About Dr. Hauf
Dr. Petra Hauf is a professor of psychology at StFX and a Canada Research Chair
in Culture and Human Development. She is a researcher
in infant
cognitive development focusing on the development of action production
and understanding. She has a PhD in psychology from Johann Wolfgang
Goethe University in Frankfurt, and previously worked as a
senior research scientist at the Max Planck Institute for
Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Munich, Germany. Prior to coming
to Canada,
she
was an assistant professor of psychology at the University of
Frankfurt .
Dr.
Hauf currently
collaborates with numerous research scientists who work at
high profile universities and research institutes in North America and
Europe. These collaborations include work with Josep Call of the
Max-Planck-Institute of Evolutionary Anthropology in Germany, Claes von
Hofsten and Kerstin Rosander from Uppsala University in Sweden, Gustaf
Gredebäck of the University of Oslo, Norway, Martin Giese of
the University of Wales in Bangor, UK, Viktor Sarris and Helmut Prior
from Goethe University in Germany and Renee Baillargeon of the
University of Illinois, USA.