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Valerie Kuhlmeier
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Associate Professor |
T: 613.533.2478 E: vk4(a)queensu.ca 350 Humphrey Hall
Psychology Department
Queen's UniversityKingston, ON K7L 3N6 » Website |
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My research program explores cognition from a developmental and evolutionary perspective. I examine the origins of our cognitive capacities, focusing primarily on our abilities to distinguish and reason about animate and inanimate objects, to interpret the behavior and infer the mental states of others, and to recognize and use tools and physical representations of space. Each is examined in a comparative manner, studying infants, young children, and non-human primates. The research thus relies upon both developmental and comparative psychology theory to form and test hypotheses about these abilities. |
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