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Simon, T., Hespos, S. J., & Rochat, P. (1995). Do infants understand simple arithmetic? A replication of Wynn (1992). Cognitive Development, 10(2), 253–269. pdf

Rochat, P. & Hespos, S. J. (1996). Tracking and anticipation of invisible spatial transformations by 4- to 8-month-old infants. Cognitive Development, 11(1), 3–17. pdf

Rochat, P. & Hespos, S. J. (1997). Differential rooting response by neonates: Evidence for an early sense of self. Early Development and Parenting, 6(3 & 4), 105–112. pdf

Hespos, S. J. & Rochat, P. (1997). Dynamic representation in infancy. Cognition, 64, 153–188. pdf

Hespos, S. J. & Baillargeon, R. (2001). Reasoning about containment events in very young infants. Cognition, 78, 207 – 245. pdf

Hespos, S. J. & Baillargeon, R. (2001). Infants’ knowledge about occlusion and containment: A surprising discrepancy. Psychological Science, 12(2), 141 – 147. pdf

Spelke, E.S. & Hespos, S.J. (2001). Continuity, competence, and the object concept. In E. Dupoux (Ed.), Language, brain and cognitive development: Essays in honor of Jacques Mehler. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press (pp. 325 – 340). pdf

Spelke, E.S. & Hespos, S.J. (2002). Conceptual Development in Infancy: The Case of Containment. (pp. 223 – 246) In N. Stein, P. Bauer, & M. Rabinowitch (Eds.), Representation, memory, and development: Essays in honor of Jean Mandler, (pp. 223-246). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum. pdf

Hespos, S. J. & Spelke, E. S. (2004). Conceptual precursors to spatial language. Nature, 430, 453 - 456. pdf

Hespos, S. J. (2004). Language: Life without numbers, Current Biology, 14, R927 - R928. pdf

Hespos, S. J. & Baillargeon, R. (2006). Decalage in infants' reasoning about occlusion and containment events: Converging evidence from action tasks. Cognition, 99,B31-B41. pdf

Hespos, S.J. & Spelke, E.S. (2007). Precursors to spatial language: The case of containment. In M. Aurnague, M. Hickman & L. Vieu (Eds.), The categorization of spatial entities in language and cognition (pp. 233 – 245). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Benjamins Publishers. pdf

Hespos, S. J. (2007). Language Acquisition: When does the learning begin? Current Biology, 17(16), R628 – R630. pdf

Hespos, S. J. & Baillargeon, R. (2008). Young infants’ actions reveal their developing knowledge of support variables: Converging evidence for violation-of-expectation findings. Cognition, 107(1), 304 - 316. pdf
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Hespos, S.J., Ferry, A. L., Cannistraci, C., Gore, J., Park, S. (2009) Optical imaging on human infants. In A.W. Roe (Ed.) Imaging the brain with optical methods (pp. 159-176). Springer: New York. pdf

Hespos, S. J., Saylor, M., & Grossman, S. (2009). Infants’ ability to parse continuous actions series. Developmental Psychology, 45, (2), 575-585. pdf

Hespos, S.J., Gredebeck, G., von Hofsten, C., & Spelke, E.S. (2009). Occlusion is hard: Comparing predictive reaching for visible and hidden objects in infants and adults. Cognitive Science, 33, 1483-1502. pdf

Hespos, S.J., Ferry, A., Rips, L. (2009). Five-month-old infants have different expectations for solids and substances. Psychological Science, 20, (5), 603-611. pdf

Hespos, S. J., & Piccin, T. (2009). To generalize or not to generalize: Spatial categories are influenced by physical attributes and language. Developmental Science, 12 (1), 88 - 95. pdf

Ferry, A., Hespos, S.J., & Waxman, S. (2010). Language facilitates category formation in 3-month-old infants. Manuscript in press at Child Development. pdf

Hespos, S. J. (2010) What is optical imaging? Manuscript in press Journal of Cognition and Development. pdf

Manuscripts Under Review

Hespos, S.J., Dora, B., Rips, L., & Christie, S. (2010). Infants make quantity discriminations for substances. Manuscript under review at Child Development. pdf

Manuscripts in Preparation

Hespos, S. J. Reber, P., Cannestraci, C., Ferry, A. & Gore, J. (2010). Shedding new light on cognition: Optical imaging on human infants. Manuscript in preparation.

Hespos, S. J. Park, S., Ferry, A., Lane, A.P. & Gore, J. (2010). An optical imaging study of language recognition in the first year of lifeManuscript in preparation.

 Hespos, S. J. & Baillargeon, R. (2010). Tracking object identity changes across occlusion and containment events. Manuscript in preparation.

Hespos, S.J., Dora, B., & Rips, L. (2010). Quantity discriminations for substances: Does Weber’s fraction predict performance? Manuscript in preparation.

Grossman, S. Hespos, S.J., Saylor, M.M. (2010). Infants’ ability to parse continuous actions series: Further evidence. Manuscript in preparation.

Durbin, C. E., Hespos, S. J., McGowan, S.K., Smith, M. (2010). Affective neuroscience of emotion-based endophenotypes for depression in children. Manuscript in preparation.

Hespos, S.J. Gitelis, S., &, Ferry, A. (2010). The nature of the BOLD response in young infants. Manuscript in preparation.

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