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Flags were flown and the bells of Great St Mary’s, the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ Church, rang out as the Chancellor’s procession approached the Senate-House today for the annual conferment of Honorary Doctorates, the highest accolade the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ can bestow, on recipients recognised for their outstanding contributions.

̽»¨Ö±²¥debilitating behaviours and all-consuming thoughts, which affect people with severe obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), could be significantly improved with targeted deep brain stimulation, according to new research published today.

A ‘brain training’ app developed at the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge could help people who suffer from obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) manage their symptoms, which may typically include excessive handwashing and contamination fears.

A unique three-year project to bridge the divide between science and philosophy – which embedded early-career philosophers into some of Cambridge’s ground-breaking scientific research clusters – is the subject of a new film released today.

Adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) have widespread learning and memory problems, according to research published today. ̽»¨Ö±²¥findings have already been used to assist adolescents with OCD obtain the help they needed at school to realise their potential – including helping one individual go on to university. 

Members of collegiate Cambridge have been recognised for their outstanding contributions to society

Newly-described fossil shows how brittle stars evolved in response to pressure from predators, and how an ‘evolutionary hangover’ managed to escape them. 

A ‘brain training’ game developed by researchers at the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge could help improve the memory of patients in the very earliest stages of dementia, suggests a study published today in ̽»¨Ö±²¥International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology.

Brain imaging can reveal a great deal about who we are and what is going inside our heads. But how far can – and should – this research take us? Julia Gottwald and Barbara Sahakian, authors of Sex, Lies, and Brain Scans: How fMRI Reveals What Really Goes on in our Minds, investigate for ̽»¨Ö±²¥Conversation.

Modafinil, a drug used to treat narcolepsy – excessive daytime sleepiness – can improve memory in patients recovering from depression, according to new research from the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge. ̽»¨Ö±²¥findings, published today in the journal Biological Psychiatry: CNNI, result from a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study and offer hope of a treatment for some of the cognitive symptoms of depression.