Laura Ann Petitto

Babbling in the Manual Mode: Evidence for the Ontogeny of Language

Laura Ann Petitto, Paula Marentette · Science · 1991 · 750 citations

Vocal Babbling, Language Evolution, Neurolinguistics +27

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 et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2000 · 505 citations

Auditory Imagery, Neurolinguistics, Psycholinguistics +21

Bilingual signed and spoken language acquisition from birth: implications for the mechanisms underlying early bilingual language acquisition

Laura Ann Petitto, Marina Katerelos, Bronna Levy et al. · Journal of Child Language · 2001 · 428 citations

Spoken Language Acquisition, Multilingualism, Language Development +22

On the autonomy of language and gesture: Evidence from the acquisition of personal pronouns in American sign language

Laura Ann Petitto · Cognition · 1987 · 328 citations

Sign Language, Embodied Cognition, Language Acquisition +7

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 · 1987 · 166 citations

Language Evolution, Psycholinguistics, Rhetoric +24