Brain Bridge researchers find — for the first time — intrinsic memorability to voices
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February 26, 2025
Faculty Comparative Human Development Psychology Announcements
Exploring how whole-to-part learning is a natural bias in children
By Sarah Steimer Young children learning a language approach it in two ways: by learning parts and constructing wholes, or by learning wholes and disc...
January 13, 2025
Faculty Anthropology Psychology Announcements
2024 Dean’s Early Career Research Awards
By Aubrey ChristofersenThe Annual Dean’s Early Career Research Awards have been announced. Now in their second year, the awards are supported through ...
January 13, 2025
Faculty Psychology Announcements
New study reveals how brain activity reflects hostile interpretations of social situations
Brain imaging shows distinct neural patterns in individuals prone to seeing hostility, according to a paper from the Motivation and Cognition Neurosci...
February 6, 2024
Faculty Student Psychology Announcements
Can artists predict the memorability of their own work?
A new study from the Brain Bridge Lab asks artists to submit work they deem either memorable or forgettable as the team continues to research if certa...
February 4, 2024
Children develop adult-like image memorability by age 4
The latest Brain Bridge Lab study could have major implications for designing educational materials. By Sarah Steimer The Brain Bridge Lab has b...
January 25, 2024
Wilma Bainbridge receives funding in the Scialog: Molecular Basis of Cognition initiative
Seven collaborative teams of early career researchers have won funding for projects to advance understanding of the processes that underlie memory and...
January 16, 2024
Faculty Economics History Psychology Political Science Announcements
SSD Welcomes New Faculty for the 2023-24 Academic Year
Christina Brown Assistant Professor, Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics Christina Brown is a development economist studying labor and ...
January 13, 2025
Psychology Faculty Student Announcements
New research shows brain activity travels between a small number of states based on what we are thinking and paying attention to
The brain state optimal for focus depends on the task, according to a paper from the Cognition, Attention, and Brain LabBy Sarah SteimerUsing function...
January 13, 2025
Faculty Student Psychology Announcements
Your Ability to Remember a Work of Art May Be Predictable
A new study from the Brain Bridge Lab used Art Institute of Chicago paintings and a neural network to predict naturalistic memory. By Sarah Steimer...
January 13, 2025