15 Jan 2019
New paper in Nature Human Behaviour!
A new publication by Dr. Vasilis Karlaftis, Joseph Giorgio, Dr. Andrew Welchman and Professor Zoe Kourtzi combines behavioural modelling with functional and structural brain connectivity and shows that individuals learn the structure of variable environments by employing alternate decision strategies that engage distinct brain networks:Read the ful…
9 Jan 2019
New paper in e-Neuro!
A new publication by Dr. Vasilis Karlaftis, Dr. Andrew Welchman and Professor Zoe Kourtzi answers how we extract meaningful structure and make predictions in novel environments.Modelling human behavior and brain structure, they provide evidence that individuals adapt to the environment statistics using different strategies. Maximizers vs. matchers …
9 Jan 2019
New papers in eLife and Nature Communications reveal the role of GABAergic inhibition in visual perceptual learning
We are delighted to announce two new publications from our lab on the role of GABAergic inhibition in visual perceptual learning. We have used multi-modal human brain imaging (MR Spectroscopy, task fMRI, resting state fMRI) to investigate changes in the concentration of the neurotransmitter GABA during training across decision-making circuits.Our n…
5 Jul 2018
The brain takes alternate routes to learn new tricks in older age
"Memory is a mental capacity that starts to deteriorate from a fairly young age. In critical memory centres of the brain, grey matter irreversibly declines from our forties."Click here to read Prof. Kourtzi's article in the Cambridge alumni magazine.
24 Apr 2018
New paper in Nature Communications!
We are delighted to announce the release of a new paper by Dr Reuben Rideaux and Dr Andrew Welchman.Perception relies on information integration but it is unclear how the brain decides which information to integrate and which to keep separate. Here, the authors develop and test a biologically inspired model of cue-integration, implicating a key rol…
22 Mar 2018
Don't believe everything you see...
This March saw the return of the Cambridge Science Festival #csf2018. 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 for the day on Saturday 17 March, and Prof. Kourtzi (head of the lab) is giving a talk at Mill Lane Lect…
22 Feb 2018
A trio of Doctors
Three of the Adaptive Brain Lab's PhD students submitted their theses on the 4th January 2018. They all passed their viva within a week of each other!We are delighted to congratulate Poly, Vasilis and Nuno on becoming Dr Frangou, Dr Karlaftis and Dr Reis Goncalves!
5 Dec 2017
Adaptive Brain Lab goes on the road with Roche
In November 2017 the Adaptive Brain Lab went on the road to learn from field-leaders and teach some sixth-formers about Cognitive Neuroscience.Future-proofing HealthcareOn Thursday 2 November Lizzie, Elisa and Kathy went to London to attend a non-promotional Future-proofing Healthcare: NeuroSense eveningevent hosted by Roche. The trio heard from in…
13 Nov 2017
Turing Fellowship for Prof. Kourtzi
We are delighted to announce that Prof. Zoe Kourtzi has been awarded the prestigious position of Turing Fellow at the Alan Turing Institute!
29 Jun 2017
BRAINFest 2017
This June the Adaptive Brain Lab was delighted to talk about neuroscience with the general public at Cambridge’s first ever BRAINFest. Prof. Zoe Kourtzi gave a fascinating talk called What next? Learning to predict the future from the past and took a variety of tricky questions from the audience including: ‘Is it true that we only use 10% of our br…
13 Jun 2017
ABL at the Cambridge Science Festival 2017
This March saw the return of the Cambridge Science Festival, a city wide event which showcases the variety of new and exciting science going on across Cambridge. The Adaptive Brain Lab took part, spending the day presenting our work alongside other labs from the psychology department.Our stand gave an opportunity for visitors to experience a range …
9 Jun 2017
BRAINfest: 23-25 June 2017
The Adaptive Brain Lab are very excited to be taking part in the University of Cambridge's first ever BRAINfest. This exciting public engagement event aims to give the general public a chance to learn and ask questions about Neuroscience first-hand from researchers at the forefront of the field.The Adaptive Brain Lab are very excited to be taking p…
9 Nov 2015
“Neurocomputation: from brains to machines” 25th November 2015, Corpus Christi College
You are invited to attend the next in the series of Cambridge Neuroscience Interdisciplinary Workshops on “Neurocomputation: from brains to machines”. This workshop is being hosted by Professor Zoe Kourtzi and is being run in association with the Big Data Strategic Research Initiative.Theevent is now open for registrationand is FREE to attend but …
9 Jul 2015
Adaptive Brains and Machines, 26-28th July 2015, Cambridge
Adaptive Brains and Machines, 26-28th July 2015, CambridgeThe Adaptive Brain Lab invites you to an interdisciplinary conference hosted by Professor Zoe Kourtzi, 26-28th July 2015 at Downing College. The event is part of the Adaptive Brain Computations Marie Curie Initial Training Network meetings and includes exciting talks from experts in the fi…
11 Mar 2015
2nd CogNeuro@Cam meeting: April 23rd
When: April 23rd, 14:00-16:00Where: 2nd floor seminar room, Department of PsychologyTopic: Understanding false memories in animals and humansSpeakers: Lisa Saksida and Jon Simons
