Mark is the Principal Investigator for the lab. He started the lab when he arrived at Queen’s in 2000. Our work is funded by grants from NSERC and SSHRC. CV

Caitlin is a 6th year PhD student who is finishing up her dissertation investigating how warm parent-child interactions might affect preschoolers’ social reasoning skills.

Mark is a 5th year PhD student. His Master’s work focused on the neurobiological processes that become active when we realize someone might think something different from ourselves. Click on the “Participate” button to learn more about and sign up for his study, Bird Box!

Brooke is a 3rd year PhD student whose research investigates how preschoolers use new information to make decisions and change their minds over time. She is particularly interested in how preschoolers make decisions about what and when to explore during belief change. Click on the “Participate” button to learn more about and sign up for her study, Treasure Hunt!

Kayla is a 2nd year MSc developmental psychology student in the lab, with a focus on Theory of Mind and group membership in early childhood. Her research explores how minimal group membership affects children's reasoning about false beliefs in 3- to 5-year-olds using the sandbox task.

Kyla is the joint research coordinator for the EEL and DSEC labs. She graduated from Queen’s University with a Bachelor of Science Honours (BScH) degree in 2023. She completed her degree in the Biology and Psychology specialization program. She is mainly involved in helping coordinate and supporting current research projects in the lab!

Rebecca is a 4th year undergraduate student majoring in Psychology, minoring in Biology, and completing the Certificate in Business. She has been volunteering in the EEL since her second year and is now excited to complete her honour's thesis in the lab, studying the development of cognitive flexibility in later childhood. This aligns with her passion for research on children's cognitive and social development. Outside of the lab, Rebecca enjoys yoga, travel, and cooking with friends and family!

Shannon is a 4th year Psychology student completing her honours thesis with the EEL lab. Her research will investigate how young children’s belief revision capabilities differ relative to their age and theory of mind. Her study will begin November 2024. Contact the lab to learn more!

Emma is a 4th year psychology major and sociology minor student. Her directed lab project involves looking at how affection from parents can impact the movement patterns of young kids. She's very interested in theory of mind and executive functioning research, and is super excited to experience some of this research first hand in the EEL.

Taylor Vilardo is a fourth year psychology major and french minor student. Her directed lab project investigates the development of theory of mind in children aged 3-6. Using EEG, her project explores how children's brain activity responds as they play an animated game about birds, helping to uncover insights into how young kids understand that others have thoughts and beliefs different from their own. Taylor is excited to delve deeper into social and cognitive development research through hands-on experience with this project.