Nameera Akhtar

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1989

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Affiliations

University of California, Santa Cruz(Current)

Emory University

Dalhousie University

University of Virginia

University of Stirling

Nameera Akhtar is an author at University of California, Santa Cruz specializing in cognitive science, cognitive development, and language acquisition.

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LanguageCognitive SciencePsycholinguisticsLanguage AcquisitionLinguisticsCognitive DevelopmentLanguage LearningChild LanguageSocial SciencesSecond Language Acquisition

Publications per year

1989–2022

Publications

Fourteen- through 18-month-old infants differentially imitate intentional and accidental actions

Malinda Carpenter, Nameera Akhtar, Michael Tomasello · Infant Behavior and Development · 1998 · 725 citations

Education, Psycholinguistics, Action (Philosophy) +17

Being versus appearing socially uninterested: Challenging assumptions about social motivation in autism

Vikram K. Jaswal, Nameera Akhtar · Behavioral and Brain Sciences · 2018 · 411 citations

Learning Words through Overhearing

Nameera Akhtar, Jennifer L. Jipson, Maureen A. Callanan · Child Development · 2001 · 323 citations

Acquiring basic word order: evidence for data-driven learning of syntactic structure

Nameera Akhtar · Journal of Child Language · 1999 · 320 citations

Directive interactions and early vocabulary development: the role of joint attentional focus

Nameera Akhtar, Frances Dunham, Philip J. Dunham · Journal of Child Language · 1991 · 308 citations

Language Development, Psycholinguistics, Attention +22

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