Plasticity in Deafness, Memory, and Language (Articles - Book Chapters)

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Deafness/ASL Research (Articles):

Dye, M.W.G. & Bavelier, D. (In Press). Attention in the deaf: Temporal versus spatial selection. Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience, Special Issue on Development and Plasticity of Multisensory Functions.

Dye, M.W.G., Hauser, P.C. & Bavelier, D. (In Press). Is Visual Attention in Deaf Individuals Enhanced or Deficient? The Case of the Useful Field of View. PLoSONE, 4(5).

Dye, M.W.G., Hauser, P.C., & Bavelier, D. (2008). Visual skills and cross-modal plasticity in deaf readers: Possible implications for acquiring meaning from print. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1145, 71-82. PDF File

Bavelier, D., Newman, A., Mukherjee, M., Hauser, P., Kemeny, S., Braun, A., & Boutla, M. (2008). Encoding, rehearsal and recall in signers and speakers: Shared network but differential engagement. Cerebral Cortex, 18(10), 2263-2274. PDF File

Bavelier, D., Newport, E., Supalla, T.S., Hall, M., & Boutla, M. (2008). Short-term memory for order differs in signers and speakers: Implications for models of short-term memory. Cognition, 107(2), 433-459. PDF File

Revill, K.P., Aslin, R.N., Tanenhaus, M., & Bavelier, D. (2008). Temporary lexical ambiguity activates anterior MT/V5 for motion-defined words. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 105(35), 13111-13115. PDF File

Hauser, P., Dye, M.W.G., Boutla, M., Green, C. S., & Bavelier, D. (2007). Deafness and visual enumeration: Not all aspects of attention are modified by deafness. Brain Research, 1153, 178-187. PDF File

Hauser, P., Cohen, J., Dye, M.W.G., & Bavelier, D. (2007). Assessment of visual constructive and visual-motor skills in deaf adults. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 12(2), 148-157. PDF File

Dye, M.W.G., Baril, D., & Bavelier, D. (2007). Which aspects of visual attention does deafness modify? The case of the Attentional Network Task. Neuropsychologia, 45(8), 1801-1811. PDF File

Bavelier, D., Newport, E., Hall, M., Supalla, T., & Boutla, M. (2006). Persistent difference in short-term memory span between sign and speech: Implications for cross-linguistic comparisons. Psychological Science, 17(12). PDF File

Bavelier, D., Dye, M.W.G., & Hauser, P. (2006). Do deaf individuals see better? Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 10, 512-518. PDF File

Capek, C.M., Bavelier, D., Corina, D., Newman, A.J. & Neville, H.J. (2004). The cortical organization of audio-visual sentence comprehension: An fMRI study at 4T. Cognitive Brain Research, 20(2), 111-119. PDF File

Poeppel, D., Guillemin, A., Thompson, J., Fritz, J., Bavelier, D. & Braun, A.R. (2004). Auditory lexical decision, categorical perception, and FM direction discrimination differentially engage left and right auditory cortex. Neuropsychologia, 43(2) 183-200. PDF File

Brozinsky, C.J. & Bavelier, D. (2004). Motion velocity thresholds in deaf signers: Changes in lateralization but not in overall sensitivity. Cognitive Brain Research, 21, 1-10. PDF File

Boutla, M., Supalla, T. Newport, L. & Bavelier, D. (2004). Short-term memory span: Insights from sign language. Nature Neuroscience, 7(9), 1-6. PDF File

Bavelier, D., Newport, E., and Supalla, T. (2003). Signed or Spoken: Children need natural languages. Volume 5 (1), 19-32, Washington DC: The DANA Press. Link

Neville, H., Bavelier, D. (2002) Human brain plasticity: evidence from sensory deprivation and altered language experience. Review Article. Progress in Brain Research, 138, 177-88. PDF File

Bavelier, D. & Neville, H. (2002). Cross-modal plasticity: where and how? Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 3(6), 443-452 PDF file

Proksch, J. & Bavelier, D. (2002). Changes in the spatial distribution of visual attention after early deafness. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 14(5), 1-15. PDF file

Newman, A., Bavelier, D., Corina, D.P., Jezzard, P. & Neville, H. (2002). A critical period for right hemisphere recruitment in American Sign Language processing. Nature Neuroscience, 5(1), 76-80. PDF file

Bavelier, D., Brozinsky, C., Tomann, A., Mitchell, T., & Liu, G. (2001). Impact of early deafness and early exposure to sign language on the cerebral organization for motion processing. The Journal of Neuroscience, 21(22), 8931-8942. PDF file

Bavelier, D., Tomann, A., Hutton, C., Mitchell, T., Liu, G., Corina, D., & Neville, H. (2000). Visual attention to the periphey is enhanced in congenitally deaf individuals. Journal of Neuroscience, 20(17)(RC 93), 1-6. PDF file

Corina, D., Neville, H., & Bavelier, D. (1998). What's right about the neural organization of sign language? Trends in Cognitive Science, 2(12), 468-470. PDF File

Bavelier, D., Corina, C., & Neville, H. (1998). Brain and language: A perspective from sign language. Neuron, 21, 275-278. PDF file

Neville, H.J. and Bavelier, D. (1998). Neural organization and plasticity of language. Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 8(2), 254-258. Review. PDF file

Bavelier, D., Corina, D., Jezzard, P., Clark, V.P., Karni, A., Rauschecker, J., Braun, A., Turner, R. & Neville, H. (1998). Hemispheric Specialization for English and American Sign Language: Left invariance, right variablity. Neuroreport, 9, 1537-1542. PDF File

Neville, H., Bavelier, D., Corina, D., Rauschecker, J., Karni, A., Lalwani, A., Braun, A., Clark, V., Jezzard. P., & Turner, R. (1998). Cerebral organization for language in deaf and hearing subjects: Biological constraints and effects of experience. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 95(3), 922-929. PDF file

Bavelier, D., Corina, D., Jezzard, P., Padmanabhan, S., Clark, V. P., Karni, A., Prinster, A., Braun, A., Lalwani, A., Rauschecker, J., Turner, R. & Neville, H. (1997). Sentences reading: A functional MRI study at 4T. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 9, 664-686. PDF file

Bavelier, D., Corina, D., Jezzard, P., Clark, V.P., Padmanhaban, S., Karni, A., Rauschecker, J., Turner, R. & Neville, H. (1997). Sentences Reading: An fMRI study at 4T. Brain and Cognition, 32(2), 165-167.

Neville, H. & Bavelier, D. (1996). Aumento de las areas visuales en los sordos: Los cortex visual y auditivo no son tan distintos como se cree. Mundo Cientifico, 172, 854-857.

Neville, H. & Bavelier, D. (1996). L'extension des aires visuelles chez les sourds. La Recherche, 289, 90-93.

Bavelier, D. (1994). Repetition blindness between visually different items: The case of pictures and words. Cognition, 51(3), 199-236. PDF file

Bavelier, D., Prasada, S. & Segui, J. (1994). Repetition blindenss between words: Nature of the orthographic and phonological representations involved. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 20(6), 1-19. PDF file

Bavelier, D., & Jordan, M. (1992). A dynamic model of word recognition. In Giles, C.L., Hanson, S.J., and Cowan, J.D. (Eds.), Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 5, pp. 879-886. San Mateo, CA: Morgan Kaufman Publishers.

Bavelier, D. & Potter, M. (1992). Visual and phonological codes in repetition blindness. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 18, 134-147. PDF file

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Deafness/ASL Research (Chapters):

Bavelier, D. & Hall, M. (In Press). Short-term memory, deafness and sign language. In M. Marschark (Ed.), The Handbook of Deaf Studies, Language and Education. Oxford University Press.

Bavelier, D. & Dye, M.W.G. (In Press). Entry: Loss of a Sense: Effect on Others, Psychological. In B. Goldstein (Ed.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of Perception, SAGE Publications, Inc.

Dye, M.W.G., Hauser, P.C., & Bavelier, D. (In Press). Visual attention in deaf children and adults: Implications for learning environments. In M. Marschark & P.C. Hauser (Eds.), Deaf Cognition: Foundations and Outcomes. OUP.

Hall, M. & Bavelier, D. (In Press). Working memory, deafness and sign language. In M. Marschark and P.E. Spencer (Eds). The Handbook of Deaf Studies, Language and Education. Oxford University Press.

Hauser, P. C., Paludneviciene, R., Supalla, T., & Bavelier, D. (In Press). American Sign Language-Sentence Reproduction Test: Development and implications. In R. M. de Quadros, (Ed.), Sign Language: Spinning and unraveling the past, present and future (pp. 160-172). Petropolis, Brazil: Editora Arara Azul.

Bavelier, D., Newport, E., and Supalla, T. (2003). Signed or spoken: Children need natural languages. Cerebrum. Washington DC: The DANA Press.

Neville, H. & Bavelier, D. (2002). Human Brain Plasticity: Evidence from Sensory Deprivation and Altered Language Experience. In M.A. Hofman, G.J. Boer, A.J.G.D. Holtmaat, E.J.W. van Someren, J. Verhaagen and D.F. Swaab (Eds), pp. 177-188. Plasticity in the Adult Brain: From Genes to Neurotherapy. Progress in Brain Research Series, Elsevier Science: Amsterdam.

Bavelier, D. & Neville, H.J. (2002). Neuroplasticity, Developmental. vol 3, pp. 561-578. In V.S. Ramachandran (Ed). Encyclopedia of the Human Brain. San Diego: Academic Press.

Newport, E., Bavelier, D. & Neville, H. (2001). Critical thinking about critical period: Perspectives on a critical period for language acquisition. In Dupoux, E. (Ed.), Language, Brain and Cognitive Development: Essays in Honor of Jacques Mehler. Boston: MIT Press.

Neville, H.J. & Bavelier, D. (2000). Cerebral organization of language and the effects of experience, pp. 261-274. In C.A. Shaw and J.C. McEachern (Eds.), Toward a Theory of Neural Plasticity. Philadelphia, PA: Psychology Press - Taylor and Francis Publishers.

Neville, H.J. & Bavelier, D. (2000). Variablity of developmental plasticity. In J. McClelland and R. Siegler (Eds.), Mechanisms of Cognitive Development; Behavioral and Neural Perspectives. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Neville, H.J. & Bavelier, D. (2000). Specificity and plasticity in Neurocognitive development in humans, pp. 83-98. In M. Gazzaniga (Ed.), The New Cognitive Neuroscience: 2nd Edition. Boston: MIT Press.

Neville, H.J. & Bavelier, D. (1997). Variablity of developmental plasticity within sensory and language systems: Behavioral, ERP and fMRI studies. In D. Hann, L. Huffman, I.I. Lederhendler & D. Meinecke (Eds.) Proceedings of the NIMH Conference on Advancing Research on Developmental Plasticity: Integrating the Behavioral Science and Neuroscience of Mental Health. Washington DC: US Government Printing Office.

Bavelier, D. (1992). Phonological repetition blindness. Doctoral Dissertation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.

Bavelier, D. (1988). De l'identifcation du mot a l'integration de la phrase: effet de cecite a la repetition [From word identification to sentence integration: the repetition blindness effect]. Master's thesis, University Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France.

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