How do we find structure?
We ask how the brain discovers patterns and relationships, then uses them to reason about things it has never directly experienced.
Cognitive neuroscience · Sussex
How does experience become understanding?
We investigate how minds and brains learn patterns, build memories and make inferences—turning fragments of experience into general knowledge.
Our mission
We take on fundamental questions about learning, memory and general intelligence.
Our work connects human behaviour, brain activity and computational theory. By studying how knowledge is acquired, organised and lost, we aim to explain both the remarkable flexibility of intelligence and the circumstances in which it breaks down.
Questions that drive us
From single experiences to flexible thought
We use carefully designed behavioural studies, functional MRI and computational models to connect mechanism with meaning.
Why do memories change?
We study what is preserved, what becomes imprecise, and how sleep, genetic factors, ageing and dementia shape what remains accessible.
Can models explain minds?
We use neural networks and quantitative cognitive models to make precise predictions about learning in people and brains.
Across levels of explanation
Understanding intelligence means linking what people learn to the representations their brains build.
Behaviour Brain imaging Computation
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