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’s current research focuses on moral judgments and social emotions across relational and cultural contexts. She is also interested in the role of emotions in fostering or inhibiting social change. Across her research, she applies methods from neuroscience and computational psychology to address  questions in social psychology. Outside the lab, she likes spending time with friends and family, trying new foods, and bingeing podcasts and (reality) TV. She also co-hosts Minds Matter, a psychology and neuroscience podcast (https://www.mindsmatterpodcast.com/).