Sociolinguistic development in a diverse multilinguistic environment: Evidence from multilingual children in Gujarat, India. Foushee, R., Regan, S., Baharloo, R., & Srinivasan, M. (BibTeX) (publisher) (preprint) (repo)
Using computational modeling to validate the onset of productive determiner-noun combinations in English-learning children. Alhama, R.,* Foushee, R.,* Byrne, D., Ettinger, A., Alishahi, A., & Goldin-Meadow, S.
Infants who are rarely spoken to nevertheless understand many words. Foushee, R. & Srinivasan, M. (2024). PNAS. (BibTeX) (publisher) (preprint) (repo)
Little evidence for a noun bias in Tseltal spontaneous speech. Casillas, M., Foushee, R., Méndez Girón, J., Polian, G., & Brown, P. (2024). First Language. (BibTeX) (publisher) (preprint)
How adults understand what young children say. Meylan, S. C., Foushee, R., Bergelson, E., & Levy, R. (2023). Nature Human Behavior. (publisher) (preprint)
Combining observational and experimental approaches to the development of language and communication in rural samples: Opportunities and challenges. Cristia, A., Foushee, R., Aravena-Bravo, P., Cychosz, M., Scaff, C., & Casillas, M. (2023). Journal of Child Language. (BibTeX) (publisher) (preprint)
Active learning in language development. Foushee, R., Srinivasan, M., & Xu, F. (2023). Current Directions in Psychology. (BibTeX) (publisher) (preprint)
What 'diversity' means depends on your perspective: A commentary on Kidd & Garcia (2022). Foushee, R. & Casillas, M. (2022). First Language. (BibTeX) (publisher) (preprint)
What causes the word gap? Financial concerns may systematically suppress child-directed speech. Ellwood-Lowe, M., Foushee, R., & Srinivasan, M. (2021). Developmental Science. (BibTeX) (publisher) (preprint) (repo)
Empirical audit and review and an assessment of evidentiary value in research on the psychological consequences of scarcity. O'Donnell, M., Dev, Amelia S., Antonoplis, S., Baum, S., Benedetti, A., Brown, D., Carrillo, B., Choi, A., Connor, P. R., Donnelly, K., Ellwood-Lowe, M. E., Foushee, R., Jansen, R., Jarvis, S. N., Lundell-Creagh, R., Ocampo, J. M., Okafor, G. N., Azad, Z. R., Rosenblum, M., Schatz, D., Stein, D. H., Wang, Y., Moore, D. A., & Nelson, L. D. (2021). PNAS, 118 (44). (BibTeX) (publisher) (repo)
Self-directed learning by preschoolers in a naturalistic overhearing context. Foushee, R., Srinivasan, M., & Xu, F. (2021). Cognition, 206, 104415. (BibTeX) (publisher) (preprint) (repo)
Linguistic conventionality and the role of epistemic reasoning in mutual exclusivity inference. Srinivasan, M., Foushee, R., Bartnof, A. & Barner, D (2019). Cognition, 189, 193–208. (BibTeX) (publisher) (preprint) (repo)
When Allah meets Ganesha: Developing supernatural concepts in a religiously diverse society. Shtulman, A., Foushee, R., Barner, D., Dunham, Y., & Srinivasan, M. (2019). Cognitive Development, 52. (BibTeX) (publisher) (preprint)
Learning language from within: Children use semantic generalizations to infer new word meanings. Srinivasan, M., Al-Mughairy, S., Foushee, R., & Barner, D. (2017). Cognition, 159, 193–208. (BibTeX) (publisher) (preprint) (repo)
‘Two-pound cookies’ or ‘two pounds of cookies’: Children’s appreciation of quantity expressions. Foushee, R., Falkou, N., & Li, P. (2016). Language Acquisition, 24(4), 400–416. (BibTeX) (publisher) (preprint)
A vocabulary checklist for early lexical development in Tseltal. Casillas, M., Foushee, R., Gómez Pérez, H. Méndez Girón, J., Casey, K., Polian, G., & Brown, P. (preprint)
Selective attention based on speech complexity and learning rate. Foushee, R., Srinivasan, M., & Xu, F. (BibTeX) (preprint)
Variations in syntax or lexical semantics on object and substance kind construal: A Mayan case study. Li, P., Chen, F., Foushee, R., Barner, D., & Carey, S.
Bringing a better Earth closer by sending students into Space: A flexible thought experiment for use in developmental science courses. Foushee, R.
Qualitative variability in early overhearing experience. Foushee, R. & Srinivasan, M. (preprint)
Goldilocks and the Three Books. Foushee, R. & Ruggeri, A.
Could both be right? Children's and adults' sensitivity to subjectivity in language. Foushee, R. & Srinivasan, M.
Linguistic productivity: The case of determiners in English. Alhama, R.,* Foushee, R.,* Byrne, D., Ettinger, A., Goldin-Meadow, S., & Alishahi, A. (2023). In Proceedings of the 13th International Joint Conference on Natural Language Processing and the 3rd Conference of the Asia-Pacific Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics. (pdf)
Getting to the root of linguistic alignment: Testing the predictions of Interactive Alignment across developmental and biological variation in language skill. Foushee, R., Byrne, D., Casillas, M. & Goldin-Meadow, S. (2022). In Proceedings of the 44th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. (BibTeX) (pdf)
Child-directed listening: How caregiver inference enables children's early verbal communication. Meylan, S. C., Foushee, R., Bergelson, E., & Levy, R. (2021). In Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. (BibTeX) (pdf)
What counts as math? Relating conceptions of math with anxiety about math. Foushee, R., Jansen, R., & Srinivasan, M. (2017). In Proceedings of the 39th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. (BibTeX) (preprint)
Could both be right? Children’s and adults’ sensitivity to subjectivity in language. Foushee, R. & Srinivasan, M. (2017). In Proceedings of the 39th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. (BibTeX) (pdf)
Active overhearing: Development in preschoolers’ skill at ‘listening in’ to naturalistic overheard speech. Foushee, R. & Xu, F. (2016). In Proceedings of the 38th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. (BibTeX) (pdf)
Lexical complexity of child-directed and overheard speech: Implications for learning. Foushee, R., Griffiths, T., & Srinivasan, M. (2016). In Proceedings of the 38th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. (BibTeX) (pdf)
Daxing with a dax: Evidence of productive lexical structures in children. Al-Mughairy, S., Foushee, R., Srinivasan, M., & Barner, D. (2015). In Proceedings of the 37th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. (BibTeX) (pdf)
Reimagining school readiness: A literature review. Hadani, H. & Foushee, R. (2016). (BibTeX) (site) (pdf)
Curious minds: What research tells us about building STEM connections in early childhood. Hadani, H., Kennedy, K., Foushee, R., & Jaeger, G. (2017). (BibTeX) (pdf)
Qualitative variability in early overhearing experience. Foushee, R. & Srinivasan, M. (November 2022). 47th Annual Meeting of the Boston University Conference on Language Development (bucld47).
Getting to the root of linguistic alignment. Foushee, R., Byrne, D., Casillas, M. & Goldin-Meadow, S. (July 2022). 44th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Toronto, CA.
Growing up multilingual: Myths, facts, and open questions. Foushee, R. (May 2022). Early Childhood Education Program Speaker Series, University of California, Berkeley.
How (whether) adults' non-linguistic behaviors contribute to communicative development. Foushee, R. & Goldin-Meadow, S. (April 2022). Cross-Talks: Cognition in Context, University of Chicago.
Infants who mostly overhear nonetheless show knowledge of nouns and fine-grained social language. Foushee, R. & Srinivasan, M. (April 2022). 12th Biennial Meeting of the Cognitive Development Society (cds), Madison, WI.
What do infants know when they mostly overhear? Foushee, R. & Srinivasan, M. (April 2022). Developmental Brownbag, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.