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Professor Gert Westermann

Professor, Head of Department

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    Neural representations of grasp congruence during the emergence of precision grasping

    Choisdealbha, Á. N., Westermann, G. & Reid, V., 30/06/2025, In: Infancy. 30, 3, e70026.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  6. Forthcoming

    Constructing language: a framework for explaining acquisition

    Rowland, C. F., Westermann, G., Theakston, A., Pine, J., Monaghan, P. & Lieven, E., 21/05/2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  7. Published

    Computational rationality and developmental neurodivergence

    Jones, S. D., Rauwolf, P. & Westermann, G., 30/04/2025, In: Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 29, 4, p. 314-317 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  8. Published

    Curious Choices: Infants’ moment-to-moment information sampling is driven by their exploration history

    Altmann, E. C., Bazhydai, M. & Westermann, G., 31/01/2025, In: Cognition. 254, 105976.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

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    Perception and Cognitive Control in Rationally Inattentive Child Behaviour

    Jones, S. D., Jones, M., Koldewyn, K. & Westermann, G., 31/01/2025, In: Developmental Science. 28, 1

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

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    The limits of curiosity? New evidence for the roles of metacognitive abilities and curiosity in learning

    Chen, X., Twomey, K. E., Hayes, M. & Westermann, G., 31/01/2025, In: Metacognition and Learning. 20, 1.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

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    The Infant and Toddler Curiosity Questionnaire: A validated caregiver-report measure of curiosity in children from 5 to 24 months

    Altmann, E. C., Bazhydai, M., Karadag, D. & Westermann, G., 31/01/2025, In: Infancy. 30, 1, e70001.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

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    Caregivers as Experimenters: Reducing Unfamiliarity Helps Shy Children Learn Words

    Hilton, M., Twomey, K. & Westermann, G., 30/11/2024, In: Infancy. 29, 6, p. 877-893 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

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    Can 3-year-old children learn verbs using an educational touchscreen app?

    Taylor, G., Westermann, G. & Monaghan, P., 2/10/2024, In: Frontiers in Developmental Psychology. 2

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

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    How do autistic and neurotypical children’s interests influence their accuracy during novel word learning?

    Rothwell, C., Westermann, G. & Hartley, C., 30/09/2024, In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 54, 9, p. 3301-3315 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  15. Forthcoming

    The Limits of Curiosity? New Evidence for the Roles of Metacognitive Abilities and Curiosity in Learning

    Chen, X., Twomey, K., Hayes, M. & Westermann, G., 28/09/2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Metacognition and Learning.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  16. Published

    Rational inattention: A new theory of neurodivergent information seeking

    Jones, S. D., Jones, M. W., Koldewyn, K. & Westermann, G., 31/07/2024, In: Developmental Science. 27, 4, e13492.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

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    Toddlers do not preferentially transmit generalizable information to others

    Karadag, D., Bazhydai, M. & Westermann, G., 1/07/2024, In: Developmental Science. 27, 4, e13479.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

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    Associative Learning, from Conceptualization to Implementation

    Tovar, Á. E. & Westermann, G., 28/06/2024, In: Annee Psychologique. 124, 2, p. 253-261 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

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    A maturational frequency discrimination deficit may explain developmental language disorder

    Jones, S. D., Stewart, H. J. & Westermann, G., 1/04/2024, In: Psychological Review. 131, 3, p. 695-715

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

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    The sound of silence: Reconsidering infants’ object categorization in silence, with labels, and with nonlinguistic sounds

    Chan, J., Shaw, P. & Westermann, G., 31/08/2023, In: Cognition. 237, 8 p., 105475.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

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    Face time: Effects of shyness and attention to faces on early word learning

    Hilton, M., Twomey, K. & Westermann, G., 12/06/2023, In: Language Development Research . 3, 1, p. 156-181 26 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

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    No Need to Forget, Just Keep the Balance: Hebbian Neural Networks for Statistical Learning

    Tovar, A. E. & Westermann, G., 31/01/2023, In: Cognition. 230, 9 p., 105176.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

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    Under-resourced or overloaded? Rethinking working memory deficits in developmental language disorder

    Jones, S. & Westermann, G., 30/11/2022, In: Psychological Review. 129, 6, p. 1358-1372 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

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    Curiosity Enhances Incidental Object Encoding in 8-month-old Infants

    Chen, X., Twomey, K. & Westermann, G., 30/11/2022, In: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 223, 13 p., 105508.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

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    Investigating the effect of synchronized movement on toddlers’ word learning

    Bazhydai, M., Ke, H., Thomas, H., Wong, M. K. Y. & Westermann, G., 24/11/2022, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 13, 15 p., 1008404.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

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    Prediction cannot be directly trained: An extension to Jones and Westermann (2021)

    Jones, S. & Westermann, G., 17/10/2022, In: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. 65, 10, p. 3930-3933 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

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    The Impact of Perceived Emotions on Toddlers’ Word Learning

    MA, L., Twomey, K. & Westermann, G., 30/09/2022, In: Child Development. 93, 5, p. 1584-1600 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

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