Anna Krasotkina

Dr. Anna Krasotkina is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at MacEwan University, specializing in developmental psychology with a focus on infant perception. She joined the university in July 2024 and holds a PhD from Justus-Liebig University in Giessen, Germany. Her research examines how infants process faces and speech, particularly the phenomenon of perceptual narrowing during early childhood. She employs eye-tracking, neuroimaging, and longitudinal methods to study ecological validity in infant cognition.

Education Background:

• PhD in Developmental Psychology, Justus-Liebig University (Giessen, Germany)
• Master’s in Psychology, Justus-Liebig University
• Bachelor’s in Psychology, Russian State University for the Humanities (Moscow, Russia)

Research Interests:

• Infant face and speech perception
• Perceptual narrowing and cross-domain developmental relations
• Other-race effect and bimodal sensory integration
• Longitudinal research methodologies

Awards:

• Eugene B. Eastburn Post-Doctoral Fellowship
• MacEwan Research Assistant Support Fund (2024)

Advising and Grants: Available to supervise senior students’ independent study. Recent funding includes a $2000 research grant to support her work on perceptual narrowing.