A5057633838- Language Development and Disorders
- Reading and Literacy Development
- Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
- Child and Animal Learning Development
- Psychology of Development and Education
- Color perception and design
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Child Development and Digital Technology
- Categorization, perception, and language
- Cardiac Health and Mental Health
- Hearing Impairment and Communication
- EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
- Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
- Multilingual Education and Policy
- Sensory Analysis and Statistical Methods
- Infant Development and Preterm Care
Boys Town
2021-2023
San Diego State University
2018-2022
University of California, San Diego
2018-2022
Boys Town National Research Hospital
2020-2022
Google (United States)
2020
Ohio University
2015
Much of our basic understanding cognitive and social processes in infancy relies on measures looking time, specifically infants’ visual preference for a novel or familiar stimulus. However, despite being the foundation many behavioral tasks infant research, determinants preferences are poorly understood, differences expression can be difficult to interpret. In this large-scale study, we test predictions from Hunter Ames model infants' preferences. We investigate effects three factors...
Purpose Based on evidence of deficits in domain-general cognitive abilities associated with developmental language disorder (DLD), the current study examined sustained attention performance children DLD compared to typical development (TLD) and interrelations between visual-spatial attention, working memory, across groups. Method Participants included 67 at 7 years age: 25 (13 girls 12 boys) 42 TLD (23 19 boys). We assessed children's ability a test narrative language. Result Children scored...
Abstract Children with developmental language disorder (DLD) served as a test case for determining the role of extant vocabulary knowledge, endogenous attention, and phonological working memory abilities in cross‐situational word learning. First‐graders ( M age = 7 years; 3 months), 44 typical development (TD) 28 DLD, completed word‐learning task comprised six cycles, followed by retention tests independent assessments memory, vocabulary. DLD scored lower than those TD on all measures...
Abstract Although there is a body of work investigating code-switching (alternation between two languages in production) the preschool period, it largely relies on case studies or very small samples. The current seeks to extend extant research by exploring development longitudinally from 31 39 months age distinct groups bilingual children: Spanish–English children San Diego and French–English Montréal. In studies, consistent with previous research, code-switched more often than within...
[Correction Notice: An Erratum for this article was reported in Vol 54(7) of Developmental Psychology (see record 2018-30226-001). In the article, reference Legacy, Zesiger, Friend, & Poulin-Dubois (2016) should be (2018). The correct is listed below: J., P., M., Poulin-Dubois, D. Vocabulary size and speed word recognition very young French-English bilinguals: A longitudinal study. Bilingualism: Language Cognition, 21, 137-149. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1366728916000833. All versions have...
The present research extends recent work on the prediction of preschool language skills by exploring from decontextualized vocabulary comprehension. Vocabulary comprehension was a stronger predictor than parent-reported production, yielding quadrupling variance accounted for relative to prior studies. Parallel studies (Studies 1 and 2) are reported two linguistically geographically distinct samples. In both samples, late in second year provided best balance between model fit parsimony...
Ruminative thought about stressors has been linked to extended post-stressor cardiovascular activation, which in turn predicts negative long-term health outcomes. Past work indicates that the nature of (mental imagery or verbal thought) may shape responses. Some evidence suggests individuals with rumination tendencies be especially vulnerable stress-related although it is unclear what extent type (imagery influences this relationship. This study included a laboratory stressor followed by...
Toddler vocabulary knowledge and speed of word processing are associated with downstream language cognition. Here, we investigate whether these associations differ across measures. At age two, 101 participants (55 monolingual French-speaking 46 English-speaking children) completed a two-alternative forced choice task, yielding measures decontextualized (number correct responses) haptic (latency responses). ages three, four, five children battery assessments an executive function task. Growth...
Remote communicative contexts are part of everyday social, familial, and academic interactions for the modern child. We investigated ability second-graders to engage in remote discourse, we determined whether language ability, theory mind, shy temperament predicted their success. Fifty 7-to-9-year-old monolingual English speakers with a wide range abilities participated standardized testing an expository discourse task which they taught two adults solve Tower London, one audiovisual...
Much of our basic understanding cognitive and social processes in infancy relies on measures looking time, specifically infants’ visual preference for a novel or familiar stimulus. However, despite being the foundation many behavioral tasks infant research, determinants preferences are poorly understood, differences expression can be difficult to interpret. In this large-scale study, we test predictions from Hunter Ames model infants' preferences. We investigate effects three factors...