Publications

Poudel, S., Denicola-Prechtl, K., Nelson, J. A., Behboudi, M. H., Benitez-Barrera, C., Castro, S., & Maguire, M. J. (2023). Rethinking household size and children’s language environment. Developmental Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001650.

Behboudi, M. H., Castro, S., Chalamalasetty, P., & Maguire, M. J. (2023). Development of gamma oscillation during sentence processing in early adolescence: Insights into the maturation of semantic processing. Brain Sciences, 13(12), 1639. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci13121639.

Schneider, J. M., Poudel, S., Abel, A. D., & Maguire, M. J. (2023). Age and vocabulary knowledge differentially influence the N400 and theta responses during semantic retrieval. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 61, 101251. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2023.101251.

Denicola-Prechtl, K. M., Abel, A. D., & Maguire, M. J. (2023). What do children’s errors tell us about the strategies used during a word inferencing task? Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 233, 105705. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2023.105705.

Schneider, J.M., Abel, A.D., & Maguire, M.J. (2022). Vocabulary knowledge and reading comprehension account for SES-differences in how school-aged children infer word meanings from sentences. Language Learning and Development, DOI: 10.1080/15475441.2022.2081573.

Maguire, M.J., Schneider, J. M., Melamed, T., Ralph, Y.K., Poudel, S. Raval, V.M., Mikhail, D. & Abel, A.D. (2022). Temporal and topographical changes in theta power between middle childhood and adulthood during sentence comprehension. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience.

Evans, J. L., Maguire, M.J., Sizemore, M., & Polse, L. (2022). Neural correlates of lexical processing adolescents with specific language impairment: support for the procedural deficit hypothesis? Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders.

Schneider, J.M., Abel, A.D. Momsen, J., Melamed, T.C.& Maguire, M.J. (2021). Neural oscillations reveal differences in the process of word learning among school-aged children from lower socioeconomic status backgrounds. Neurobiology of Language, 2(3), 372-388DOI: 10.1162/nol_a_00040.

Ralph, Y.K., Berinhout, K., & Maguire, M.J. (2021). Mothers’ use of spatial language with girls differs between preschool and kindergarten: A study of gender differences. Developmental Science, 24(2) 2020;00:e13037, DOI: 10.111/desc.1307.

Chiang, H-S., Spence, J., Eroh, J., Maguire, M.J., Kraut, M., & Hart, J. (2020). Multimodal feature binding in object memory retrieval using event related potentials: Implications for models of semantic memory. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 153, 116-123. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2020.04.024.

Ralph, Y.K., Schneider, J. M., Abel, A.D., & Maguire, M.J. (2020). Using the N400 Event Related Potential (ERP) to study word learning from context in children from low and higher-income homes. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 191, 1-15, DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2019.104758.

Maguire, M. J. & Schneider, J.M. (2019). Socioeconomic status related differences in resting state EEG activity correspond to differences in vocabulary and working memory in grade school. Brain and Cognition, 137, 1-8, DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2019.103619.

Schneider, J.M & Maguire, M.J. (2019). Developmental differences in the neural correlates supporting semantics and syntax during sentence processing. Developmental Science. 22(4), DOI: 10.111/desc.12782

Schneider, J.M. & Maguire, M.J. (2018). Identifying the relationship between oscillatory dynamics and event related responses. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 113, 182-192. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2018.07.002.

Motes, M. A., Spence, J. S., Anand, R., Brier, M. R., Chiang, H.S., DeLaRosa, B., Eroh, J. Maguire, M.J., Mudar, R., Tillman, G. D., Kraut, M., & Hart, J. (in press). Conjoint differences in inhibitory control and processing speed in childhood to older adult cohorts: Discriminant functions from a Go/No-Go Task. Psychology and Aging.

Schneider, J.M., Abel, A. D., Ogiela, D.A., McCord, C., & Maguire, M.J. (2018). Developmental differences in the neural oscillations underlying auditory sentence processing in children and adults. Brain and Language, 186, 17-25.

Maguire, M.J., Schneider, J.M., Middleton, A.E., Ralph, Y, Lopez, M., Ackerman, R.A., & Abel, A.D. (2018). Vocabulary knowledge mediates the link between socioeconomic status and word learning in grade school. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 166, 679-695. DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2017.10.003.

Abel, A.D., Schneider, J.M.,& Maguire, M.J. (2017). N400 response indexes word learning from linguistic context in children. Language, Learning and Development, 14(1), 61-71. DOI: 10.1080/15475441.2017.1362347.

Nguyen, L. T., Chiang, H-S., Schneider, J. M., Maguire, M.J., Kraut, M. A., Hart, J., & Mudar, R. A. (2017). Theta and alpha alternations in Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment in semantic Go/NoGo tasks. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 9, 160. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2017.00160.

Middleton, A.E., Schneider, J.M. & Maguire, M.J., (2017). Age-related differences in beta engagement during single word processing. Language Learning and Development. DOI: 10.1080/23273798.2017.129784110.1080/23273798.2017.129784.

Chiang, H-S, Eroh, J., Spence, J.S., Motes, M.A., Maguire M.J., Krawczyk, D., Brier, M., Hart, J., & Kraut, M.A. (2016). Common and differential electrophysiological mechanisms underlying semantic object memory retrieval probed by features presented in different stimulus types. International Journal of Psychophysiology.

Schneider, J.M., Abel, A.D., Ogiela, D., Middleton, A. & Maguire, M.J. (2016). Developmental differences in beta and theta power during sentence processing. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 19, 19-30

Schwarz, A. L., van Kleeck, A., Maguire, M. J., & Abdi, H. (2016). Do action out verbs with dolls and analogical reasoning between two events boost toddlers? verb comprehension. Journal of Child Language. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0305000916000076

Maguire, M.J., Abel, A.D., Schneider, J., Fitzhugh, A., McCord, J., & Jeevakumar, V. (2015). Electroencephalography theta differences between object nouns and action verbs when identifying semantic relations. Language, Cognition and Neuroscience, 30(6), 1-11

Mudar, R. A., Chiang, H.-S., Maguire, M.J., Spence, J. S.. Eroh, J., Kraut, M.A. & Hart, J. (2015). Effects of age on inhibitory processing during semantic categorization. Behavioural Brain Research, 287, 285-293.

Maguire, M.J., Magnon, G. & Fitzhugh, A.E. (2014). Improving data retention in developmental visual EEG research using child-centered eye tracking. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 238, 78-81. DOI: 10.1012/j.j.neumeth.2014.09.2014

Konishi, H. Wilson, F., Golinkoff, R. M., Maguire, M.J., Hirsh-Pasek, K. (2014). Late Japanese bilingual’s construal of novel verbs. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition. DOI: 10.1017/S136672891400073X.

Abel, A.D., Maguire, M.J., Naqvi, F. & Kim, A. (2014). Lexical retrieval of nouns and verbs in a sentence completion task. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research. DOI 10.1007/s10936-014-9304-8

Motes, M. A., Gamino, J., Chapman, S.B., Rao, N.K., Maguire, M.J., Brier, M., Kraut, M., Hart, J. (2014). Inhibitory control gains from higher-order cognitive strategy training. Brain and Cognition, 84, 44-62.

Maguire, M.J. & Abel, A.D. (2013). What changes in neural oscillations can reveal about developmental cognitive neuroscience: Language development as a case in point. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 6, 125-136.

Maguire, M.J., Magnon, G., Ogeila, D.A., Egbert, R., & Sides, L. (2013). The N300 ERP component reveals developmental changes in object and action identification. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 5, 1-9.

Hart, J., Maguire, M.J., Motes, M., Mudar, R. A., Chiang, H-S, Womack, K., & Kraut, M. (2013). Semantic memory retrieval circuit: Role of pre-SMA, caudate, and thalamus. Brain and Language, 126(1), 89-98.

Chiang, H-S., Motes, M.A., Mudar, R.A., Rao, N.K., Mansinghani, S., Brier, M.R., Maguire, M. J., Kraut, M.A., & Hart, J. Jr. (2013). Semantic processing and response inhibition. NeuroReport, 24(16), 889-893.

Hart, J., Calley C., Motes, M., Chiang, H-S., Spence, J., Abdi, H., Anand, R., Maguire, M.J., Estevez, L., Briggs, R., Feeman, T., & Kraut, M. (2013). Threat as a feature in visual semantic object memory. Human Brain Mapping, 34, 1946-1955.

Maguire, M. J., McClelland, M. M., Donovan, C. E., Tillman, G. D., & Krawczyk, D. C. (2012). Tracking cognitive stages in analogical reasoning with event-related potentials. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Memory, Learning and Cognition, 38(2), 273-281.

Maguire, M. J., Ogiela, D., Magnon, G., Delarosa, B., & Sides, L. (2012). Developmental differences in noun-object and verb-action identification: An Event Related Potentials study. In A. Biller, E.Y. Chung, & A. E. Kimball (Eds.), Proceedings of the Boston University Annual Conference on Language Development (pp. 328-338). Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Press.

Maguire, M. J., Brumberg, J., Ennis, M., & Shipley, T. F. (2011). Similarities in object and event segmentation: A geometric approach to spatiotemporal path segmentation. Spatial Cognition and Computation: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 11, 1-27.

Maguire, M. J., White, J., & Brier, M. R. (2011). How semantic categorization influences inhibitory processing in middle-childhood: An Event Related Potentials study. Brain and Cognition, 76, 77-86.

Maguire, M. J., Brier, M.R., & Ferree, T.C. (2010). Differences in EEG theta and alpha responses reveal qualitative differences in processing taxonomic and thematic semantic relationships. Brain and Language 114(1), 16-25.

Maguire, M. J., Hirsh-Pasek, K., Golinkoff, R.M., Imai, M., Haryu, E., Vengas, S., Okada, H., Pulverman, R., & Sanchez-Davis, B. (2010). A developmental shift from similar to language specific strategies in verb acquisition: A comparison of English, Spanish, and Japanese. Cognition, 114(3), 299-319.

Brier, M.R., Ferree, T.C., Maguire, M. J., Moore, P., Tillman, G.D., Hart, J., Kraut, M.A. (in press). Frontal theta and alpha power and coherence changes are modulated by semantic complexity in a go/nogo task. International Journal of Psychophysiology.

Tillman, G.D., Green, T.A., Ferree, T.C., Calley C.S., Maguire, M. J., Briggs, R., Hart, J., Haley, R.W., & Kraut, M.A. (2010). Impaired response inhibition in ill Gulf War veterans. Journal of Neurological Sciences, 297, 1-5.

Krawczyk, D.C., McClelland, M.M. Donovan, C.E., Tillman, G.D.& Maguire, M. J. (2010). An fMRI investigation of cognitive stages in reasoning by analogy. Brain Research, 1342, 63-73.

Maguire, M. J., Brier, M. R., Moore, P. S., Ferree, T. C., Ray, D., Mostofsky, S., Hart, J., Jr. & Kraut, M. A. (2009). The influence of perceptual and semantic categorization on inhibitory processing as measured by the N2-P3 inhibitory responses. Brain and Cognition, 71(3), 196-203.

Maguire, M. J., Hirsh-Pasek, K., Golinkoff, R.M., & Brandone, A. (2008). Focusing on the relation: Fewer exemplars facilitate children’s initial verb learning and extension. Developmental Science, 11(4), 628-634. 

Maguire, M. J. & Dove, G.O. (2008).  Speaking of events: What event language can tell us about event representations and their development. In T.F. Shipley and J. Zacks (Eds.), Understanding events: From perception to action (pp. 193-220). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Brier, M., Maguire, M. J., Tillman, G.D., Hart, J., & Kraut, M. (2008) Event-related potentials in semantic memory retrieval. Journal of the International Neuroscience Society, 14, 815-822.

Shipley, T.F. & Maguire, M. J. (2008).  Geometric information for event segmentation. In T.F. Shipley and J. Zacks (Eds.), Understanding events: From perception to action (pp. 415-435). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Maguire, M. J. (2007). Getting more action: Fewer exemplars facilitate verb extensions. In B. Skarabela, S. Fish, & A. H.J. Do (Eds.), Proceedings of the Boston University Annual Conference on Language Development (pp. 418-429). Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Press.

Hart, J., Anand, R., Zoccoli, S., Maguire, M., Gamino, J, Anand, R. King, R. & Kraut, M. A. (2007). Neural substrates of semantic memory. Journal of International Neuropsychology Society, 13, 865-880.

Brandone, A., Golinkoff, R. M., Pulverman, R., Maguire, M. J., Hirsh-Pasek, K.,  & Pruden, S. M. (2007). Speaking for the wordless: Methods for studying cognitive linguistic constructs in infants. In M. Gonzalez-Marquez, I. Mittelberg, S. Coulson, & M. Spivery (Eds.), Methods in cognitive linguistics (pp. 345-366). John Benjamins: Amsterdam.

Maguire, M. J., Hirsh-Pasek, K., & Golinkoff, R.M (2006). A unified theory of verb learning: Putting verbs in context. In K. Hirsh-Pasek and R. M. Golinkoff (Eds.), Action meets word: How children learn verbs (pp.364-391). New York: Oxford University Press.
 
Hirsh-Pasek, K., Golinkoff, R. M., Hennon, E. A., Maguire, M. J., & Sootsman, J. (2006). O modelo “emergentista” de colalizão da aprendizagem de palavras: uma nova maneira de se pensar na psicologia do desenvolvimento (The emergentist coalition model of word learning: A new mode of thinking in developmental psychology). In Corrêa, L. M. S. (Ed.). Aquisição da Linguagem e Problemas do Desenvolvimento Lingüístico (Language development and problems in the development of language). Rio de Janeiro: Editora da PUC-Rio.

Molfese, D. L. Maguire, M. J., Molfese, V. J., Pratt, N., Ratajczak, E. D., Fentress, L. F., & Molfese, P. J. (2005). Brain and Language: Phonological, Lexical, Syntactic and Semantic Disorders in Children. In K. Brown (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics, 2nd Edition (pp. 535-545), Kidlington Oxford, England: Elsevier Ltd.

Key, A., Dove, G., & Maguire, M. J. (2005). Linking brainwaves to the brain: An ERP component primer. Developmental Neuropsychology, 27, 183-216.

Pruden, S., Hirsh-Pasek, K., Maguire, M. J., & Meyer, M., (2005). Foundations of verb learning: Infants form categories of path and manner in motion events. Proceedings of the Boston University Annual Conference on Language Development. Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Press

Molfese, D. L., Fonaryova-Key, A., Maguire, M. J., Dove, G., & Molfese, V. J. (2005). Event-related evoked potentials (ERPs) in speech perception. In D. Pisoni (Ed.), Handbook of speech perception (pp.99-121). Oxford: Blackwell Publishers.

Molfese, D. L., Fonaryova Key, A., Maguire, M., Dove, G., Peach, K., Fergusson, M., Straub, S., Mosely, M.J., Wettig, C., & Ratajczak, E. (2005). Coordinating a Research Team: Maintaining and Developing a Good Working Laboratory. In F.T. Leong & J.T. Austin (Ed.), The Psychology Research handbook: A Primer for Graduate Students and Research Assistants, 2nd Edition (pp. 389-400). Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publishers.

Hirsh-Pasek, K., Golinkoff, R.M., Hennon, E. A., & Maguire, M. J. (2004). Hybrid theories at the frontier of developmental psychology: The emergentist coalition model of word learning as a case in point. In G. Hall & S. Waxman (Eds.), Weaving a lexicon (pp. 173-204). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press

Maguire, M. J., Hennon, E.A., Hirsh-Pasek, K., Golinkoff, R.M., Slutzky, C.B., & Sootsman, J. (2002). Mapping words to actions and events: How do 18-month-olds learn a verb? In B. Skarabela, S. Fish, & A. H.J. Do (Eds.), Proceedings of the Boston University Annual Conference on Language Development (pp. 371-382). Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Press.

Golinkoff, R.M., Chung, H. L., Hirsh-Pasek, K., Liu, J., Bertenthal, B. I., Brand, R., Maguire, M. J., & Hennon, E. A. (2002). Young children can extend motion verb labels to point-light displays. Developmental Psychology, 38, 604-615.

Just, M.A., Carpenter, P.A., Maguire, M., Diwadkar, V.A., & McMains, S. (2001). Mental rotation of objects retrieved from memory: An fMRI study of spatial processing. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General,130, 493-504.

Hirsh-Pasek, K., Hennon, E. A., Golinkoff, R. M., Pence, K., Pulverman, R., Sootsman, J., Pruden, S., & Maguire, M. J.  (2001). Social attention need not equal social intention: From attention to intention in early word learning.  Brain and Behavioral Sciences, 24, 1108-1109.