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Drew Weatherhead
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Research
Latest papers
Distinct Neural Signatures of Novel Word-Referent Mapping in Monolingual and Bilingual Toddlers.
Developmental science · 2026 · senior author
Adults' and children's reasoning about the potential of diverse groups.
Frontiers in psychology · 2024 · first author
Language Experience Influences Sociolinguistic Development: The Role of Speaker Race and Language Attitudes on Bilingual and Monolingual Adults' Accent Processing.
Brain sciences · 2024 · senior author
Latest funding
- $279,494
Learning in Context: The Developmental Significance of Early Exposure to Social and Linguistic Diversity
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
- $29,006
Re-imagining social cognition under the lens of diversity
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
- $12,500
The neural and cognitive mechanisms of infants' word representations: The role of variability
NSERC · 2021 · Principal investigator
5 publications.
Distinct Neural Signatures of Novel Word-Referent Mapping in Monolingual and Bilingual Toddlers.
Arredondo MM, Weatherhead D
Adults' and children's reasoning about the potential of diverse groups.
Weatherhead D, Nancekivell SE, Workye R
Language Experience Influences Sociolinguistic Development: The Role of Speaker Race and Language Attitudes on Bilingual and Monolingual Adults' Accent Processing.
Ritsema V, Workye R, Weatherhead D
20-month-olds selectively generalize newly learned word meanings based on cues to linguistic community membership.
Weatherhead D, Werker JF
The Role of Audiovisual Speech in Fast-Mapping and Novel Word Retention in Monolingual and Bilingual 24-Month-Olds.
Weatherhead D, Arredondo MM, Nácar Garcia L, Werker JF
Learning in Context: The Developmental Significance of Early Exposure to Social and Linguistic Diversity
Principal investigators: Weatherhead, Drew
Re-imagining social cognition under the lens of diversity
Principal investigators: Weatherhead, Drew
Keywords: Diversity; Social Cognition; Attitudes; Children; Naive theories
The neural and cognitive mechanisms of infants' word representations: The role of variability
Principal investigators: Weatherhead, Drew
The role of diverse speakers on toddlers' acquisition of word meanings
Principal investigators: Weatherhead, Drew
Keywords: Language Acquisition; Infant Development; Word Processing; Sociolinguistics; Social Cognition
The neural and cognitive mechanisms of infants' word representations: The role of variability
Principal investigators: Weatherhead, Drew
Keywords: language acquisition; infant development; word processing; word representations; neuroimaging
Ensuring Full Literacy in a Multicultural and Digital World
Keywords: literacy; reading; language learning; culture; technology; new media; behaviour; neuroimaging; computational modeling; Indigenous; immigrant; Canada's official languages
Ensuring Full Literacy in a Multicultural and Digital World
Keywords: literacy; reading; language learning; culture; technology; new media; behaviour; neuroimaging; computational modeling; Indigenous; immigrant; Canada's official languages
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
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