Bria Long

Bria Long is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of California, San Diego, leading the Visual Learning Lab (vislearnlab.org). Her research focuses on how humans, especially infants and children, learn visual concepts through perception and interaction. She combines behavioral experiments, computational methods, and ecological approaches to study visual learning across development. Key areas include object recognition, drawing production, and the role of real-world visual experiences in shaping cognition.

She holds a Ph.D. from Harvard University, an M.S. from École Normale Supérieure in Paris (funded by a Fulbright Award), and a B.A. from Stanford University. Her work is supported by an NIH K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award. Notable projects include the BabyView dataset (egocentric infant vision) and studies on children’s drawing development. She has contributed to open science initiatives like Peekbank, a repository for developmental eye-tracking data.

Her research has been published in journals spanning cognitive science, psychology, and neuroscience. She advises students on projects related to visual learning, cognitive development, and computational modeling.