Having completed her Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering in Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, Sock Ching worked as a research assistant in the Institute for Infocomm Research before moving to Barcelona, Spain. She obtained a Master’s degree in Cognitive Science and Interactive Media from Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) in Barcelona, and has remained in UPF as a Ph.D. student and with the research group SPECS-lab at IBEC. Her research interests include humour, human-robot interaction and selective attention.