how training molds the adult human brain remains controver…

A new publication by Joseph Giorgio, Susan Landau, William Jagust, Peter Tino and Professor Zoe Kourtzi highlights new methods for Modelling prognostic trajectories of cognitive decline due to Alzheimer's disease for the Alzheimer's disease Neuroimaging InitiativeRead the full article: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221315822030…

This March saw the return of the Cambridge Science Festival 2019. This is an annual, city wide event which showcases the variety of new and exciting science going on across Cambridge. Members of the Adaptive Brain Lab enjoyed hosting a stall in the Department of Psychology for the day on Saturday 16 March.Visitors enjoyed a range of exhibits includ…