My research focuses on early conceptual and category development, and on early word learning. In particular, I am interested in how language affects and interacts with category development, and how children’s incipient categories can provide a window onto their early theories about the world.
I am on leave for the 2009-2010 academic year.
Selected Publications
Jaswal, V. K., & Markman, E. M. (2007). Looks aren't everything: 24-month-olds' willingness to accept unexpected labels. Journal of Cognition and Development, 8, 93-111.
Jaswal, V. K., & Neely, L. A. (2006). Adults don't always know best: Preschoolers use past reliability over age when learning new words. Psychological Science, 17, 757-758.
Jaswal, V. K. (2006). Preschoolers favor the creator's label when reasoning about an artifact's function. Cognition, 99, B83-B92.
Jaswal, V. K., & Hansen, M. B. (2006). Learning words: Children discount some pragmatic information that conflicts with mutual exclusivity. Developmental Science, 9, 158-165.
Jaswal, V. K. (2004). Don't believe everything you hear: Preschoolers' sensitivity to speaker intent in category induction. Child Development, 75, 1871-1885.
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