This work was conducted in the lab of the infancy researcher pioneer, Carolyn Rovee-Collier. Together we examined how babies and toddlers linked together different pieces of memory, sometimes extending out how much they learned for months at a time. This linking of memories is a skill that we all use across our lifetimes but is very important early in life because of how much babies need to learn in a short period of time.
Barr, R., Rovee-Collier, C. & Learmonth, A. E. (2011). Potentiation in Young Infants: The Origin of the Prior Knowledge Effect? Memory and Cognition,39, 625-636. DOI 10.3758/s13421-010-0037-0
Barr, R., Rovee-Collier, C. & Campanella, J. (2005). Retrieval protracts deferred imitation by 6-month-olds. Infancy, 7, 263-284.
Barr, R., Marrott, H., & Rovee-Collier, C. (2003). The role of sensory preconditioning in memory retrieval by preverbal infants. Learning and Behavior, 31, 111-123.
Barr, R., Vieira, A., & Rovee-Collier, C. (2002). Bidirectional priming in infants. Memory and Cognition, 30, 246-255.
Barr, R., Vieira, A., & Rovee-Collier, C. (2001). Mediated imitation in 6-month-olds: Remembering by association. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 79, 229-252.