Dr. Victoria Leong

Biography

Victoria Leong is an Affiliated Lecturer at the University of Cambridge and an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Nanyang Technological University. She heads the Baby-LINC Lab in the Department of Psychology, where her research focuses on how infants learn in social contexts and interact with their parents. As a developmental cognitive neuroscientist, she specializes in using dual-electroencephalography (EEG) to investigate how brain activity patterns between parents and infants synchronize during social interactions. Her work highlights the concept of mutual neural attunement, emphasizing its role in enhancing early learning and communication. Dr. Leong earned her PhD in Psychology from the University of Cambridge in 2013, receiving the Robert J. Glushko Prize from the Cognitive Science Society for outstanding interdisciplinary work. She also holds prestigious fellowships such as the Junior Research Fellowship at Cambridge University and the Parke Davis Fellowship at Harvard University. Her research is supported by multiple grants, including from the UK Economic & Social Research Council, the Leverhulme Foundation, and the British Academy.

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