Overview
I'm a psychologist studying how culture shapes the developing mind.
My research program explores cognitive development through an interdisciplinary perspective — bringing together tools from psychology, anthropology, and behavioral economics — to better understand human behavioral diversity. My approach is built upon two central pillars: (1) cross-cultural fieldwork to explore the breadth of human behavior and its regularities, and (2) laboratory experiments to elucidate the cognitive mechanisms underlying observed patterns.
Since 2014, I have been working among the Shuar — an Indigenous forager-horticulturalist group in Amazonian Ecuador — and I regularly engage in research collaborations with researchers and participants across five continents.
I am particularly interested in the ontogeny of judgments, preferences, and decision-making in children and adults of diverse societies. Most recently, I have focused my research on the development of cooperative behaviors across age and cultures and the role that norms can play in guiding social behavior.
My research program explores cognitive development through an interdisciplinary perspective — bringing together tools from psychology, anthropology, and behavioral economics — to better understand human behavioral diversity. My approach is built upon two central pillars: (1) cross-cultural fieldwork to explore the breadth of human behavior and its regularities, and (2) laboratory experiments to elucidate the cognitive mechanisms underlying observed patterns.
Since 2014, I have been working among the Shuar — an Indigenous forager-horticulturalist group in Amazonian Ecuador — and I regularly engage in research collaborations with researchers and participants across five continents.
I am particularly interested in the ontogeny of judgments, preferences, and decision-making in children and adults of diverse societies. Most recently, I have focused my research on the development of cooperative behaviors across age and cultures and the role that norms can play in guiding social behavior.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Assistant Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience
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2024 - Present
Psychology & Neuroscience,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Education, Training & Certifications
Yale University ·
2018
Ph.D.
University of California, Los Angeles ·
2012
B.S.