Kathy Hirsh-Pasek

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Kathy Hirsh-Pasek

  • College of Liberal Arts

    • Psychology and Neuroscience

      • Professor

Courses Taught

Number

Name

Level

PSY 2991

Honors Research I

Undergraduate

PSY 3791

Collaborative Research I

Undergraduate

PSY 3891

Collaborative Research II

Undergraduate

PSY 3991

Honors Research II

Undergraduate

PSY 4791

Collaborative Research III

Undergraduate

PSY 4991

Honors Research III

Undergraduate

PSY 4996

Honors Capstone

Undergraduate

Selected Publications

Recent

  • Bower, C.A., Zimmermann, L., Verdine, B.N., Pritulsky, C., Golinkoff, R.M., & Hirsh-Pasek, K. (2022). Enhancing spatial skills of preschoolers from under-resourced backgrounds: A comparison of digital app vs. concrete materials. Dev Sci, 25(1), e13148. England. 10.1111/desc.13148

  • Masek, L., Ramirez, A., McMillan, B., Hirsh-Pasek, K., & Golinkoff, R. (2021). Beyond counting words: A paradigm shift for the study of language acquisition. Child Development Perspectives, 15(4), 274-280. doi: 10.1111/cdep.12425.

  • Hadley, E., Dedrick, R., Dickinson, D., Kim, E., Hirsh-Pasek, K., & Golinkoff, R. (2021). Exploring the relations between child and word characteristics and preschoolers' word-learning. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 77. doi: 10.1016/j.appdev.2021.101332.

  • Villiers, J.d., Iglesias, A., Golinkoff, R., Hirsh-Pasek, K., Wilson, M., & Nandakumar, R. (2021). Assessing dual language learners of Spanish and English: Development of the QUILS: ES. Revista De Logopedia, Foniatria Y Audiologia, 41(4), 183-196. doi: 10.1016/j.rlfa.2020.11.001.

  • Hassinger-Das, B., Zosh, J.M., Bustamante, A.S., Golinkoff, R.M., & Hirsh-Pasek, K. (2021). Translating cognitive science in the public square. Trends Cogn Sci, 25(10), 816-818. England. 10.1016/j.tics.2021.07.001

  • Yannier, N., Hudson, S.E., Koedinger, K.R., Hirsh-Pasek, K., Golinkoff, R.M., Munakata, Y., Doebel, S., Schwartz, D.L., Deslauriers, L., McCarty, L., Callaghan, K., Theobald, E.J., Freeman, S., Cooper, K.M., & Brownell, S.E. (2021). Active learning: "Hands-on" meets "minds-on." Science, 374(6563), 26-30. United States. 10.1126/science.abj9957

  • Evans, N.S., Todaro, R.D., Schlesinger, M.A., Golinkoff, R.M., & Hirsh-Pasek, K. (2021). Examining the impact of children's exploration behaviors on creativity. J Exp Child Psychol, 207, 105091. United States. 10.1016/j.jecp.2021.105091

  • Rumper, B., Alper, R., Jaen, J., Masek, L., Luo, R., Blinkoff, E., Mogul, M., Golinkoff, R., & Hirsh-Pasek, K. (2021). Beyond Translation: Caregiver Collaboration in Adapting an Early Language Intervention. Frontiers in Education, 6. doi: 10.3389/feduc.2021.660166.

  • Alper, R.M., Beiting, M., Luo, R., Jaen, J., Peel, M., Levi, O., Robinson, C., & Hirsh-Pasek, K. (2021). Change the Things You Can: Modifiable Parent Characteristics Predict High-Quality Early Language Interaction Within Socioeconomic Status. J Speech Lang Hear Res, 64(6), 1992-2004. United States. 10.1044/2021_JSLHR-20-00412

  • Masek, L., McMillan, B., Paterson, S., Tamis-LeMonda, C., Golinkoff, R., & Hirsh-Pasek, K. (2021). Where language meets attention: How contingent interactions promote learning. Developmental Review, 60. doi: 10.1016/j.dr.2021.100961.

  • Rumper, B., Frechette, E., Greenfield, D., & Hirsh-Pasek, K. (2021). Impacts on head start dual language learning children’s early science outcomes. Education Sciences, 11(6). doi: 10.3390/educsci11060283.

  • Gaudreau, C., Bustamante, A., Hirsh-Pasek, K., & Golinkoff, R. (2021). Questions in a Life-Sized Board Game: Comparing Caregivers' and Children's Question-Asking across STEM Museum Exhibits. Mind, Brain, and Education, 15(2), 199-210. doi: 10.1111/mbe.12283.

  • Luo, R., Pace, A., Levine, D., Iglesias, A., Villiers, J.d., Golinkoff, R., Wilson, M., & Hirsh-Pasek, K. (2021). Home literacy environment and existing knowledge mediate the link between socioeconomic status and language learning skills in dual language learners. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 55, 1-14. doi: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2020.10.007.

  • Loeb, D., Reed, J., Golinkoff, R., & Hirsh-Pasek, K. (2021). Tuned in: Musical rhythm and social skills in adults. Psychology of Music, 49(2), 273-286. doi: 10.1177/0305735619850880.

  • Pace, A., Luo, R., Levine, D., Iglesias, A., Villiers, J.d., Golinkoff, R.M., Wilson, M.S., & Hirsh-Pasek, K. (2021). Within and Across Language Predictors of Word Learning Processes in Dual Language Learners. Child Dev, 92(1), 35-53. United States. 10.1111/cdev.13418

  • Masek, L.R., Paterson, S.J., Golinkoff, R.M., Bakeman, R., Adamson, L.B., Owen, M.T., Pace, A., & Hirsh-Pasek, K. (2021). Beyond talk: Contributions of quantity and quality of communication to language success across socioeconomic strata. Infancy, 26(1), 123-147. United States. 10.1111/infa.12378

  • Meyer, M., Zosh, J.M., McLaren, C., Robb, M., McCafferty, H., Golinkoff, R.M., Hirsh-Pasek, K., & Radesky, J. (2021). How educational are 'educational' apps for young children? App store content analysis using the Four Pillars of Learning framework. J Child Media, 15(4), 526-548. England. 10.1080/17482798.2021.1882516

  • Hadani, H., Winthrop, R., & Hirsh-Pasek, K. (2021). Playful learning landscapes: convergence of education and city planning. In Education in the Asia-Pacific Region, 58 (pp. 151-164). doi: 10.1007/978-981-16-0983-1_11.

  • Shah, P.E., Hirsh-Pasek, K., Kashdan, T.B., Harrison, K., Rosenblum, K., Weeks, H.M., Singh, P., & Kaciroti, N. (2021). Daily television exposure, parent conversation during shared television viewing and socioeconomic status: Associations with curiosity at kindergarten. PLoS One, 16(10), e0258572. United States. 10.1371/journal.pone.0258572

  • Bower, C.A., Foster, L., Zimmermann, L., Verdine, B.N., Marzouk, M., Islam, S., Golinkoff, R.M., & Hirsh-Pasek, K. (2020). Three-year-olds' spatial language comprehension and links with mathematics and spatial performance. Dev Psychol, 56(10), 1894-1905. United States. 10.1037/dev0001098

  • Bustamante, A.S., Schlesinger, M., Begolli, K.N., Golinkoff, R.M., Shahidi, N., Zonji, S., Riesen, C., Evans, N., & Hirsh-Pasek, K. (2020). More than just a game: Transforming social interaction and STEM play with Parkopolis. Dev Psychol, 56(6), 1041-1056. United States. 10.1037/dev0000923

  • Schlesinger, M., Hassinger-Das, B., Zosh, J., Sawyer, J., Evans, N., & Hirsh-Pasek, K. (2020). Cognitive Behavioral Science behind the Value of Play: Leveraging Everyday Experiences to Promote Play, Learning, and Positive Interactions. Journal of Infant, Child, and Adolescent Psychotherapy, 19(2), 202-216. doi: 10.1080/15289168.2020.1755084.

  • Bower, C., Zimmermann, L., Verdine, B., Toub, T.S., Islam, S., Foster, L., Evans, N., Odean, R., Cibischino, A., Pritulsky, C., Hirsh-Pasek, K., & Golinkoff, R.M. (2020). Piecing together the role of a spatial assembly intervention in preschoolers' spatial and mathematics learning: Influences of gesture, spatial language, and socioeconomic status. Dev Psychol, 56(4), 686-698. United States. 10.1037/dev0000899

  • Pace, A., Levine, D.F., Golinkoff, R.M., Carver, L.J., & Hirsh-Pasek, K. (2020). Keeping the end in mind: Preliminary brain and behavioral evidence for broad attention to endpoints in pre-linguistic infants. Infant Behav Dev, 58, 101425. United States. 10.1016/j.infbeh.2020.101425

  • Shaw, P., Lee, M., Shen, Q., Hirsh-Pasek, K., Adolph, K.E., Oudeyer, P., & Popp, J. (2020). Editorial: Modeling Play in Early Infant Development. Front Neurorobot, 14, 50. Switzerland. 10.3389/fnbot.2020.00050

  • Gaudreau, C., King, Y.A., Dore, R.A., Puttre, H., Nichols, D., Hirsh-Pasek, K., & Golinkoff, R.M. (2020). Preschoolers Benefit Equally From Video Chat, Pseudo-Contingent Video, and Live Book Reading: Implications for Storytime During the Coronavirus Pandemic and Beyond. Front Psychol, 11, 2158. Switzerland. 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.02158

  • Ma, W., Golinkoff, R.M., Song, L., & Hirsh-Pasek, K. (2020). Using Verb Extension to Gauge Children's Verb Meaning Construals: The Case of Chinese. Front Psychol, 11, 572198. Switzerland. 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.572198

  • Hassinger-Das, B., Palti, I., Golinkoff, R., & Hirsh-Pasek, K. (2020). Urban Thinkscape: Infusing Public Spaces with STEM Conversation and Interaction Opportunities. Journal of Cognition and Development, 21(1), 125-147. doi: 10.1080/15248372.2019.1673753.

  • Levine, D., Pace, A., Luo, R., Hirsh-Pasek, K., Golinkoff, R.M., Villiers, J.d., Iglesias, A., & Wilson, M.S. (2020). Evaluating socioeconomic gaps in preschoolers’ vocabulary, syntax and language process skills with the Quick Interactive Language Screener (QUILS). Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 50, 114-128. doi: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2018.11.006.

  • Hassinger-Das, B., Zosh, J., Hansen, N., Talarowski, M., Zmich, K., Golinkoff, R., & Hirsh-Pasek, K. (2020). Play-and-learn spaces: Leveraging library spaces to promote caregiver and child interaction. Library and Information Science Research, 42(1). doi: 10.1016/j.lisr.2020.101002.

  • Bower, C., Odean, R., Verdine, B.N., Medford, J.R., Marzouk, M., Golinkoff, R.M., & Hirsh-Pasek, K. (2020). Associations of 3-year-olds' block-building complexity with later spatial and mathematical skills. J Cogn Dev, 21(3), 383-405. United States. 10.1080/15248372.2020.1741363