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Dr. Bainbridge Receives 2024 Scialog Collaborative Innovation Award!
Congratulations to Dr. Wilma Bainbridge for being awarded a 2024 Scialog Collaborative Innovation Award as part of the Scialog: Molecular Basis of Cognition initiative! This prestigious award, funded by the Research Corporation for Science Advancement, the Frederick...
Dr. Bainbridge receives the APA Distinguished Scientific Award for an Early Career Contribution to Psychology
Congratulations to Dr. Wilma Bainbridge for receiving the American Psychological Association (APA) Distinguished Scientific Award for an Early Career Contribution to Psychology in Social Psychology!
Dr. Bainbridge Achieves Tenure!
A huge congratulations to Dr. Wilma Bainbridge for achieving tenure at the University of Chicago! This well-deserved recognition reflects her dedication to advancing science and mentoring the next generation of researchers. Congratulations, Dr. Bainbridge, on this...
Dr. Bainbridge Presents at Art of Science Chicago
Dr. Wilma Bainbridge recently presented at Art of Science Chicago, a monthly outreach series where scientists share their work with the public in an art gallery setting. Dr. Bainbridge discussed the lab's research on how artwork holds an intrinsic memorability based...
Esther Goldberg and Ophra Atar Awarded Quad Research Grants!
Congratulations to Esther and Ophra for each being named Quad Undergraduate Research Scholars!! The Quad Scholars are awarded competitive, open-disciple grants, with the purpose of enriching the educational experiences of University of Chicago College students by...
Emma Megla’s Object and Spatial Memory Paper Published in Cognition
Congratulations to Emma Megla, Samuel R. Rosenthal, and Dr. Bainbridge for their publication in Cognition titled “Drawings reveal changes in object memory, but not spatial memory, over time.” This research examines how memory evolves over time, revealing that while...
UChicago Magazine Features Brain Bridge Lab Memorability Study
Check out this article featuring Dr. Bainbridge’s research on memorability in art and human faces! The article explores how the Brain Bridge Lab studies the way people consistently remember (or forget) certain images, regardless of personal experience. Highlights...
Trent Davis’s Art of Memory Exhibition Covered by UChicago Magazine
Check out this article that talks about how Trent Davis, AB’23, former lab manager at the Brain Bridge Lab, brought art and science together in The Art of Memory, an interactive exhibition held at Connect Gallery. Designed as a memory experiment, the show displayed...
Brady Roberts’s Memory Augmentation Paper Published in Psychonomic Bulletin & Review
Congratulations to Brady Roberts and Julia Pruin, along with Dr. Bainbridge, Monica Rosenberg, and Megan deBettencourt for their publication in the Psychonomic Bulletin & Review titled “Memory augmentation with an adaptive cognitive interface.” This study...
Yahoo Article Featuring Our Paper on the Mandela Effect
Check out this article on Yahoo featuring a previous paper on the Mandela Effect authored by our former lab manager, Deepa Prasad, and Dr. Wilma Bainbridge. The article highlights findings from the paper and insights from an interview with Dr. Wilma Bainbridge.