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Aveni, K., McRae, K., Borovsky, A., Katz, B., Roberts, A. (in press). Action and event-based lexical-semantic processing in Parkinson's disease. Language, Cognition, and Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.1080/23273798.2025.2580970
Yuile*, A.R., Kueser* J.B., Outzen*, C., Christ, S., Stiegler*, R., Adams*, M., Brown, B., Borovsky, A. (in press). Lexical leveraging in novel word learning: Different semantic properties support learners at different stages of development. Developmental Science.
Kosie, J. E.#, Zettersten, M.#, Abu-Zhaya, R., Amso, D., Babineau, M., Baumgartner, H. A., Bazhydai, M., Belia, M., Benavides, S., Bergmann, C., Berteletti, I., Black, A. K., Borges, P., Borovsky, A., Byers-Heinlein, K., Cabrera, L., Calignano, G., Cao, A., Cox, C. M. M., … Lew-Williams, C. (stage 1 registered report, accepted pending data collection). ManyBabies 5: A large-scale investigation of the proposed shift from familiarity preference to novelty preference in infant looking time. PsyArXiv. HTML
Campbell, E., E., Pyers, J., Caselli, N.K., Lieberman, A.M., Borovsky, A. (2025). Perceptual-semantic features of words differentially shape early vocabulary in ASL and English. Applied Psycholinguistics.46, e27.https://doi.org/10.1017/S0142716425100210
Yuile*, A.R., Kueser, J.B., Outzen*, C., Christ, S., Stiegler*, R., Adams*, M., Brown, B., & Borovsky, A. (2025). Lexical leveraging across the vocabulary spectrum: Different semantic properties support delayed and advanced learners. Proceedings of the Cognitive Science Society, 47. Retrieved from https://escholarship.org/uc/item/49c7b8t1
King, Y. A., Eason, S. H., Duncan, R. J., Borovsky, A., & Purpura, D. J. (2025). The factor structure of parents’ math-related talk and its relation to children’s early academic skills. Child Development, 96(4), 1409-1423. http://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.14244
Day, T.K.M, Borovsky, A., Thal, D., & Elison, J. (2025). Modeling longitudinal trajectories of word production with the CDI. Developmental Science, 28(4), e70036. HTML
Haeuser, K. I., Borovsky, A. (2025). Got it right up front? Further evidence for parallel graded prediction during prenominal article processing in a self-paced reading study. Glossa Psycholinguistics, 4(1). HTML
Kueser*, J. B., & Borovsky, A. (2025). Complex meanings shape early noun and verb vocabulary structure and learning. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology / Revue canadienne de psychologie expérimentale. 79(1), 85-97. HTML
Borovsky#, A., Peters*#, R. E., Cox*, J. I., & McRae, K. (2024). Feats: A database of semantic features for early produced noun concepts. Behavior Research Methods, 56, 3259-3279. HTML
Haeuser, K. I., & Borovsky, A. (2024). Predictive processing suppresses form-related words with overlapping onsets. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 46, 5042-48. HTML
Kray, J., Sommerfeld, L., & Borovsky, A., Haeuser, K. I.(2024). The role of prediction error in the development of language learning and memory. Child Development Perspectives 18(4), 190-203. HTML
Kueser*, J. B., Borovsky, A., Deevy, P., Muezzinoglu*, M., Outzen*, C., & Leonard, L. B. (2024). Verb Vocabulary Supports Event Probability Use in Developmental Language Disorder. Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research, 67(5), 1490-1513. HTML
Seidl, A., Indarjit*, M., & Borovsky, A. (2024). Touch to learn: Multisensory input supports word learning and processing. Developmental Science, 27(1), e13419
Aveni, K., Ahmed, J., Borovsky, A., McRae, K., Jenkins, M. E., Sprengel, K., Fraser, J. A., Orange, J. B., Knowles, T., & Roberts, A. C. 2023). Predictive language comprehension in Parkinson's disease. PLOS One, 18(2), e0262504. HTML PDF
Kueser*, J. B., & Borovsky, A. (2023). Verb vocabularies are shaped by complex meanings from the onset of development. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 45, 130-138. HTML
Kueser*, J. B., Peters*, R. E., & Borovsky, A. (2023). The role of semantic similarity in verb learning events: Vocabulary-related changes across early development. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 226, 105565.
Kueser*, J. B., Horvath*, S., & Borovsky, A. (2023). Two pathways in vocabulary development: Large-scale differences in noun and verb semantic structure. Cognitive Psychology, 143, 101574. HTML
Abu-Zhaya, R., Arnon, I., Borovsky, A. (2022). Do children use multi-word information in real-time sentence comprehension? Cognitive Science, 43(3), e13111.
Borovsky, A. (2022). Developmental changes in how children generalize from their experience to support predictive linguistic processing. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 219, 105349
Borovsky, A. (2022). Drivers of lexical processing and implications for early learning. Annual Reviews of Developmental Psychology, 4(1), 21-40. HTML
Borovsky, A. (2022). Lexico-semantic structure in vocabulary and its links to lexical processing in toddlerhood and language outcomes at age three. Developmental Psychology, 58(4), 607-630.
Haeuser, K., Kray, J., Borovsky, A. (2022). Hedging bets in linguistic prediction: Younger and older adults vary in the breadth of predictive processing. Collabra: Psychology, 8(1): 36945 PDF HTML
Horvath, S.,* Kueser, J.B.,* Kelly, J.,* & Borovsky, A. (2022). Difference or delay? Syntax, semantics, and verb vocabulary development in typically developing and late-talking toddlers. Language Learning and Development, 18(3), 352-376. HTML
Lieberman, A.M., Fitch, A., & Borovsky, A. (2022). Flexible fast-mapping: Deaf children dynamically allocate visual attention to learn novel words in American Sign Language. Developmental Science, 25(3), e13166. HTML
Borovsky, A., Thal, D., & Leonard, L.B. (2021). Moving towards accurate and early prediction of language delay with network science and machine learning approaches. Scientific Reports, 11, 8136. PDF HTML
Ellis, E. M., Borovsky, A., Elman, J. L., & Evans, J. L. (2021). Toddlers’ ability to leverage statistical information to support word learning. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 641. PDF HTML
Peters, R. E.,* Kueser, J.,* & Borovsky, A. (2021). Perceptual connectivity influences toddlers’ attention to known objects and subsequent label processing. Brain Sciences, 11(2), 163-182. PDF HTML
Borovsky, A. (2020). When slowing down processing helps learning: Lexico-semantic structure supports retention but interferes with disambiguation of novel object-label mappings. Developmental Science. 23(6), e12963. PDF
Haeuser, K., Kray, J., & Borovsky, A. (2020). Great expectations: Evidence for graded prediction of grammatical gender. In S. Denison., M. Mack, Y. Xu, & B.C. Armstrong (Eds.), Proceedings of the 42nd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 1157-1163). Cognitive Science Society. PDF.
Lieberman, A. M., & Borovsky, A. (2020). Lexical recognition in deaf children learning ASL: activation of semantic and phonological features of signs. Language Learning, 70(4), 935-973. PDF
The ManyBabies Consortium, including Borovsky, A. and Foley. M. R.* (2020). Quantifying sources of variability in infancy research using the infant-directed speech preference. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 3(1), 24-52. PDF
Yazbec, A.*, Borovsky, A., & Kaschak, M. P. (2019). Examining the impact of text style and epistemic beliefs on conceptual change. PLoS ONE. 14(9): e0220766. PDF
Borovsky, A., & Peters, R. E.* (2019). Vocabulary size and structure affects real-time lexical recognition in 18-month-olds. PLoS ONE 14(7): e0219290. PDF
Reuter, T., Borovsky, A., & Lew-Williams, C. (2019). Predict and redirect: Prediction errors support children's word learning. Developmental Psychology, 55(8), 1656-1665. PDF
Peters, R. E.,* & Borovsky, A. (2019). Modeling early lexico-semantic network development: Perceptual features matter most. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 148(4), 763-782. PDF
Yazbec, A.*, Kaschak, M. P., & Borovsky, A. (2019). Developmental timescale of rapid adaptation to conflicting cues in real-time sentence processing. Cognitive Science, 1, e12704. PDF
Peters, R. E.*, Grüter, T., & Borovsky, A. (2018). Language skill and experience influence flexibility in linguistic prediction. Applied Psycholinguistics, 39(6), 1439-1469. PDF
Yazbec, A.*, Borovsky, A., & Kaschak, M. P. (2018). Factors underlying conceptual change in the sciences and social sciences. In T. T. Rogers, M. Rau, X. Zhu, & C. W. Kalish (Eds.), Proceedings of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 1214-1219). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society. PDF
Lieberman, A. M., Borovsky, A., & Mayberry, R. (2018). Prediction in a visual language: Real-time sentence processing in American Sign Language across development. Language, Cognition and Neuroscience, 33(4), 387-401. PDF
Charness, N. & Borovsky, A. (2018). Information processing. In M. H. Bornstein, M. E. Arterberry, K. L. Fingerman & J. E. Lansford (Eds.)The Sage Encyclopedia of Lifespan Human Development (pp. 1140-1145). Los Angeles: Sage Publishing. PDF
Mani, N., & Borovsky, A. (2017). Building a lexical network. In Gert Westermann & Nivedita Mani (Eds.) Early Word Learning. Psychology Press
Borovsky, A. (2017). The amount and structure of prior event experience affects anticipatory sentence interpretation. Language, Cognition and Neuroscience, 32(2), 190-204. PDF
Troyer, M.*, & Borovsky, A. (2017). Maternal socioeconomic status influences the range of expectations during language comprehension in adulthood. Cognitive Science 41(6), 1405-1433. PDF
Lieberman, A. M., Borovsky, A., Hatrak, M., & Mayberry, R. I. (2016). Where to look for ASL sub-lexical structure in the visual world: A reply to Salverda (2016). Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition, 42(12), 2002-2006.
Borovsky, A., Ellis, E. M., Evans, J. L., & Elman, J. L. (2016). Semantic structure in vocabulary knowledge interacts with lexical and sentence processing in infancy. Child Development, 87(6), 1893-1908. PDF
Borovsky, A., Ellis, E. M., Evans, J. L., & Elman, J. L. (2016). Lexical leverage: Category knowledge boosts real-time novel word recognition in two-year-olds. Developmental Science, 19(6), 918-932. PDF
Yabzec, A.*, Kaschak, M. P., & Borovsky, A. (2016). Investigating semantic conflict between general knowledge and novel information in real-time sentence processing. Proceedings of the 38th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 1421-1426). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society. PDF
Ellis, E.M., Borovsky, A., Elman, J. L., & Evans, J. L. (2015). Novel Word Learning: An Eye-Tracking Study Are 18-Month-Old Late Talkers Really Different from their Typical Peers? Journal of Communication Disorders, 58, 143-157. PDF
Peters, R. E.*, Grüter, T., & Borovsky, A., (2015). Anticipatory and locally coherent lexical activation varies as a function of language proficiency. Proceedings of the 37th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. (pp. 1865-1870). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society. PDF
Troyer, M.*, & Borovsky, A. (2015). Childhood SES affects anticipatory language comprehension in college-age adults. Proceedings of the 37th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. (pp. 2428-2433). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society. PDF
Lieberman, A.M., Borovsky, A., Hatrak, M., & Mayberry, R. I. (2015). Real-time processing of ASL signs: Delayed first language acquisition affects organization of the mental lexicon. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition. 41(4), 1130-1139. PDF
Borovsky, A., Sweeney, K., Elman, J. L., & Fernald, A. (2014). Real-time interpretation of novel events across childhood. Journal of Memory and Language, 73, 1-14. PDF
Borovsky, A., & Creel, S. (2014). Children and adults integrate talker and verb information in online processing. Developmental Psychology, 50(5), 1600. PDF
Lieberman, A.M., Borovsky, A., Hatrak, M., & Mayberry, R.I. (2014). Real-time processing of ASL signs: Effects of linguistic experience and proficiency. Proceedings of the Boston University Conference on Language Development.
Borovsky, A., Burns, E., Elman, J. L., & Evans, J. L. (2013). Lexical activation during language comprehension in adolescents with history of specific language impairment. Journal of Communication Disorders, 46, 413-427. PDF
Borovsky, A. Kutas, M. & Elman, J. L. (2013). Getting it right: Word learning across the hemispheres. Neuropsychologia, 51(5), 825-37. PDF
Bion, R.H., Borovsky, A., & Fernald, A. (2013). Fast mapping, slow learning: Disambiguation of novel word-object mappings in relation to vocabulary learning at 18, 24, and 30 months. Cognition, 126(1), 39-53.
Borovsky, A., Elman, J., & Fernald, A. (2012). Knowing a lot for one’s age: Vocabulary skill and not age is associated with the timecourse of incremental sentence interpretation in children and adults. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 112(4), 417-36. PDF
Borovsky, A., Elman, J., & Kutas, M. (2012). Once is enough: N400 indexes semantic integration of novel word meanings from a single exposure in context. Language Learning and Development, 8(3), 278-302. PDF
Borovsky, A., Kutas, M. & Elman, J. (2010). Learning to use words: Event related brain potentials index single-shot contextual word learning. Cognition 116(2), 289-96. PDF
Borovsky, A., Elman, J. & Kutas, M. (2010). Semantic integration of novel word meanings after a single exposure in context. Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Cognitive Science Society (pp. 1307-1312). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society. PDF
Borovsky, A. (2008). Word learning in context: The Role of Lifetime Language Input and Sentential Context. (doctoral dissertation). University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA.
Borovsky, A., Saygin, A. P., Bates, E., & Dronkers, N. F. (2007). Lesion correlates of conversational speech deficits. Neuropsychologia, 45(11), 2525-2533. PDF
Borovsky, A., Elman, J., & Kutas, M. (2007). Getting the gist is not enough: An ERP investigation of contextual word learning. Proceedings of the 29th Annual Cognitive Science Society (pp. 119-124). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society. PDF
Borovsky, A. & Elman, J. (2006). Language input and categories: A relation between cognition and early word learning. Journal of Child Language 33(3), 759-790. PDF