Laura Ann Petitto - Concepedia

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Laura Ann Petitto

McGill University

Also Known As

LAURA A. PETITTO, LAURA ANN PETITTO, Laura A. (Laura Ann) Petitto, Laura A. Petitto, Laura Ann Petitto, Laura Petitto

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McGill University Dartmouth College Haskins Laboratories Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital York University

About

Laura Ann Petitto is an author at McGill University specializing in linguistics, language studies, and language acquisition.

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#	Concept	H-Index	Publications	Citations
1	Language Studies	13	13	3K
2	Health Sciences	9	9	2.4K
3	American Sign Language	7	7	1.6K
4	Arts	2	2	65
5	Social Sciences	2	2	234

Laura Ann Petitto

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	Year	Citations
Babbling in the Manual Mode: Evidence for the Ontogeny of Language Laura Ann Petitto, Paula Marentette Science Vocal BabblingLanguage EvolutionNeurolinguisticsLanguage DevelopmentInfant Vocal Babbling	1991	750
Speech-like cerebral activity in profoundly deaf people processing signed languages: Implications for the neural basis of human language Laura Ann Petitto, Robert J. Zatorre, Kristine Gauna, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Auditory ImageryNeurolinguisticsPsycholinguisticsPhonologyPositron Emission Tomography	2000	505
Bilingual signed and spoken language acquisition from birth: implications for the mechanisms underlying early bilingual language acquisition Laura Ann Petitto, Marina Katerelos, Bronna Levy, Journal of Child Language Spoken Language AcquisitionMultilingualismLanguage DevelopmentPsycholinguisticsBilingual Language Development	2001	428
On the autonomy of language and gesture: Evidence from the acquisition of personal pronouns in American sign language Laura Ann Petitto Cognition Sign LanguageEmbodied CognitionLanguage AcquisitionPersonal PronounsLanguage Studies	1987	328
Communication, symbolic communication, and language: Comment on Savage-Rumbaugh, McDonald, Sevcik, Hopkins, and Rupert (1986). Mark S. Seidenberg, Laura Ann Petitto Journal of Experimental Psychology General Language EvolutionPsycholinguisticsRhetoricLanguage LearningCognitive Linguistics	1987	166
Language rhythms in baby hand movements Laura Ann Petitto, Siobhan Holowka, Lauren E. Sergio, Nature NeurolinguisticsSpeech ProductionLanguage AcquisitionSpeech Motor ControlLanguage Studies	2001	148
Simultaneous Communication in the Classroom: How Well is English Grammar Represented? Gloria S. Marmor, Laura Ann Petitto Sign language studies American Deaf CultureSpeech SciencesLanguage DevelopmentLanguage EducationEnglish Language Learning	1979	147
Baby hands that move to the rhythm of language: hearing babies acquiring sign languages babble silently on the hands Laura Ann Petitto, Siobhan Holowka, Lauren E. Sergio, Cognition Sign LanguageCognitive ScienceHealth SciencesInfant DevelopmentPhonetics	2003	144
Left Hemisphere Cerebral Specialization for Babies While Babbling Siobhan Holowka, Laura Ann Petitto Science NeuropsychologyBrain FunctionDevelopmental Cognitive NeuroscienceLanguage EvolutionNeurolinguistics	2002	128
Semantic and Conceptual Knowledge Underlying Bilingual Babies' First Signs and Words Siobhan Holowka, Françoise Brosseau‐Lapré, Laura Ann Petitto Language Learning Second Language LearningMultilingualismDifferent LexiconsPsycholinguisticsCross-language Perspective	2002	106

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