MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit

<h2 id="history">History</h2>
<p>The unit was established in 1944 as the MRC Applied Psychology Unit.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> In June 2001, the <a href="/facts/History_of_Modern_Biomedicine_Research_Group/yzH7mWmT">History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group</a> held a <a href="/facts/Witness_seminar/sMCNnyuM">witness seminar</a> to gather information on the unit's history.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a>
</p><p>On 1 July 2017, the CBU was merged with the University of Cambridge. Coming under the Clinical School, the unit is still funded by the British government through <a href="/facts/Research_Councils_UK/W8fRz0bq">Research Councils UK</a> but is managed and maintained by Cambridge University.
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<h2 id="list-of-directors">List of directors</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Kenneth_Craik/Vn4AIm1T">Kenneth Craik</a>, 1944–1945</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Frederic_Bartlett/BSBKQhco">Frederic Bartlett</a>, 1945–1951</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Norman_Mackworth/erX8YaoG">Norman Mackworth</a>, 1951–1958</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Donald_Broadbent/1DNXJqVw">Donald Broadbent</a>, 1958–1974</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Alan_Baddeley/6M5kzEeN">Alan Baddeley</a>, 1974–1997</li>
<li><a href="/facts/William_Marslen-Wilson/FSsNHq60">William Marslen-Wilson</a>, 1997–2010<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Susan_Gathercole/Vllxadd7">Susan Gathercole</a>, 2011–2018</li>
<li>Matthew Lambon Ralph, 2018–</li></ul>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="http://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/">MRC CBU Home Page</a></li></ul>
<p><a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=MRC_Cognition_and_Brain_Sciences_Unit¶ms=52.1926_N_0.1192_E_type:landmark_region:GB">52°11′33″N 0°07′09″E / 52.1926°N 0.1192°E / 52.1926; 0.1192</a>
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<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>"MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit". www.ukri.org. Retrieved 7 December 2024. <a href="https://www.ukri.org/who-we-are/mrc/institutes-units-and-centres/mrc-cognition-and-brain-sciences-unit/" target="_blank">https://www.ukri.org/who-we-are/mrc/institutes-units-and-centres/mrc-cognition-and-brain-sciences-unit/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>"About us". www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 7 December 2024. <a href="https://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/about-us/" target="_blank">https://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/about-us/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>Lois Reynolds; Tilli Tansey, eds. (2003). The MRC Applied Psychology Unit. Wellcome Witnesses to Contemporary Medicine. History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group. ISBN 978-0-85484-088-5. OL 21078807M. Wikidata Q29581668. <a href="978-0-85484-088-5" target="_blank">978-0-85484-088-5</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>Lois Reynolds; Tilli Tansey, eds. (2003). The MRC Applied Psychology Unit. Wellcome Witnesses to Contemporary Medicine. History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group. ISBN 978-0-85484-088-5. OL 21078807M. Wikidata Q29581668. <a href="978-0-85484-088-5" target="_blank">978-0-85484-088-5</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:5"><p>"Dr William Marslen-Wilson :: Cambridge Neuroscience". www.neuroscience.cam.ac.uk. <a href="http://www.neuroscience.cam.ac.uk/directory/profile.php?wmarslen" target="_blank">http://www.neuroscience.cam.ac.uk/directory/profile.php?wmarslen</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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