Tricia Striano is an American psychologist who is the head of the Independent Research Group on Cultural Ontogeny at the

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Career

Striano was born in Weymouth

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. She obtained her BA in psychology from

The College of the Holy Cross The College of the Holy Cross is a private Jesuit liberal arts college in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. It was founded by educators Benedict Joseph Fenwick and Thomas F. Mulledy in 1843 under the auspices of the Society of Jesus. H ...

. She obtained her Ph.D. in psychology from

Emory University Emory University is a private university, private research university in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It was founded in 1836 as Emory College by the Methodist Episcopal Church and named in honor of Methodist bishop John Emory. Its main campu ...

in 2000, after which she became Head of the Independent Research Group on Cultural Ontogeny at the

in Leipzig, Germany. In 2004, Tricia Striano received the

Sofia Kovalevskaya Award The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation of Germany bestowed the Sofia Kovalevskaya Award from 2002 to 2020. Sofia Kovalevskaya (1850–1891) was the first major Russian female mathematician, who made important contributions to mathematical analysis ...

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and the Sanctae Crucis Award of the College of the Holy Cross. She built the Neurocognition and Development Research Group at the

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and Center for Advanced Studies at the

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. In 2008, Striano obtained her

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from the

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in Germany. Tricia Striano founded Tricia Striano Inc and brand AisforBanana®.

Research

Striano's main area of research is social cognition and learning in infancy, using brain and behavioral measures.

Publications

Articles

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References

External links

Official Site
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Striano, Tricia American women psychologists 21st-century American psychologists American developmental psychologists College of the Holy Cross alumni Emory University alumni Hunter College faculty 1973 births Living people 21st-century American women