2007
Huttenlocher, J., Vasilyeva, M., Newcombe, N.S. & Duffy, S. (2007, in press). Developing symbolic capacity one step at a time. Cognition. (PDF)
Learmonth, A.E., Newcombe, N.S., Sheridan, N. & Jones, M. (in press). Why size counts: Children's spatial reorientation in large and small enclosures. Developmental Science. (PDF)
Newcombe, N.S. (2007, in press). Developmental psychology meets the Mommy Wars. (Essay review of NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD study of early child care and youth development ). Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology. (PDF)
Newcombe, N.S. (2007). Taking science seriously: Straight thinking about sex differences. In S. Ceci & W. Williams (Eds.), Why aren't more women in science? Top gender researchers debate the evidence (pp. 69-77).Washington, DC: APA Books. (PDF)
Newcombe, N.S. & Chiang, N. (2007). Learning geographical information from hypothetical maps. Memory and Cognition, 35, 895-909. (PDF)
Newcombe, N.S. & Kovacs, S.L. (2007). To have and have not: What do we mean when we talk about long-term memory development? In L.M. Oakes & P.J. Bauer (Eds.), Short- and long-term memory in infancy and early childhood: Taking the first steps toward remembering. Oxford University Press. (PDF)
Newcombe, N.S., Lloyd, M.E. & Ratliff, K.R. (2007). Development of episodic and autobiographical memory: A cognitive neuroscience perspective. In R.V. Kail (Ed.), Advances in child development and behavior (Vol. 35, pp. 37-85). San Diego, CA: Elsevier. (PDF)
Newcombe, N.S. & Ratliff, K.R. (2007) Explaining the development of spatial reorientation: Modularity-plus-language versus the emergence of adaptive combination. In J. Plumert & J. Spencer (Eds.), The e merging spatial mind (pp. 53-76). Oxford University Press. (PDF)
Ratliff, K.R. & Newcombe, N.S. (2007, in press). Is language necessary for human spatial reorientation? Reconsidering evidence from dual task paradigms. Cognitive Psychology. (PDF)
Ratliff, K.R. & Newcomb , N.S. (2007). A matter of trust: When landmarks and geometry are used during reorientation. In D.S. McNamara & J.G. Trafton (Eds.), Proceedings of the 29 th Annual Cognitive Science Society. Austin , TX : Cognitive Science Society. (PDF)
Terlecki, M.S. & Newcombe, N.S. (in press). Durable and generalized effects of spatial experience on mental rotation: Gender differences in growth patterns. Applied Cognitive Psychology. (PDF)
2006
Uttal, D. H., Sandstrom, L. B., & Newcombe, N. S. (2006). One hidden object, two spatial codes: Young children’s use of relational and distance coding. Journal of Cognition and Development, 7, 503-525. (PDF)
Newcombe, N. S., & Uttal, D. H. (2006). Whorf versus Socrates, round 10. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 10, 394-396. (PDF)
Sluzenski, J., Newcombe, N. S., & Kovacs, S. (2006). Binding, relational memory and recall of naturalistic events: A developmental perspective. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 32, 89-100. (PDF)
Kovacs, S., & Newcombe, N. S. (2006). Developments in source monitoring: The role of thinking of others. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 93, 25-44. (PDF)
Newcombe, N. S. An adaptive combination approach to spatial representation: Using geometric featural spatial information. Cognitive Science Society, Vancouver, Canada, July 2006. (PPT)
2005
Cheng, K., & Newcombe, N. S. (2005). Is there a geometric module for spatial orientation? Squaring theory and evidence. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 12, 1-23. (PDF)
Levine, S. C., Vasilyeva, M., Lourenco, S. F., Newcombe, N. S., & Huttenlocher, J. (2005). Socioeconomic status modifies the sex difference in spatial skill. Psychological Science, 16, 841-845. (PDF)
Newcombe, N. S., & Huttenlocher, J. (2005). Development of spatial cognition. In D. Kuhn & R.S. Siegler (Eds.), Handbook of child psychology (6th edition, pp.734-776). John Wiley and Sons. (PDF)
Newcombe, N. S., & Sluzenski, J. Neural substrates of the development of episodic memory. Part of symposium, A neurobehavioral perspective on the development of autobiographical memory. Society for Research in Child Development, Atlanta, GA, April 2005. (PPT)
Newcombe, N. S., Sluzenski, J., & Huttenlocher, J. (2005). Pre-existing knowledge versus on-line learning: What do infants really know about spatial location? Psychological Science, 16, 222-227. (PDF)
Ratliff, K. R., & Newcombe, N. S. (2005). Human spatial reorientation using dual task paradigms. Proceedings of the Annual Cognitive Science Society, 27, 1809-1814. (PDF)
Terlecki, M. S., & Newcombe, N. S. (2005). How important is the digital divide? The relation of computer and videogame usage to gender differences in mental rotation ability. Sex Roles, 53, 433-441. (PDF)
2004
Sluzenski, J., Newcombe, N. S., & Ottinger, W. (2004). Changes in reality monitoring and episodic memory in early childhood. Developmental Science, 7, 225-245. (PDF)
Sluzenski, J., Newcombe, N. S., & Satlow, E. (2004). Knowing where things are in the second year of life: Implications for hippocampal development. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 16, 1443-1451. (PDF)
2002
Drummey, A. B., & Newcombe, N. S. (2002). Developmental changes in source memory. Developmental Science, 5, 502-513. (PDF)
Learmonth, A. E., Nadel, L., & Newcombe, N. S. (2002). Children's use of lansmarks: Implications for modularity theory. Psychological Science, 13, 337-341. (PDF)
Marshall, D. H., Drummey, A. B., Fox, N. A., & Newcombe, N. S. (2002). An event related potential study of item recognition memory in 4-year-old children and adults. Journal of Cognition and Development, 3, 201-224. (PDF)
Newcombe, N. S. (2002). The nativist-empiricist controversy in the context of recent research on spatial and quantitative development. Psychological Science, 13 , 395-401. (PDF)
2001
Learmonth, A. E., Newcombe, N. S., & Huttenlocher, J. (2001). Toddler's use of metric information and landmarks to reorient. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 80, 225-244. (PDF)
2000
Newcombe, N., Drummey, A. B., Fox, N. A., Lie, E., & Ottinger-Alberts, W. (2000). Remembering early childhood: How much, how, and why (or why not). Current Directions in Psychological Science, 9, 55-58. (PDF)
1999
Huttenlocher, J., Newcombe, N. S., & Vasilyeva, M. (1999). Spatial scaling in young children. Psychological Science, 10, 393-398. (PDF)
Lie, E., & Newcombe, N. (1999). Elementary school children’s explicit and implicit memory for faces of preschool classmates. Developmental Psychology, 35, 102-112. (PDF)
Newcombe, N. S., Huttenlocher, J., & Learmonth, A. E. (1999). Infants' coding of location in continuous space. Infant Behavior and Development , 22, 483-510. (PDF)
Newcombe, N. S., Huttenlocher, J., Sandberg, E., Lie, E., & Johnson, S. (1999). What do misestimations and asymmetries in spatial judgment indicate about spatial representation? Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 25, 986-996. (PDF)
Newcombe, N. S., & Learmonth, A. (1999). Change and continuity in early spatial development: Claiming the “radical middle”. Infant Behavior and Development, 22, 457-474. (PDF)
1998
Newcombe, N., Huttenlocher, J., Drummey, A. B., & Wiley, J. G. (1998). The development of spatial location coding: Place learning and dead reckoning in the second and third years. Cognitive Development, 13, 185-200. (PDF)
Satlow, E., & Newcombe, N. (1998). When is a triangle not a triangle? Young children’s conceptions of geometric shapes. Cognitive Development, 13, 547-559. (PDF)
1996
Sandberg, E. H., Huttenlocher, J., & Newcombe, N. (1996). The development of hierarchical representation of two-dimensional space. Child Development, 67, 721-739. (PDF)
1995
Baenninger, M. A., & Newcombe, N. (1995). Environmental input to the development of sex-related differences in spatial and mathematical ability. Learning and Individual Differences, 7, 363-379. (PDF)
Drummey, A. B., & Newcombe, N. S. (1995). Remembering versus knowing the past: Children's explicit and implicit memory for pictures. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 59, 549-565. (PDF)
Newcombe, N. S., Drummey, A. B., Lie, E. (1995). Children's memory for early experience. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 59, 337-342. (PDF)
Newcombe, N., & Lie, E. (1995). Covert and overt recognition of faces by children and adults. Psychological Science, 6, 241-245. (PDF)
1994
Newcombe, N., & Fox, N. (1994). Infantile amnesia: Through a glass darkly. Child Development, 65, 31-40. (PDF)
1992
Newcombe, N., & Huttenlocher, J. (1992). Children’s early ability to solve perspective-taking problems. Developmental Psychology, 28, 635-643. (PDF)
Newcombe, N., & Dubas, J. S. (1992). A longitudinal study of predictors of spatial ability in adolescent females. Child Development, 63, 37-46. (PDF)
1983
Newcombe, N., Bandura, M.M., & Taylor, D.G. (1983). Sex differences in spatial ability and spatial activities. Sex Roles, 9, 377-386. (PDF)
