The Cognitive Fitness Laboratory

The Cognitive Fitness Group uses cognitive neuroscience to create digital tools that measure, monitor and help optimise brain health.

Professor Murat Yücel’s work primarily focuses on developing innovative approaches to digital medicine.

This includes:

• A gamified measurement tool for assessing cognitive and brain function for use in clinical research, aiming to comprehend the cognitive mechanisms of clinical dysfunction and guide mechanism-targeting interventions to enhance them;

• An ultra-brief tool for measuring cognitive fitness in clinical conditions, which can be used to build resilience against mental ill-health and improve performance in high-stakes situations, such as those faced by first responders, military professionals, and competitive athletes.

The novel digital medicine also includes an interactive virtual reality platform that delivers exposure/response prevention interventions for disorders like obsessivecompulsive disorder (OCD) and gambling disorder.

Professor Murat Yücel is also involved in clinical trials in Lifestyle Medicine, focusing on the neural and cognitive effects of physical exercise and mindfulness meditation. Additionally, he participates in clinical trials of Psychedelic Medicine, examining the cognitive and mental health effects of psilocybin and MDMA.

• Horizon Europe

• Australian Government (via Department of Industry, Science and Resources)

• Australian Government (via Department of Defence & Defence Science and Technology Group)

• Lithuanian Government (via Lithuanian University of Health Sciences)