Selected Publications

Im-Bolter, N., Pascoe. P., & Hunt, M. (in press). Peers, props, and play: A preliminary examination of child-initiated pretend play and early academic skills. Journal of Research in Childhood Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/02568543.2025.2608240.

Owens-Jaffray, K. & Im-Bolter, N. (in press). Are we better off friends? Social perspective taking and adolescent relationships. Interpersona.

de la Roche, L., & Im-Bolter, N. (2024). Social support systems for parents of Autistic children: A qualitative analysis of parent perceptions. Discover Psychology, 4, 173. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44202-024-00293-5

Paul, S., Chiu, M., Markoff, E., & Im-Bolter, N. (2024). Experiential learning in a virtual “Living Lab in Aging” course in a mental health setting: A qualitative study. Gerontology and Geriatrics Education,45(1), 98-113. https://doi.org/10.1080/02701960.2022.2150843

Im-Bolter, N., & de la Roche, L. (2023). What parents want: A qualitative analysis of a parent implemented intervention for Autistic children. Autism and Developmental Language Impairments, 8, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1177/23969415231189606

Bailey, K., & Im-Bolter, N. (2021). Language in childhood epilepsy: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Epilepsy and Behavior, 114(Part A), 107621. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.yebeh.2020.107621

Bailey, K., & Im-Bolter, N. (2020). My way or your way? Perspective taking during social problem-solving. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 66(Jan-Feb), 101087. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2019.101087

Bailey, K., & Im-Bolter, N. (2020). Theory of mind and language in childhood epilepsy. Mind, Brain, and Education, 14(2), 146-154.

Lobban-Shymko, J., Im-Bolter, N., & Freeman, N. (2017). Social communicative factors as predictors of symptom severity in autism spectrum disorders. Autism and Developmental Language Impairments, 2, 1-11.

Im-Bolter, N., Agostino, A., & Owens-Jaffray, K. (2016). Theory of mind in middle childhood and early adolescence: Different from before? Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, Special Issue: Theory of Mind in Middle Childhood and Adolescence, 149, 98-115.

Im-Bolter, N., Johnson, J., Ling, D., & Pascual-Leone, J. (2015). Inhibition: Mental control process or mental resource?  Journal of Cognition and Development, 16(4), 666-681.

Im-Bolter, N., Cohen, N. J., & Farnia, F. (2013) I thought we were good: Social cognition, figurative language, and psychopathology, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 54(7), 724-732.

Cohen, N. J., Farnia, F., & Im-Bolter, N.  (2013). Higher order language competence and adolescent mental health, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 54(7), 733-744.

Im-Bolter, N., & Cohen, N. J. (2007). Language impairment and psychiatric co-morbidities. Pediatric Clinics of North America (Language, Communication, and Literacy: A Pediatric Primer on Pathologies and Treatment), 54(3), 525-542.

Im-Bolter, N., Johnson, J., & Pascual-Leone, J. (2006) Processing limitations in children with specific language impairment: The role of executive function. Child Development, 77(6), 1822-1841.