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  1. Reexamining models of early learning in the digital age: Applications for learning in the wild.

    Article • Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, September 2023, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr Rachel Barr

  2. Growing Up in the Digital Age: Early Learning and Family Media Ecology

    Article • Current Directions in Psychological Science, April 2019, SAGE Publications

    Dr Rachel Barr

  3. Fathers Are Parents, Too! Widening the Lens on Parenting for Children's Development

    Article • Child Development Perspectives, January 2018, Wiley

    Dr Rachel Barr, Natasha Cabrera

  4. Look At That! Video Chat and Joint Visual Attention Development Among Babies and Toddlers

    Article • Child Development, May 2017, Wiley

    Dr Rachel Barr

  5. The impact of memory load and perceptual cues on puzzle learning by 24-month olds

    Article • Developmental Psychobiology, October 2016, Wiley

    Dr Rachel Barr

  6. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree: introduction to the special issue in honor of Carolyn Rovee-Collier

    Article • Developmental Psychobiology, August 2016, Wiley

    Dr Rachel Barr

  7. They can interact, but can they learn? Toddlers’ transfer learning from touchscreens and television

    Article • Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, September 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Rachel Barr

  8. Do semantic contextual cues facilitate transfer learning from video in toddlers?

    Article • Frontiers in Psychology, May 2015, Frontiers

    Dr Rachel Barr

  9. Socioeconomic disparities in neurocognitive development in the first two years of life

    Article • Developmental Psychobiology, March 2015, Wiley

    Dr Rachel Barr

  10. Becoming a high-fidelity -super- imitator: what are the contributions of social and individual learning?

    Article • Developmental Science, December 2014, Wiley

    Dr Rachel Barr

  11. Specificity of the bilingual advantage for memory: examining cued recall, generalization, and working memory in monolingual, bilingual, and trilingual toddlers

    Article • Frontiers in Psychology, December 2014, Frontiers

    Dr Rachel Barr

  12. Differences in Language Exposure and its Effects on Memory Flexibility in Monolingual, Bilingual, and Trilingual Infants

    Article • Bilingualism Language and Cognition, November 2014, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Natalie H Brito, Dr Rachel Barr

  13. Delivering services to incarcerated teen fathers: A pilot intervention to increase the quality of father–infant interactions during visitation.

    Article • Psychological Services, February 2014, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr Natalie H Brito, Dr Rachel Barr

  14. Associations Between Parenting, Media Use, Cumulative Risk, and Childrenʼs Executive Functioning

    Article • Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics, January 2014, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Rachel Barr

  15. Parent–child interactions during traditional and computer storybook reading for children’s comprehension: Implications for electronic storybook design

    Article • International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction, January 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Rachel Barr

  16. Flexible memory retrieval in bilingual 6‐month‐old infants

    Article • Developmental Psychobiology, December 2013, Wiley

    Dr Natalie H Brito, Dr Rachel Barr

  17. From Specificity to Flexibility: Early Developmental Changes in Memory Generalization

    Article • September 2013, Wiley

    Dr Natalie H Brito, Dr Rachel Barr

  18. Age-Related Changes in Spreading Activation During Infancy

    Article • Child Development, September 2013, Wiley

    Dr Rachel Barr

  19. Memory Constraints on Infant Learning From Picture Books, Television, and Touchscreens

    Article • Child Development Perspectives, August 2013, Wiley

    Dr Rachel Barr

  20. Revisiting the effect of reminders on infants’ media memories: Does the encoding format matter?

    Article • Developmental Psychology, January 2013, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr Natalie H Brito, Dr Rachel Barr

  21. 15-month-olds’ transfer of learning between touch screen and real-world displays: language cues and cognitive loads

    Article • Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, November 2012, Wiley

    Dr Rachel Barr

  22. Influence of bilingualism on memory generalization during infancy

    Article • Developmental Science, October 2012, Wiley

    Dr Natalie H Brito, Dr Rachel Barr

  23. Long-term transfer of learning from books and video during toddlerhood

    Article • Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, January 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Natalie H Brito, Dr Rachel Barr

  24. Increasing the Quality of Father-Child Interactions within the Juvenile Justice System

    Article • January 2012, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr Natalie H Brito, Dr Rachel Barr

  25. Age-related changes in learning across early childhood: A new imitation task

    Article • Developmental Psychobiology, January 2012, Wiley

    Dr Rachel Barr

  26. The Baby Elmo Program: Improving teen father–child interactions within juvenile justice facilities

    Article • Children and Youth Services Review, September 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Natalie H Brito, Dr Rachel Barr

  27. The Effect of Narrative Cues on Infants’ Imitation From Television and Picture Books

    Article • Child Development, August 2011, Wiley

    Dr Rachel Barr

  28. Maternal Depression and Family Media Use: A Questionnaire and Diary Analysis

    Article • Journal of Child and Family Studies, February 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Rachel Barr

  29. Potentiation in young infants: The origin of the prior knowledge effect?

    Article • Memory & Cognition, November 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Rachel Barr

  30. Special issue on the content and context of early media exposure

    Article • Infant and Child Development, November 2010, Wiley

    Dr Rachel Barr

  31. Infant-directed media: an analysis of product information and claims

    Article • Infant and Child Development, November 2010, Wiley

    Dr Rachel Barr

  32. A US Study of Transfer of Learning from Video to Books in Toddlers

    Article • Journal of Children and Media, November 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Rachel Barr

  33. Content analysis of language-promoting teaching strategies used in infant-directed media

    Article • Infant and Child Development, November 2010, Wiley

    Dr Rachel Barr

  34. Interactional quality depicted in infant and toddler videos: where are the interactions?

    Article • Infant and Child Development, October 2010, Wiley

    Dr Rachel Barr

  35. Contingent computer interactions for young children's object retrieval success

    Article • Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, September 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Rachel Barr

  36. Amount, content and context of infant media exposure: a parental questionnaire and diary analysis

    Article • International Journal of Early Years Education, September 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Rachel Barr

  37. Infant Learning and Memory

    Article • July 2010, Wiley

    Dr Rachel Barr

  38. Transfer of learning between 2D and 3D sources during infancy: Informing theory and practice

    Article • Developmental Review, June 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Rachel Barr

  39. Amount, content and context of infant media exposure: a parental questionnaire and diary analysis

    Article • International Journal of Early Years Education, June 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Rachel Barr

  40. Television Viewing Patterns in 6- to 18-Month-Olds: The Role of Caregiver-Infant Interactional Quality

    Article • Infancy, January 2010, Wiley

    Dr Rachel Barr

  41. Music interferes with learning from television during infancy

    Article • Infant and Child Development, January 2010, Wiley

    Dr Rachel Barr

  42. Infant and Early Childhood Exposure to Adult-Directed and Child-Directed Television Programming: Relations with Cognitive Skills at Age Four

    Article • Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, January 2010, Project Muse

    Dr Rachel Barr

  43. Emerging Computer Skills

    Article • Journal of Children and Media, August 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Rachel Barr

  44. The influence of electronic sound effects on learning from televised and live models

    Article • Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, May 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Rachel Barr

  45. Infant imitation from television using novel touch screen technology

    Article • British Journal of Developmental Psychology, March 2009, Wiley

    Dr Rachel Barr

  46. Reenactment of televised content by 2-year olds: Toddlers use language learned from television to solve a difficult imitation problem

    Article • Infant Behavior and Development, December 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Rachel Barr

  47. Infants' Attention and Responsiveness to Television Increases With Prior Exposure and Parental Interaction

    Article • Infancy, January 2008, Wiley

    Dr Rachel Barr

  48. Age-related changes in deferred imitation from television by 6- to 18-month-olds

    Article • Developmental Science, November 2007, Wiley

    Dr Rachel Barr

  49. The effect of repetition on imitation from television during infancy

    Article • Developmental Psychobiology, January 2007, Wiley

    Dr Rachel Barr

  50. Retrieval Protracts Deferred Imitation by 6-Month-Olds

    Article • Infancy, May 2005, Wiley

    Dr Rachel Barr

  51. The Effect of Prior Practice on Memory Reactivation and Generalization

    Article • Child Development, November 2003, Wiley

    Dr Rachel Barr

  52. The role of sensory preconditioning in memory retrieval by preverbal infants

    Article • Animal Learning & Behavior, May 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Rachel Barr

  53. It's Not What You Know, It's Who You Know: Older siblings facilitate imitation during infancy

    Article • International Journal of Early Years Education, March 2003, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Rachel Barr

  54. It's Not What You Know, It's Who You Know: older siblings facilitate imitation during infancy

    Article • International Journal of Early Years Education, January 2003, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Rachel Barr

  55. Infant Cognition

    Article • July 2002, Wiley

    Dr Rachel Barr

  56. Bidirectional priming in infants

    Article • Memory & Cognition, March 2002, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Rachel Barr

  57. Imitation as a learning mechanism and research tool: how does imitation interact with other cognitive functions?

    Article • Developmental Science, March 2002, Wiley

    Dr Rachel Barr

  58. Mediated Imitation in 6-Month-Olds: Remembering by Association

    Article • Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, July 2001, Elsevier

    Dr Rachel Barr

  59. The development of declarative memory in human infants: Age-related changes in deffered imitation.

    Article • Behavioral Neuroscience, January 2000, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr Rachel Barr

  60. Developmental Changes in Imitation from Television during Infancy

    Article • Child Development, September 1999, Wiley

    Dr Rachel Barr

  61. Developmental changes in the specificity of memory over the second year of life

    Article • Infant Behavior and Development, April 1997, Elsevier

    Dr Rachel Barr

  62. The effects of live and videotaped models on imitation in infancy

    Article • Infant Behavior and Development, April 1996, Elsevier

    Dr Rachel Barr

  63. Developmental changes in generalization: Implications for memory development

    Article • Infant Behavior and Development, April 1996, Elsevier

    Dr Rachel Barr

  64. It's not what you know, it's who you know: the effect of siblings on the development of imitation in infancy

    Article • Infant Behavior and Development, April 1996, Elsevier

    Dr Rachel Barr

  65. Practice makes perfect? The effect of event structure on elicited and deferred imitation

    Article • Infant Behavior and Development, April 1996, Elsevier

    Dr Rachel Barr

  66. Developmental changes in deferred imitation by 6- to 24-month-old infants

    Article • Infant Behavior and Development, April 1996, Elsevier

    Dr Rachel Barr

  67. The effect of event structure on imitation in infancy: Practice makes perfect?

    Article • Infant Behavior and Development, April 1996, Elsevier

    Dr Rachel Barr

  68. Imitation

    Article • SAGE Publications

    Dr Rachel Barr

  69. Developing Social Understanding in a Social Context

    Article • Wiley

    Dr Rachel Barr

  70. Infant Learning and Memory

    Article • Wiley

    Dr Rachel Barr

  71. Infants and Toddlers, Media Exposure of

    Article • SAGE Publications

    Dr Rachel Barr

  72. Attention and Learning from Media during Infancy and Early Childhood

    Article • Wiley

    Dr Rachel Barr