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Jesse Snedeker

Professor of Psychology

33 Kirkland St. Cambridge, MA 02138

Jesse Snedeker
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International adoption as a natural experiment

Geren J, Snedeker J, Ax L. Starting over: A preliminary study of early lexical and syntactic development in internationally adopted preschoolers. Seminars in Speech and Language [Internet]. 2005;26(1):44-53. Website
Snedeker J, Geren J, Shafto C. Starting over: International adoption as a natural experiment in language development. Psychological Science [Internet]. 2007;18(1):79-87. Website
Snedeker J, Geren J, Shafto C. Disentangling the effects of cognitive development and linguistic expertise: A longitudinal study of the acquisition of English in internationally-adopted infants and preschoolers. [Internet]. In Press. Website
Geren J, Shafto C, Snedeker J. Running fast but running behind: language abilities in internationally-adopted children arriving between ages 2 and 9. [Internet]. In Press. Website
Geren J, Snedeker J, Shafto C. The link between language and theory of mind: evidence from internationally adopted children. [Internet]. In Press. Website
Snedeker J, Geren J, Shafto C. Different Paths: Changes in second-language acquisition between three and five years of age. [Internet]. In Press. Website

Recent Publications

  • When is four far more than three? Children’s generalization of newly acquired number words
  • The Relevance of Polarity for the Online Interpretation of Scalar Terms
  • What exactly do numbers mean?
  • Logic and Conversation revisited: Evidence for the division between semantic and pragmatic content in real time language comprehension
  • The use of referential context in children’s online interpretation of scalar adjectives
  • The role of functions and motor actions in early tool concepts
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