Publications

Our Publications
Here you can view a list of all the research our lab has published, and read more about our work on infant development!
Reyes, L. D., Wijeakumar, S., Magnotta, V. A., Forbes, S. H., & Spencer, J. P. (2020). The functional brain networks that underlie visual working memory in the first two years of life. NeuroImage, 219, 116971. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.116971
Forbes, S. H., & Plunkett, K. (2020). Linguistic and cultural variation in early color word learning. Child development, 91(1), 28-42. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13164
Forbes, S., Edgar, L. E., & Shao, S. (2024). Pupil dynamics open eyes to links between word learning and interest. In Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (Vol. 46). https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1p0576nx
Wijeakumar, S., Forbes, S. H., Magnotta, V. A., Deoni, S., Jackson, K., Singh, V. P., … & Spencer, J. P. (2023). Stunting in infancy is associated with atypical activation of working memory and attention networks. Nature human behaviour. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-023-01725-3
Forbes, S. H., & Plunkett, K. (2023). Colour perception changes with basic colour word comprehension. Developmental Science, 26(6), e13406. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.13406
Bakopoulou, M., Lorenz, M. G., Forbes, S. H., Tremlin, R., Bates, J., & Samuelson, L. K. (2023). Vocabulary and automatic attention: The relation between novel words and gaze dynamics in noun generalization. Developmental Science. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.13399
Fibla, L., Forbes, S. H., McCarthy, J., Mee, K., Magnotta, V., Deoni, S., … & Spencer, J. P. (2023). Language exposure and brain myelination in early development. Journal of Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1034-22.2023
Spencer, J. P., Forbes, S. H., Naylor, S., Singh, V. P., Jackson, K., Deoni, S., … & Kumar, A. (2023). Poor air quality is associated with impaired visual cognition in the first two years of life: a longitudinal investigation. ELife, 12, e83876. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.83876
More previous publications coming soon! …