She obtained her Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology from Emory University in 2000, after which she became Head of the Independent Research Group on Cultural Ontogeny at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany.
She obtained her Bachelor in psychology from The College of the Holy Cross. In 2004, Tricia Striano received the Sofia Kovalevskaya Award of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. She used the award to build the Neurocognition and Development Group at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences and Center for Advanced Studies at the University of Leipzig.
In 2008, Doctor Striano obtained her habilitation from the University of Osnabruck in Germany.
Doctor Striano is currently a Professor in the Department of Psychology at Hunter College, City University of New New York Doctor Tricia Striano researches social cognition and learning in infancy, using brain and behavioral measures.
November 2008 Baby Milestones: Social Triumphs (Parentingcom)
June 12, 2008 Babies Pick up Early on Adults" Social Cues (USATodaycom/ScienceFair)
June 2008 Three-month-old Infants Are Sensitive To Emotional Cues Referring To Objects In The World (Science Dailycom)
February 2008 Look Who"s Talking (PopularMechanicscom)
September 21, 2005 Better to be in Leipzig. The Developmental Psychologist Tricia Striano (Humboldt KOSMOS - Mitteilungen der Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung).
