See also: Cognitive Development Laboratory
The interaction of perceptual, cognitive, and linguistic factors in the psychology of objects and dimensions from a developmental perspective. Two current empirical emphases are: (1) developmental changes in perceived similarity and category formation; and (2) the development of quantitative dimensions. The theoretical perspective is that of dynamic systems. This perspective concentrates on the interaction of heterogeneous systems as the mechanism behind developmental change.
Bold student names indicate a cognitive science standalone student.
| Author | Dissertation Title | Committee |
| Hockema, S. A. | Perception as Prediction (April 2004) | Gasser, M. (Co-Chair), Smith, L. (Co-Chair), Goldstone, R., Port, R., Hummel, J. |
| Luo, J. | The Dynamics of Permanence (December 2004) | Gasser, M. E. (Co-Chair), Smith, L. B. (Co-Chair), Cutu, F., Spencer, J. P. |
| Desai, R. | Modeling Interaction of Syntax and Semantics in Language Acquisition (December 2002) | Gasser, M. (Co-Chair), Goldstone, R. (Co-Chair), Port, R., Smith, L. |
| Sandhofter, C. M. | Language Input And The Process of Learning Words: Evidence From Dimensional Adjectives (April 2002) | Smith, L. B. (Chair), Gasser, M. E., Jones, S. S., Mix, K. S. |
| Samuelson, L. K. | Statistical Regularities in Vocabulary Guide Language Acquisition In 15-20-Month-Olds And Connectionist Models (June 2000) | Smith, L. B. (Co-Chair), Jones, S., Gasser, M., Shiffrin, R. (Co-Chair) |
| Yurovsky, Daniel | Mechanisms of Statistical Word Learning (September 2012) | Yu, C. (Co-Chair), Smith, L. (Co-Chair), Shiffrin, R., Jones, S., Busemeyer, J., |
| Goldberg, Joshua | When, Not Where A Dynamical Field Theory of Infant Gaze (January 2009) | Gasser, M. (Co-Chair), Smith, L. (Co-Chair), Jones, S., Port, R., Schoner, G., Spencer, J. |
| Hanania, Rima | Selective Attention and Attention Shifting in Preschool Children (August 2009) | Smith, L. (Co-Chair), Gershkoff-Stowe, L. (Co-Chair), Goldstone, R., Jones, S. |
| Kapatsinski, Vsevolod | The Architecture of Grammar in Artificial Grammar Learning: Formal Biases in the Acquisition of Morphophonology and The Nature of the Learning Task (May 2009) | Pisoni, P. (Co-Chair), de Jong, K. (Co-Chair), Smith, L., Port, R. |
| Klein, Krystal | Vocabulary Acquisition via Cross-Situational Learning (December 2009) | Yu, C. (Chair), Shiffrin, R., James, K., Smith, L. |
| Sheya, Adam | Coordinating Location and Object Properties in Goal-Directed Action: A Case of Self-Generated Developmental Change (November 2009) | Smith, L. (Co-Chair), Beer, R. (Co-Chair), Sporns, O., Yu, C. |
| Shayan, Shakila | Emergence of Roles in English Canonical Transitive Construction (June 2008) | Gasser, M. (Co-Chair), Gershkoff-Stowe, L. (Co-Chair), Leake, D., Goldstone, R., Smith, L. |
| Son, Ji Y. | Forces of Contextualization and Decontextualization: A Look at Symbols, Experience, and Language (August 2007) | Goldstone, R. (Co-Chair), Smith, L (Co-Chair), Gasser, M., Yu, C. |
| Zapf, Jennifer | Comprehension production, and meaning: What the regular English plural can tell us about language (July 2007) | Smith, L. (Co-Chair), Jones, S., Gierut, J (Co-Chair)., Gasser, M. |
| Paik, Jae H | Fraction Concepts: A Complex System of Mappings (May 2005) | Mix, K. (Co-Chair), Gasser, M., Goldstone, R. (Co-Chair), Smith, L. |
