Jennie Pyers - Concepedia

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Jennie Pyers

Wellesley College ORCID

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Jennie E. Pyers, Jennie Pyers, Pyers, Jennie

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Wellesley College Boston University San Diego State University University of California San Diego Barnard College

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Jennie Pyers is an author at Wellesley College specializing in language studies, linguistics, and american sign language.

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Jennie Pyers

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	Year	Citations
Complements to cognition: a longitudinal study of the relationship between complex syntax and false-belief-understanding Jill G. de Villiers, Jennie Pyers Cognitive Development Cognitive LinguisticsCognitive ScienceSyntaxComplex SyntaxSemantic Interpretation	2002	647
The Source of Enhanced Cognitive Control in Bilinguals Karen Emmorey, Gigi Luk, Jennie Pyers, Psychological Science NeuropsychologyMultilingualismNeurolinguisticsPsycholinguisticsCross-language Perspective	2008	291
Language Promotes False-Belief Understanding Jennie Pyers, Ann Senghas Psychological Science Second Language LearningLanguage DevelopmentAtypical Language DevelopmentPsycholinguisticsBilingual Language Development	2009	242
Evidence from an emerging sign language reveals that language supports spatial cognition Jennie Pyers, Anna Shusterman, Ann Senghas, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences	2010	197
The Road to Language Learning Is Not Entirely Iconic: Iconicity, Neighborhood Density, and Frequency Facilitate Acquisition of Sign Language Naomi Caselli, Jennie Pyers Psychological Science Second Language LearningSign LanguageCognitive ScienceSecond Language AcquisitionNeighborhood Density	2017	95
Deaf Children of Hearing Parents Have Age-Level Vocabulary Growth When Exposed to American Sign Language by 6 Months of Age Naomi Caselli, Jennie Pyers, Amy M. Lieberman The Journal of Pediatrics	2021	89
Learning a Sign Language Does Not Hinder Acquisition of a Spoken Language Elana Pontecorvo, Michael Higgins, Joshua Mora, Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research	2023	69
The Emergence of Nicaraguan Sign Language: Questions of Development, Acquisition, and Evolution Richard J Senghas, Ann Senghas, Jennie Pyers Indigenous LanguageSecond Language AcquisitionSign LanguageNicaraguan Sign LanguageMultilingualism	2014	68
A COGNITIVE/FUNCTIONAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE ACQUISITION OF "CLASSIFIERS" Dan I. Slobin, Nini Hoiting, Marlon Kuntze,	2003	67
The Face of Bimodal Bilingualism Jennie Pyers, Karen Emmorey Psychological Science MultilingualismNeurolinguisticsPsycholinguisticsCross-language PerspectiveCode-switching	2008	66

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