She studied at the University of Calgary (B.A.) and Queen’s University (M.A. and PhD) and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Ohio State University. Kristen’s research examines the development of trust and altruism from social, cognitive, and evolutionary perspectives. Her research is funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research council of Canada and the Fonds de Recherche du QuÃ©bec â SociÃ©tÃ© et Culture and has been featured in the Nature of Things (Babies: Born to be Good?) and New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice Just Babies: The Origins of Good and Evil.