Sara Schroer

Sara Schroer is a cognitive scientist and postdoctoral fellow at the University of Texas at Austin's Center for Perceptual Systems, where she studies infant learning through embodiment. Her research utilizes head-mounted eye trackers to analyze perceptual experiences from the child's perspective during natural behavior.

• Education: PhD in Psychology (2023), University of Texas at Austin; MA in Psychological and Brain Sciences (2019), Indiana University

Research interests focus on sensorimotor development, multimodal attention, and environmental influences on early learning. Her work emphasizes the integration of visual, auditory, and motor data to understand how children learn new words in real-time contexts.

Scientific awards include the

• NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

Her methodological approach combines NIH-funded training with computational models and wearable technology to quantify naturalistic learning environments.

Her recent publications (2025–2021) analyze developmental trajectories in gaze behavior, multimodal parent–child interactions, and the role of egocentric vision in language acquisition, with a focus on sensorimotor dynamics, attentional coordination, and ecological validity.

Collaborations include work with Mary Hayhoe (UT Austin) and Chen Yu (Indiana University).