Nora S. Newcombe, Ph.D.

 

2012

Frick A., Newcombe N.; (2012) Getting the Big Picture, Development of Spatial Scaling Abilities, Cognitive Development 27, pages 270-282. (PDF) doi:10.1016/j.cogdev.2012.05.004

Newcombe, N.S. & Stieff, M. (2012). Six myths about spatial thinking. International Journal of Science Education. 34:6, 955-971. (PDF)

Uttal, D. H., Meadow, N. G., Tipton, E., Hand, L. L., Alden, A. R., Warren, C., & Newcombe, N. S. (2012, June 4). The Malleability of Spatial Skills: A Meta-Analysis of Training Studies. Psychological Bulletin. (PDF) Online first publication. This article may not exactly replicate the final version published in the APA journal. It is not the copy of record. doi: 10.1037/a0028446

Newcombe, N. S. & Shipley, T. F. (in press). Thinking about Spatial Thinking: New Typology, New Assessments. In J. S. Gero (Ed.), Studying visual and spatial reasoning for design creativity. Springer. (PDF)

Nardi D., Newcombe N. Shipley T.; (October 2012) Reorienting with Terrain Slopes and Landmarks (PDF). Memory and Cognition,doi: 10.3758/s13421-012-0254-9

2011

Balcomb, F., Newcombe, N.S., & Ferrara, K.(2011). Finding where and saying where: Developmental relationships between place learning and language in the second year. Journal of Cognition and Development, Volume 12, Issue 3, July 2011, pages 315-331.

Twyman, A. D., Newcombe, N.S. & Gould, T.G. (in press). Malleability in the development of spatial reorientation. Developmental Psychobiology. (PDF)

Ferrara, K., Hirsh-Pasek, K., Newcombe, N. & Golinkoff, R. (2011) Block talk: Spatial language during block play. Mind, Brain & Education, 5,3, 143-151.(PDF)

Wiener, J., Shettleworth, S., Bingman, V.P., Cheng, K., Healy, S., Jacobs, L.F., Jeffery, K.J., Mallot, H.A.,  Menzel, R. & Newcombe, N.S. (2011). Animal navigation: A synthesis. In R. Menzel & J. Fischer (Eds.), Animal thinking: Contemporary issues in comparative cognition (pp. 51-76). Strüngmann Forum Report, Vol. 8, J. Lupp, series ed. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. (PDF)

Newcombe, N.S. (in press). Two ways to help students with spatial thinking in geoscience. In Kastens, K.A. & Manduca, C. M. (Eds.),GSA Special Paper 486, Earth and mind II: A Synthesis of Research on Thinking and Learning in the Geosciences. Geological Society of America Special Papers.

Newcombe, N.S. (September 2011). Three families of isms. Child Development Perspectives, Volume 5, Issue 3, 171-172. (PDF)

2010

Grossberg, S., Meltzoff, A., Movellan, J. & Newcombe, N. (2010). Social cognition: From babies to robots. (Introduction to special issue). Neural Networks. 939.

Fischer, K.W., Goswami, U., Geake, J. and the Task Force on the Future of Educational Neurosciece (2010). The future of educational neuroscience. Mind, Brain and Education, 4, 68-80.

Holscher, C., Shipley, T.F., Belardinelli, M.O., Bateman, J. & Newcombe, N.S. (Eds.) (2010). Spatial cognition VII. Berlin: Springer-Verlag.

Nardi, D., Newcombe, N.S., & Shipley, T.F. (2010) The World Is Not Flat: Can People Reorient Using Slope? Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, March 2011.(PDF) doi: 10.1037/a0021614. This article may not exactly replicate the final version published in the APA journal. It is not the copy of record.

Newcombe, N.S. (2010). On tending to our scientific knitting: Thinking about gender in the context of evolution. In J. Chrisler & D. McCreary (Eds.), Handbook of gender research in psychology (pp. 259-274). Springer.

Learmonth, A.E. & Newcombe, N.S. (2010). The development of place learning in comparative perspective. In F. Dolins & R. Mitchell (Eds.), Spatial cognition: Mapping the self and space (pp. 520-538). Cambridge University Press.

Newcombe, N.S. (2010). What is neoconstructivism? In Johnson, S.P. (Ed.), Neoconstructivism: The new science of cognitive development (pp. v-viii). New York: Oxford University Press. (PDF)

Twyman, A.D. & Newcombe, N.S. (2010) Five reasons to doubt the existence of a geometric module. Cognitive Science. (PDF)

Holden, M., Curby, K., Newcombe, N.S. & Shipley, T.F. (2010). A category adjustment approach to memory for spatial location in natural scenes. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition, 36, 590-604. (PDF)

Crawley, S.L., Newcombe, N.S. & Bingman, H. (2010). How focus at encoding affects children's source monitoring. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 105, 273-285. (PDF)

Carlson, L., Hoffman, J.E. & Newcombe, N.S. (2010). Spatial reference frames: Examining what and how information is encoded through the integration of cognitive, behavioral, and neuroscience approaches. (Introduction to special issue). Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition, 36, 573-575. (PDF)

Newcombe, N.S. (2010). Picture this: Increasing math and science learning by improving spatial thinking. American Educator: Summer 2010, 29-43. (PDF)

Sutton, J., Joanisse, M. & Newcombe, N.S. (2010). Spinning in the scanner: Neural correlates of virtual reorientation. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition. (PDF)

Holden, M.P. & Newcombe, N.S. (in press). The development of adaptive spatial processing. In Nadel, L. & Waller, D. (Eds.), Handbook of spatial cognition. APA Books.

Newcombe, N.S., Uttal, D.H. & Sauter, M. (in press). Spatial development. In P. Zelazo (Ed.), Oxford handbook of developmental psychology, New York: Oxford University Press. (PDF)

Newcombe, N.S. & Frick, A. (2010). Early education for spatial intelligence: Why, what and how. Mind, Brain and Education, 4, 102-111. (PDF)

2009

Balcomb, F., Newcombe, N.S., & Ferrara, K.  (2009).  Convergence and divergence in representational systems:   Place learning and language in toddlers.  In N. Taatgen et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 31st Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. (PDF)

Lloyd, M.E. & Newcombe, N.S. (2009). Implicit memory in childhood: Reassessing developmental invariance. In M.L. Courage & N. Cowan (Eds.), The development of memory in infancy and childhood (pp. 93-113). Hove and New York: Psychology Press.

Lloyd, M.E., Newcombe, N.S. & Doydum, A. (2009). Memory binding in early childhood: Evidence for a retrieval deficit. Child Development, 80, 1321-1328. (PDF)

Newcombe, N. S., Ambady, N., Eccles, J., Gomez, L., Klahr, D., Linn, M., Miller, K., & Mix, K. (2009). Psychology’s role in mathematics and science education. American Psychologist, 64 (6), 538-550. (PDF)

Newcombe, N.S., Ratliff, K.R., Shallcross, W.L. & Twyman, A.D. (2009). Young children’s use of features to reorient is more than just associative: Further evidence against a modular view of spatial processing. Developmental Science, 12, 1-8. (PDF)

Newcombe, N.S., Ratliff, K.R., Shallcross, W. & Twyman, A. (2009). Is cognitive modularity necessary in an evolutionary account of development? In L. Tommasi, L. Nadel & M.A. Peterson (Eds.), Cognitive biology: Evolutionary and developmental perspectives on mind, brain and behavior, Vienna Series in Theoretical Biology (pp. 105-126). Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press. (PDF)

Oakes, L.M., Newcombe, N.S. & Plumert, J.M. (2009). Are dynamic systems and connectionist approaches an alternative to “good old-fashioned cognitive development”? In J.P. Spencer, M. Thomas & J. McClelland (Eds.), Toward a unified theory of development? Connectionism and dynamic systems theory re-considered. Oxford University Press. (PDF)

Twyman, A.D., Newcombe, N.S. & Gould, T.G. (2009). Of mice and toddlers: Evidence for species general spatial reorientation. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 123, 342-345. (PDF)

Newcombe, N.S., Ratliff, K.R., Shallcross, W. & Twyman, A. (2009). Is cognitive modularity necessary in an evolutionary account of development? In L. Tommasi, L. Nadel & M.A. Peterson (Eds.), Cognitive Biology:Evolutionary and Developmental Perspectives on Mind, Brain and Behavior, Vienna Series in Theoretical Biology. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press. (PDF)

Lloyd, M.E. & Newcombe, N.S. (2009). Implicit memory in childhood: Reassessing developmental invariance. In M.L. Courage & N. Cowan (Eds.), The Development of Memory in Childhood, 2nd edition. London: Psychology Press. (PDF)

Nardi, D., Funk, A. Y., Newcombe, N. S., & Shipley, T. F. (2009). Reorientation by slope cues in humans. Cognitive Processing, 10, S260-S262. doi: 10.1037/a0021614.

2008

Freksa, C., Newcombe, N.S., Gardenfors, P. & Wolfl, S. (Eds.) (2008). Spatial cognition VI: Learning, reasoning and talking about space. Berlin: Spinger-Verlag.

Huttenlocher, J., Vasilyeva, M., Newcombe, N.S. & Duffy, S. (2008). Developing symbolic capacity one step at a time. Cognition, 106, 1-12. (PDF)

Learmonth, A.E., Newcombe, N.S., Sheridan, N. & Jones, M. (2008). Why size counts: Children's spatial reorientation in large and small enclosures. Developmental Science, 11, 414-426. (PDF)

Namy, L.L. & Newcombe, N.S. (2008). More than just hand waving. (Essay review of S. Goldin-Meadow, Hearing gestures: How our hands help us think). Journal of Cognition and Development, 9, 247-252.

Ratliff, K.R. & Newcombe, N.S. (2008). Is language necessary for human spatial reorientation? Reconsidering evidence from dual task paradigms. Cognitive Psychology, 56, 142-163. (PDF). Doi:10.1016/j.cogpsych.2007.06.002

Ratliff, K.R. & Newcombe, N.S. (2008). Reorienting when cues conflict: Evidence for an adaptive combination view. Psychological Science. (PDF)

Terlecki, M.S. & Newcombe, N.S. (2008). Durable and generalized effects of spatial experience on mental rotation: Gender differences in growth patterns. Applied Cognitive Psychology. (PDF)

Wright, R., Thompson, W.L., Ganis, G., Newcombe, N.S. & Kosslyn, S.M. (2008). Training generalized spatial skills. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review. (PDF)

2007

Newcombe, N.S. (2007). 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.
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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 emerging spatial mind (pp. 53-76). Oxford University Press. ( 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 29th Annual Cognitive Science Society. Austin , TX : Cognitive Science Society. ( PDF )

2006

Cheng, K. & Newcombe, N.S. (2006). Geometry, features, and orientation in vertebrate animals: A pictorial review. In M.F. Brown & R.G. Cook (Eds.), Animal spatial cognition: Comparative, neural & computational approaches. Comparative Cognition Press. http://www.pigeon.psy.tufts.edu/asc/

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 )

Newcombe, N.S. & Huttenlocher, J. (2006). 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., & 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 )

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.

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 )

Dziembowski, Z. & Newcombe, N.S. (2005). Transfer of mathematical problem-solving procedures acquired through physical science instruction: When you don’t see it, why not? In J. Mestre (Ed.), Transfer of learning from a modern multidisciplinary perspective (pp. 337-356). In a series, Current Perspectives on Cognition, Learning and Instruction, Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing

Hirsh-Pasek, K., Kochanoff, A., Newcombe, N. & de Villiers, J. (2005). Using scientific knowledge to inform preschool assessment: Making the case for “empirical validity”. SRCD Social Policy Report, 19, 3-19.

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. (2005). Evidence for and against a geometric module: The roles of language and action. In J. Rieser, J. Lockman & C. Nelson (Eds.), Action as an organizer of learning and development. Minnesota Symposia on Child Psychology, Vol. 33 (pp. 221-241). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Newcombe, N.S. (2005). Language as destiny? Or not. (Essay review of S. C. Levinson, Space in language and cognition: Explorations in cognitive diversity). Human Development, 48, 309-314. (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. & Learmonth, A.E. (2005). The development of spatial competence. In P. Shah & A. Miyake (Eds.), Handbook of visuospatial thinking (pp. 213-256). Cambridge University Press.

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

Newcombe, N.S. & Sluzenski, J. (2004). Starting points and change in early spatial development. In G. Allen (Ed.), Remembering where (pp. 25-40). Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

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 )

2003

Newcombe, N.S. (2003). Development. In L. Nadel (Ed.), The encyclopedia of cognitive science (pp. 955-959. Nature Publishing Group, Macmillan Publishers Ltd. (UK).

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.

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 )

Newcombe, N.S. (2002). Biology is to medicine as psychology is to education: True or false? In D.F. Halpern & M.D. Hakel (Eds.), Applying the science of learning to university teaching and beyond (pp. 9-18). New Directions for Teaching and Learning series, Number 89. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Newcombe, N.S. (2002). Spatial cognition. In D. Medin (Ed.), Cognition Volume, Stevens’ Handbook of Experimental Psychology, third edition (pp. 113-163). New York: John Wiley.

Newcombe, N. S., Mathason, L. & Terlecki, M. (2002). Maximization of spatial competence: More important than finding the cause of sex differences. In A. McGillicuddy-De Lisi & R. De Lisi (Eds.), Biology, society and behavior: The development of sex differences in cognition (pp. 183-206). Westport, CT: Ablex Publishing.

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.S. (2000). Early experience matters for spatial development (but different kinds at different times). In N. A. Fox, L. A. Leavitt & J. Warhol (Eds.), The role of early experience in infant development (pp. 165-186). Pediatric Round Table, Johnson and Johnson Pediatric Institute.

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 )

Newcombe, N. S. & Huttenlocher, J. (2000). Making space: The development of spatial representation and reasoning. MIT Press.

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. (1998). Defining the radical middle. (Essay review of J. Elman et al., Rethinking Innateness). Human Development, 41, 210-214. (PDF)

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 )

1997

Newcombe, N. (1997). New perspectives on spatial representation: What different tasks tell us about how people remember location. In N. Foreman & R. Gillett (Eds.), Interacting with the environment: A handbook of spatial paradigms and methodologies (pp. 85-102). Psychology Press.

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

Huttenlocher, J., Newcombe, N., & Sandberg, E. (1994). The coding of spatial location in young children. Cognitive Psychology, 27, 115-147. ( PDF )

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 )

1991

Newcombe, N. (1991). New directions for research on cognitive style? (Review of T. Globerson & T. Zelniker (Eds.), Cognitive style and cognitive development.) Contemporary Psychology, 36, 502.

1990

Weinmann, L.L. & Newcombe, N. (1990). Adolescent identity and perceptions of parental relationships. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 50, 357-369.

1989

Baenninger, M. A. & Newcombe, N. (1989). The role of experience in spatial test performance: A meta-analysis.  Sex Roles, 20, 327-344. (PDF)

Newcombe, N. (1989).  The study of brain and behavior: Has the marriage been consummated? (Review of J. Stiles-Davis, M. Kritchevsky & U. Bellugi (Eds.), Spatial cognition: Brain bases and development.) Contemporary Psychology, 34, 752-753. 

Newcombe, N. (1989). The development of spatial perspective taking. In H. W. Reese (Ed.), Advances in child development and behavior (Vol. 22), (pp. 203-247).  Academic Press.

Newcombe, N. & Baenninger, M. A. (1989).  Biological change and cognitive ability in adolescence.  In G. Adams, R. Montemayor, & T. Gullotta (Eds.), Advances in adolescent development (Vol. 1), (pp. 168-191). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.

Newcombe, N., Dubas, J. S. & Baenninger, M. A. (1989).  Associations of timing of puberty, spatial ability, and lateralization in adult women.  Child Development, 60, 246-254. (PDF)

1988

Branch, C. W. & Newcombe, N. (1988).  The development of racial attitudes in black children.  In R. Vasta (Ed.), Annals of child development (Vol. 5) (pp. 125-154).  Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.

Newcombe, N. (1988). The paradox of proximity in early spatial representation.  British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 6, 376-378.

1986

Berfield, K.A., Ray, W.J., & Newcombe, N. (1986). Sex role and spatial ability:  An EEG study.  Neuropsychologia, 24, 731-735. (PDF)

Branch, C.W. & Newcombe, N. (1986).  Racial attitude development among young black children as a function of parental attitudes:  A longitudinal and cross-sectional study.  Child Development, 57, 712-721. (PDF)

Newcombe, N. (1986).  The coming of age of adolescence.  (Review of M.A. Lloyd, Adolescence, and D. Rogers, Adolescents and youth.) Contemporary Psychology, 31, 810-811.

Newcombe, N. & Dubas, J.S. (1986).  Individual differences in cognitive ability:  Are they related to timing of puberty?  In R.M. Lerner & T.T. Foch (Eds.), Biological-psychosocial interactions in early adolescence: A life-span perspective, (pp. 249-302).  Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. 

Ward, S.L., Newcombe, N., & Overton, W.F. (1986). Turn left at the church, or three miles north:  A study of direction giving and sex differences. Environment and Behavior, 18, 192-213. (PDF)

1985

Newcombe, N. (1985).  Methods for the study of spatial representation.  In R. Cohen (Ed.), The development of spatial cognition, (pp. 277-300). Hillsdale, NJ:  Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

1984

Huttenlocher, J. & Newcombe, N. (1984).  The child's representation of information about location.  In C. Sophian (Ed.), Origins of cognitive skills, (pp. 81-111).  Hillsdale, NJ:  Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

1983

Cole, P.M. & Newcombe, N. (1983). Interference effects of verbal and imaginal strategies for resisting distraction on children's verbal and visual recognition memory.  Child Development, 54, 42-50. (PDF)

Newcombe, N. & Bandura, M.M. (1983). Effects of age at puberty on spatial ability in girls: A question of mechanism. Developmental Psychology, 19, 215-224. (PDF)

Newcombe, N., Bandura, M.M., & Taylor, D.G. (1983). Sex differences in spatial ability and spatial activities. Sex Roles, 9 , 377-386. ( PDF )

1982

Newcombe, N. (1982).  Sex-related differences in spatial ability:  Problems and gaps in current approaches.  In M. Potegal (Ed.), Spatial abilities:  Development and physiological foundations, (pp. 223-250). New York: Academic Press.

Newcombe, N. (1982).  Spatial cognition and cognitive development.  In R. Cohen (Ed.), Children's conceptions of spatial relationships, (pp. 65-81).  (New Directions for Child Development series).  San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Newcombe, N. & Liben, L.S. (1982).  Barrier effects in the cognitive maps of children and adults.  Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 34, 46-58.

Newcombe, N. & Lerner, J.C. (1982).  Britain between the wars: The historical context of Bowlby's theory of attachment.  Psychiatry, 45, 1-12. (PDF)

1981

Liben, L.S., Patterson, A.H., & Newcombe, N. (Eds.) (1981).  Spatial representation and behavior across the life span.  New York:  Academic Press.

Ray, W.J., Newcombe, N., Semon, J., & Cole, P.M. (1981).  Spatial abilities, sex differences and EEG functioning.  Neuropsychologia, 19, 719-722. (PDF)

Newcombe, N. (1981).  The causes of cognitive development.  (Review of A.N. Perret-Clermont, Social interaction and cognitive development in children.)  Contemporary Psychology, 26, 606-607.

Newcombe, N. (1981).  Spatial representation and behavior:  Retrospect and prospect.  In Liben, L.S., Patterson, A.H., & Newcombe, N. (Eds.), Spatial representation and behavior across the life span, (pp. 373-388).  New York:  Academic Press.

Newcombe, N. & Zaslow, M. (1981).  Hints and question directives in the speech of 2 1/2-year-old children to adults.  Discourse Processes, 4, 239-252.

1980

Branch, C. & Newcombe, N. (1980).  Racial attitudes in preschoolers as related to levels of parental civil rights activism.  Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 26, 425-428.

Newcombe, N. (1980).  Beyond nature and nurture.  (Review of J.E. Parsons, The psychobiology of sex differences and sex roles.)  Contemporary Psychology, 25, 807-808.

Rogoff, B., Newcombe, N., Fox, N., & Ellis, S. (1980).  Transitions in children's roles and capabilities.  International Journal of Psychology, 15, 181-200. (PDF)