Publications

In Press

• Kueser*, J. B., & Borovsky, A. (in press).  Complex meanings shape early noun and verb vocabulary structure and learning.  Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology / Revue canadienne de psychologie expérimentale.  (part of a Forthcoming Special Issue on Networks in Experimental Psychology, edited by Yoed Kennett, Cynthia Siew and Michael Vitevitch).

• Kray, J., Sommerfeld, L., & Borovsky, A., Haeuser, K. (in press).  The role of prediction error in the development of language learning and memory. Child Development Perspectives.  HTML

• Kosie, J. E.#, Zettersten, M.#, Abu-Zhaya, R., Amso, D., Babineau, M., Baumgartner, H. A., Bazhydai, M., Belia, M., Benavides, S., Bergmann, C., Berteletti, I., Black, A. K., Borges, P., Borovsky, A., Byers-Heinlein, K., Cabrera, L., Calignano, G., Cao, A., Cox, C. M. M., … Lew-Williams, C. (stage 1 registered report, accepted pending data collection). ManyBabies 5: A large-scale investigation of the proposed shift from familiarity preference to novelty preference in infant looking time. PsyArXiv. HTML

2024

• Borovsky#, A., Peters*#, R. E., Cox*, J. I., & McRae, K. (2024). Feats: A database of semantic features for early produced noun concepts. Behavior Research Methods, 56, 3259-3279.  HTML 

• Haeuser, K. I., & Borovsky, A. (2024). Predictive processing suppresses form-related words with overlapping onsets. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 46, 5042-48.   HTML

• Kueser*, J. B., Borovsky, A., Deevy, P., Muezzinoglu*, M., Outzen*, C., & Leonard, L. B. (2024). Verb Vocabulary Supports Event Probability Use in Developmental Language Disorder. Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research, 67(5), 1490-1513.  HTML

• Seidl, A., Indarjit*, M., & Borovsky, A. (2024). Touch to learn: Multisensory input supports word learning and processing. Developmental Science, 27(1), e13419

2023

• Aveni, K., Ahmed, J., Borovsky, A., McRae, K., Jenkins, M.E., Sprengel, K., Fraser, J.A., Orange, J.B., Knowles, T., & Roberts, A.C. (2023).  Predictive language comprehension in Parkinson's disease. PLOS One, 18(2), e0262504. HTML PDF

• Kueser*, J. B, & Borovsky, A. (2023). Verb vocabularies are shaped by complex meanings from the onset of development. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 45, 130-138. HTML

• Kueser*, J.B., Peters*, R.E., & Borovsky, A. (2023). The role of semantic similarity in verb learning events: Vocabulary-related changes across early development.  Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 226, 105565.

• Kueser*, J.B., Horvath*, S., & Borovsky, A. (2023). Two pathways in vocabulary development: Large-scale differences in noun and verb semantic structure.  Cognitive Psychology, 143, 101574.  HTML 

2022

• Abu-Zhaya, R., Arnon, I., Borovsky, A. (2022).  Do children use multi-word information in real-time sentence comprehension?  Cognitive Science, 43(3), e13111.

• Borovsky, A. (2022).  Developmental changes in how children generalize from their experience to support predictive linguistic processing. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 219, 105349

• Borovsky, A. (2022).  Drivers of lexical processing and implications for early learning. Annual Reviews of Developmental Psychology, 4(1), 21-40.  HTML

• Borovsky, A. (2022).  Lexico-semantic structure in vocabulary and its links to lexical processing in toddlerhood and language outcomes at age three.  Developmental Psychology, 58(4), 607-630.

• Häuser, K., Kray, J., Borovsky, A. (2022).  Hedging bets in linguistic prediction:  Younger and older adults vary in the breadth of predictive processing.  Collabra: Psychology,  8(1): 36945 PDF

• Horvath, S.,* Kueser, J.B.,* Kelly, J.,* & Borovsky, A. (2022). Difference or delay? Syntax, semantics, and verb vocabulary development in typically developing and late-talking toddlers. Language Learning and Development, 18(3), 352-376.  HTML

• Lieberman, A.M., Fitch, A., & Borovsky, A. (2022). Flexible fast-mapping: Deaf children dynamically allocate visual attention to learn novel words in American Sign Language. Developmental Science, 25(3), e13166.   HTML

2021

• Borovsky, A., Thal, D., & Leonard, L.B. (2021).  Moving towards accurate and early prediction of language delay with network science and machine learning approaches. Scientific Reports, 11, 8136.  PDF

• Ellis, E.M., Borovsky, A., Elman, J.L.,  & Evans, J.L. (2021). Toddlers’ ability to leverage statistical information to support word learning.  Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 641.   PDF

• Peters, R.E.,*  Kueser, J.,* & Borovsky, A. (2021). Perceptual connectivity influences toddlers’ attention to known objects and subsequent label processing.  Brain Sciences, 11(2), 163-182.  PDF

2020

• Borovsky, A. (2020). When slowing down processing helps learning: Lexico-semantic structure supports retention but interferes with disambiguation of novel object-label mappings. Developmental Science. PDF
• Häuser, K., Kray, J., & Borovsky, A. (2020). Great expectations: Evidence for graded prediction of grammatical gender. In S. Denison., M. Mack, Y. Xu, & B.C. Armstrong (Eds.), Proceedings of the 42nd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 1157-1163). Cognitive Science Society. PDF.

• Lieberman, A.M.,  & Borovsky, A.  (2020).  Lexical recognition in deaf children learning ASL: activation of semantic and phonological features of signs. Language Learning, 70(4), 935-973.  PDF

• The ManyBabies Consortium, including Borovsky, A. and Foley. M.R.* (2020). Quantifying sources of variability in infancy research using the infant-directed speech preference. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 3(1), 24-52.  PDF

2019

• Yazbec,. A.*, Borovsky, A., Kaschak, M.P. (2019). Examining the impact of text style and epistemic beliefs on conceptual change. PLoS ONE.
• Borovsky, A., & Peters, R. E.* (2019). Vocabulary size and structure affects real-time lexical recognition in 18-month-olds. PLoS ONE 14(7): e0219290. PDF
• Reuter, T., Borovsky, A., & Lew-Williams, C. (2019). Predict and redirect: Prediction errors support children's word learning. Developmental Psychology, 55(8), 1656-1665. PDF
• Peters, R.E.* & Borovsky, A. (2019). Modeling early lexico-semantic network development: Perceptual features matter most. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 148(4), 763-782. PDF
• Yazbec, A.*, Kaschak, M.P., & Borovsky, A. (2019). Developmental timescale of rapid adaptation to conflicting cues in real-time sentence processing. Cognitive Science, 1, e12704. PDF

2018

• Peters, R.E.*, Grüter, T., & Borovsky, A. (2018). Language skill and experience influence flexibility in linguistic prediction. Applied Psycholinguistics, 39(6), 1439-1469. PDF
• Yazbec, A.*, Borovsky, A., & Kaschak, M.P. (2018). Factors underlying conceptual change in the sciences and social sciences. In T.T. Rogers, M. Rau, X. Zhu, & C.W. Kalish (Eds.), Proceedings of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 1214-1219). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society. PDF
• Lieberman, A., Borovsky, A., Mayberry, R. (2018). Prediction in a visual language: Real-time sentence processing in American Sign Language across development. Language, Cognition and Neuroscience, 33(4), 387-401. PDF
• Charness, N. & Borovsky, A. (2018). Information processing. In M.H. Bornstein, M.E. Arterberry, K.L. Fingerman & J.E. Lansford (eds.)The Sage Encyclopedia of Lifespan Human Development (pp. 1140-1145). Los Angeles: Sage Publishing. PDF

2017

• Mani, N., Borovsky, A. (2017). Building a lexical network. In Gert Westermann & Nivedita Mani (Eds.) Early Word Learning. Psychology Press
• Borovsky, A. (2017). The amount and structure of prior event experience affects anticipatory sentence interpretation. Language, Cognition and Neuroscience, 32(2), 190-204. PDF
• Troyer, M.*, Borovsky, A. (2017). Maternal socioeconomic status influences the range of expectations during language comprehension in adulthood. Cognitive Science 41(6), 1405-1433. PDF

2016

• Lieberman, A., Borovsky, A., Hatrak, M., & Mayberry, R. I. (2016). Where to look for ASL sub-lexical structure in the visual world: A reply to Salverda (2016). Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition, 42(12), 2002-2006.
• Borovsky, A., Ellis, E.M., Evans, J.L., Elman, J.L. (2016). Semantic structure in vocabulary knowledge interacts with lexical and sentence processing in infancy. Child Development, 87(6), 1893-1908. PDF
• Borovsky, A., Ellis, E.M., Evans, J.L., Elman, J.L. (2016). Lexical leverage: Category knowledge boosts real-time novel word recognition in two-year-olds. Developmental Science, 19(6), 918-932. PDF
• Yabzec, A.*, Kaschak, M.P., Borovsky, A. (2016). Investigating semantic conflict between general knowledge and novel information in real-time sentence processing. Proceedings of the 38th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 1421-1426). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society. PDF

2015

• Ellis, E.M., Borovsky, A., Elman, J.L., Evans, J.L. (2015). Novel Word Learning: An Eye-Tracking Study Are 18-Month-Old Late Talkers Really Different from their Typical Peers? Journal of Communication Disorders, 58, 143-157. PDF
• Peters, R. E.*, Grüter, T., Borovsky, A., (2015). Anticipatory and locally coherent lexical activation varies as a function of language proficiency. Proceedings of the 37th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. (pp. 1865-1870). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society. PDF
• Troyer, M.*, Borovsky, A., (2015). Childhood SES affects anticipatory language comprehension in college-age adults. Proceedings of the 37th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. (pp. 2428-2433). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society. PDF
• Lieberman, A.M., Borovsky, A., Hatrak, M., Mayberry, R.I. (2015). Real-time processing of ASL signs: Delayed first language acquisition affects organization of the mental lexicon. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition. 41(4), 1130-1139 PDF

2014

• Borovsky, A., Sweeney, K., Elman, J. L. ,& Fernald, A. (2014). Real-time interpretation of novel events across childhood. Journal of Memory and Language, 73, 1-14. PDF
• Borovsky, A., & Creel, S. (2014). Children and adults integrate talker and verb information in online processing. Developmental Psychology, 50(5), 1600. PDF
• Lieberman, A.M., Borovsky, A., Hatrak, M., Mayberry, R.I. (2014). Real-time processing of ASL signs: Effects of linguistic experience and proficiency. Proceedings of the Boston University Conference on Language Development.

2013

• Borovsky, A., Burns, E., Elman, J. L., & Evans, J. L. (2013). Lexical activation during language comprehension in adolescents with history of specific language impairment. Journal of Communication Disorders, 46, 413-427. PDF
• Borovsky, A. Kutas, M. & Elman, J. L. (2013). Getting it right: Word learning across the hemispheres. Neuropsychologia, 51(5), 825-37. PDF
• Bion, R.H., Borovsky, A., Fernald, A. (2013). Fast mapping, slow learning: Disambiguation of novel word-object mappings in relation to vocabulary learning at 18, 24, and 30 months. Cognition, 126(1), 39-53.

2012

• Borovsky, A., Elman, J., Fernald, A. (2012). Knowing a lot for one’s age: Vocabulary skill and not age is associated with the timecourse of incremental sentence interpretation in children and adults. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 112(4), 417-36. PDF
• Borovsky, A. Elman, J & Kutas, M. (2012). Once is enough: N400 indexes semantic integration of novel word meanings from a single exposure in context. Language Learning and Development, 8(3), 278-302. PDF

2010

• Borovsky, A., Kutas, M. & Elman, J. (2010). Learning to use words: Event related brain potentials index single-shot contextual word learning. Cognition 116(2), 289-96. PDF
• Borovsky, A., Elman, J & Kutas, M. (2010). Semantic integration of novel word meanings after a single exposure in context. Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Cognitive Science Society (pp. 1307-1312). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society. PDF

2008 and earlier

• Borovsky, A., Saygin, A. P., Bates, E., Dronkers, N. F. (2007). Lesion correlates of conversational speech deficits. Neuropsychologia, 45(11), 2525-2533. PDF
• Borovsky, A., Elman, J. & Kutas, M. (2007). Getting the gist is not enough: An ERP investigation of contextual word learning. Proceedings of the 29th Annual Cognitive Science Society (pp. 119-124). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society. PDF
• Borovsky, A. Elman, J. (2006). Language input and categories: A relation between cognition and early word learning. Journal of Child Language 33(3), 759-790. PDF

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