Miriam Alana Novack

Research Assistant Professor, Medical Social Sciences

Emailmiriam.novack@northwestern.edu

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Psychology, PhD, University of Chicago

… → 2016

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321 Citations
13 Article
2 Chapter
2 Review article

Individual differences in gesture interpretation predict children's propensity to pick a gesturer as a good informant
Wakefield, E. M., Novack, M. A., Congdon, E. L. & Howard, L. H., May 2021, In: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 205, 105069.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
1 Scopus citations
Becoming human: Human infants link language and cognition, but what about the other great apes?
Novack, M. A. & Waxman, S., Jan 6 2020, In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 375, 1789, 20180408.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

Open Access
3 Scopus citations
Learning math by hand: The neural effects of gesture-based instruction in 8-year-old children
Wakefield, E. M., Congdon, E. L., Novack, M. A., Goldin-Meadow, S. & James, K. H., Oct 1 2019, In: Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics. 81, 7, p. 2343-2353 11 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
6 Scopus citations
Actions speak louder than gestures when you are 2 years old
Novack, M. A., Filippi, C. A., Goldin-Meadow, S. & Woodward, A. L., Oct 2018, In: Developmental psychology. 54, 10, p. 1809-1821 13 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
1 Scopus citations
Gesture helps learners learn, but not merely by guiding their visual attention
Wakefield, E., Novack, M. A., Congdon, E. L., Franconeri, S. & Goldin-Meadow, S., Nov 2018, In: Developmental Science. 21, 6, e12664.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
22 Scopus citations

Education/Academic qualification

Individual differences in gesture interpretation predict children's propensity to pick a gesturer as a good informant

Becoming human: Human infants link language and cognition, but what about the other great apes?

Learning math by hand: The neural effects of gesture-based instruction in 8-year-old children

Actions speak louder than gestures when you are 2 years old

Gesture helps learners learn, but not merely by guiding their visual attention