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Janet Werker
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Latest papers
Electroencephalography estimates brain age in infants with high precision: Leveraging advanced machine learning in healthcare
NeuroImage · 2025
Perceptual foundations of bilingual acquisition in infancy.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2012 · first author
Japanese listeners' perceptions of phonotactic violations.
Language and speech · 2005
Latest funding
- $37,801
The influence of language and culture on the development of lexical semantic systems in infants and toddlers
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
- $379,200
cinEXmedia: Ensuring Well-Being in the Screen Age. A Partnership Supporting the Inclusive Use of Cinematic Experiences in Health, Education, and Society
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
- $19,965
cinEXmedia: Ensuring Well-Being in the Screen Age. A Partnership Supporting the Inclusive Use of Cinematic Experiences in Health, Education, and Society
SSHRC · 2021 · Co-investigator
3 publications.
Electroencephalography estimates brain age in infants with high precision: Leveraging advanced machine learning in healthcare
Davoudi S, Arango GL, Deguire F, Knoth IS, Thebault-Dagher F, Reh R, Trainor L, Werker J, Lippé S
Perceptual foundations of bilingual acquisition in infancy.
Werker J
Japanese listeners' perceptions of phonotactic violations.
Fais L, Kajikawa S, Werker J, Amano S
The influence of language and culture on the development of lexical semantic systems in infants and toddlers
Principal investigators: Werker, Janet F.
Keywords: semantic systems; infancy; language acquisition; bilingualism; culture; lexical development
cinEXmedia: Ensuring Well-Being in the Screen Age. A Partnership Supporting the Inclusive Use of Cinematic Experiences in Health, Education, and Society
Keywords: film studies; cinema experience; intersectorality; rhythm; visual literacy; techno-social innovation; education; health sciences; screen studies; co-viewing; digital platforms; inclusive media; science of screens
cinEXmedia: Ensuring Well-Being in the Screen Age. A Partnership Supporting the Inclusive Use of Cinematic Experiences in Health, Education, and Society
Keywords: film studies; cinema experience; intersectorality; rhythm; visual literacy; techno-social innovation; education; health sciences; screen studies; co-viewing; digital platforms; inclusive media; science of screens
cinEXmedia: Ensuring Well-Being in the Screen Age. A Partnership Supporting the Inclusive Use of Cinematic Experiences in Health, Education, and Society
Keywords: film studies; cinema experience; intersectorality; rhythm; visual literacy; techno-social innovation; education; health sciences; screen studies; co-viewing; digital platforms; inclusive media; science of screens
Comparing two phonemic category learning mechanisms in infancy and the factors that modulate their efficacy
Principal investigators: Werker, Janet
Keywords: psychology; infancy; perceptual development; language development; speech perception; multisensory; critical periods; eeg/erp; word learning; statistical learning
Bilingualism as a lens for understanding lexical development in infancy
Principal investigators: Werker, Janet F.
Keywords: developmental psychology; infancy; language acquisition; bilingualism; culture; lexical development
Bilingualism as a lens for understanding lexical development in infancy
Principal investigators: Werker, Janet F.
Keywords: developmental psychology; infancy; language acquisition; bilingualism; culture; lexical development
Envisioning a language science of literacy
Principal investigators: Werker, Janet F.
Keywords: language acquisition; literacy acquisition; computational neuroscience; computational approaches; language and culture; bilingualism; immigrants; First Nations; oral fluency
The role of multisensory redundancy in infant speech perception and language acquisition
Principal investigators: Werker, Janet
Impact Award: Gold Medal
Principal investigators: Werker, Janet F.
Keywords: developmental psychology; infancy; language acquisition; speech; cross-cultural; bilingualism
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