Dr. Valerie Kuhlmeier
My research program explores cognition from a developmental and evolutionary perspective. I examine the origins of our cognitive capacities in a comparative manner, studying infants, young children, non-human primates, and dogs.
Dr. Taigan MacGowan
I am a Postdoctoral Fellow examining individual differences in the development of social cognitive processes, such as theory of mind and prosocial behaviour. I investigate these phenomena from a psychophysiological standpoint, and in the context of temperamental and state shyness.
Sylvia Pinheiro
For my PhD research, I examine how children learn social behaviours, particularly within the virtual environment. I also communicate scientific knowledge to nonacademic audiences via illustration and game-based activities.
Brooke Hilton
I primarily work in Dr. Mark Sabbagh's Early Experience Lab as a PhD student, where I examine how children form and revise beliefs. In the Social Cognition Lab, I'm interested in how children update their beliefs about other individuals, with the aim of understanding how cognitive mechanisms of belief formation connect with selective social behaviour.
Montana Shore
NSERC Fellow
I am interested in how temperamental factors, such as shyness and sociability, play a role in children’s online prosocial behaviour. As a fellow in the Social Cognition Lab, I am also involved in a project investigating how dogs attend and respond to various communicative cues.
Lab Alumni
Honour's Thesis Students
2021-2022
Brendan Hancock
Montana Shore
2020-2021
Emma Liptrot
Lexie Piccolo
2019-2020
Kate Hollingshead
2018-2019
Brooke Hilton
Shanahan Shan
2017-2018
Megan Kenney
Emily Pepper
2016-2017
Natanya Levine
2015-2016
Nina Buchenrieder
2014-2015
Ruxandra Filip
Rayna Edels
2013-2014
Zoe Paul
Kelsey Slobodian
Danielle Speck
2012-2013
Annamaria McAndrew
Madison Healey
2011-2012
Kathleen Merwin
2010-2011
Sydney Oastler
Raquel Martinez
2009-2010
Kyleigh Schraeder
Victoria Freeman
2008-2009
Jessica White
2007-2008
Sara Caird
Jenny Chu
2006-2007
Sarah Latimer
2005-2006
Lisa Hong
Katherine Chow
2004-2005
Kelly Anthony-Brown
Scott Robson, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, CHEO
Amy O'Neill, Ph.D.
Clinical Practice
Kristen Dunfield, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Concordia Univ.
Tania Tzelnic, MSc.
Public Policy
Elizabeth Hallinan, MSc.
Attorney at Law
Undergraduate Research Fellows
Montana Shore, NSERC USRA & Queen's ASURF
Lab Coordinator, Duke Univ.
Danielle Bukovsky, NSERC USRA
Undergraduate, Queen's Univ.
Brooke Hilton, NSERC USRA &
Queen's ASURF
Graduate Student, Queen's Univ.
Ruxandra Filip, NSERC USRA
Graduate Student
Sara Jones
Certificate Program, Toronto
Olivia Holden
Graduate Student, McGill Univ.
Hannah Taalman (MSc.)
Research Coordinator, CAMH
Rayna Edels (M.A.)
Graduate Student, McGill Univ.
Debra Torok
Graduate Student, Univ. of Victoria
Kathleen Merwin
Graduate Student, Dalhousie Univ.
Lindsay Murphy
Director of BI and Analytics
Rachel Banton (MSc.)
Graduate Student, Concordia Univ.
Senior Account Manager
Vivian Lee (Ph.D.)
Graduate Student, McMaster Univ.
Postdoctoral Researcher, York Univ.
Assistant Professor, Carleton Univ.