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A landmark experiment puts leading theories of consciousness to the test

Professor Ole Jensen part of a global consortium that embraced a novel collaborative approach to investigating one of the brain’s greatest mysteries.

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New study launched investigating the day-to-day experience of patients with psychiatric disorders

The collaboration between the University of Oxford's Department of Psychiatry, Boehringer Ingelheim and Cumulus Neuroscience is the first of its kind.

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Beginnings

Listen to the late Professor Michael Gelder on how he founded the Department of Psychiatry at Oxford, 1969.