Kimberley Phillips PhD

Kimberley Phillips, Ph.D. is a Professor of Psychology at Trinity University TX, United States. She received her Ph.D. from The University of Georgia. Her research program focuses on understanding the neurological and biological basis of primate behavior, particularly skilled motor actions. Most of her research utilizes capuchin monkeys as a model for these investigations. Capuchins are known for their manual dexterity and manipulative propensities in foraging contexts, making them an excellent model to investigate questions pertaining to behavioral and neural aspects of skilled behavior. She uses the non-invasive methods of MRI and DTI for brain imaging and presents various problem-solving tasks to the monkeys to measure motor skills and hand use.