Dr. Tricia Striano was born in the United States. She studied Psychology, and since 2000, she is living in Germany. In 2004 she received the Sofja Kovalevskaja Award of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.

She used the money to build up the infant lab at the Centre for Advanced Studies at the University of LeipzigIn her research, she is trying to get at the early origins of social cognition in infants, between birth and 12 months, trying to understand how they learn. And she has been able to demonstrate, that in the very early months of infancy, well before the end of the first year, infants are attending to others, sensiting to the type of cues that others provide them, using these cues to learn about others and language and the world around them in general.

Source: Deutsche Welle