University of Edinburgh Centre for Cognitive and Neural Systems Cognition, in its broadest sense, is what the brain does. Perception, action, language, memory, thinking… and much more. The aim of this “Tri-College” Centre for Cognitive and Neural Systems (cCNS) is to bring together colleagues located across the University – in Medicine, Science and the Humanities – who have a shared interest in information processing by the brain. The core members of the Centre are located in the neuroscience building at 1 George Square which houses both teaching and research laboratories.  Our associate members are in other research centres in each of three Colleges of the University. We have access, either within the building or elsewhere in the University, to state of the art neuroimaging, behavioural neuroscience and molecular laboratory equipment.