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Professor Gert Westermann

Professor, Head of Department

  1. 2019
  2. Published

    Probing communication-induced memory biases in preverbal infants: Two replication attempts of Yoon, Johnson and Csibra (2008)

    Silverstein, P., Gliga, T., Westermann, G. & Parise, E., 1/05/2019, In: Infant Behavior and Development. 55, p. 77-87 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  3. Published

    Building the foundations of language: mechanisms of curiosity-driven learning.

    Twomey, K. & Westermann, G., 13/05/2019, International Handbook of Language Acquisition. Horst, J. & Torkildsen, J. V. K. (eds.). Oxford, New York: Routledge, p. 102-114 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  4. Published

    Creativity manifestations in early childhood: explorative and innovative actions during social learning.

    Bazhydai, M., Silverstein, P., Thomas, H., Parise, E. & Westermann, G., 22/05/2019.

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN Posterpeer-review

  5. Published

    Taking their eye off the ball: How shyness affects children’s attention during word learning

    Hilton, M., Twomey, K. & Westermann, G., 1/07/2019, In: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 183, p. 134-145 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  6. Published

    The effect of interpersonal behavioural synchrony on children’s learning.

    Bazhydai, M., Ke, H., Thomas, H. & Westermann, G., 22/08/2019.

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN Posterpeer-review

  7. Published

    New evidence for learning-based accounts of gaze following: Testing a robotic prediction

    Silverstein, P., Westermann, G., Parise, E. & Twomey, K., 30/09/2019, 2019 Joint IEEE 9th International Conference on Development and Learning and Epigenetic Robotics (ICDL-EpiRob). IEEE, p. 302-306 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  8. Published

    The Encyclopedia of Child and Adolescent Development, Vol 3: Cognition in Childhood

    Harris, M. (ed.) & Westermann, G. (ed.), 20/12/2019, Wiley.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

  9. 2020
  10. Published

    The limits of infants’ early word learning

    Taxitari, L., Twomey, K., Westermann, G. & Mani, N., 1/03/2020, In: Language Learning and Development. 16, 1, p. 1-21 21 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  11. Published

    Curiosity and Exploration

    Bazhydai, M., Twomey, K. & Westermann, G., 3/03/2020, Encyclopedia of Infant and Early Childhood Development. Benson, J. B. (ed.). 2nd ed. ed. Elsevier, p. 370-378 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)peer-review

  12. Published

    Predictive processing and developmental language disorder

    Jones, S. D. & Westermann, G., 15/05/2020, In: PsyArXiv.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal article

  13. Published

    Neurocomputational models capture the effect of learned labels on infants' object and category representations

    Capelier-Mourguy, A., Twomey, K. E. & Westermann, G., 1/06/2020, In: IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems. 12, 2, p. 160-168 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  14. Published

    Children as active teachers: Do toddlers transmit generalisable or specific information?

    Karadag, D., Bazhydai, M. & Westermann, G., 26/08/2020, p. 43. 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN Posterpeer-review

  15. Published

    “I don’t know but I know who to ask”: 12-month-olds actively seek information from knowledgeable adults

    Bazhydai, M., Westermann, G. & Parise, E., 1/09/2020, In: Developmental Science. 23, 5, 10 p., e12938.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  16. Published

    Two-year old children preferentially transmit simple actions but not pedagogically demonstrated actions

    Bazhydai, M., Silverstein, P., Parise, E. & Westermann, G., 1/09/2020, In: Developmental Science. 23, 5, 13 p., e12941.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  17. Published

    From Curiosity, to Wonder, to Creativity: a Cognitive Developmental Psychology Perspective

    Bazhydai, M. & Westermann, G., 4/09/2020, Wonder, education, and human flourishing: Theoretical, empirical, and practical perspectives. Schinkel, A. (ed.). Amsterdam: VU University Press, p. 144-182 39 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)peer-review

  18. 2021
  19. Published

    Predictive processing and developmental language disorder

    Jones, S. & Westermann, G., 14/01/2021, In: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. 64, 1, p. 181-185 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  20. Published
  21. Published

    Origins of dissociations in the English past tense: A synthetic brain imaging model

    Westermann, G. & Jones, S., 2/07/2021, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 12, 16 p., 688908.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  22. Published

    Exploration and exploitation in infants’ curiosity-based learning

    Altmann, E. C., Bazhydai, M. & Westermann, G., 27/08/2021.

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN Posterpeer-review

  23. Published
  24. Published

    Infants learn to follow gaze in stages: Evidence confirming a robotic prediction

    Silverstein, P., Feng, J., Westermann, G., Parise, E. & Twomey, K., 25/11/2021, In: Open Mind. 5, p. 174–188 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  25. Published

    ‘Let me see that’: Self-directed Exploration in Infants tested in the context of a new theoretical framework

    Altmann, E. C., Bazhydai, M. & Westermann, G., 30/11/2021.

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN Posterpeer-review

  26. Published

    Children's scale errors and object processing: Early evidence for cross-cultural differences

    Ishibashi, M., Twomey, K. E., Westermann, G. & Uehara, I., 30/11/2021, In: Infant Behavior and Development. 65, 12 p., 101631.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  27. 2022
  28. Published
  29. Published

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