Marc H. Bornstein, Ph.D.

Marc H. Bornstein is Senior Investigator and Head of Child and Family Research at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. He earned his Ph.D. in psychology at Yale University. He has contributed scientific papers in the areas of human experimental, methodological, comparative, developmental, cross-cultural, neuroscientific, pediatric, and aesthetic psychology. He was a Guggenheim Foundation Fellow, and received a Research Career Development Award from the NICHD, the Ford Cross-Cultural Research Award from the HRAF, the McCandless Young Scientist Award from the APA, the US PHS Superior Service Award from the NIH, and the Arnold Gesell Prize from the Theodor Hellbridge Foundation.

Most cited publication (246 cites):

Bornstein, M.H., Sigman, M.D. (1986). Continuity in mental development from infancy. Child Development. 57(2): 251-274.

Recent publications:

Bornstein, M.H., Hahn C.S., Bell, C. et. al. (2006). Stability in cognition across early childhood. Psychological Science, 17(2), 151-158

Bornstein, M.H., Leach, D. B., Haynes, O.M.(2004). Vocabulary competence in first- and secondborn siblings of the same chronological age. Journal of Child Language. 31(4):855-873

Arterberry, M.E., Bornstein, M.H. (2002). Infant perceptual and conceptual categorization: the roles of static and dynamic stimulus attributes. Cognition. 86(1): 1-24

Bornstein, M.H., Cote L R, Venuti, P. (2001). Parenting beliefs and behaviors in northern and southern groups of Italian mothers of young infants. Journal of Family Psychology. 15(4):663-675

Arterberry, M.E. Bornstein, M.H.(2001). Three-month-old infants' categorization of animals and vehicles based on static and dynamic attributes. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 80(4): 333-346