She received a Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology from the University of Western Australia, and a Ph. D. in Developmental Psychology from the University of California-Berkeley. She has a broad interest in children’s early social-cognitive and social-emotional development. Her research centers on infants’ responsiveness to, and understanding of, other people’s emotional states. She has also published research papers on theory of mind, attachment, children’s gender-typed beliefs and behavior, and the ontogeny of human disgust responses.