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Laura Schulz
Laura Schulz is an associate professor of cognitive science in the Brain and Cognitive Sciences department at MIT. She is the Principal Investigator of the Early Childhood Cognition Lab at MIT. She is known for her work on early childhood development of cognition, causal inference, discovery, and learning.

Life
Schulz graduated from the University of Michigan in 1992 with a BA in Philosophy, and she went on to achieve a Masters and PhD in Developmental Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley in 2002 and 2004, respectively.

Awards and Recognition
• American Psychological Association Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution to Psychology, 2014 • MIT MacVicar Faculty Fellow, 2013

• National Academy of Sciences, Troland Award, 2012

• Society for Research in Child Development, Award for Early Career Research Contributions, 2011

• National Academy of Sciences, Kavli Fellow, 2011

• MIT Brain and Cognitive Science Award Angus MacDonald Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, 2011

• MIT Sigma Xi, Invited Speaker, 2011

• Marr Prize, Cognitive Science Society (student author: Hyowon Gweon), 2010

• NSF Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, 2009

• John Merck Scholars Foundation Award, 2009

• Class of 1943 MIT Career Development Professorship, 2009

• MIT Brain and Cognitive Science Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Advising, 2009

• NSF Faculty Early Career Development award, 2007

• MIT School of Science Prize for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, 2007

• Marr Prize, Cognitive Science Society (student author: Elizabeth Bonawitz), 2006

• American Association of University Women, American Dissertation Fellowship, 2004

• National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Award, 2001

• Hewlett Foundation Graduate Fellowship Award, 2000