{"id":7,"date":"2013-09-10T12:21:41","date_gmt":"2013-09-10T12:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/template-research\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2025-02-17T18:23:56","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T18:23:56","slug":"publications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/lang-cog-lab\/publications\/","title":{"rendered":"Publications"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">To view all publications from the Language and Cognition Lab, please use <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/lang-cog-lab\/publications\/\">Google Scholar<\/a>, searching for Barbara Landau.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Selected Articles and Book Chapters<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you don&#8217;t have online access to these journals through your university library, please contact us at <a href=\"mailto:landaulabjhu@gmail.com\">landaulabjhu@gmail.com<\/a> for PDFs of specific papers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span>Hafri, A., Landau, B., Bonner, M.F., &amp; Firestone, C. (under review). <a href=\"https:\/\/psyarxiv.com\/jx4yg\">A phone in a basket looks like a knife in a cup: The perception of abstract relations<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elli, G.V., Bedny, M., Landau, B. (2021). <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/scholar?oi=bibs&amp;cluster=1326765945183070798&amp;btnI=1&amp;hl=en\">How does a blind person see? Developmental change in applying visual verbs to agents with disabilities<\/a>.&nbsp;<em>Cognition.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lakusta, L., Wodzinski, A., Landau, B. (2021). <a class=\"gsc_vcd_title_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/15248372.2021.1908292\" data-clk=\"hl=en&amp;sa=T&amp;ei=bueCYM73ILGUy9YPxaS94AY\">Providing Support for \u2018Support\u2019: Parents\u2019 Use of Verbs and Prepositions When Describing Support Configurations to Their Children<\/a>.&nbsp;<em>Journal of Cognition and Development<\/em>, 1-10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jones, J.D., Cortesa, C., Shelton, A., Landau, B., Khudanpur, S., Hager, G.D. (2021). <a class=\"gsc_vcd_title_link\" href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/abstract\/document\/9372803\/\" data-clk=\"hl=en&amp;sa=T&amp;ei=0-eCYL7JILGUy9YPxaS94AY\">Fine-grained activity recognition for assembly videos<\/a>.&nbsp;<em>IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters<\/em>, 3728-3735.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span>Davis, E. E., &amp; Landau, B. (2020). Seeing and Believing: The Relationship between Perception and Mental Verbs in Acquisition. <\/span><i><span>Language Learning and Development,\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span>1-21.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ferrara, K., Seydell\u2010Greenwald, A., Chambers, C.E., Newport, E.L., &amp; Landau, B. (2020). <a class=\"gsc_vcd_title_link\" href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1111\/desc.13067\" data-clk=\"hl=en&amp;sa=T&amp;ei=iemCYKPhOrGUy9YPxaS94AY\">Development of bilateral parietal activation for complex visual\u2010spatial function: Evidence from a visual\u2010spatial construction task<\/a>.&nbsp;<em>Developmental Science<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kim, J.G., Gregory, E., Landau, B., McCloskey, M., Turk-Browne, N.B., &amp; Kastner, S. (2020). <a class=\"gsc_vcd_title_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0301008220300745\" data-clk=\"hl=en&amp;sa=T&amp;ei=IOqCYNqjItrSsQKUwprwBg\">Functions of ventral visual cortex after bilateral medial temporal lobe damage<\/a>.&nbsp;<em>Progress in Neurobiology<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gleitman, L.R. and Landau, B. (2020). <a class=\"gsc_vcd_title_link\" href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?hl=en&amp;lr=&amp;id=p_LuDwAAQBAJ&amp;oi=fnd&amp;pg=PA241&amp;dq=info:MiMe2i9L14wJ:scholar.google.com&amp;ots=N94p1JKee9&amp;sig=qUVRhSA71_Yz65h0wgpmHwiVfpI\" data-clk=\"hl=en&amp;sa=T&amp;ei=WeqCYK-eAtPYsQKi3orADA\">Every Child an Isolate<\/a>.&nbsp;<em>Sentence First, Arguments Afterward: Essays in Language and Learning<\/em>, 241.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lakusta, L., Brucato, M., &amp; Landau, B. (2020).&nbsp;<a class=\"gsc_vcd_title_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/15475441.2020.1721291\" data-clk=\"hl=en&amp;sa=T&amp;ei=luqCYOSDErGUy9YPxaS94AY\">Evidence for a Core Representation for Support in Early Language Development<\/a><em>.<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Language Learning and Development<\/em>, 180-195.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bochynska, A., Vulchanova, M., Vulchanov, V., Landau, B. (2020). <a class=\"gsc_vcd_title_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0010028519302397\" data-clk=\"hl=en&amp;sa=T&amp;ei=CuuCYNn6J7GUy9YPxaS94AY\">Spatial language difficulties reflect the structure of intact spatial representation: Evidence from high-functioning autism<\/a>.&nbsp;<em>Cognitive Psychology.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bracken, A., Hauss, J., Torsiello, D., Wodzinski, A., Landau, B., &amp; Lakusta, L. (2020). <a class=\"gsc_vcd_title_link\" href=\"https:\/\/digitalcommons.montclair.edu\/student-research-symposium\/2020\/2020\/3\/\" data-clk=\"hl=en&amp;sa=T&amp;ei=c-uCYP63BbGUy9YPxaS94AY\">Children&#8217;s Mapping of Mechanical Support Spatial Configurations to Language<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Landau, B. (2020). <a class=\"gsc_vcd_title_link\" href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1111\/tops.12484\" data-clk=\"hl=en&amp;sa=T&amp;ei=hOuCYO36KNPYsQKi3orADA\">Editor&#8217;s Introduction: 2017 Rumelhart Prize Issue Honoring Lila R. Gleitman<\/a>. <em>T<\/em><em>opics in Cognitive Science<\/em>, 7-21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Landau, B. (2020). <a class=\"gsc_vcd_title_link\" href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1111\/tops.12394\" data-clk=\"hl=en&amp;sa=T&amp;ei=6OuCYJ7JL9rSsQKUwprwBg\">Learning simple spatial terms: Core and more<\/a>. <em>T<\/em><em>opics in Cognitive Science<\/em>, 91-114.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ferrara, K., Landau B., Park, S. (2019). <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/scholar?oi=bibs&amp;cluster=17248544021635455094&amp;btnI=1&amp;hl=en\">Impaired behavioral and neural representation of scenes in Williams syndrome<\/a>.&nbsp;<em>Cortex<\/em>, 264-276.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hafri, A., Landau, B., Bonner, M.F., &amp; Firestone, C. (2019). <a class=\"gsc_vcd_title_link\" href=\"https:\/\/jov.arvojournals.org\/article.aspx?articleid=2750558\" data-clk=\"hl=en&amp;sa=T&amp;ei=y-iCYIjIENPYsQKi3orADA\">When a phone in a basket looks like a knife in a cup: Perception and abstraction of visual-spatial relations between objects<\/a>.&nbsp;<em>Journal of Vision,&nbsp;<\/em>160a.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Seydell-Greenwald, A., Pu, S.F., Ferrara, K., Chambers, C.E., Newport, E.L., &amp; Landau B. (2019). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0028393218305657\">Revisiting the Landmark Task as a tool for studying hemispheric specialization: What&#8217;s really right?<\/a>&nbsp;<em>Neuropsychologia<\/em>, 57-65.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Landau, B. (2019). <a class=\"gsc_vcd_title_link\" href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/scholar?oi=bibs&amp;cluster=13800845141311184188&amp;btnI=1&amp;hl=en\" data-clk=\"hl=en&amp;sa=T&amp;ei=AuWCYP38HbGUy9YPxaS94AY\">Space in semantics and cognition<\/a>. <em>Semantics &#8211; Typology, Diachrony and Processing<\/em>, 341-365.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rissman, L., Rawlins, K., &amp; Landau, B. (2019). <a class=\"gsc_a_at\" href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/scholar?oi=bibs&amp;cluster=9417229425876811346&amp;btnI=1&amp;hl=en\" data-href=\"\/citations?view_op=view_citation&amp;hl=en&amp;user=tEGkCXsAAAAJ&amp;sortby=pubdate&amp;citation_for_view=tEGkCXsAAAAJ:IUKN3-7HHlwC\">Event Participants and Verbal Semantics: Non-Discrete Structure in English, Spanish and Mandarin.<\/a>&nbsp;<em>CogSci<\/em>, 960-966.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kim, J.G., Gregory, E., Landau, B., McCloskey, M., Turk-Browne, N.B., &amp; Kastner, S. (2019). <a class=\"gsc_a_at\" href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/scholar?oi=bibs&amp;cluster=13522622826563876927&amp;btnI=1&amp;hl=en\" data-href=\"\/citations?view_op=view_citation&amp;hl=en&amp;user=tEGkCXsAAAAJ&amp;sortby=pubdate&amp;citation_for_view=tEGkCXsAAAAJ:OTTXONDVkokC\">Functions of ventral visual cortex after bilateral hippocampal loss.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cortesa, C. S., Jones, J. D., Hager, G. D., Khudanpur, S., Landau, B., &amp; Shelton, A. L. (2018). <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?view_op=view_citation&amp;hl=en&amp;user=tEGkCXsAAAAJ&amp;cstart=20&amp;pagesize=80&amp;sortby=pubdate&amp;citation_for_view=tEGkCXsAAAAJ:a9-T7VOCCH8C\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Constraints and Development in Children&#8217;s Block Construction<\/a>.&nbsp;<em>CogSci 2018 Proceedings<\/em>, 246-251.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cortesa, C. S., Jones, J. D., Hager, G. D., Khudanpur, S., Shelton, A. L., &amp; Landau, B. (2017). <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/lang-cog-lab\/files\/2018\/01\/paper0057.pdf\">Characterizing spatial construction processes: Toward computational tools to understand cognition<\/a>.&nbsp;<em>CogSci 2017 Proceedings<\/em>, 246-251.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Landau, B. (2016).&nbsp;Update on &#8216;What&#8217; and &#8216;where&#8217; in spatial language: A new division of labor for spatial terms. Cognitive Science, 1-30.&nbsp;doi:&nbsp;10.1111\/cogs.12410<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Landau, B., Johannes, K., Skordos, D., &amp; Papafragou, A. (2016).&nbsp;Containment and support: Core and complexity in spatial language learning. Cognitive Science, 1-32. doi:&nbsp;10.1111\/cogs.12389<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ferrara, K., Silva, M., Wilson, C. &amp; Landau, B. (2015).&nbsp;Spatial language and the embedded listener model in parents&#8217; input to children. Cognitive Science, 1-34.&nbsp;doi:&nbsp;10.1111\/cogs.12328<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ferrara, K. and Landau, B. (2015). <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/j.cognition.2015.07.010\">Geometric and featural systems, separable and combined: Evidence from reorientation in people with Williams syndrome. <\/a>Cognition, 144, 123-133.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Johannes, K., Wang, J., Papafragou, A. &amp; Landau, B. (2015). <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?view_op=view_citation&amp;hl=en&amp;user=tEGkCXsAAAAJ&amp;cstart=20&amp;pagesize=80&amp;sortby=pubdate&amp;citation_for_view=tEGkCXsAAAAJ:TIZ-Mc8IlK0C\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Similarity and variation in the distribution of spatial expressions across three languages<\/a>. Proceedings of the 37th Annual Meeting of the&nbsp;Cognitive Science Society, Austin, TX, (pp. 997-1002)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rissman, L., Rawlins, K. and Landau, B. (2015). <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/j.cognition.2015.05.015\">Using instruments to understand argument structure: Evidence for gradient representation. <\/a>Cognition, 142, 266-290.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lewis, S. and Landau, B. (2015). Language development in children with Williams syndrome: genes, modularity, and the importance of development. In Bavin and Naigles (eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of Child Language, 2nd ed. Cambridge University Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Libertus, M., Feigenson, L., Halberda, J., and Landau, B. (2014). Understanding the mapping between numerical approximation and number words: Evidence from Williams syndrome and typical development. Developmental Science.&nbsp;1-15. doi: 10\/1111\/desc.12154<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Schapiro, A., Gregory, E., Landau, B., McCloskey, M., &amp; Turk-Browne, N., (2014). <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1162\/jocn_a_00578\">The necessity of the medial temporal lobe for statistical learning.<\/a> Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience,&nbsp;26 (8), 1736-1747. doi:10.1162\/jocn_a_00578<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Landau, B. &amp; Ferrara, K. (2013). <a title=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1002\/wcs.1258\" href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1002\/wcs.1258\">Space and Language in Williams syndrome: Insights from normal development.<\/a> WIREs Cognitive Science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dessalegn, B. &amp; Landau, B. (2013). <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/j.cognition.2013.02.003\">Interaction between language and vision: It&#8217;s momentary, abstract, and it develops.<\/a>Cognition, 127, 331-344.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rissman, L., Legendre, G., &amp; Landau, B. (2013). <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1080\/15475441.2012.755902\">Abstract morphosyntax in two and three year- old children: Evidence from priming.<\/a> Language Learning and Development, 9(3) 278-292.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yoshioka, T., Dillon, M.R., Beck, G.C., Rapp, B., &amp; Landau, B. (2013) <a title=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1177\/0956797613478617\" href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1177\/0956797613478617\">Tactile localization on digits and hand: Structure and development<\/a>. Psychological Science, 24(8), 1-11.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dessalegn, B., Landau, B., &amp; Rapp, B. (2012). <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1080\/13554794.2012.667127\">Consequences of severe visual-spatial deficits for reading acquisition: Evidence from Williams syndrome<\/a>. Neurocase, iFirst, 1-20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Musolino, J. &amp; Landau, B. (2012). <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1080\/02643294.2012.702103\">Genes, language, and the nature of scientific explanations: The case of Williams syndrome<\/a>. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 29(1-2), 123-148.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lakusta, L. &amp; Landau, B. (2012). <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1111\/j.1551-6709.2011.01220.x\">Language and memory for motion events: Origins of the asymmetry between source and goal paths<\/a>. Cognitive Science, 36(3), 517-544.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gregory, E., Landau, B., &amp; McCloskey, M. (2011). <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1080\/13506285.2011.610764\">Representation of object orientation in children: Evidence from mirror image confusions<\/a>. Visual Cognition, 19(8), 1035-1062.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Landau, B. (2011). The organization and development of spatial cognition: Insights from Williams syndrome. In J. Burack, R.M. Hodapp, G. Iarocci, &amp; E. Zigler (Eds.), Handbook of Intellectual Disabilities and Development, 2nd Ed. New York: Oxford University Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>O&#8217;Hearn, K., Hoffman, J., &amp; Landau, B. (2011). <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1080\/13506285.2010.535994\">Small subitizing range in people with Williams syndrome<\/a>. Visual Cognition, 19(3), 289-312.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>O&#8217;Hearn, K., Roth, J.K., Courtney, S.M., Luna, B., Street, W., Terwillinger, R., &amp; Landau, B. (2011). <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1111\/j.1467-7687.2010.01002.x\">Object recognition in Williams syndrome: Uneven ventral stream activation<\/a>. Developmental Science, 14(3), 549-565.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lakusta, L, Dessalegn, B., &amp; Landau, B. (2010). <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1073\/pnas.0909155107\">Impaired geometric reorientation caused by genetic defect<\/a>.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 107(7), 2813-2817.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Musolino, J. &amp; Landau, B. (2010). <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1080\/15475441003656816\">When theories don\u2019t compete. Response to Thomas, Karaminis, &amp; Knowland\u2019s Commentary on Musolino, Chunyo, and Landau<\/a>. Language Learning and Development, 6(2), 170-178.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Musolino, J., Chunyo, G., &amp; Landau, B. (2010). <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1080\/15475440903507772\">Uncovering knowledge of core syntactic and semantic principles in individuals with Williams Syndrome<\/a>. Language Learning and Development, 6(2), 126-161.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Landau, B., Dessalegn, B., &amp; Goldberg, A.M. (2010). Language and space: Momentary interactions. In P. Chilton and V. Evans (Eds.), Language, cognition and space: The state of the art and new directions. Advances in Cognitive Linguistics Series (Ed, V. Evans, B. Bergen, J. Zinken). London: Equinox Publishing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>O\u2019Hearn, K., Hoffman, J., &amp; Landau, B. (2010). <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1111\/j.1467-7687.2009.00893.x\">Developmental profiles for multiple object tracking and spatial memory: Typically developing preschoolers and people with Williams syndrome<\/a>. Developmental Science,13(3), 430-440.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Munnich, E. &amp; Landau, B. (2010). <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1080\/15475440903249979\">Developmental decline in the acquisition of spatial language<\/a>. Language Learning and Development, 6(1), 32-59.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Landau, B. (2009). <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1111\/j.1750-8606.2009.00082.x\">The importance of the nativist-empiricist debate: Thinking about primitives without primitive thinking<\/a>.Child Development Perspectives, 3(2), 88-90.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Landau, B. &amp; Lakusta, L. (2009). <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/j.conb.2009.02.001\">Spatial representation across species: Geometry, language, and maps<\/a>. Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 19(1), 12-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Palomares, M., Landau, B., &amp; Egeth, H. (2009). <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/j.bandc.2008.11.007\">Orientation perception in Williams syndrome: Discrimination and integration<\/a>. Brain and Cognition, 70(1), 21-30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Palomares, M., Ogbonna, C., Landau, B. &amp; Egeth, H. (2009). <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1068\/p6044\">Normal susceptibility to visual illusions in abnormal development: Evidence from Williams Syndrome<\/a>. Perception, 38(2), 186-199.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>O\u2019Hearn, K., Courtney, S., Street, W., &amp; Landau, B. (2008). <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/j.bandc.2008.10.004\">Working memory impairment in people with Williams syndrome: Effects of delay, task, and stimuli<\/a>. Brain and Cognition, 69(3), 495-503.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Palomares, M., Landau, B., &amp; Egeth, H. (2008). <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/j.visres.2008.08.012\">Visuospatial interpolation in typically developing children and people with Williams Syndrome<\/a>. Vision Research, 48(23-24), 2439-2450.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dessalegn, B. &amp; Landau, B. (2008). <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1111\/j.1467-9280.2008.02066.x\">More than meets the eye: The role of language in binding visual properties<\/a>.Psychological Science, 19(2), 189-195.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dilks, D., Hoffman, J.E., &amp; Landau (2008). <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1111\/j.1467-7687.2008.00693.x\">Vision for perception and vision for action: Normal and unusual development<\/a>.Developmental Science, 11(4), 474-486.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Landau, B., &amp; Hoffman, J.E. (2007). Explaining selective spatial breakdown in Williams syndrome: Four principles of normal development and why they matter. In J. Plumert and J. Spencer (Eds.), The emerging spatial mind. Oxford: Oxford University Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lakusta, L., Wagner, L., O\u2019Hearn, K., &amp; Landau, B. (2007). <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1080\/15475440701360168\">Conceptual foundations of spatial language: Evidence for goal bias in infants<\/a>. Language Learning and Development, 3(3), 179-197.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>O&#8217;Hearn, K. &amp; Landau, B. (2007). <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/j.bandc.2007.03.005\">Mathematical skill in individuals with Williams syndrome: Evidence from a standardized mathematics battery<\/a>. Brain and Cognition, 64(3), 238-246.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Landau, B., Hoffman, J.E., &amp; Kurz, N. (2006). <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/j.cognition.2005.06.005\">Object recognition with severe spatial deficits in Williams syndrome: Sparing and breakdown<\/a>. Cognition, 100(3), 483-510.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"citation\" id=\"2005\">Reiss, J., Hoffman, J.E., &amp; Landau, B. (2005). <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/j.visres.2005.05.011\">Motion processing specialization in Williams syndrome<\/a>. Vision Research, 45(27), 3379-3390.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>O&#8217;Hearn, K., Landau, B., &amp; Hoffman, J.E. (2005). <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1111\/j.1467-9280.2005.01635.x\">Multiple object tracking in people with Williams syndrome and in normally developing children<\/a>. Psychological Science. 16(11), 905-912.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Landau, B. &amp; Hoffman, J.E. (2005). <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jml.2004.05.007\">Parallels between spatial cognition and spatial language: Evidence from Williams syndrome<\/a>. Journal of Memory and Language, 53(2), 163-185.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Landau, B., Hoffman, J.E., Reiss, J.E., Dilks, D., Lakusta, L., &amp; Chunyo, G. (2005). Specialization, breakdown, and sparing in spatial cognition: Lessons from Williams syndrome. In C. Morris, H. Lenhoff, &amp; P. Wang (Eds.), Williams-Beuren syndrome: Research and Clinical Perspectives. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Landau, B. &amp; Lakusta, L. (2005). Spatial language and spatial representation: Autonomy and interaction. In M. Kickman &amp; S. Robert (Eds.), Williams-Beuren syndrome: Research and Clinical Perspectives. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lakusta, L. &amp; Landau, B. (2005). <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/j.cognition.2004.03.009\">Starting at the end: The importance of goals in spatial language<\/a>. Cognition, 96(1), 1-33.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Georgopoulos, M-A., Georgopoulos, A.P., Kurz, N., &amp; Landau, B. (2004). <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1007\/s00221-004-1834-0\">Figure copying in Williams syndrome and normal subjects<\/a>. Experimental Brain Research, 157(2), 137-146.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Munnich, E. &amp; Landau, B. (2003). The effect of spatial language on spatial representations: Setting some boundaries. In D. Gentner. &amp; S. Goldin-Meadow (Eds.) Language in mind: Advances in the study of language and thought. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Landau, B. (2003). Perceptual units and their mapping with language: How children can (or can&#8217;t?) use perception to learn words. In D.G. Hall and S. Waxman (Eds.), <span class=\"style_4\">Weaving a lexicon.<\/span> Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Landau, B. &amp; Zukowski, A. (2003). <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1080\/87565641.2003.9651889\">Objects, motions, and paths: Spatial language in children with Williams syndrome<\/a>.Developmental Neuropsychology, 23(1-2), Special Issue: Williams syndrome, 105-137.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hoffman, J. E., Landau, B., &amp; Pagani, B. (2003). <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/S0010-0285(02)00518-2\">Spatial breakdown in spatial construction: Evidence from eye fixations in children with Williams syndrome<\/a>. Cognitive Psychology, 46(3), 260-301.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Landau, B. (2002). Spatial cognition. In V. Ramachandran(Ed.), Encyclopedia of the human brain. San Diego, CA: Academic Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Landau, B. (2002). Early experience and cognitive organization. In L. Nadel (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science. Nature Publishing Group, England: Macmillan Publishers Ltd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jordan, H., Reiss, J. E., Hoffman, J. E., &amp; Landau, B. (2002). <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1111\/1467-9280.00429\">Intact perception of biological motion in the face of profound spatial deficits: Williams syndrome<\/a>. Psychological Science, 13(2), 162-167.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Smith, L.B., Jones, S.S., Landau, B., Gershkoff-Stowe, L., &amp; Samuelson, L. (2002). <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1111\/1467-9280.00403\">Object name learning provides on-the-job training for attention<\/a>. Psychological Science, 13(1), 13-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Munnich, E., Landau, B., &amp; Dosher, B. (2001). <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/S0010-0277(01)00127-5\">Spatial language and spatial representation: A cross-linguistic comparison<\/a>. Cognition, 81, 171-207.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Landau, B. &amp; Shipley, E. (2001). <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1111\/1467-7687.00155\">Labeling patterns and object naming<\/a>. Developmental Science, 4(1), 109-118.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Landau, B. (2001). Perceptual units and their mapping with language. In T. F. Shipley and P. Kellman (Eds.) From fragments to objects: Segmentation and grouping in vision. Advances in Psychology Series, Elsevier Publishing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"citation\" id=\"2000\">Landau, B. (2000). Language and space. In B. Landau, J. Sabini, J. Jonides, and E. Newport (Eds.), Perception, cognition, and language: Essays in honor of Henry and Lila Gleitman. Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Landau, B. &amp; Leyton, M. (1999). <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1023\/A:1010073227203\">Perception, object kind, and object naming<\/a>. Spatial Cognition and Computation, 1(1), 1-29.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kim, M., Landau, B., &amp; Phillips, C. (1999). Cross-linguistic differences in children&#8217;s syntax for locative verbs. In A. Stringfellow (Ed.), Proceedings of the Boston University Conference on Language Development, Vol. 23. Brookline, Mass: Cascadilla Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Landau, B., Smith, L., &amp; Jones, S. (1998). <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/S1364-6613(97)01111-X\">Object perception and object naming in early development<\/a>. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 2(1), 19-24.Landau, B. (1998). Nativist perspectives on the acquisition of knowledge. In W. Bechtel &amp; G. Graham (Eds.), A companion to cognitive science. Oxford, UK: Blackwell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wright, C.E. &amp; Landau, B. (1998). Language and Action: Current challenges to cognitive theory. In J. Hochberg &amp; J. E. Cutting (Eds.), Handbook of perception and cognition. Perception and cognition at century&#8217;s end: History, philosophy, theory. Orlando, FL: Academic Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Landau, B., Smith, L., &amp; Jones, S. (1998). <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1006\/jmla.1997.2533\">Object shape, object function, and object name<\/a>. Journal of Memory and Language, 36(1): 1-27.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Smith, L., Jones, S., &amp; Landau, B. (1996). <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/0010-0277(96)00709-3\">Naming in young children: A dumb attentional mechanism?<\/a> Cognition, 60(2), 143-171.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Landau, B. (1996). Multiple geometric representations of objects in languages and language learners. In P. Bloom, M. Peterson, L. Nadel, &amp; M. Garrett (Eds.), Language and space. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Landau, B. (1994). Object shape, object name, and object kind: Representation and development. In D. L. Medin (Ed.),The psychology of learning and motivation, Vol. 31. San Diego, CA: Academic Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Landau, B. (1994). Where&#8217;s what and what&#8217;s where? The language of objects in space. In L. R. Gleitman &amp; B. Landau (Eds.), Acquisition of the lexicon. Special Issue, Lingua, 92, 259-296. Reprinted by Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Landau, B. &amp; Jackendoff, R. (1993). <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1017\/S0140525X00029733\">&#8220;What&#8221; and &#8220;where&#8221; in spatial language and spatial cognition<\/a>. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 16(2), 217-238.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Landau, B., Smith, L., &amp; Jones, S. (1992). <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/0749-596X(92)90040-5\">Syntactic context and the shape bias in children&#8217;s and adults&#8217; lexical learning<\/a>.Journal of Memory and Language, 31(6), 807-825.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Landau, B., Jones, S., &amp; Smith, L. (1992). <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/0010-0277(92)90033-E\">Perception, ontology, and naming in young children: Commentary on Soja, Carey, &amp; Spelke<\/a>. Cognition, 43(1), 85-91<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Landau, B. &amp; Stecker, D. (1990). <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/0885-2014(90)90019-P\">Objects and places: Geometric and syntactic representation in early lexical learning<\/a>.Cognitive Development, 5(3), 287-312.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Landau, B., Smith, L. B., &amp; Jones, S. (1988). <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/0885-2014(88)90014-7\">The importance of shape in early lexical learning<\/a>. Cognitive Development, 3(3), 299-321.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Landau, B. (1986). <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/0010-0277(86)90015-6\">Early map use as an unlearned ability<\/a>. Cognition, 22(3), 201-223.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Landau, B., Spelke, E., &amp; Gleitman, H. (1984). <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/0010-0277(84)90029-5\">Spatial knowledge in a young blind child<\/a>. Cognition, 16(3), 225-260.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Landau, B., Gleitman, H., &amp; Spelke, E. (1981). <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1126\/science.7268438\">Spatial knowledge and geometric representation in a child blind from birth<\/a>. Science, 213(4513), 1275-1278.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conference Presentations<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span>Hafri, A., Gleitman, L.R., Landau, B., &amp; Trueswell., J.C. (2021). When word and world meet: Intuitive correspondence between visual and linguistic symmetry. Talk to be presented at the 43rd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Davis, E. E., Jones, J. J., McKee, K., Shelton, A. L., &amp; Landau, B. (2021). The importance of stability in children&#8217;s and adults&#8217; block building. Poster to be presented at the <span> 43rd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pasquinelli, R.,<b data-stringify-type=\"bold\">&nbsp;<\/b>Lakusta, L.,&nbsp;Landau, B. (2021). Adults and children use physics to guide language use.&nbsp;<i data-stringify-type=\"italic\">Women of Whiting Women in Stem Symposium,&nbsp;<\/i>virtual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pasquinelli, R., Lakusta, L., Landau, B. (2020). Will it fall? Is it on? Children and adults use physical knowledge to inform linguistic expressions of support relations. <i data-stringify-type=\"italic\">The&nbsp;International&nbsp;Congress&nbsp;of&nbsp;Infant&nbsp;Studies<\/i>, virtual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span>Davis, E. E., &amp; Landau, B. Seeing vs. Seeing That: Children\u2019s Understanding of Direct Perception and Inference Reports. Talk: Experiments in Linguistic Meaning 1 (Virtual), 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span>Davis, E. E., &amp; Landau, B. What counts as seeing? Young children\u2019s understanding of perceptual reports. Poster: Annual Virtual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span>Hafri, A., Landau, B., Bonner, M.F., &amp; Firestone, C. (2019). When a phone in a basket looks like a knife in a cup: Perception and abstraction of visual-spatial relations between objects. Poster presented at the 2019 Vision Sciences Society Annual Meeting, St. Pete Beach, Florida, 2019<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span>Davis, E. E., &amp; Landau, B. Seeing vs. Seeing That: Interpreting reports of direct perception and inference. Talk: MACSIM 8, New York, NY, 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span>Davis, E. E., &amp; Landau, B. <\/span><i><span>Seeing<\/span><\/i><span> vs. <\/span><i><span>Seeing That<\/span><\/i><span>: Children&#8217;s understanding of syntactic markers of perception and inference. Poster: 2019 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Baltimore, MD, 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span>Davis, E. E., &amp; Landau, B. Does <\/span><i><span>see that<\/span><\/i><span> help children learn <\/span><i><span>think that<\/span><\/i><span>? The intersection of perception and mental verbs in development. Poster: Boston University Conference on Language Development, Boston, MA, 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Books and Special Issues<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Landau, B. (Ed.) (2013). <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1848727763\/\">Understanding cognitive development: Approaches from mind and brain.<\/a> Oxfordshire: Psychology Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Landau, B. &amp; Hoffman, J.E. (2012). <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0195385373\/\">Spatial representation: From gene to mind<\/a>. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Landau, B. (Ed.) (2012). <a title=\"http:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/eprint\/N8gwUrr2X3r3n4PDsqjR\/full\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/eprint\/N8gwUrr2X3r3n4PDsqjR\/full\">Understanding cognitive development: Approaches from mind and brain<\/a>. Special Issue of Cognitive Neuropsychology, Vol. 29, Issues 1\u20132 (February and March 2012).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Landau, B., Sabini, J., Jonides, J., &amp; Newport, E. (Eds.) (2000). <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0262122286\/\">Perception, cognition, and language: Essays in honor of Henry and Lila Gleitman<\/a>. Cambridge, MA:&nbsp;MIT Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gleitman, L.R. &amp; Landau, B. (Eds.) (1994).&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0262571099\/\">Acquisition of the lexicon<\/a>. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Landau, B. &amp; Gleitman, L.R. (1985).&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0674510267\/\">Language and experience: Evidence from the blind child<\/a>. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To view all publications from the Language and Cognition Lab, please use Google Scholar, searching for Barbara Landau. Selected Articles and Book Chapters If you don&#8217;t have online access to these journals through your university library, please contact us at landaulabjhu@gmail.com for PDFs of specific papers. 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