Early Childhood Development: Becoming Symbol-Minded—
It’s More Difficult Than You Think

April 20 , 2007
Fairfax, VA

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Publications

DeLoache, J.S., Uttal, D.H., & Rosengren, K. S. (2004). Scale errors offer evidence for a perception-action dissociation early in life. Science, 304, 1047-1029.

DeLoache, J. S., (2004). Becoming symbol-minded. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 8, 66-70.

DeLoache, J. S., Pierroutsakos, S.L., & Uttal, D. H. (2003). The origins of pictorial competence. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 12, 114-118.

Pierroutsakos, S.L., & DeLoache, J. S. (2003). Why do infants grasp pictured objects? Infancy, 4, 141-156.

Sharon, T., & DeLoache, J. S. (2003). The role of perseveration in children's symbolic understanding and skill. Developmental Science, 6, 289-297.

DeLoache, J. S. (2002). The symbol-mindedness of young children. In W. W. Hartup & R. A. Weinberg (Eds.), Child psychology in retrospect and prospect: The Minnesota Symposia on child psychology (vol. 32, pp. 73-101). LEA Publishing.

DeLoache, J. S. (2002). Symbolic artifacts: Understanding and use. In U. Goswami (Ed.), Blackwell handbook of childhood cognitive development (pp. 206-226). Blackwell Publishing.

DeLoache, J. S., & Sharon, T. (2002). Symbols and similarity: You can get too much of a good thing. Manuscript submitted for publication.

Pierroutsakos, S. L., DeLoache, J. S., & Gound, M. (2002). Very young children are insensitive to picture (but not object) orientation. Manuscript submitted for publication. [view Microsoft Word Document]

DeLoache, J. S. (2000). Dual representation and young children's use of scale models.Child Development, 71, 329-338.

DeLoache, J. S., Pierroutsakos, S.L., Uttal, D.H., Rosengren, K. S., & Gottlieb, A. (1998). Grasping the nature of pictures. Psychological Science, 9, 205-210.

DeLoache, J.D., Miller, K.F., & Rosengren, K. S. (1997). The credible shrinking room: Very young children's performance with symbolic and non-symbolic relations. Psychological Science, 8, 308-313.

DeLoache, J. S. (1996). Shrinking trolls and expanding minds: Early symbolic development. Psychological Science Agenda, 8-9.

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About the speaker

Judy DeLoache
William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Psychology

Judy S. DeLoache, the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Psychology, at the University of Virginia, has been awarded the distinction of Fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Dr. DeLoache received a Bachelor of Arts from Georgia State University in 1967, M.A. from Georgia State University in 1969, and a Ph.D. from University of Illinois in 1973. She has written and co-authored several books and many journal articles and chapters.

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