She studied at the University of Amsterdam, receiving a bachelor’s degree in clinical neuropsychology, a bachelor’s degree in philosophy, and a master’s degree in psychological methods. She also has a master’s degree in clinical neuroscience from Ruhr University Bochum. In October 2016, she defended her PhD thesis at KU Leuven, Belgium, supervised by Francis Tuerlinckx and Denny Borsboom. Her main interests are time series analyses, dynamical networks, and philosophy of psychology.