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PhD (Birkbeck, University of London)

MSc (Ecole Normale Superieure)

Before joining the School of Psychology, Barbara was a postdoctoral scientist at the Cognitive Development Center at the Central European University, in Vienna, Austria, and Budapest, Hungary. She held postdoctoral appointments on ERC funded projects with Prof. Gergely Csibra (#742231 PARTNERS) and Dr Agnes Melinda Kovacs (#284236 REPCOLLAB).

She completed her PhD at the Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development, Birkbeck, University of London, with Dr Teodora Gliga. Her dissertation a looked at how language learning affects infants’ cognitive function (e.g., categorization, working memory).

Barbara did her MSc in Cognitive Science at Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France. She investigated how children’s phonological knowledge affects word learning under the mentorship of Dr Thierry Nazzi, CNRS.

Barbara leads a year two module: Social and Cognitive Development. She also teaches in a final year optional module looking at cognition from comparative and developmental perspectives: Higher Cognitive Functions.

Barbara is keen to hear from interested early career researchers. Please send her an email with your CV and a brief overview of your research interests.

Postdoctoral researchers: Barbara is looking for postdoctoral researchers interested in interdisciplinary research (cognitive development, neuroscience, computational modeling, AI) and developing new research methods. She can advise and assist with obtaining funding. Please contact her to discuss further.

PhD students: Barbara is currently accepting new PhD students. She is keen to discuss research potential research topics and funding opportunities. For further information regarding the PhD application process see the 'how to apply' section of the . Please contact her to discuss further.

Barbara is fascinated by powerful learning abilities of infants and young children. To understand the building blocks of human learning, she studies how infants and young children acquire new concepts and develop new skills, and how these processes are implemented in the developing brain. 

She uses infant- and child-friendly neuroimaging techniques (e.g., EEG, OPM-MEG, fNIRS), eye tracking, and behavioral experiments.

Her long-term goal is to contribute to improving education by translating the insights from experimental work into policy and educational practice.