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The centre will address questions relevant to learning and education, including the impact of AI technologies.
Professor Michael Thomas will bring world-leading expertise in cognitive neuroscience to help shape evidence-informed education policy from 2026.
Birkbeck researchers combined data from 92 intervention studies, ranging from short bursts of physical activity mixed within lessons, to team sports and dance, in order to study their impact on cognitive and academic outcomes.
The results of a new study commissioned by the Birkbeck-UCL Centre of Educational Neuroscience and think tank, Learnus, reveal what teachers feel about professional and educational opportunities offered by neuroscience.
