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As a developmental scientist,Professor Waxman considers human development, across ages and across cultures. Adopting a cross-linguistic and cross-cultural perspective, she focuses on infants’ and young children’s concepts, words, and reasoning. She is also dedicated to building bridges across traditional disciplinary boundaries to focus on pressing issues facing young children and their families.
Education/Academic qualification
Psychology, PhD, University of Pennsylvania
… → 1985
Psychology, MA, Johns Hopkins University
… → 1981
Occupational Therapy, BS, University of Pennsylvania
… → 1976
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The Effect of Music on Infant Cognition
Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
6/1/19 → 12/31/21
Project: Research project
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The When to Worry about Language Study (W2W-L): Joint consideration of developmental patterning and neural substrates for enhancing early identification of language impairment
Norton, E. S., Roberts, M. Y. & Waxman, S. R.
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
3/5/18 → 3/31/23
Project: Research project
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Linking language and cognition in infancy: Entry points and developmental change
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
4/8/15 → 2/28/22
Project: Research project
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Developmental origins and downstream consequences of verbal reference
2/11/22 → 2/10/23
Project: Research project
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Pilot Testing, Refinement, and Validating of the NBT, and Preparation for Norming Study (NIH Infant and Toddler Toolbox: TO 2)
Gershon, R., Bass, M., Blackwell, C. K., Kaat, A. J., Kallen, M. A., Krogh-Jespersen, S., LaForte, E. M., Nowinski, C. J., Pila, S., Sivan, A. B., Wakschlag, L. S. & Waxman, S. R.
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
9/18/20 → 9/17/21
Project: Research project
Research Output
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An Object Lesson: Objects, Non-Objects, and the Power of Conceptual Construal in Adjective Extension
LaTourrette, A. & Waxman, S. R., 2021, In: Language Learning and Development. 17, 3, p. 207-220 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Birdsong fails to support object categorization in human infants
Carr, K. W., Perszyk, D. R. & Waxman, S. R., Mar 2021, In: PloS one. 16, 3 March, e0247430.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Developmental changes in auditory-evoked neural activity underlie infants’ links between language and cognition
Woodruff Carr, K., Perszyk, D. R., Norton, E. S., Voss, J. L., Poeppel, D. & Waxman, S. R., 2021, (Accepted/In press) In: Developmental Science.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Semantic priming supports infants’ ability to learn names of unseen objects
Luchkina, E. & Waxman, S. R., Jan 2021, In: PloS one. 16, 1 January, e0244968.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Access4 Scopus citations