Ava Ma de Sousa

Ava received her B.Sc. in Cognitive Sciences and Psychology from the University of Toronto in 2019, and a Research Master's in Brain and Cognitive Sciences from the University of Amsterdam in 2021. Ava works primarily in the Social Perception Lab with Dr. Kyle Ratner on topics related to intergroup relations and social identity, and collaborates with the YES lab on projects examining emotions in relational context. In all her research, Ava is interested in applying methods from neuroscience and computational psychology to answer questions in social psychology. Outside the lab, she likes spending time with friends and family, exploring new foods, and bingeing podcasts and (escapist) TV shows. She also co-hosts Minds Matter, a psychology and neuroscience podcast (https://www.mindsmatterpodcast.com/).