The Cognition and Consciousness Imaging Group (CCIG), headed by Dr Emmanuel A Stamatakis, is part of the Division of Anaesthesia at the University of Cambridge.

Our interdisciplinary research aims to answer cognitive neuroscience questions by identifying patterns in the complex interactions between brain regions at rest or during goal directed behaviour. This includes work on network adaptive behaviours (reorganisation/plasticity) triggered by abrupt (e.g. trauma, stroke) or gradual structural changes (e.g. neuropsychiatric/neurodegenerative diseases, ageing) or pharmacological agents.

Research themes:

• • Functional/structural architecture in health and disease

  • Brain dynamics and complexity

  • Ultra-High-Field MR neuroimaging

  • Neurobiology of consciousness

  • Neurobiology of traumatic brain injury (severe and mild)

  • Neuromodulatory effects of brainstem nuclei on large scale brain networks

  • The neural basis of cognitive, behavioural and emotional outcomes following traumatic brain injury

  • Neurobiology of language comprehension