Learning and Memory

This section includes reviews of the field describing how babies learn and remember and also the methods that we use to measure memory.

Brito, N. H., Fifer, W. P., Amso, D., Barr, R., Bell, M. A., Calkins, S.,…Colombo, J. (2019). Beyond the Bayley: Neurocognitive assessments of development during infancy and toddlerhood. Developmental Neuropsychology, 1-29.

Angal, J., Barr, R., Brito, N., Elliott, A., Engelhardt, L., Fifer, W., … Mack, L. (2015). Socioeconomic disparities in neurocognitive development in the first two years of life. Developmental Psychobiology, 1-17.

Rovee-Collier, C., & Barr, R. (2010). Infant learning and memory. Blackwell Handbook of Infant Development (2nd ed.), 271-294.

Barr, R. & Rovee-Collier, C. (2012). Infant Learning and Memory. Encyclopedia of the Sciences of Learning. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4419-1428-6_1918

Barr, R. (2006). Developing social understanding in a social context.  In K. McCartney & D. Phillips (Eds).  Blackwell Handbook of Early Child Development,( pp188-207).  Malden, MA: Blackwell.

Barr, R. (2002).  Imitation as a learning mechanism and research tool: how does imitation interact with other cognitive functions? Developmental Science, 5, 16-18.

Barr, R., & Hayne, H. (2000). Age-related changes in imitation: Implications for memory development.  In C. Rovee-Collier, L. P. Lipsitt, & H. Hayne (Eds.), Progress in infancy research(Vol. 1, pp. 21-67).  Mahwah, NJ:  Erlbaum.

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