Dr.Mark Nielsen
Principal Researcher and Centre Director

Mark is a senior lecturer in psychology and has been with the school since 2002. He is primarily interested in how children learn from others and what this can tell us about the evolution of human culture.
Mrs. Sally Clark
Centre Manager

Sally has been our Lab Manager now since 2007. She looks after the day-to-day activities of the centre. She has strong interests in comparative and developmental psychology.

Professor Virginia Slaughter
Principal Researcher

Virginia founded the Infant Research labs at the University of Queensland in 1997. She investigates social and cognitive development in infancy and early childhood.
Professor Thomas Suddendorf
Principal Researcher

Thomas' research addresses questions of developmental comparative and evolutionary psychology. He has been at UQ since 1999.

Dr. Kana Imuta
Researcher

Kana is a postdoctoral research fellow interested in how children begin to acquire numerical knowledge in early childhood.
Dr. Emma Collier-Baker
Researcher

Emma is a comparative psychologist whose work involves comparing and contrasting the cognitive abilities of children with those of nonhuman primates and other animals.

Dr. Gabrielle Simcock
Researcher

Gabrielle studies symbolic understanding and memory in infancy and early childhood.
Ms. Siobhan Kennedy
Research Assistant

Siobhan has been involved in our newborn imitation project since 2010. She is an Honours student in Psychology.

Dr. Stephanie Malone
Researcher

Stephanie studies the impact of social-pragmatic skills on word learning in children with autism.
Dr. Michelle Heron-Delaney
Researcher

Michelle's research focusses on face and body perception in infancy.
 
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