Press
Here are various times my research (or random other activities) have ended up in the press or blog posts.
Research-related
- Time Slows Down When We See Something Memorable, Scientific American, April 22, 2024
- Forget Me Not: The University of Chicago’s Wilma Bainbridge is getting to the bottom of what makes certain artwork memorable, Chicago Magazine, April 2024
- Insight into memories may alter our view of eyewitness testimonies, New Scientist, February 2024
- Liking The Roman Empire Tells Us More About Ourselves Than We Think, Refinery29, September 22, 2023
- The ‘Mandela Effect’ describes the false memories many of us share. But why can’t scientists explain it?, CNN, September 18, 2023
- Probing false memories: what is the Mandela Effect?, Cosmos Magazine, September 8, 2023
- Psychology: Objects sticking in memory, Nature Communications Psychology Research Highlights, August 1, 2023
- Beauty is in the eye of the beholder—but memorability may be universal, Wired, July 24, 2023
- Your ability to remember works of art may be predictable, University of Chicago News, July 12, 2023
- Memorable artworks are easy to predict, Nature Research Highlight, July 11, 2023
- A computer model that can predict the “memorability” of art., Advanced Science News, July 11, 2023
- Large-scale study challenges our understanding of memorable images, University of Chicago Division of the Social Sciences News, April 26, 2023
- The value of new voices in science and journalism, and what makes something memorable, Science Podcast, April 23, 2023
- Reacting to the craziest Mandela Effects (part 2)., Good Mythical Morning, March 16, 2023
- Testing the Visual Mandela Effect, Psychology Today, February 7, 2023
- Read after watching: How episode recaps became part of our TV experience, The Colin McEnroe Show, Connecticut Public Radio, January 5, 2023
- Social media could open doors for studying memory, study finds, University of Chicago News, November 6, 2022
- Reacting to the craziest Mandela Effects, Good Mythical Morning, November 2, 2022
- Alternate realities, or false memory? Exploring the science of the Mandela Effect, Language of Mind, October 12, 2022
- Our memories are lying to us: The Mandela Effect, Radio Health Journal, September 25, 2022
- New study seeks to explain the 'Mandela Effect' - the bizarre phenomenon of shared false memories, The Conversation, September 23, 2022
- Interview on In Depth News, Los Angeles, KNX News 97.1, September 6, 2022
- Visual Mandela Effect: You don't know iconic images as well as you think. Hacakday, August 29, 2022
- Interview on the Kelly Cutrara Show, AM 640 Toronto Radio, August 15, 2022
- The Mandela Effect-And Your False Memories-Are Real, Scientists Confirm in a New Study. Esquire, August 15, 2022
- Can you pick out the correct version of these famous pop culture icons? University of Chicago News, July 15, 2022
- The true and false memorability of images - how we remember (and make errors to) some images over others. Bar-Ilan University Vision Science Talk Series, March 9, 2022
- Is it ethical to use facial imaging in decision-making?. Chicago Booth Review, Summer 2022 Issue
- New Map of Meaning in the Brain Changes Ideas About Memory. Quanta Magazine, February 8, 2022
- Why do we remember what we remember?. Vox, January 26, 2022
- Blind mind's eye. American Scientist, March 2021
- How memorable is your photo? A new tool will give you a score. University of Chicago News, June 2, 2021
- The luck of the draw. Nature Behavioural & Social Sciences: After the Paper, January 15, 2021
- Can't draw a mental picture? Aphantasia causes blind spots in the mind's eye. University of Chicago News, December 23, 2020
- NIH study finds out why some words may be more memorable than others. NIH News Release, June 29, 2020
- Why images may appear closer--or farther--than they actually are. University of Chicago News, February 27, 2020
- A Privacy Dustup at Microsoft Exposes Major Problems for A.I. Medium OneZero, June 12, 2019
- Remembrance of things (recently) past. Brain Waves: The NIMH Intramural Research Program Newsletter, February 1, 2019
- Drawing out the visual richness of our memories. Nature Behavioural & Social Sciences: Behind the Paper, January 28, 2019
- How Many Faces Do You Know? Psychology Today, November 20, 2018
- Drawing out visual memories. Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting Blog, November 15, 2017
- How to Make Your Face Unforgettable. The Telegraph (UK), January 12, 2014
- Never Forget a Face. MIT Technology Review, December 30, 2013
- What Makes a Picture Memorable? SPIE Newsroom, May 7, 2013
Random Press:
Wilma Bainbridge: The Neuroscience of Memorability
Montgomery Blair High School Magnet Foundation, Fall, 2019
I was extremely honored to be interviewed by my high school alumni newsletter about my career and advice for current students!
The mythos and meaning behind Pokémon's most famous glitch
Ars Technica, February 18, 2019
I was interviewed on my early research on video game glitches.
Memory 2.0
2.0 podcast, January 7, 2019
John and Will Wiesenfeld improve memory in this comedic podcast.
あっぱれニッポン人！コレが世界のイチバン
TBS, July 15, 2011
I got my 15 minutes of fame, appearing in a Japanese TV show about showing new technologies to international students. As a roboticist, I got to go play with factory robots and drive around in a smart car with some famous comedians.
"Aperture" opens eyes
Silver Chips Online, July 11, 2005
An article on the high school literary magazine I served as Editor-in-Chief for.