Professor David Gallo and Assoc. Professor Wilma Bainbridge (Psychology) study what happens to our brains when false memories form and why we sometimes share false memories—a phenomenon called the Mandela effect.
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Congratulations to Professor Peter Littlewood (Physics) for being elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) for distinguished achievements in original research!
Our undergraduate students Stacia Konow and John Ponce assist Dr. Sheffield in his lab and they talked about the work they have been doing as well as how their experience inside the lab has influenced their undergrad journey at UChicago.
Prof. Nicholas G. Hatsopoulos (OBA) talks about his career threading through physics and psychology, playing the bouzouki in Greece, and finally landing himself in neuroscience in episode 145 of "The Course" podcast.
A groundbreaking operation that implanted lab-grown stem cells into Jonathan Nemeth's brain has quieted his seizures. The approach, said Dr. Peter Warnke, is "truly restorative" for some patients with epilepsy.
Assoc. Prof. Mark Sheffield and his lab at UChicago are studying how the brain forms, stores, and retrieves memories using advanced imaging and VR. Their research could lead to better treatments for Alzheimer's, PTSD, and more.
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