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Dr. Bainbridge Interviewed in Big Brains Podcast
Dr. Bainbridge was interviewed for UChicago's Big Brains Podcast! In the episode, "What makes something memorable (or forgettable?)" Dr. Bainbridge discusses the Mandela effect, our AI tool used to predict what we remember and a wide range of subjects related to...
Trent’s Art of Memory Exhibition is now open!
As a part of his project studying the relationship between art and memory, Trent Davis, the lab's manager, has put together an art exhibition called The Art of Memory! All of the artworks from the exhibit come from an art contest where he challenged artists to create...
Emma interviewed by the New Scientist
Emma Megla, a 3rd year PhD student in the lab, was recently interviewed by the New Scientist magazine! Follow the link below to learn more about her project, and how drawings can be used to improve our understanding of human memory!...
Dr. Bainbridge Interviewed for “The Course” Podcast
Dr. Bainbridge was recently interviewed by "The Course" podcast! Listen to the episode to learn more about Professor Bainbridge's career path to becoming a University of Chicago professor, starting from her undergraduate experience as a professional guinea pig,...
Dr. Bainbridge named 2024 Sloan Research Fellow
Dr. Bainbridge has been awarded the Sloan Research Fellowship in Neuroscience for 2024 by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation! The Sloan Foundation is a not-for-profit grantmaking institution that supports high quality, impartial scientific research; fosters a robust,...
Madeline’s New Paper in Visual Cognition
Madeline Gedvila, a recent UChicago graduate and former Brain Bridge Lab undergraduate researcher, recently published a paper along with Joan Ochongo and Dr. Bainbridge titled “Memorable beginnings, but forgettable endings: Intrinsic memorability alters our subjective...
Our Lab Receives 2023 Scialog Collaborative Innovation Award
Dr. Bainbridge and her teammates Daniel Burnston (Philosophy / Brain Institute, Tulane University) and Bob Wilson (Psychology, University of Arizona) received 2023 Scialog Collaborative Innovation Awards for their project: Mapping Inner Worlds: Representational...
Hannah’s New Paper in Journal of Experimental Psychology
Congratulations Hannah, a 3rd year PhD student, for her publication in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General: "Children develop adult-like visual sensitivity to image memorability by the age of 4". In her paper, she utilized data from Saragosa-Harris et al....
Congrats to Esther for Winning Quad Scholars Grant
Congratulations to Esther, a 3rd year undergraduate for winning the Quad Undergraduate Research Grant! Quad Grants are competitive, open-discipline awards intended to enhance the educational experience of University of Chicago College students by supporting scholarly...
Emma’s Article Published in Oxford Research Encyclopedia
Emma's article, “The Interaction of Perception and Memory” was published in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Neuroscience! In the article, she discusses perceptual influences on memory, mnemonic influences on perception, and neural interactions of perception and...