

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.

Dr. Sylvia Pinheiro
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.


Lara Gomes
I'm a PhD student in Psychobiology at UFRN, Brazil, and I'm at the Social Cognition Lab as a visiting research student. I'm interested in the evolution of human behaviour, with a focus on empathic behaviour throughout human development, particularly how empathy can be affected by variables such as gender, socioeconomic status, and parenting practices.

Lab Alumni
Honour's Thesis Students
2024-2025
Claire Dixon
Jessica Vance​
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2023-2024
Talia Buckhalter
Adriana Helou
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2021-2022
Brendan Hancock
Montana Shore
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2020-2021
Emma Liptrot
Lexie Piccolo
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2019-2020
Kate Hollingshead
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2018-2019
Brooke Hilton
Shanahan Shan
2017-2018
Megan Kenney
Emily Pepper
2016-2017
Natanya Levine
2015-2016
Nina Buchenrieder
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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
Sylvia Pinheiro, Ph.D.
Lab Coordinator, Queen's U.
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Tara Karasewich, Ph.D.
Accommodations Manager, Queen's U.
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Maeve Glover, MSc.
Secondary school educator
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Scott Robson, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, CHEO
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Amy O'Neill, Ph.D.
Clinical Practice
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Kristen Dunfield, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Concordia Univ.
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Tania Tzelnic, MSc.
Public Policy
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Elizabeth Hallinan, MSc.
Attorney at Law
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Undergraduate Research Fellows
Montana Shore, NSERC USRA & Queen's ASURF
Graduate Student, Boston Univ.
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Danielle Bukovsky, NSERC USRA
Undergraduate, Queen's Univ.
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Brooke Hilton, NSERC USRA &
Queen's ASURF
Graduate Student, Queen's Univ.
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Ruxandra Filip, NSERC USRA
Graduate Student
Lab Coordinators
Sara Jones
Employment Counsellor, Toronto
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Olivia Holden
Graduate Student, McGill Univ.
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Hannah Taalman (MSc.)
Research Coordinator, CAMH
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Rayna Edels (M.A.)
Graduate Student, McGill Univ.
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Debra Torok
Graduate Student, Univ. of Victoria
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Kathleen Merwin
Graduate Student, Dalhousie Univ.
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Lindsay Murphy
Director of BI and Analytics
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Rachel Banton (MSc.)
Graduate Student, Concordia Univ.
Senior Account Manager
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Vivian Lee (Ph.D.)
Graduate Student, McMaster Univ.
Postdoctoral Researcher, York Univ.
Assistant Professor, Carleton Univ.
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