Publications

Selected Publications

Quam, C., & Swingley, D.  (2022).  A protracted developmental trajectory for detection of consonant mispronunciations in newly learned words.  Language Acquisition, DOI: 10.1080/10489223.2022.2069026 

Earle, F. S., & Quam, C.  (2022).  Perceptual flexibility for speech: What are the pros and cons?  Introduction to Special Issue of Brain and Language.  Article 105109.  

Quam, C., Clough, L., Knight, S., & Gerken, L.A. (in press). Infants’ discrimination of consonant contrasts in the presence and absence of talker variability. Infancy. 

Quam, C., Cardinal, H., Gallegos, C., & Bodner, T. (2020). Sound discrimination and explicit mapping of sounds to meanings in preschoolers with and without developmental language disorder. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, Early Online: 1-12. doi: 10.1080/17549507.2020.1750701

Gerken, L.A., Quam, C., & Goffman, L. (2019). Adults Fail to Learn a Type of Linguistic Pattern that is Readily Learned by Infants. Language Learning and Development. doi: 10.1080/15475441.2019.1617149

Quam, C., Wang, A., Maddox, W. T., Golisch, K., & Lotto, A. (2018). Procedural-memory, working-memory, and declarative-memory skills are each associated with dimensional integration in sound-category learning. Frontiers in Psychology, 1828. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01828.

Quam, C., & Creel, S. C. (2017). Mandarin-English bilinguals process lexical tones in newly learned words in accordance with the language context. PLOS-One, 12, e0169001. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0169001.

Quam, C., & Creel, S. C. (2017). Tone attrition in Mandarin speakers of varying English proficiency. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, [Advance online publication], 1-13. doi: 10.1044/2016_JSLHR-S-15-0248.

Quam, C., Knight, S., & Gerken, L.A. (2017). The Distribution of Talker Variability Impacts Infants’ Word Learning. Laboratory Phonology: Journal of the Association for Laboratory Phonology, 8, 1–27. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/labphon.25

Gerken, L.A., & Quam, C. (2016). Infant learning is influenced by local spurious generalizations. Developmental Science. doi: 10.1111/desc.12410

Singh, L., & Quam, C. (2016). Can bilingual children turn one language off? Evidence from perceptual switching. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 147, 111-125.

Creel, S. C., & Quam, C. (2015). Apples and oranges: Developmental discontinuities in spoken-language processing? Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 19, 713-716

Quam, C., Lotto, A., Golisch, K., Gallegos, C., & Gerken, L.A. (2015). Why are infants precocious language learners? Implications for adult second-language learning. Online Proceedings Supplement of the 39th Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development.

Quam, C., & Swingley, D. (2014). Processing of lexical-stress cues by young children. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 123C, 73-89.  

Quam, C., & Swingley, D. (2012). Development in children’s interpretation of pitch cues to emotions. Child Development, 83, 236-250.

Quam, C., & Creel, S. C. (2012). What's in a rise? Effects of language experience on interpretation of lexical tone. Proceedings of the 2011 Boston University Conference on Language Development. Cascadilla Press.

Quam, C. & Swingley, D. (2010). Phonological knowledge guides 2-year-olds’ and adults’ interpretation of salient pitch contours in word learning. Journal of Memory and Language, 62, 135-150.

Quam, C., Yuan, J., & Swingley, D. (2008). Relating intonational pragmatics to the pitch realizations of highly frequent words in English speech to infants. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 217-222). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.

Selected Presentations

Elkinton, S., Creel, S., Kelholt, J., Yuen, D., & Quam, C. (expected 2020, November). Processing and attrition of tone and vowel in Mandarin-English bilinguals of varying proficiency. Boston University Conference on Language Development, held virtually.

Quam, C., Franz, M., & Preston, A. (expected 2020, October). Memory and sound-category learning in adults with and without language-based learning disability. Oregon Speech-Language and Hearing Association Fall Conference, held virtually (poster).

Hess, M., Kaehr, A., Zhen, A., Reeder, J., & Quam, C. (expected 2020, October). Factors impacting heritage language maintenance in children. Oregon Speech-Language and Hearing Association Fall Conference, held virtually (poster).

Quam, C., Carlstrom, B., Franz, M., & Maddox, W. T. (2019). Links between sound-category learning and memory skills in neurotypical and language-learning disabled adults. ASHA Annual Convention, Orlando, FL (poster).

Elkinton, S., Forman, J., Yuen, D., & Quam, C. (2019). Attrition effects in Mandarin-English bilinguals of varying proficiency. Oregon Speech-Language and Hearing Association Fall Conference, Salem, OR (poster).

Quam, C., Franz, M., Atkinson, R., Casey, L., Kariye, A., Minculescu, E., Schierholtz, A., & Yu, W. (2019). Can preschoolers with and without developmental language disorder learn visual and auditory categories both implicitly and explicitly? Oregon Speech-Language and Hearing Association Fall Conference, Salem, OR (poster).   

Atkinson, R., Casey, L., Minculescu, E., Yu, W., & Quam, C. (2018). Implicit and explicit learning of visual and sound categories by preschoolers with and without developmental language disorder. Oregon Speech-Language and Hearing Association Fall Conference, Salem, OR (poster).

Elkinton, S., Yuen, D., & Quam, C. (2018). Effects of English dominance on tone attrition in Mandarin-English bilinguals. Oregon Speech-Language and Hearing Association Fall Conference, Salem, OR (poster).

Quam, C., Clough, L., & Gerken, L.A. (2017). Does Talker Variability Impact Infants' Discrimination of Easy Versus Difficult Sound Contrasts? Cognitive Development Society (poster).

Quam, C., Wang, A., Carlstrom, B., & Lotto, A. (2017). Relationships Between Memory Skills and Sound-Category Learning. ASHA Annual Conference (poster).

Quam, C., Swingley, D., Yuan, J., & Wang, X. (2017). Tone Production in Mothers' Infant-Directed Mandarin Speech. Society for Research in Child Development.

Quam, C., Creel, S. C., Soon, A., & Singh, L. (2013). Language differentiation in bilinguals’ interpretation of lexical tone. Society for Research in Child Development Conference.

Quam, C., & Creel, S. C. (2011). What's in a rise? Effects of language experience on interpretation of lexical tone. Boston University Conference on Language Development.

Quam, C., & Swingley, D. (2009). English-learning children’s interpretation of pitch variation in their linguistic input. Child Phonology Conference, University of Texas at Austin.

Quam, C., Yuan, J., & Swingley, D. (2008). Relating intonational pragmatics to the pitch realizations of highly frequent words in English speech to infants. Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society.

Fernald, A., Zangl, R., Early, T., Portillo, A.L., & Quam, C. (2004). Two-year-olds use verb information in rapid inferential learning of novel nouns. Boston University Conference on Language Development.