It is well documented that childhood maltreatment negatively affects child development across a range of domains, including behaviour, social interaction, emotion, cognition and language. In the case of language, input from the maltreating parent is often less responsive, less active and more aversive than those who have not suffered maltreatment, and thus maltreated children are […]
Archives for November 2017
Cambridge MRC Doctoral Training Programme
PhD studentships commencing in October 2018 Applicants are encouraged to contact prospective supervisors for further information about specific projects before applying. For more information please visit http://mrcdtp.medschl.cam.ac.uk/prospective-students/
Raymond & Beverly Sackler Scholarships for PhD candidates
The University supports an initiative to promote research at the interface between the Physical and Biological Sciences (including Clinical Medicine) with the aim of foster new multidisciplinary collaborations between research groups. In support of this initiative, the University makes use of a donation from the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Foundation to support the admission of […]
Caffeine intake linked to impulsivity in problem gamblers
If somebody asked you which drugs you take regularly, you might not think of mentioning the caffeine in your morning cup of coffee. Yet caffeine, which 90% of adults in the US consume regularly in coffee, tea and energy drinks, is a psychoactive drug – in other words, it passes through the blood-brain barrier and […]