Research Interests
Cognitive science and cognitive development :
Analogy and Relational Learning
Learning Sciences and Education
Language typology and its effects on cognition
Comparison processes in social and cultural learning
Employment
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China Associate Professor (with tenure), Department of Psychology, 2018/11- current Research Chair, Tsinghua Laboratory of Brain and Intelligence, 2019- current
Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA Associate Professor (with tenure), 2018/02 Assistant Professor, 2012/09- 2018/02
Stanford University, Stanford, CA Visiting Scholar, 2015/09- 2016/07
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada Postdoctoral Research and Teaching Fellow, 2010/09- 2012/0
Education
Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology, 2004/09- 2010/06 Psychology Department Teaching Certificate Advisor: Dedre Gentner
Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA B.A. in Psychology Magna Cum Laude with Highest Honors, 1999/09- 2004/06 Certificate in Mind Brain Behavior Citation in Modern Chinese Advisor: Elizabeth Spelke
