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Koleen McCrink is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Barnard College, where she has been a faculty member since 2009. Prior to joining Barnard, she held postdoctoral and teaching positions at Harvard, Yale, and Rutgers University. She teaches courses in developmental psychology, introductory psychology, and cognitive development seminars.
- Education: B.A. from Douglass College, Rutgers University; M.A., M.Ph., and Ph.D. from Yale University
Her research focuses on the development of spatial and numerical cognition from infancy to adulthood, exploring how children and adults process quantities, perform mental arithmetic, and integrate cultural influences into their cognitive frameworks. Funded by the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development with multiple grants, her work spans studies on operational momentum, spatial-numerical associations, and cross-species cognitive abilities.
In recent publications, she examined topics such as:
- Operational momentum in arithmetic tasks
- Cultural influences on spatial-numerical mapping
- Non-symbolic ratio calculations in children and animals
- Parent-child interactions in educational settings
- Attentional effects on mathematical reasoning
- Enculturation of cognitive biases
She has received significant recognition including the Presidential Research Award from Barnard College, the James Grossman Prize for best psychology dissertation at Yale University, and a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. Her research has been published in high-impact journals such as Developmental Psychology, Behavioral and Brain Sciences, and Psychological Science.
