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Articles by Dr. Kristi Leimgruber, PhD

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Dr. Kristi Leimgruber, PhD

Dr. Kristi Leimgruber is a comparative psychologist whose research on the psychology and evolution of cooperation has been published in peer-reviewed journals such as Evolution & Human Behavior, Psychological Science, Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin, and Current Opinion in Psychology. Kristi previously served as a Behavioral Scientist on BetterUp’s Labs team where she worked to leverage data to spark social and behavioral change.


Before joining BetterUp, Kristi was a Professor of Psychology and a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Harvard University. Her passion for understanding human behavior has afforded her opportunities to work with young children, monkeys, chimpanzees, and adults and has led her to the conclusion that humans aren’t as unique as we’d like to think. Kristi did her undergraduate work at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (go Badgers) and received her PhD from Yale where she was fortunate enough to be co-mentored by Drs. Laurie Santos & Kristina Olson.

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