Publications

Publications by Year

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2024

• Altman, K. B., Plate, S. N., Britsch, E. R., & Iverson, J. M. (2024). Cultivating the imagination: Caregiver input during pretend play with toddlers at elevated likelihood for autism. Autism Research, 1–14. 
• Iverson, J.M., Britsch, E.R., Schneider, J.L., Plate, S.N., Focaroli, V., Taffoni, F. and Keller, F. (2024), Reaching While Learning to Sit: Capturing the Kinematics of Co-Developing Skills at Home. Developmental Psychobiology, 66(6).
• Sally Ozonoff, Gregory S. Young, Jessica Bradshaw, Tony Charman, Katarzyna Chawarska, Jana M. Iverson, Cheryl Klaiman, Rebecca J. Landa, Nicole McDonald, Daniel Messinger, Rebecca J. Schmidt, Carol L. Wilkinson, Lonnie Zwaigenbaum. (2024). Familial Recurrence of Autism: Updates From the Baby Siblings Research Consortium. Pediatrics, 154 (2).
• Bick, N. A., Redfern, M. S., Jennings, J. R., Eack, S. M., Iverson, J. M., & Cham, R. (2024). Attention and sensory integration for gait in young adults with autism spectrum disorder. Gait & Posture, 112(2024), 74–80.
• Tamis-LeMonda, C. S., Kachergis, G., Masek, L. R., Gonzalez, S. L., Soska, K. C., Herzberg, O., Xu, M., Adolph, K. E., Gilmore, R. O., Bornstein, M. H., Casasola, M., Fausey, C. M., Frank, M. C., Goldin-Meadow, S., Gros-Louis, J., Hirsh-Pasek, K., Iverson, J., Lew-Williams, C., MacWhinney, B., … Yurovsky, D. (2024). Comparing apples to manzanas and oranges to naranjas: A new measure of English-Spanish vocabulary for dual language learners. Infancy, 29(3), 302–326.
• Britsch, E.R., Iverson, J.M. (2024). Adding to the Conversation: Language Delays and Parent-Child Interactions in the Younger Siblings of Children With Autism. J Autism Dev Disord, 54(4).
• Plate, S., Iverson, J. M. (2024). Breakdowns and repairs: Communication initiation and effectiveness in infants with and without an older sibling with autism. Infant Behavior and Development, 74 (2024).
• Northrup, J. B., Cortez, K. B., Mazefsky, C. A., & Iverson, J. M. (2024). Expression and co-regulation of negative emotion in 18-month-olds at increased likelihood for autism with diverse developmental outcomes. Autism, 0(0).

2023

• Chen, Q., Schneider, J. L., West, K. L., & Iverson, J. M. (2023). Infant locomotion shapes proximity to adults during everyday play in the US. Infancy, 28(2), 190-205.
• Schneider, J. L., Roemer, E. J., Northrup, J. B., & Iverson, J. M. (2023). Dynamics of the dyad: How mothers and infants co‐construct interaction spaces during object play. Developmental science, 26(2), e13281.
• Schneider, J. L., & Iverson, J. M. (2023). Equifinality in infancy: The many paths to walking. Developmental psychobiology, 65(2), e22370.
• Iverson, J. M., West, K. L., Schneider, J. L., Plate, S. N., Northrup, J. B., & Britsch, E. R. (2023). Early development in autism: How developmental cascades help us understand the emergence of developmental differences. In Advances in Child Development and Behavior (Vol. 64, pp. 109-134). JAI.
• Kushner, E. H., Britsch, E. R., & Iverson, J. M. (2023). Caregiver object labels within supported and coordinated joint engagement during interaction with toddlers at elevated and typical likelihood of autism. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 58(3), 672-686.

2022

• Bradshaw, J., Schwichtenberg, A. J., & Iverson, J. M. (2022). Capturing the complexity of autism: Applying a developmental cascades framework. Child Development Perspectives, 16(1), 18-26.
• Calabretta, B. T., Schneider, J. L., & Iverson, J. M. (2022). Bidding on the go: Links between walking, social actions, and caregiver responses in infant siblings of children with autism spectrum disorder. Autism Research, 15(12), 2324-2335.
• Iverson, J.M. (2022). Developing language in a developing body, revisited: The cascading effects of motor development on the acquisition of language. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cognitive Science, 13(6), e1626.
• Pecukonis, M., Young, G. S., Brian, J., Charman, T., Chawarska, K., Elsabbagh, M., … & Tager‐Flusberg, H. (2022). Early predictors of language skills at 3 years of age vary based on diagnostic outcome: A baby siblings research consortium study. Autism research, 15(7), 1324-1335.
• Mlincek, M. M., Roemer, E. J., Kraemer, C., & Iverson, J. M. (2022). Posture Matters: Object Manipulation During the Transition to Arms-Free Sitting in Infants at Elevated vs. Typical Likelihood for Autism Spectrum Disorder. Physical & Occupational Therapy In Pediatrics, 1-15.
• Roemer, E. J., Kushner, E. H., & Iverson, J. M. (2022). Joint engagement, parent labels, and language development: Examining everyday interactions in infant siblings of children with autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 52(5), 1984-2003.
• Schneider, J.L. & Iverson, J.M. (2022). Cascades in action: How the transition to walking shapes caregiver communication during everyday interactions. Developmental psychology, 58(1), 1.

2021

• Cham, R., Iverson, J.M., Bailes, A., Jennings, J.R., Eack, S.M., & Redfern, M.S. (2021). Attention and sensory integration for postural control in young adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Experimental Brain Research, 239, 1417-1426.

• Iverson, J.M. (2021). Developmental variability and developmental cascades: Lessons from infant motor and language development. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 30, 228-235.

• Sansavini, A., Libertus, K., Guarini, A., Libertus, M., Benassi, M., & Iverson, J.M. (2021). Editorial: Understanding trajectories and promoting change from early to complex skills in typical and atypical development: A cross-population approach. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 647464.

• West, K.L. & Iverson, J.M. (2021). Communication changes when infants begin to walk. Developmental Science, 24, e13102.

2016-2020

• Jarvis, E.N., West, K.L., & Iverson, J.M. (2020). Object exploration during the transition to sitting: A study of infants at heightened risk for Autism Spectrum Disorder. Infancy, 25, 640-657.

• Northrup, J.B. & Iverson, J.M. (2020). The development of mother-infant coordination across the first year of life. Developmental Psychology, 56, 221-236.

• Northrup, J.B. & Iverson, J.M. (2020). Multi-modal coordination of vocal and gaze behavior in mother-infant dyads across the first year of life. Infancy, 25, 952-972

• West, K.L., *Roemer, E.J., *Northrup, J.B., & Iverson, J.M. (2020). Profiles of action-gesture development in infants with an older sibling with ASD. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 63 1195-1211.

• Iverson, J.M., Shic, F., Wall, C.A., Chawarska, K., Curtin, S., Estes, A., Gardner, J.M., Hutman, T., Landa, R.J., Levin, A.R., Libertus, K., Messinger, D.S., Nelson, C.A., Ozonoff, A., Sacrey, L.-A. R., Sheperd, K., Stone, W.L., Tager-Flusberg, H.B., Wolff, J.A., Yirmiya, N., & Young, G.S. (2019). Early motor abilities in infants at heightened vs. low risk for Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Baby Siblings Research Consortium (BSRC) study. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 128, 69-80.

• Jakubowski, K.P. & Iverson, J.M. (2019). Look at Mommy: Attention-Related Communication in Mothers of Children at Risk for Autism. Language Learning and Development, 15, 126-137.

• Leezenbaum, N.B. & Iverson, J.M. (2019). Trajectories of posture development in infants with vs. without familial risk for ASD. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 49, 3257-3277.

• Roemer, E.J., West, K.L., Northrup, J.B., & Iverson, J.M. (2019). Word comprehension mediates the link between gesture and word production: Examining language development in infant siblings of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Developmental Science, 22, e12767.

• Sansavini, A., Guarini, A., Zuccarini, M., Lee, J., Faldella, G., & Iverson, J.M. (2019). Low rates of pointing in 18-month-olds at risk for Autism Spectrum Disorder and extremely preterm infants: A common index of language delay.Frontiers in Developmental Psychology, 10, 2131.

• Schleier, R., Iverson, J.M., King, A.P., & West, M.J. (2019). Transitivity types predict communicative abilities in infants at risk of autism. Journal of Social Structure, 20, 119-139.

• Taffoni, F., Focaroli, V., Keller, F., & Iverson, J.M. (2019). Motor performance in a shape sorter task: A longitudinal study from 14 to 36 months of age in children with an older sibling with ASD. PLoS One, 14, e0217416.

• West, K.L., Northrup, J.B., Leezenbaum, N.B., & Iverson, J.M. (in press). The relation between walking and language in infant siblings of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Child Development, 90, e356-e372.

• Benassi, E., Savini, S., Iverson, J.M., Caselli, M.C., Alessandroni, R., Faldella, G., & Sansavini, A. (2018). Maternal responses and development of communication skills in extremely preterm infants. First Language, 38, 175-197.

• Heymann, P., Northrup, J.B., West, K.L., Parladé, M.V., Leezenbaum, N.L., & Iverson, J.M. (2018). Coordination is key: Joint attention and vocalisation in infant siblings of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 53, 1007-1020.

• Iverson, J.M. (2018). Early motor and communicative development in infants with an older sibling with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 61, 2673-2684.

• Iverson, J.M., Northrup, J.B., Leezenbaum, N.B., Parladé, M.V., Koterba, E.A., & West, K.L. (2018). Early communicative and language development in infant siblings of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 48, 55-71.

• Sparaci, L., Northrup, J.B., Capirci, O., & Iverson, J.M. (2018). From using tools to using language in infant siblings of children with autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 48, 2319-2334.

• Zuccarini, M., Guarini, A., Iverson, J. M., Benassi, E., Savini, S., Alessandroni, R., … & Sansavini, A. (2018). Does early object exploration support gesture and language development in extremely preterm infants and full-term infants?Journal of Communication Disorders, 76, 76, 91-100.

• Charman, T., Brian, J., Carter, A., Carver, L., Chawarska, K., Curtin, S., Dobkins, K., Elsabbagh, M., Georgiades, S., Hertz-Picciotto, I., Hutman, T., Iverson, J.M., Jones, E., Landa, R., Macari, S., Messinger, D., Nelson, C.A., Ozonoff, S., Saulnier, C., Stone, W.L., Tager-Flusberg, H., Webb, S.J., Yirmiya, N., Young, G.S., & Zwaigenbaum, L. (2017). Non-ASD Outcomes at 36 Months in Siblings at Familial Risk for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): A Baby Siblings Research Consortium (BSRC) Study. Autism Research, 10, 169-178.

• Berger, S., Cunsolo, M., Ali, M., & Iverson, J.M. (2017). The trajectory of concurrent motor and vocal behaviors over the transition to crawling in infancy.Infancy, 22, 681-694.

• Northrup, J.B., Libertus, K., & Iverson, J.M. (2017). Response to changing contingencies in infants at high and low risk for Autism Spectrum Disorder.Autism Research, 10, 1239-1248.

• West, K.L. & Iverson, J.M. (2017). Language learning is hands-on: Exploring links between infants’ object manipulation and verbal input. Cognitive Development, 43, 190-200.

• Zuccarini, M., Sansavini, A., Iverson, J.M., Savini, S., Guarini, A., Alessandroni, R., Faldella, G., & Aureli, T. (2017). Object exploration in extremely preterm infants between 6 and 9 months and relation to cognitive and language development at 24 months. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 68, 140-152.

• Lazenby, D., Sideridis, G., Huntington, N., Prante, M., Dale, P., Curtin, S., Henkel, L., Iverson, J.M., Carver, L., Dobkins, K., Akshoomoff, N., Tagavi, D., Nelson, C., & Tager-Flusberg, H. (2016). Language differences at 12 months in infants who develop Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 46, 899-909

• Benassi, E., Savini, S., Iverson, J.M., Caselli, M.C., Alessandroni, R., Faldella, G., & Sansavini, A. (2016). Early communicative behaviors and relationships to motor skills in extremely preterm infants. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 48, 132-144.

• LeBarton, E.S. & Iverson, J.M. (2016). Gesture development in toddlers with an older sibling with autism. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 51, 18-30.

• Zuccarini, M., Sansavini, A., Iverson, J.M., Savini, S., Guarini, A., Alessandroni, R., Faldella, G., & Aureli, T. (2016). Object engagement and manipulation in extremely preterm and full term infants at 6 months. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 55, 173-184.

• Focaroli, V., Taffoni, F., Parsons, S.M., Keller, F., & Iverson, J.M. (2016). Performance of motor sequences in children at heightened vs. low risk for ASD: A longitudinal study from 18 to 36 months of age. Frontiers in Developmental Psychology, 7:724. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00724

• LeBarton, E.S. & Iverson, J.M. (2016). Associations between gross motor and communicative development in at-risk infants. Infant Behavior and Development, 44, 59-67.

• Wozniak, R.H., Leezenbaum, N.L., Northrup, J.B., West, K.L., & Iverson, J.M. (2016). The development of Autism Spectrum Disorders: Variability and causal complexity. WIREs Cognitive Science, doi: 10.1002/wcs.1426.

2011-2015

• Messinger, D.S., Young, G.S., Webb, S.J., Ozonoff, S., Bryson, S., Carter, A., Carver, L., Charman, T., Chawarska, K., Curtin, S., Dobkins, K., Hertz-Picciotto, I., Hutman, T., Iverson, J.M., Landa, R., Nelson, C.A., Stone, W.L., Tager-Flusberg, H., & Zwaigenbaum, L. (2015). Early sex differences are not autism-specific: A Baby Siblings Research Consortium study. Molecular Autism, 6:32.

• Northrup, J.B. & Iverson, J.M. (2015). Vocal coordination during early parent-infant interaction predicts language outcome in high-risk infants. Infancy, 20, 523-547.

• Parladé, M.V. & Iverson, J.M. (2015). The development of coordinated communication in infants at high risk for Autism Spectrum Disorders. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 45, 2218-2234.

• Focaroli, V., Taffoni, F., & Iverson, J.M. (2015). Abilità di pianificazione motoria: Una rassegna sui bambini a sviluppo tipico e con Disturbo dello Spettro Autistico [Motor planning abilities: A review of typically-developing children and children with Autism Spectrum Disorder]. Psicologia Clinica dello Sviluppo, 19, 3-26.

• Zwaigenbaum, L., Young, G.S., Stone, W.L., Dobkins, K., Ozonoff, S., Brian, J., Bryson, S.E., Carver, L.J., Hutman, T., Iverson, J.M., Landa, R.J., & Messinger, D. (2014). Early head growth in infants at risk of autism: A Baby Siblings Research Consortium study. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 53, 1053-1062.

• Koterba, E.A., Leezenbaum, N.B., & Iverson, J.M. (2014). Object exploration in infants with and without risk for autism. Autism, 18, 97-105.

• Leezenbaum, N.B., Campbell, S.B., Butler, D.M., & Iverson, J.M. (2014). Maternal verbal responses to communication of infants at low and heightened risk for autism. Autism, 18, 694-703.

• Rusiewicz, H.L., Shaiman, S., Iverson, J.M., & Szuminsky, N. (2014). Effects of Perturbation and Prosody on the Coordination of Speech and Gestures.Speech Communication, 57, 283-300.

• Aureli, T., Perucchini, P. & Iverson, J.M. (2013). Motor acts and communicative gestures from 9 to 18 months of age in imperative and declarative context: Tracing the origin and development of pointing. Journal of Applied Psycholinguistics, 13, 21-30.

• LeBarton, E.S. & Iverson, J.M. (2013). Fine motor skill predicts expressive language in infant siblings of children with autism. Developmental Sciencev, 815-827.

• Nickel, L.R., Thatcher. A.R., Keller, F., Wozniak, R.H., & Iverson, J.M. (2013). Postural development in infants at heightened vs. low risk for Autism Spectrum Disorder. Infancy, 18, 639-661.

• Winder, B.M., Wozniak, R.H., Parladé, M.V., & Iverson, J.M. (2013). Spontaneous initiation of communication in infants at low and heightened risk for Autism Spectrum Disorders. Developmental Psychology, 49, 1931-1942.

• Campolo, D., Taffoni, F., Formica, D., Iverson, J.M., Sparaci, L., Keller, F., & Guglielmelli, E. (2012). Embedding inertial-magnetic sensors in everyday objects: Assessing spatial cognition in children. Journal of Integrative Neuroscience, 11, 103-116.

• Sheinkopf, S.J., Iverson, J.M., Rinaldi, M.L., & Lester, B.M (2012). Atypical cry acoustics in 6-month old infants at-risk for Autism Spectrum Disorder.Autism Research, 5, 331-339.

• Taffoni, F., Focaroli, V., Formica, D., Guglielmelli, E., Keller, F., & Iverson, J.M. (2012). Sensor-based technology in the study of motor skills in infants at risk for ASD. Proceedings of the Fourth IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, 1879-1883.

• Iverson, J.M. & Braddock, B.A. (2011). Gesture and motor skill in relation to language in children with language impairment. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 54, 72-86.

• Ozonoff,S., Young, G.S., Carter, A., Messinger, D., Yirmiya, N., Zwaigenbaum, L., Bryson, S., Carver, L.J., Constantino, J., Dobkins, K., Hutman, T., Iverson, J.M., Landa, R., Rogers, S.J., Sigman, M., & Stone, W.L. (2011). Recurrence risk in younger siblings of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: A BSRC study. Pediatrics, 128, e488-e495.

• Parladé, M.V. & Iverson, J.M. (2011). The interplay between language, affect, and gesture during communicative transition: A dynamic systems approach.Developmental Psychology, 47, 820-833.

2006-2010

• Cattani, A., Bonifacio, S., Fertz, M., Iverson, J.M., Zocconi, E., & Caselli, M.C. (2010). Communicative and linguistic development in preterm children: A longitudinal study from 12 to 24 months. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 45, 162-173.

• Goldin-Meadow, S. & Iverson, J.M. (2010).  Gesturing over the lifespan.  In R. Lerner and W. Overton (Eds.), Handbook of lifespan development.  Volume 1: Methods, biology, neuroscience, and cognitive development (pp. 36-55). New York: John Wiley.

• Iverson, J.M. (2010). Developing language in a developing body: The relationship between motor development and language development. Journal of Child Language, 37, 229-261.

• Iverson, J.M. (2010). Multimodality in infancy: Vocal-motor and speech-gesture coordinations in typical and atypical development. Enfance, 3, 257-274.

• Parladé, M.V. & Iverson, J.M. (2010). The reorganization of communicative behaviors around the onset of the vocabulary spurt. Rivista di Psicolinguistica Applicata, 10, 43-57.

• Koterba, E.A. & Iverson, J.M. (2009). Investigating motionese: The effect of infant-directed action on infants’ preference and object manipulation.    Infant Behavior and Development, 32, 437-444.

• Stefanini, S., Bello, A., Caselli, M.C., Iverson, J.M., & Volterra, V. (2009). Co-speech gestures in a naming task: Developmental data. Language and Cognitive Processes, 24, 168-189.

• Zwaigenbaum, L., Bryson, S., Lord, C., Rogers, S., Carter, A., Chawarska, K., Dawson, G., Fein, D., Iverson, J., Landa, R., Stone, W., & Yirmiya, N. (2009). Clinical assessment and management of toddlers with suspected ASD: Insights from studies of high-risk infants. Pediatrics, 123, 1383-1391.

• Iverson, J.M., Capirci, O., Volterra, V., & Goldin-Meadow, S. (2008). Learning to talk in a gesture-rich world: Early communication of Italian vs. American children. First Language.

• Fagan, M.K. & Iverson, J.M. (2007). The influence of mouthing on infant vocalization. Infancy, 11, 91-202.

• Goldin-Meadow, S., Goodrich, W., Sauer, E., & Iverson, J.M. (2007). Young children use their hands to tell their mothers what to say. Developmental Science, 10, 778-785.

• Iverson, J.M., Hall, A.J., & Nickel, L., & Wozniak, R.H. (2007). The relationship between onset of reduplicated babble and laterality biases in infant rhythmic arm movements. Brain and Language, 101, 198-207.

• Iverson, J.M. & Wozniak, R.H. (2007). Variation in vocal-motor development in infant siblings of children with autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 37, 158-170.

• Longobardi, E., Caselli, M.C., & Iverson, J.M. (2007). Input bimodale gesti e parole nell’interazione madre-bambino con sindrome di Down e con sviluppo tipico [Bimodal gestured and spoken input in interactions between mothers of children with Down syndrome and mothers of typically-developing children].Psicologia Clinica dello Sviluppo, 9, 391-406.

• Scharp, V.L., Tompkins, C.A., & Iverson, J.M. (2007). Gesture and aphasia: Helping hands? Aphasiology, 21, 1-9.

• Zwaigenbaum, L., Thurm, A., Stone, W., Baranek, G., Bryson, S., Iverson, J.M., Kau, A., Klin, A., Landa, R., Lord, C., Rogers, S., & Sigman, M. (2007). Studying the emergence of Autism Spectrum Disorders in high-risk infants: Methodological and practical issues. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 37, 466-480.

• Braddock, B.A., Farmer, J.F., Deidrick, K.M., Iverson, J.M., & Maria, B.L. (2006). Oromotor and communication findings in Joubert Syndrome: Further evidence of multisystem apraxia. Journal of Child Neurology, 21, 160-163.

• Iverson, J.M., Longobardi, E., Spampinato, K., & Caselli, M.C. (2006). Gesture and speech in maternal input to children with Down syndrome. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 41, 235-251.

• Iverson, J.M. & Wozniak, R. H. (2006). The growth of the growth point. Trends in Cognitive Science, 10, 241-242.

2001-2005

• Iverson, J.M. & Goldin-Meadow, S. (2005). Gesture paves the way for language development. Psychological Science, 16, 367-371.

• Volterra, V., Iverson, J.M., & Castrataro, M. (2005). The development of gesture in hearing and deaf children. In B. Schick,M. Marschark, & P. Spencer (Eds.), Advances in sign language development by deaf children (pp.46-70). New York: Oxford University Press.

• Iverson, J.M. & Fagan, M.K. (2004). Infant vocal-motor coordination: Precursor to the gesture-speech system? Child Development, 75, 1053-1066.

• Iverson, J.M., Longobardi, E., & Caselli, M.C. (2003). The relationship between gestures and words in children with Down syndrome and typically-developing children in the early stages of communicative development.International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 38, 179-197.

• Capirci, O., Caselli, M.C., Iverson, J.M., Pizzuto, E., & Volterra, V. (2002). Gesture and the nature of language in infancy: The role of gesture as a transitional device enroute to two-word speech. In D.F. Armstrong, M.A. Karchmer, & J.V. Van Cleve (Eds.), The study of signed languages: Essays in honor of William C. Stokoe (pp. 213-246). Washington, D.C.: Gallaudet University Press.

• Capirci, O., Iverson, J.M., Montanari, S., & Volterra, V. (2002). Gestured, signed, and spoken modalities in early language development: The role of linguistic input. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 5, 25-37.

• Kelly, S.D., Iverson, J.M., Terranova, J., Niego, J., Hopkins, M., & Goldsmith, L. (2002). Putting language back in the body: Speech and gesture on three developmental timeframes. Developmental Neuropsychology, 22, 323-349.

• Iverson, J.M. (2001). Coordination between vocalization and rhythmic limb movements in 6- to 9-month-old infants. In J. van der Kamp, A. Ledebt, G. Savelsbergh, & E. Thelen (Eds.), Advances in motor development and learning in infancy (pp. 105-106). Amsterdam: IFKB.

• Iverson, J.M. & Goldin-Meadow, S. (2001). The resilience of gesture in talk: Gesture in blind speakers and listeners. Developmental Science, 4, 416-422.

1994-2000

• Iverson, J.M., Tencer, H.L., Lany, J., & Goldin-Meadow, S. (2000). The relation between gesture and speech in congenitally blind and sighted language-learners. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 24, 105-130.

• Iverson, J.M. (1999). How to get to the cafeteria: Gesture and speech in blind and sighted children’s spatial descriptions. Developmental Psychology, 35, 1132-1142.

• Iverson, J.M., Capirci, O., Longobardi, E., & Caselli, M.C. (1999). Gesturing in mother-child interactions. Cognitive Development, 14, 57-75.

• Iverson, J.M. & Thelen, E. (1999). Hand, mouth, and brain: The dynamic emergence of speech and gesture. Journal of Consciousness Studies, 6, 19-40.
  [Reprinted in R. Nunez, W. Freeman, et al. (Eds.) (2000). Reclaiming cognition: The primacy of action, intention and emotion (pp. 19-40). Thorverton, UK: Imprint Academic.]

• Iverson, J.M. & Thelen, E. (1999). The hand leads the mouth in ontogenesis too. Brain and Behavioral Sciences.

• Iverson, J.M. (1998). Gesture when there is no gestural model. In J.M. Iverson & S. Goldin-Meadow (Eds.), The nature and functions of gesture in children’s communication. New Directions for Child Development, no. 79 (pp. 89-100). San Francisco: Jossey Bass.

• Iverson, J.M. & Goldin-Meadow, S. (1998). Why people gesture when they speak. Nature, 396, 228.

• Iverson, J.M. & Goldin-Meadow, S. (Eds.) (1998). The nature and functions of gesture in children’s communication New Directions for Child Development, no. 79. San Francisco: Jossey Bass.

• Iverson, J.M. & Thal, D.J. (1998). Communicative transitions: There’s more to the hand than meets the eye. In A.M. Wetherby, S.F. Warren & J. Reichle (Eds.), Transitions in prelinguistic communication: Preintentional to intentional and presymbolic to symbolic (pp. 59-86). Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes.

• Iverson, J.M. & Goldin-Meadow, S. (1997). What’s communication got to do with it? Gesture in congenitally blind children. Developmental Psychology, 33, 453-467.

• Capirci, O., Iverson, J.M., Pizzuto, E., & Volterra, V. (1996). Communicative gestures during the transition to two-word speech. Journal of Child Language, 23, 645-673.

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