Larissa Samuelson

arissa  Samuelson , Associate Professor
Ph.D., Indiana University, 2000

Office: 
E123 SSH (Phone: 319-335-2211)
Fax:  319-335-0191
Email:  larissa-samuelson@uiowa.edu

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Research Interests

Word learning
Category formation,
Dynamic systems theory,
Neural field and connectionist models of word learning and development
Role of domain-general processes in cognitive development
 
 
Selected Publications
 
  • Spencer, J.P., Blumberg, M.S., McMurray, B., Robinson, S.R., Samuelson, L.K., & Tomblin, J.B., (2009). Short arms and talking eggs: Why we should no longer abide the nativist - empiricist debate. Child Development Perspectives, 3, 79-87.
  • Samuelson, L.K., Schutte, A.R. & Horst, J.S. (2009). The dynamic nature of knowledge: Insights from a dynamic field model of children’s novel noun generalizations. Cognition, 110, 322-345.
  • Samuelson, L. K. & Horst, J. S. (2008). Confronting complexity: Insights from the details of behavior over multiple timescales. Developmental Science, 11, 209-215.
  • Horst, J. S., & Samuelson, L. K. (2008) Fast mapping but poor retention by 24-month-old infants. Infancy, 13, 128-157.

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