Barbara Landau

2024

“Dividing the labor”: Lexical verbs and the linguistic encoding of physical support in 2- to 4.5-year-old children

Lakusta, L., Wefferling, J., Elgamal, K. & Landau, B., Feb 2024, In: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 238, 105803.

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2023

How Does English Encode ‘Tight’ Vs. ‘Loose-fit’ Motion Events? It’s Complicated

Landau, B., Davis, E. E., Gürcanlı, Ö. & Wilson, C., 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Language Learning and Development.

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2022

Characterizing the Details of Spatial Construction: Cognitive Constraints and Variability

Shelton, A., Davis, E. E., Cortesa, C. S., Jones, J. D., Hager, G. D., Khudanpur, S. & Landau, B., Jan 2022, In: Cognitive Science. 46, 1, e13081.

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Developmental changes in neural lateralization for visual-spatial function: Evidence from a line-bisection task

Ferrara, K., Seydell-Greenwald, A., Chambers, C. E., Newport, E. L. & Landau, B., Jul 2022, In: Developmental Science. 25, 4, e13217.

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Language and developmental plasticity after perinatal stroke

Newport, E. L., Seydell-Greenwald, A., Landau, B., Turkeltaub, P. E., Chambers, C. E., Martin, K. C., Rennert, R., Giannetti, M., Dromerick, A. W., Ichord, R. N., Carpenter, J. L., Berl, M. M. & Gaillard, W. D., Oct 18 2022, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 119, 42, e2207293119.

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Open Access

Language and thought: The lexicon and beyond

Landau, B., Feb 14 2022, The Oxford Handbook of the Mental Lexicon. Oxford University Press, p. 236-262 27 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

Lila Gleitman-trailblazer in cognitive science, beloved mentor, incandescent wit-dies at 91

Landau, B., Newport, E. L. & Gleitman, C., Apr 5 2022, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 119, 14, p. e2202380119

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Open Access

Where Word and World Meet: Language and Vision Share an Abstract Representation of Symmetry

Hafri, A., Gleitman, L. R., Landau, B. & Trueswell, J. C., Sep 15 2022, In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. 152, 2, p. 509-527 19 p.

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Open Access

2021

Development of bilateral parietal activation for complex visual-spatial function: Evidence from a visual-spatial construction task

Ferrara, K., Seydell-Greenwald, A., Chambers, C. E., Newport, E. L. & Landau, B., Jul 2021, In: Developmental Science. 24, 4, e13067.

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Fine-Grained Activity Recognition for Assembly Videos

Jones, J. D., Cortesa, C., Shelton, A., Landau, B., Khudanpur, S. & Hager, G. D., Apr 2021, In: IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 6, 2, p. 3728-3735 8 p., 9372803.

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How does a blind person see? Developmental change in applying visual verbs to agents with disabilities

Elli, G. V., Bedny, M. & Landau, B., Jul 2021, In: Cognition. 212, 104683.

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Providing Support for ‘Support’: Parents’ Use of Verbs and Prepositions When Describing Support Configurations to Their Children

Lakusta, L., Wodzinski, A. & Landau, B., 2021, In: Journal of Cognition and Development. 22, 3, p. 491-500 10 p.

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Seeing and Believing: The Relationship between Perception and Mental Verbs in Acquisition

Davis, E. E. & Landau, B., 2021, In: Language Learning and Development. 17, 1, p. 26-47 22 p.

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1 Scopus citations

The privileging of ‘Support-From-Below’ in early spatial language acquisition

Lakusta, L., Hussein, Y., Wodzinski, A. & Landau, B., Nov 2021, In: Infant Behavior and Development. 65, 101616.

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Open Access

Where Word and World Meet: Intuitive Correspondence Between Visual and Linguistic Symmetry

Hafri, A., Gleitman, L. R., Landau, B. & Trueswell, J. C., 2021, p. 882-888. 7 p.

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2020

Editor's Introduction: 2017 Rumelhart Prize Issue Honoring Lila R. Gleitman

Landau, B., Jan 1 2020, In: Topics in Cognitive Science. 12, 1, p. 7-21 15 p.

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1 Scopus citations

Evidence for a Core Representation for Support in Early Language Development

Lakusta, L., Brucato, M. & Landau, B., Apr 2 2020, In: Language Learning and Development. 16, 2, p. 180-195 16 p.

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1 Scopus citations

Functions of ventral visual cortex after bilateral medial temporal lobe damage

Kim, J. G., Gregory, E., Landau, B., McCloskey, M., Turk-Browne, N. B. & Kastner, S., Aug 2020, In: Progress in Neurobiology. 191, 101819.

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1 Scopus citations

Learning Simple Spatial Terms: Core and More

Landau, B., Jan 1 2020, In: Topics in Cognitive Science. 12, 1, p. 91-114 24 p.

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4 Scopus citations

Spatial language difficulties reflect the structure of intact spatial representation: Evidence from high-functioning autism

Bochynska, A., Vulchanova, M., Vulchanov, V. & Landau, B., Feb 2020, In: Cognitive Psychology. 116, 101249.

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2019

Event Participants and Verbal Semantics: Non-Discrete Structure in English, Spanish and Mandarin

Rissman, L., Rawlins, K. & Landau, B., 2019, Proceedings of the 41st Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society: Creativity + Cognition + Computation, CogSci 2019. The Cognitive Science Society, p. 960-966 7 p. (Proceedings of the 41st Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society: Creativity + Cognition + Computation, CogSci 2019).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Impaired behavioral and neural representation of scenes in Williams syndrome

Ferrara, K., Landau, B. & Park, S., Dec 2019, In: Cortex. 121, p. 264-276 13 p.

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1 Scopus citations

Revisiting the Landmark Task as a tool for studying hemispheric specialization: What's really right?

Seydell-Greenwald, A., Pu, S. F., Ferrara, K., Chambers, C. E., Newport, E. L. & Landau, B., Apr 2019, In: Neuropsychologia. 127, p. 57-65 9 p.

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4 Scopus citations

2018

Constraints and Development in Children's Block Construction

Cortesa, C. S., Jones, J. D., Hager, G. D., Khudanpur, S., Landau, B. & Shelton, A. L., 2018, Proceedings of the 40th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci 2018. The Cognitive Science Society, p. 244-249 6 p. (Proceedings of the 40th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci 2018).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

2017

Adapting to a listener with incomplete lexical semantics

Srinivas, S., Landau, B. & Wilson, C., 2017, CogSci 2017 - Proceedings of the 39th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society: Computational Foundations of Cognition. The Cognitive Science Society, p. 3235-3240 6 p. (CogSci 2017 - Proceedings of the 39th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society: Computational Foundations of Cognition).

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Bilateral parietal activations for complex visual-spatial functions: Evidence from a visual-spatial construction task

Seydell-Greenwald, A., Ferrara, K., Chambers, C. E., Newport, E. L. & Landau, B., Nov 2017, In: Neuropsychologia. 106, p. 194-206 13 p.

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14 Scopus citations

Characterizing spatial construction processes: Toward computational tools to understand cognition

Cortesa, C. S., Jones, J. D., Hager, G. D., Khudanpur, S., Shelton, A. L. & Landau, B., 2017, CogSci 2017 - Proceedings of the 39th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society: Computational Foundations of Cognition. The Cognitive Science Society, p. 246-251 6 p. (CogSci 2017 - Proceedings of the 39th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society: Computational Foundations of Cognition).

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Containment and Support: Core and Complexity in Spatial Language Learning

Landau, B., Johannes, K., Skordos, D. & Papafragou, A., Apr 2017, In: Cognitive Science. 41, p. 748-779 32 p.

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16 Scopus citations

Dissociating intuitive physics from intuitive psychology: Evidence from Williams syndrome

Kamps, F. S., Julian, J. B., Battaglia, P., Landau, B., Kanwisher, N. & Dilks, D. D., Nov 2017, In: Cognition. 168, p. 146-153 8 p.

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3 Scopus citations

Spatial language: Meaning, use, and lexical choice

Johannes, K. & Landau, B., 2017, CogSci 2017 - Proceedings of the 39th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society: Computational Foundations of Cognition. The Cognitive Science Society, p. 2308-2313 6 p. (CogSci 2017 - Proceedings of the 39th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society: Computational Foundations of Cognition).

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Update on “What” and “Where” in Spatial Language: A New Division of Labor for Spatial Terms

Landau, B., Mar 1 2017, In: Cognitive Science. 41, p. 321-350 30 p.

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14 Scopus citations

2016

Constraints on Multiple Object Tracking in Williams Syndrome: How Atypical Development Can Inform Theories of Visual Processing

Ferrara, K., Hoffman, J. E., O’Hearn, K. & Landau, B., Aug 7 2016, In: Journal of Cognition and Development. 17, 4, p. 620-641 22 p.

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1 Scopus citations

Declarative memory and skill-related knowledge: Evidence from a case study of amnesia and implications for theories of memory

Gregory, E., McCloskey, M., Ovans, Z. & Landau, B., May 18 2016, In: Cognitive neuropsychology. 33, 3-4, p. 220-240 21 p.

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5 Scopus citations

Spatial Language and the Embedded Listener Model in Parents’ Input to Children

Ferrara, K., Silva, M., Wilson, C. & Landau, B., Nov 1 2016, In: Cognitive Science. 40, 8, p. 1877-1910 34 p.

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Systematic feature variation underlies adults' and children's use of in and on

Johannes, K., Wilson, C. & Landau, B., 2016, Proceedings of the 38th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci 2016. Papafragou, A., Grodner, D., Mirman, D. & Trueswell, J. C. (eds.). The Cognitive Science Society, p. 2429-2434 6 p. (Proceedings of the 38th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci 2016).

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The importance of lexical verbs in the acquisition of spatial prepositions: The case of in and on

Johannes, K., Wilson, C. & Landau, B., Dec 1 2016, In: Cognition. 157, p. 174-189 16 p.

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13 Scopus citations

2015

Geometric and featural systems, separable and combined: Evidence from reorientation in people with Williams syndrome

Ferrara, K. & Landau, B., Nov 1 2015, In: Cognition. 144, p. 123-133 11 p.

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12 Scopus citations

Similarity and Variation in the Distribution of Spatial Expressions Across Three Languages

Johannes, K., Wang, J., Papafragou, A. & Landau, B., 2015, Proceedings of the 37th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci 2015. Noelle, D. C., Dale, R., Warlaumont, A., Yoshimi, J., Matlock, T., Jennings, C. D. & Maglio, P. P. (eds.). The Cognitive Science Society, p. 997-1002 6 p. (Proceedings of the 37th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci 2015).

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Using instruments to understand argument structure: Evidence for gradient representation

Rissman, L., Rawlins, K. & Landau, B., Sep 1 2015, In: Cognition. 142, p. 266-290 25 p.

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11 Scopus citations

2014

New learning of music after bilateral medial temporal lobe damage: Evidence from an amnesic patient

Valtonen, J., Gregory, E., Landau, B. & McCloskey, M., Sep 3 2014, In: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 8, SEP, 694.

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6 Scopus citations

Profound loss of general knowledge in retrograde amnesia: Evidence from an amnesic artist

Gregory, E., McCloskey, M. & Landau, B., May 6 2014, In: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 8, MAY, 287.

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7 Scopus citations

The Necessity of the Medial Temporal Lobe for Statistical Learning

Schapiro, A. C., Gregory, E., Landau, B., McCloskey, M. & Turk-Browne, N. B., Aug 2014, In: Journal of cognitive neuroscience. 26, 8, p. 1736-1747 12 p.

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