18 Mar 2024
Cambridge ReseARch Trail
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…
1 Mar 2024
What is Brain Plasticity?
The Adaptive Brain Lab features in BBC's Brain Hacks. https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001qr3k/brain-hacks to find more details.
9 Feb 2024
AI-deas for better lifelong brain and mental health: a cross-disciplinary hub to tackle early predic
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…
1 Apr 2023
a new exciting paper published!
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…
14 Oct 2021
New paper by Adrian Ng, Ke Jia et al in Journal of Neuroscience
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…
1 Jul 2021
New paper by Karlaftis et al in Cerebral Cortex
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…
1 Apr 2021
New work by Ke Jia et al on a step-by-step protocol for Ultra-high field imaging in the human brain.
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…
11 Nov 2020
New paper by Elisa Zamboni et al in eLife
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
13 Oct 2020
Opening of Centre for Lifelong Learning and Individualised Cognition (CLIC)
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…
22 Sep 2020
Adaptive Brain Lab open for volunteer studies
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…
16 Sep 2020
New paper by Ke Jia et al in Current Biology
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
29 May 2020
New paper by Elisa Zamboni in BioRxiv May 2020
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…
25 May 2020
New paper by Ke Jia in BioRxiv May 2020
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…
4 Mar 2020
New paper in NeuroImage: Clinical!
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…
19 Mar 2019
Reporting from Cambridge Science Festival 2019
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…