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L. Petitto

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L. Petitto — researcher profile on SciRah

h-index: 34
Works: 58
Citations: 5,517

Most-cited papers

Babbling in the manual mode: evidence for the ontogeny of language.
L. Petitto, Paula Marentette
1991Science657 citations
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Can an ape create a sentence?
H. Terrace, L. Petitto, R. J. Sanders, T. Bever
1979Science586 citations
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Speech-like cerebral activity in profoundly deaf people processing signed languages: implications for the neural basis of human language.
L. Petitto, R. Zatorre, K. Gauna, E. J. Nikelski +2 more
2000Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America501 citations Open access
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Bilingual signed and spoken language acquisition from birth: implications for the mechanisms underlying early bilingual language acquisition
L. Petitto, M. Katerelos, B. Levy, K. Gauna +2 more
2001Journal of Child Language416 citations
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On the autonomy of language and gesture: evidence from the acquisition of personal pronouns in American Sign Language.
L. Petitto
1987Cognition291 citations
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Bilingual and Monolingual Brains Compared: A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Investigation of Syntactic Processing and a Possible Neural Signature of Bilingualism
I. Kovelman, S. Baker, L. Petitto
2008Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience279 citations Open access
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Age of first bilingual language exposure as a new window into bilingual reading development
I. Kovelman, S. Baker, L. Petitto
2008Bilingualism209 citations Open access
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Signing behavior in apes: A critical review
Mark S. Seidenberg, L. Petitto
1979205 citations
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Simultaneous Communication in the Classroom: How Well is English Grammar Represented?
G. S. Marmor, L. Petitto
2013165 citations
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The morphometry of auditory cortex in the congenitally deaf measured using MRI
V. Penhune, R. Cismaru, Raquel Dorsaint-Pierre, L. Petitto +1 more
2003NeuroImage155 citations
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Left Hemisphere Cerebral Specialization for Babies While Babbling
S. Holowka, L. Petitto
2002Science133 citations
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Communication, symbolic communication, and language: Comment on Savage-Rumbaugh, McDonald, Sevcik, Hopkins, and Rupert (1986).
Mark S. Seidenberg, L. Petitto
1987128 citations
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Baby hands that move to the rhythm of language: hearing babies acquiring sign languages babble silently on the hands.
L. Petitto, S. Holowka, L. Sergio, B. Levy +1 more
2004Cognition125 citations
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Language rhythms in baby hand movements
L. Petitto, S. Holowka, L. Sergio, D. Ostry
2001Nature121 citations
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Semantic and Conceptual Knowledge Underlying Bilingual Babies' First Signs and Words
S. Holowka, Françoise Brosseau-Lapré, L. Petitto
2002111 citations
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Shining new light on the brain's "bilingual signature": A functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy investigation of semantic processing
I. Kovelman, Mark H. Shalinsky, M. S. Berens, L. Petitto
2008NeuroImage108 citations Open access
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Educational Neuroscience: New Discoveries from Bilingual Brains, Scientific Brains, and the Educated Mind
L. Petitto, K. Dunbar
2009Mind, Brain, and Education90 citations Open access
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Fingerspelling as a Novel Gateway into Reading Fluency in Deaf Bilinguals
Adam Stone, Geo Kartheiser, P. Hauser, L. Petitto +1 more
2015PLoS ONE80 citations Open access
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New Insights Into Old Puzzles From Infants' Categorical Discrimination of Soundless Phonetic Units
S. Baker, R. Golinkoff, L. Petitto
2006Language Learning and Development79 citations Open access
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Dual Language Use in Sign-Speech Bimodal Bilinguals: fNIRS Brain-Imaging Evidence
I. Kovelman, Mark H. Shalinsky, Katherine S. White, S. N. Schmitt +3 more
2008Brain and Language73 citations Open access
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Evaluating Attributions of Delay and Confusion in Young Bilinguals: Special Insights from Infants Acquiring a Signed and a Spoken Language
L. Petitto, S. Holowka
200269 citations
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Visual sign phonology: insights into human reading and language from a natural soundless phonology.
L. Petitto, C. Langdon, Adam Stone, D. Andriola +2 more
2016Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cognitive Science68 citations
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The perception of handshapes in American Sign Language
S. Baker, W. Idsardi, R. Golinkoff, L. Petitto
2005Memory & Cognition68 citations Open access
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Should bilingual children learn reading in two languages at the same time or in sequence?
M. S. Berens, I. Kovelman, L. Petitto
2013Bilingual Research Journal66 citations Open access
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Teaching Language to Deaf Infants with a Robot and a Virtual Human
B. Scassellati, Jake Brawer, Katherine M. Tsui, Setareh Nasihati Gilani +8 more
2018International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems59 citations
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Development of Neural Systems for Reading in the Monolingual and Bilingual Brain: New Insights From Functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy Neuroimaging
K. Jasińska, L. Petitto
2014Developmental Neuropsychology57 citations
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How the brain begets language
L. Petitto
200556 citations
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On The Biological Foundations of Human Language
L. Petitto
200055 citations
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Age of Bilingual Exposure Is Related to the Contribution of Phonological and Semantic Knowledge to Successful Reading Development.
K. Jasińska, L. Petitto
2018Child Development49 citations Open access
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New findings from Educational Neuroscience on Bilingual Brains, Scientific Brains, and the Educated Mind
L. Petitto, K. Dunbar
200547 citations
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On the evidence for linguistic abilities in signing apes.
L. Petitto, Mark S. Seidenberg
1979Brain and Language43 citations
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On the Ontogenetic Requirements for Early Language Acquisition
L. Petitto
199342 citations Open access
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Visual Sonority Modulates Infants’ Attraction to Sign Language
Adam Stone, L. Petitto, R. Bosworth
2017Language Learning and Development36 citations Open access
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Are There Separate Neural Systems for Spelling? New Insights into the Role of Rules and Memory in Spelling from Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
E. Norton, I. Kovelman, L. Petitto
2007Mind, Brain, and Education36 citations Open access
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Analysis and data collection method for exploring the brain's cognitive functions in babies, children and adults using functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS)
Mark H. Shalinsky, I. Kovelman, M. S. Berens, L. Petitto
2009Journal of Visualized Experiments31 citations Open access
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From gesture to symbol : the relationship between form and meaning in the acquisition of personal pronouns in American sign language
L. Petitto
198329 citations
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Bilingualism yields language‐specific plasticity in left hemisphere's circuitry for learning to read in young children
K. Jasińska, M. S. Berens, I. Kovelman, L. Petitto
2017Neuropsychologia28 citations Open access
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Discourse structure in American sign language conversations (or, how to know a conversation when you see one)
R. Wilbur, L. Petitto
198328 citations
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Ape Signing: Problems of Method and Interpretation
MARK S. Sejdenberg, L. Petitto
198127 citations
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Multimodal Dialogue Management for Multiparty Interaction with Infants
Setareh Nasihati Gilani, D. Traum, A. Merla, Eugenia Hee +4 more
2018International Conference on Multimodal Interaction22 citations Open access
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The Transition from Gesture to Symbol in American Sign Language
L. Petitto
199021 citations
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EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY & COUNSELLING | RESEARCH ARTICLE "One glove does not fit all" in bilingual reading acquisition: Using the age of first bilingual language exposure to understand optimal contexts for reading success
I. Kovelman, Maha Salah-Ud-Din, M. S. Berens, L. Petitto
201516 citations
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Words in the bilingual brain: an fNIRS brain imaging investigation of lexical processing in sign-speech bimodal bilinguals
I. Kovelman, Mark H. Shalinsky, M. S. Berens, L. Petitto
2014Frontiers in Human Neuroscience16 citations Open access
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“Language” in the Prelinguistic Child
L. Petitto
201314 citations
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Can a Signing Virtual Human Engage a Baby's Attention?
Setareh Nasihati Gilani, D. Traum, R. Sortino, Grady Gallagher +5 more
2019International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents9 citations Open access
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The Educated Brain: Cortical images of early language and phonetic development using near infrared spectroscopy
L. Petitto
20085 citations
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Can a Virtual Human Facilitate Language Learning in a Young Baby?
Setareh Nasihati Gilani, D. Traum, R. Sortino, Grady Gallagher +5 more
2019Adaptive Agents and Multi-Agent Systems4 citations
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On the biological, environmental and neurogenetic factors determining early language acquisition : Evidence from signed and spoken languages
L. Petitto
19984 citations
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Revolutions in the Science of Learning: A New View from a New Center--Visual Language and Visual Learning.
L. Petitto
20123 citations
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By Hand or By Tongue: Common Cerebral Blood Flow Activation During Language Processing in Signed and Spoken Languages
L. Petitto, R. Zatorre, E. J. Nikelski, K. Gauna +2 more
19983 citations
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