She holds a Ph.D. in psychology from Jagiellonian University. As a lecturer, she is involved in BSc. and MSc. neuroscience programmes at the JU. In her research, she uses various methods, including electroencephalography (EEG), functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), eye-tracking, pupillary response, electromyography (EMG), and electrocardiography (ECG). She is co-author of numerous papers in journals such as Brain Structure and Function, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, PeerJ, Frontiers in Psychology, Psychoneuroendocrinology, Biological Psychology, Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, Vision Research, Perspectives: Studies in Translation Theory and Practice, Acta Psychologica, and Scientific Reports. Kinga collaborates with the MCLL in fields of embodied mathematical cognition and affective dimensions of mathematical processing.