Publications

Under Review

Crespo, K. & Kaushanskaya, M. (under review). Length of bilingual experience and accommodating multiple speakers input during word-learning in adults.

Crespo, K. & Kaushanskaya, M. (under review). The graded effects of bilingualism and language ability on children’s cross-situational word learning performance.

2024

Crespo, K. & Kaushanskaya, M. (in press). Bilingualism and novel word learning. Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics 2nd Edition, Second Language Acquisition and Bilingual Processing,

Crespo, K., Vlach, H., & Kaushanskaya, M. (2024). The effects of exemplar and speaker variability on children’s cross-situational word learning. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-023-02444-6

2023

Crespo, K., Vlach, H., & Kaushanskaya, M. (2023). The effects of bilingualism on cross-situational word learning under different variability conditions. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 229, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2022.105621

Prescott, K., Crespo, K., & Ellis Weismer, S. (2023). Spatial Language in Autistic Preschoolers. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-022-05883-7

Libersky, E., Crespo, K., Reppe, A., & Kaushanskaya, M. (2023). Individual differences in autobiographical episodic memory: Effects of bilingualism & working memory capacity. Memory, https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2023.2171435

2022

Crespo, K., & Kaushanskaya, M. (2022). The role of attention, language ability and language experience in children’s artificial grammar learning. Journal of Speech Language Hearing Research, 65(4), 1574-1591. https://doi.org/10.1044/2021_JSLHR-21-00112

Slawny, C., Crespo, K., Ellis Weismer, S. & Kaushanskaya, M. (2022). Social pragmatic communication and length of bilingualism predict executive function skills in bilingual children. Journal of Speech Language Hearing Research, 1- 8. https://doi.org/10.1044/2022_JSLHR-21-00625

Kaushanskaya, M., Crespo, K., & Neveu, A. (2022). Does switching languages carry costs to word learning? Developmental Science, https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.13292

Larson, C., Crespo, K., Kaushanskaya, R., & Ellis Weismer, S. (2022). Are items actively removed from working memory during free time in children with Developmental Language Disorder? International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, https://doi.org/10.1111/1460-6984.12735

2021

Crespo, K., & Kaushanskaya, M. (2021). Is 10 better than 1? How do children accommodate speaker variability in word learning? Language Learning and Development, https://doi.org/10.1080/15475441.2021.1906680

Neveu, A., Crespo, K., Gangopadhyay, I., Ellis Weismer, S., & Kaushanskaya, M. (2021). Dual- language immersion has minimal impact on children’s executive functioning. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 208, 105127. https://doi.org/10.106/j.jecp.2021.105127

Larson, C., Crespo., K., & Ellis Weismer, S. (2021). Testing an interference-based model of working memory in children with developmental language disorder and their typically developing peers. Proceedings of theAnnual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 43 (43).

2019

Kaushanskaya, M., & Crespo, K. (2019). Does exposure to code-switching influence language performance in bilingual children? Child Development, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13235

Crespo, K., Gross, M. & Kaushanskaya. M. (2019). The effects of dual language exposure on executive control inSpanish-English bilingual children with different language abilities. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 188, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2019.104663

In Preparation:

Crespo, K., Rushi, G., & Khandelwal, M. (in prep). Cognitive skills in children’s cross-situational word learning.

Khandelwal, M. & Crespo, K. (in prep). The effects of semantic structure on children’s cross-situational word learning

Crespo, K. & Khandelwal, M. (in prep). Examining dual language input on word learning and listening comprehension in children with different language abilities

Crespo, K., Buac, M., & Kaushanskaya, M. (in prep). How does proficiency impact bilingual parents’ ability to reliably rate their child’s language abilities?

Crespo, K., Libersky, E., & Kaushanskaya, M. (in prep). Bilingualism effects in pre-term infants.