Note: From 2005 onwards, authorship order was switched to standard Neuroscience format whereupon the senior researcher/author (Petitto) is listed last. Exception: Petitto is in former first author position when advancing new theory.
Assessment of autonomic response in 6–12-month-old babies during the interaction with robot and avatar by means of thermal infrared imaging: Preliminary results
Filippini, C., Cardone, D., Perpetuini, D., Chiarelli, A.M., Petitto, L.A., & Merla, A. (2021). Assessment of autonomic response in
6–12-month-old babies during the interaction with robot and avatar by means of thermal infrared imaging. Peer-reviewed journal. International Quantitative InfraRed Thermography Journal.
Thermal infrared imaging reveals that 6-12 month-old babies show different autonomic response to interaction with robot and avatar
Filippini, C., Cardone, D., Perpetuini, D., Chiarelli, A.M., Petitto, L.A., & Merla, A. (September 21-30, 2020). Thermal infrared imaging reveals that 6-12 month-old babies show different autonomic response to interaction with robot and avatar. Proceedings from the 15th Quantitative InfraRed Thermography Conference (QIRT).
Can a signing virtual human engage a baby’s attention?
Nasihati Gilani, S., Traum, D., Sortino, R., Gallagher, G., Aaron-Lozano, K., Padilla, C., Shapiro, A., Lamberton, J., & Petitto, L.A. (2019). Can a signing virtual human engage a baby’s attention? In peer-reviewed publication of the Association for Computing Machinery Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA). ISBN 978-1-4503-6672-4/19/07. https://doi.org/10.1145/3308532.3329463
Can a virtual human facilitate language learning in a young baby?
Nasihati Gilani, S., Traum, D., Sortino, R., Gallagher, G., Aaron-Lozano, K., Padilla, C., Shapiro, A., Lamberton, J., & Petitto, L.A. (2019). Can a virtual human facilitate language learning in a young baby? In peer-reviewed publication of Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS), N. Agmon, M. E. Taylor, E. Elkind, M. Veloso (Eds.)
Multimodal dialogue management for multiparty interaction with infants
Nashihati Gilani, S., Traum, D., Merla, A., Hee, E., Walker, Z., Manini, B., Gallagher, G., & Petitto, L.A. (2018). Multimodal dialogue management for multiparty interaction with infants. In peer-reviewed publication of the 20th Association for Computing Machinery International Conference on Multimodal Interaction. ISBN 978-1-4503-5692-3/18/10. doi: https://doi.org/10.1145/3242969.3243029
Teaching language to deaf infants with a robot and a virtual human
Scassellati, B., Brawer, J., Tsui, K., Nasihati Gilani, S., Malzkuhn, M., Manini, B., Stone, A., Kartheiser, G., Merla, A., Shapiro, A., Traum, D., & Petitto. L.A. (2018). Teaching language to deaf infant with a robot and a virtual human. In peer-reviewed Proceeding of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp.553; 1-553:13). New York, NY, USA:ACM. ISBN 123-4567-24-567/08/06. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.475/123_4
Age of bilingual exposure changes the contribution of phonological and semantic knowledge to successful reading development
Jasinska, K.K., Petitto, L.A. (2017). Age of Bilingual Exposure Changes the Contribution of Phonological and Semantic Knowledge to Successful Reading Development. Child Development. DOI:10.1111/cdev.12745
Visual sign phonology: Insights into human reading and language from a natural soundless phonology
Petitto, L.A., Langdon, C., Cochran, C., Andriola, D. Stone, A., Kartheiser, G. (2016). Visual Sign Phonology: Insights into Human Reading from a Natural Soundless Phonology”. WIREs Cognitive Science. doi: 10.1002/wcs.1404
Bilingualism yields language-specific plasticity in left hemisphere’s circuitry for learning to read in young children
Jasinska, K.K., Berens, M., Kovelman, I., & Petitto, L.A. (2016). Bilingualism yields language-specific plasticity in left hemisphere’s circuitry for learning to read in young children. Neuropsychologia. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2016.11.018
Fingerspelling as a novel gateway into reading fluency in deaf bilinguals
Stone, A., Kartheiser, G., Hauser, P.C., Petitto, L.A. & Allen, T.E., (2015). Fingerspelling as a Gateway into Reading Fluency in Deaf Bilinguals. PLoS ONE. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.013961
“One glove does not fit all” in bilingual reading acquisition: Using the age of first bilingual language exposure to understand optimal contexts for reading success
Kovelman, I., Salah-Ud-Din, M., Berens, M., Petitto, L.A. (2015). “One glove does not fit all” in bilingual reading acquisition: Using the age of first bilingual language exposure to understand optimal contexts for reading success. Cogent Education. Vol. 2, Iss. 1, 2015.
Development of Neural Systems for Reading in the Monolingual and Bilingual Brain: New Insights from functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy Neuroimaging
Jasińska, K. & Petitto, L.A. (2014). Development of Neural Systems for Reading in the Monolingual and Bilingual Brain: New Insights from functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy Neuroimaging. Developmental Neuropsychology. Vol.39, Iss. 6, 2014.doi: 10.1080/2331186X.2015.1006504
Words in Bilingual Brain: fNIRS Brain Imaging Investigation of Lexical Repetition in Sign-Speech Bimodal Bilinguals
Kovelman, I., Shalinsky, M. H., Berens, M., & Petitto, L. A. (2014). Words in the Bilingual Brain: fNIRS Brain Imaging Investigation of Lexical Repetition in Sign-Speech Bimodal Bilinguals. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 8:606. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00606.
How Age of Bilingual Exposure Can Change the Neural Systems for Language in the Developing Brain: A functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy Investigation of Syntactic Processing in Monolingual and Bilingual Children
Jasińska, K. & Petitto, L.A. (2013). How Age of Bilingual Exposure Can Change the Neural Systems for Language in the Developing Brain: A functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy Investigation of Syntactic Processing in Monolingual and Bilingual Children. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. 10.1016/j.dcn.2013.06.005.
Should bilingual children learn reading in two languages at the same time or in sequence? Evidence of a bilingual reading advantage in children in bilingual schools from monolingual English-only homes
Kovelman, I., Berens, M. & Petitto, L.A., (2013) Should Bilingual children learn reading in two languages at the same time or in sequence? Evidence of a bilingual reading advantage in children in bilingual schools from monolingual English-only homes. Bilingual Research Journal. DOI: doi: 10.1080/15235882.2013.779618.
The “Perceptual Wedge Hypothesis” as the basis for bilingual babies phonetic processing advantage: New insights from fNIRS brain imaging
Petitto, L.A., Berens, M.S., Kovelman, I., Dubins, M.H., Jasinska, K. and Shalinksy, M. (2012). The "Perceptual Wedge Hypothesis" as the basis for bilingual babies phonetic processing advantage: New insights from fNIRS brain imaging. Brain and Language, 121 (2), 142-155. doi: 10.1016/j.bandl.2011.05.003 (See note for Association for Psychological Science).
Exploring Cognitive Functions in Babies, Children & Adults with Near Infrared Spectroscopy
Shalinsky, M.H., Kovelman, I., Berens, M.S., & Petitto, L.A. (2009). Exploring Cognitive Functions in Babies, Children & Adults with Near Infrared Spectroscopy. Journal of Visualized Experiments, 29. http://www.jove.com/index/details/stp?id=1268, doi: 10.3791/1268.
Dual language use in sign-speech bimodal bilinguals: fNIRS brain-imaging evidence
Kovelman, I., Shalinsky, M.H., White, K. S., Schmitt, S.N., Berens, M.S., Paymer, N., & Petitto, L.A. (2009). Dual language use in sign-speech bimodal bilinguals: fNIRS brain-imaging evidence. Brain & Language, 109, 112-123.
Bilingual and Monolingual brains compared: An fMRI investigation of syntactic processing and a possible “neural signature” of bilingualism
Kovelman, I., Baker, S.A., & Petitto, L.A. (2008). Bilingual and Monolingual brains compared: An fMRI investigation of syntactic processing and a possible “neural signature” of bilingualism. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 20(1), 153-169.
Note: MIT Press Journals listed the following publication as the 13th most downloaded article in the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience.
Shining new light on the brain’s “Bilingual Signature:” a functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy investigation of semantic processing
Kovelman, I., Shalinsky, M.H., Berens, M.S., & Petitto, L.A. (2008). Shining new light on the brain’s “Bilingual Signature:” a functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy investigation of semantic processing. NeuroImage, 39, 1457-1471.
Cortical images of early language and phonetic development using Near Infrared Spectroscopy
Petitto, L.A. (2007). Cortical images of early language and phonetic development using Near Infrared Spectroscopy. In K. Fischer & A. Battro (Eds.), The Educated Brain. England: Cambridge University Press, 213-232.
New insights into old puzzles from infants’ categorical discrimination of soundless phonetic units
Baker, S.A., Golinkoff, R. M., & Petitto, L.A. (2006). New insights into old puzzles from infants’ categorical discrimination of soundless phonetic units. Language Learning and Development, 2(3), 147-162.
Baby hands that move to the rhythm of language: Hearing babies acquiring sign languages babble silently on the hands
Petitto, L.A., Holowka, S., Sergio, L., Levy, B., & Ostry, D. (2004). Baby hands that move to the rhythm of language: Hearing babies acquiring sign languages babble silently on the hands. Cognition, 9, 43-73.
The Bilingual Paradox: How signing-speaking bilingual children help us to resolve bilingual issues and teach us about the brain’s mechanisms underlying all language acquisition
Petitto, L.A., & Kovelman, I. (2003). The Bilingual Paradox: How signing-speaking bilingual children help us to resolve bilingual issues and teach us about the brain’s mechanisms underlying all language acquisition. Learning Languages, 8(3), 5-18. Translation into French (2004). Le paradoxe du bilinguisme, Double langue maternelle. In Revue Imaginaire et Inconscient, 14.
Evaluating attributions of delay and confusion in young bilinguals: Special insights from infants acquiring a signed and a spoken language
Petitto, L.A., & Holowka, S. (2002). Evaluating attributions of delay and confusion in young bilinguals: Special insights from infants acquiring a signed and a spoken language. Sign Language Studies, 3(1), 4-33.
Bilingual signed and spoken language acquisition from birth: Implications for mechanisms underlying early bilingual language acquisition
Petitto, L.A., Katerelos, M., Levy, B., Gauna, K., Tétrault, K., & Ferraro, V. (2001). Bilingual signed and spoken language acquisition from birth: Implications for mechanisms underlying early bilingual language acquisition. Journal of Child Language, 28(2), 453-496.
Speech-like cerebral activity in profoundly deaf people processing signed languages: Implications for the neural basis of human language
Petitto, L.A., Zatorre, R., Gauna, K., Nikelski, E.J., Dostie, D., & Evans, A. (2000). Speech-like cerebral activity in profoundly deaf people processing signed languages: Implications for the neural basis of human language. (PET brain imaging study.) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 97(25), 13961-13966.
On the biological, environmental and neurogenetic factors determining early language acquisition: Evidence from signed and spoken languages
Petitto, L.A. (1998). On the biological, environmental and neurogenetic factors determining early language acquisition: Evidence from signed and spoken languages. ACFOS Neurosciences et Surdité du premier age. Bulletin D’Audiophonologie, XIV(1), 337-348 (France).
The existence of natural signed languages: Lessons in the nature of human language and its biological foundations
Petitto, L.A. (1997). The existence of natural signed languages: Lessons in the nature of human language and its biological foundations. (Esistono linguaggi naturali dei segni?) KOS Rivista di medicina, cultura e scienze umane (similar to Scientific American), 146, 22-29.
In the beginning: On the genetic and environmental factors that make early language acquisition possible
Petitto, L.A. (1997). In the beginning: On the genetic and environmental factors that make early language acquisition possible. In M. Gopnik (Ed.), The inheritance and innateness of grammars (pp. 45-69). England: Oxford University Press.
On the equipotentiality of signed and spoken language in early language ontogeny
Petitto, L.A. (1994). On the equipotentiality of signed and spoken language in early language ontogeny. In B. Snider (Ed.), Post-Milan ASL and English Literacy: Issues, Trends, & Research (pp. 195-223). Washington, D.C.: Gallaudet University Press.
Modularity and Constraints in Early Lexical Acquisition: Evidence from children’s early language and gesture
Petitto, L.A. (1994). Modularity and Constraints in Early Lexical Acquisition: Evidence from children’s early language and gesture. In P. Bloom (Ed.), Language acquisition: Core readings. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
On the ontogenetic requirements for early language acquisition
Petitto, L.A. (1993). On the ontogenetic requirements for early language acquisition. In B. de Boysson-Bardies, S. de Schonen, P. Jusczyk, P. MacNeilage, & J. Morton (Eds.), Developmental neurocognition: Speech and face processing in the first year of life (pp. 365-383). Dordrecht, Netherlands: Kuwer.
Modularity and constraints in early lexical acquisition: Evidence from children’s first words/signs and gestures
Petitto, L.A. (1992). Modularity and constraints in early lexical acquisition: Evidence from children’s first words/signs and gestures. In M.R. Gunnar & M. Maratsos (Eds.), Modularity and constraints in language and cognition: The Minnesota symposia on child psychology, Vol. 25. (pp. 25-58). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Babbling in the manual mode: Evidence for the ontogeny of language
Petitto, L.A., & Marentette, P. (1991). Babbling in the manual mode: Evidence for the ontogeny of language. Science, 251, 1483-1496. NOTE: This work was also translated into German by Von Adelheid Stahnke and published in the German Scientific American, July 1991, 19-20 (“Komplexe frühe sprachentwicklung bei gehörlosen kindern”), and has been reprinted in many child development and language acquisition books.
Les premiers signes acquis par des enfants sourds en langue des signes québécoise (LSQ): Comparaison avec les premiers mots.
Charron, F., & Petitto, L.A. (1991). Les premiers signes acquis par des enfants sourds en langue des signes québécoise (LSQ): Comparaison avec les premiers mots. Revue Québécoise de Linguistique Théorique et Appliquée, 10(1), 71-122.
Spatial cognition and brain organization: Clues from the acquisition of a language in space
Petitto, L. A. & Bellugi, U. (1988). Spatial cognition and brain organization: Clues from the acquisition of a language in space. In J. Stiles-Davies, U. Bellugi, & M. Kritchevsky (Eds.), Spatial cognition: Brain bases and development (pp. 299-341). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Communication, symbolic communication, and language in child and chimpanzee: Comment on Savage-Rumbaugh, McDonald, Sevcik, Hopkins, and Rupert (1986)
Seidenberg, M. S., & Petitto, L. A. (1987). Communication, symbolic communication, and language in child and chimpanzee: Comment on Savage-Rumbaugh, McDonald, Sevcik, Hopkins, and Rupert (1986). Journal of Experimental Psychology, General, 116(3), 279-287.
Pronoun acquisition in another mode
Petitto, L.A. (1985). Pronoun acquisition in another mode. In V. Volterra & W. Stokoe (Eds.), Proceedings of the III International Symposium on Sign Language Research (pp. 55-63). Silver Spring, MD: Linstock Press.
From gesture to symbol: The relationship between form and meaning in the acquisition of personal pronouns in American Sign Language
Petitto, L.A. (1983). From gesture to symbol: The relationship between form and meaning in the acquisition of personal pronouns in American Sign Language. Papers and Reports on Child Development, 22, 100-107.