Ethan is a third-year undergraduate at the college majoring in Psychology. He is especially interested in episodic memory perspective as it relates to subject focus.  In his free time, he enjoys biking, baking, reading, and playing video games.

emoore77(at)uchicago(dot)edu

Brady is a postdoctoral scholar in the Brain Bridge Lab interested in how we can improve memory in everyday life through encoding techniques and the creation of highly memorable stimuli. He is also interested in how symbols of all kinds (e.g., !@#$%) are stored and retrieved from memory. In his free time, Brady enjoys camping, finding new coffee shops, and taking long trips on his motorcycle.

bradyr(at)uchicago(dot)edu

Cambria is a fourth-year doctoral student in the Cognitive Psychology program. Before joining the Brain Bridge Lab, she majored in Biological Basis of Behavior at the University of Pennsylvania, and spent two years as a post-baccalaureate research fellow at the National Institute of Mental Health. She is broadly interested in memorability across sensory modalities, and is currently investigating the consistencies in the voices people remember and forget. Cambria loves crafting, thrifting, and checking out live music around Chicago.

crevsine(at)uchicago(dot)edu

Emma is a fourth-year PhD student in the Cognitive Psychology program. She graduated with a B.S. in Neuroscience from The Ohio State University in 2019 before working as a lab manager / research assistant at Vanderbilt University for two years. Emma is interested in taking advantage of multiple methods, such as drawing and EEG, to study how (and what) we forget as well as how our memory representations change over time. In her free time, she likes to read, knit, and try to make the prettiest farm in her favorite video game, Stardew Valley.

emegla(at)uchicago(dot)edu

Hannah is a fourth-year PhD student in the Cognitive Psychology program, co-advised by Dr. Wilma Bainbridge and Dr. Susan Goldin-Meadow. She graduated with a B.S. in Cognitive Science and a B.A. in Linguistics from UCLA in 2021 before joining the lab. Hannah is broadly interested in how stimulus memorability affects how people learn, think, and apply knowledge in novel situations, and is currently investigating (1) the developmental trajectory of memorability, and (2) the application of memorability in naturalistic learning settings involving gestures. 

hannahguo(at)uchicago(dot)edu

Evie is a first-year PhD student in the Cognitive Psychology / Computational Cognitive Neuroscience program. Prior to joining the Brain Bridge Lab, she graduated from Washington University in St. Louis in 2024 with majors in Psychology and Global Studies. She is interested in the relationship between memorability and the organization of people’s cognitive maps, as well as the neural mechanisms underpinning memorability effects. Evie enjoys doing all kinds of crafts, going on nature walks, and lounging around watching movies on Friday nights!

evchen(at)uchicago(dot)edu

Hannah is a second-year MACSS student. She discovered her condition of aphantasia, an inability to visualize in one’s mind, during her high school years. This discovery sparked her research interest in understanding how aphantasia affects various cognitive functions, particularly memory. Her current research primarily focuses on the impact of aphantasia on visual working memory. Additionally, she is exploring the relationship between the vividness of an individual’s visual imagery and their visual working memory capabilities.

Yi is a MAPSS student concentrating in psychology. She graduated with a B.S. in Psychology from the University of Washington in 2024. Her research interests lie in cognitive and health psychology, specifically focusing on how memory and attention influence learning and health outcomes across the lifespan. In her free time, she enjoys watching Netflix, playing video games, and attending concerts.

Vicky is a master’s student in the MAPSS program, with a recent Bachelor of Science in Psychology from UIUC. Her research interests lie in the process of memory retrieval, specifically the interaction between memorability and sensory cues like music and smells. In her free time, she enjoys listening to R&B music, painting, cooking, playing video games (particularly League of Legends and Teamfight Tactics), and collecting cute refrigerator magnets.

Sam is a fourth-year triple majoring in Psychology, Anthropology, and History. He is particularly interested in the role that the five senses have in relation to the strength of memories. In his free time, he enjoys playing adventure games, reading fantasy novels, and cooking.

Esther is a fourth-year majoring in Data Science and minoring in Computational Neuroscience. She enjoys exploring how the brain functions and is eager to combine psychology with the application of data science and machine learning to help better understand the human mind. This past year Esther has been interning for a pharmaceutical company based in Boston building Python functions, creating compliance reports, and making presentations to implement data science into the field of medicine. She enjoys playing soccer in her free time and exploring new restaurants and bakeries downtown. 

Ophra is a third-year majoring in Cognitive Science and Psychology and minoring in Human Rights. She is currently interested in the connection between visual imagery and memory, specifically as it pertains to aphantasic individuals. In her free time, she enjoys running, scrapbooking, reading fantasy, and finding new activities to try around the city.