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Research Interests
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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Pilot Testing, Refinement, and Validating of the NBT, and Preparation for Norming Study (NIH Infant and Toddler Toolbox: TO 2)
Bass, M., Blackwell, C. K., Gershon, R., Kaat, A. J., Kallen, M. A., Krogh-Jespersen, S., Nowinski, C. J., Wakschlag, L. S., Waxman, S. R., LaForte, E. M., Murias, M. A., Sivan, A. B. & Pila, S.
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
9/18/20 → 9/17/21
Project: Research project
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NIH Infant and Toddler Toolbox
Bass, M., Blackwell, C. K., Cella, D., Flynn, R., Gershon, R., Kaat, A. J., Kallen, M. A., Lai, J., Krogh-Jespersen, S., Nowinski, C. J., Shaunfield, S. L., Wakschlag, L. S., Waxman, S. R., LaForte, E. M. & Sivan, A. B.
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
9/20/19 → 1/15/21
Project: Research project
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The Effect of Music on Infant Cognition
Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
6/1/19 → 12/31/20
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 → 2/28/21
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., 2020, (Accepted/In press) In: Language Learning and Development.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
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Does human touch facilitate object categorization in 6-to-9-month-old infants?
Kadlaskar, G., Waxman, S. & Seidl, A., Dec 2020, In: Brain Sciences. 10, 12, p. 1-9 9 p., 940.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Early lexical acquisition in the Wichi language
Taverna, A. S. & Waxman, S. R., 2020, In: Journal of Child Language. 47, 5, p. 1052-1072 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Naming guides how 12-month-old infants encode and remember objects
LaTourrette, A. S. & Waxman, S. R., Sep 1 2020, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 117, 35, p. 21230-21234 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access1 Scopus citations