Research Interests & Abilities

• language development
• cognitive development
• concepts
• categorization
• word learning
• semantics

Major Research Activities

My research focuses on language and cognitive development during the infancy and preschool years. Specifically, I am interested in how young children learn the meanings of words and the role that cognitive factors and social/interactional factors play in this process. I am also interested in how language guides children's reasoning about object categories and object properties.

CLLRNet Research Projects

• Impact of noise on academic skills and learning
• Studying the Roots of Disciplinary Literacy in Science: Implications for Designed Learning Environments Inside and Outside School

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