Publications

In Press

• Ralston, R., & Sloutsky, V. M. (in press). From features to categories: The development of inductive generalization. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition.

2023

• Sloutsky, V. M. & Turner, B. M. (2023). Cognition: The power of simple associative learning. Current Biology, 33, R223-R225.
• Unger, L. Yim, H., Savic, O., Dennis, S. J., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2023). No frills: Simple regularities in language can go a long way in the development of word knowledge. Developmental Science, e13373.
• Unger, L., & Sloutsky, V.M. (2023). Category learning is shaped by the multifaceted development of selective attention. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 226, 105549. PMID: 36116317, DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2022.105549.
• Blanco, N. J., Turner, B. M., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2023). The benefits of immature cognitive control: How distributed attention guards against learning traps. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 226, 105548.   PMID: 36126587  DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2022.105548.

2022

• Galdo, M., Weichart, E. R., Sloutsky, V. M., & Turner, B. M. (2022). The quest for simplicity in human learning: Identifying the constraints on attention. Cognitive Psychology, 138, Epub 2022 Sep 21. PMID: 36152354  DOI: 10.1016/j.cogpsych.2022.101508.
• Savic, O., Unger, L. & Sloutsky, V.M. (2022). Experience and maturation: The contribution of co-occurrence regularities in language to the development of semantic organization. Child Development, 48, 1064-1081. PMID: 35962586  DOI: 10.1111/cdev.13844
• Weichart, E. R., Galdo, M., Sloutsky, V. M., & Turner, B. M. (2022). As within, so without, as above, so below: Common mechanisms can support between- and within-trial category learning dynamics. Psychological Review, 129, 1104-1143. PMID: 35849355, DOI: 10.1037/rev0000381
• Yim, H., Osth, A., Slousky, V. M., & Dennis, S. J. (2022). Sources of interference in memory across development. Psychological Science, 33, 1154-1171. PMID: 35723971, PMCID: PMC9343861, DOI: 10.1177/09567976211073131.
• Darby, K. P., Sederberg, P. B., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2022). Intraobject and extraobject memory binding across early development. Developmental Psychology, 58, 1237-1253. PMID: 35311310, PMCID: PMC9302034, DOI: 10.1037/dev0001355
• Savic, O., Unger, L. & Sloutsky, V.M. (2022). Exposure to co-occurrence regularities in language drives semantic integration of new words. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 48, 1064-1081. PMID: 35389699  DOI: 10.1037/xlm0001122.
• Unger, L., & Sloutsky, V.M. (2022). Ready to learn: incidental exposure fosters novel category learning. Psychological Science, 33, 999-1019. PMID: 35617541, PMCID: PMC9343890, DOI: 10.1177/09567976211061470.
• Savic, O., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2022). Category exceptions change category boundaries. In Culbertson, J., Perfors, A., Rabagliati, H., Ramenzoni, V. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 44th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 3515-3521). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.
• Ralston, R., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2022). Query-based memory approximates rational induction: Application to infant statistical learning. In Culbertson, J., Perfors, A., Rabagliati, H., Ramenzoni, V. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 44th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 3579-3586). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.

2021

• Castro, L., Yang, S., Savic, O., Sloutsky, V. M., & Wasserman, E. A. (2021). Not all exceptions are created equal: Learning of exceptions in pigeons’ categorization. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 28, 1344–1353.
• Yim, H., Dennis, S., & Sloutsky, V.M. (2021). Examining three-way binding as a constraint on statistical learning. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, & Cognition, 47, 75-86.
• Blanco, N. J., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2021). Systematic exploration and uncertainty dominate young children’s choices. Developmental Science, 24, e13026. DOI: 10.1111/desc.13026.
• Ralston, R., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2021). Arc length has a geometric constraint for psychological spaces. In T. Fitch, C. Lamm, H. Leder, & K. Teßmar-Raible (Eds.), Proceedings of the 43th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 1299-1305). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.
• Unger, L., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2021).  Category learning is shaped by the multifaceted development of selective attention. In T. Fitch, C. Lamm, H. Leder, & K. Teßmar-Raible (Eds.), Proceedings of the 43th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 2052-2058). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.
• Yim, H., Savic, O., Barkhimer, A., Sloutsky, V.M., & Dennis, S. J. (2021). The mystery of early taxonomic development. In T. Fitch, C. Lamm, H. Leder, & K. Teßmar-Raible (Eds.), Proceedings of the 43th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 3103-3109). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.

2020

• Darby, K. P., Deng, W., Walther, D.B., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2020). The development of attention to objects and scenes: From object-biased to unbiased. Child Development. doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13469
• Castro, L., Savic, O., Navarro, V., Sloutsky, V.M., & Wasserman, E. A. (2020). Selective and distributed attention in human and pigeon category learning. Cognition, 204, 104350.
• Blanco, N. J., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2020). Attentional mechanisms drive systematic exploration in young children. Cognition. doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2020.104327
• Kaminski, J. A., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2020). The use and effectiveness of colorful, contextualized, student-made material for elementary mathematics instruction. International Journal of STEM Education. doi.org/10.1186/s40594-019-0199-7
• Unger, L. Savic, O. & Sloutsky, V.M. (2020). Statistical regularities shape semantic organization throughout development Cognition. doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2020.104190
• Unger, L., Savic, O., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2020).  Simple mechanisms, rich structure: Statistical co-occurrence regularities in language shape the development of semantic knowledge. In S. Denison., M. Mack, Y. Xu, & B.C. Armstrong (Eds.), Proceedings of the 42th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 130-136). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.
• Unger, L., Savic, O., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2020).  Becoming organized: how simple learning mechanisms may shape the development of rich semantic knowledge. In S. Denison., M. Mack, Y. Xu, & B.C. Armstrong (Eds.), Proceedings of the 42th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 137-143). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.

2019

• Plebanek, D. J., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2019). Selective Attention, Filtering, and the Development of Working Memory Developmental Science, e12727.
• O’ Leary, A., & Sloutsky, V. M. (in press). Components of metacognition can function independently across development. Developmental Psychology  55, 315-328
• Robinson, C.W., & Sloutsky, V.M. (2019). Two Mechanisms underlying auditory dominance: Overshadowing and response competition Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 178, 317-340
• Savic, O., & Sloutsky, V.M. (2019). Assimilation of exceptions? Examining representations of regular and exceptional category members across development. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 148, 1071-1090.
• Sloutsky, V.M., & Deng, W. (2019). Categories, Concepts, and Conceptual Development. Language, Cognition, and Neuroscience, 34, 1284-1297

2018

• Darby, K. P., Castro, L., Wasserman, E. A., & Sloutsky, V. M (2018). Cognitive flexibility and memory in pigeons, human children, and adults. Cognition. 177, 30-40.
• Yim, H., Osth, A., Sloutsky, V. M., & Dennis, S. J. (2018). Source and associative recognition require three-way binding structures. Journal of Memory and Language, 100, 89-97.

2017

• Sloutsky, V. M., Yim, H., Yao, X., & Dennis, S. J. (2017) An Associative Account of The Development of Word Learning Cognitive Psychology, 97, 1-30.
• O’Leary, A. & Sloutsky, V. M. (2017) Carving metacognition at its joints: Protracted development of component processes Child Development, 88 1015-1032
• Plebanek, D. J., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2017) Costs of Selective Attention: When Children Notice what Adults Miss Psychological Science, 28 723-732
• Yim, H., Osth, A., Sloutsky, V. M., & Dennis, S. (2017). Three-way bindings in associative recognition. In G. Gunzelmann, A. Howes, Th. Tenbrink, & E. Davelaar (Eds.), Proceedings of the 39th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 3590-3596). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.
• Sloutsky, V. M., & Deng, W. (2017). Categories, concepts, and conceptual development. Language, Cognition, and Neuroscience.

2016

• Deng, W. & Sloutsky, V. M. (2016) Selective Attention, Diffused Attention, and the Development of Categorization Cognitive Psychology, 91 24-62
• Hammer, R., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2016) Visual category learning involves rapid changes in brain activation reflecting sensitivity to the category relation between perceived objects and to decision correctness Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 28 1804-1819

2015

• Deng, W. & Sloutsky, V. M. (2015) The Development of categorization: Effects of classification and inference training on category representation Developmental Psychology, 51 392-405
• Darby, K.P., & Sloutsky, V.M. (2015) The Cost of learning: Interference effects in memory development Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 144 410-431
• Deng, W. & Sloutsky, V. M. (2015) The role of words and dynamic visual features in infant category learning Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 134 62-77
• Darby, K. P., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2015) When Delays Improve Memory: Stabilizing Memory in Children May Require TimePsychological Science, 26 1937-1946
• Sloutsky, V. M., Deng, W., Fisher, A. V., & Kloos, H. (2015) Conceptual Influences on Induction: A Case for a Late Onset Cognitive Psychology, 82 1-31
• Rivera, S. & Sloutsky, V.M. (2015) Development of selective attention in category learning Proceedings of the 37th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society 2003-2008
• Robinson, C.W., Barnhart, W., & Rivera, S. (2015) Auditory stimuli slow down responses and first fixations: Support for auditory dominance in adults Proceedings of the 37th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society 2009-2014
• Hammer, R., Sloutsky, V. M., & Grill-Spector, K. (2015) Feature saliency and feedback information interactively impact visual category learning Frontiers in Psychology, 3 1-15
• Sloutsky, V. M. (2015) Conceptual Development Handbook of Child psychology and Developmental Science 469-518

2013

• Sloutsky, V. M., & Robinson, C. W. (2013) Redundancy matters: Flexible learning of multiple contingencies in infants Cognition, 126156–164
• Robinson, C. W., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2013) When audition dominates vision: Evidence from cross-modal statistical learning.Experimental Psychology, 60 113-121
• Kloos, H., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2013) Blocking a competing cue: Is preschoolers’ reasoning guided by causal knowledge.Developmental Science, 16 713-727
• Kaminski, J. A., Sloutsky, V. M., & Heckler, A. (2013) The cost of concreteness: The effect of nonessential information on analogical transfer Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 19 14-29
• Kaminski, J. A., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2013) Extraneous perceptual information interferes with children’s acquisition of mathematical knowledge. Journal of Educational Psychology.
• Deng, W., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2013) The role of linguistic labels in inductive generalization. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 114 432-455
• Yim, H., Dennis, S. J., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2013) The development of episodic memory: Items, contexts, and relations. Psychological Science, 24, 2163-2172 [CODE]
• Best, C. A., Yim, H., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2013) The Cost of Selective Attention in Category Learning: Developmental Differences between Adults and Infants Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 116, 105-199
• O’Leary, A., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2013) Auditory overshadowing in preschoolers: A Preference for the input, the system, or both? In M. Knauff, M. Pauen, N. Sebanz, & I. Wachsmuth. (Eds.), Proceedings of the XXXV Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society1091-1096
• Darby, K., & Sloutsky. V. M (2013) Proactive and retroactive interference effects in development In M. Knauff, M. Pauen, N. Sebanz, & I. Wachsmuth. (Eds.), Proceedings of the XXXV Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society 2130-2036
• Deng, W., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2013) Effects of training on categorization Proceedings of the XXXV Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society pp. 2166-2171
• Miser, T., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2013) Distinguishing between category-based and similarity-based induction In M. Knauff, M. Pauen, N. Sebanz, & I. Wachsmuth. (Eds.), Proceedings of the XXXV Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society 3056-3061
• Yim, H., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2013) The role of category structure in category learning In M. Knauff, M. Pauen, N. Sebanz, & I. Wachsmuth. (Eds.), Proceedings of the XXXV Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society 3841-3847

2012

• Deng, W., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2012) Carrot-eaters and moving heads: Salient features provide greater support for inductive inference than category labels. Psychological Science, 23 178-186
• Sloutsky, V. M., & Fisher, A. V. (2012) Linguistic labels: Conceptual markers or object features? Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 111 65-86
• Sloutsky, V. M., & Fisher, A. V. (2012) Effects of Categorical Labels on Similarity Judgments: A Critical Evaluation of a Critical Analysis. Comment on Noles and Gelman. Developmental Psychology, 48 897-900
• Robinson, C. W, Best, C. A., Deng, W. & Sloutsky, V. M. (2012) The role of words in cognitive tasks: What, when, and how?Frontiers in Psychology, 3 1-8
• Deng, W., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2012) The role of linguistic labels in infants’ categorization: An eye tracking study. Proceedings of the XXXIV Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society 282-287
• Hammer, R., Sloutsky, V. M., & Grill-Spector, K. (2012) The interplay between feature-saliency and feedback information in visual category learning tasks Proceedings of the XXXIV Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society 420-425
• Kaminski, J. A., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2012) Children’s acquisition of fraction knowledge from concrete versus generic instantiationsProceedings of the XXXIV Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society 1750-1755
• Rivera, S. Best, C. A., Yim, H., Martinez, A. M., Sloutsky, V. M., & Walther, D. B. (2012) Automatic selection of eye tracking variables in visual categorization for adults and infants. Proceedings of the XXXIV Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society 2440-2445
• Yim, H., Dennis, S. J., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2012) The role of attention in three-way binding in episodic memory. Proceedings of the XXXIV Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society 2587-2592

2011

• Hupp, J. M., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2011) Learning to learn: From within-modality to cross-modality transfer in infancy. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 110, 408-421
• Opfer, J. E., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2011) On the design and function of rational arguments. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 34, 85-86
• Best, C. A., Robinson, C. W., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2011) The effect of labels on categorization: Is attention to relevant features a good index of infants’ category learning? In L. Carlson, Ch. Hölscher. & T. Shipley (Eds.), Proceedings of the XXXIII Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 2751-2755) Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Best, C. A., Robinson, C. W., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2011) The effect of labels on children’s category learning. In L. Carlson, Ch. Hölscher. & T. Shipley (Eds.), Proceedings of the XXXIII Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 3332-3336) Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Yim, H., Best, C. B., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2011) Cost of attention as an indicator of category learning. In L. Carlson, Ch. Hölscher. & T. Shipley (Eds.), Proceedings of the XXXIII Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 1763-1769) Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Yim, H., Dennis, S., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2011) The development of context use and three way bindings in episodic memory. In L. Carlson, Ch. Hölscher. & T. Shipley (Eds.), Proceedings of the XXXIII Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 3040-3045) Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Kaminski, J. A., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2011) Representation and Transfer of Abstract Mathematical Concepts In V. F. Reyna (Ed), The Adolescent Brain: Learning, Reasoning, and Decision Making 67-93

2010

• Sloutsky, V. M. (2010) Mechanisms of cognitive development: Domain-general learning or domain-specific constraints Cognitive Science, 34, 1125-1130
• Robinsion, C. W., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2010) Effects of multimodal presentation and stimulus familiarity on auditory and visual processing Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 107, 351-358
• Sloutsky, V. M. (2010) From perceptual categories to concepts: What develops? Cognitive Science, 34, 1244-1286
• Best, C. A., Robinson, C. W., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2010) The effect of labels on visual attention: An eye tracking study. In S. Ohlsson & R. Catrambone (Eds.), Proceedings of the XXXII Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, (pp. 1846-1851) Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Robinson, C. W., Ahmar, N., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2010) Evidence for auditory dominance in a passive oddball task. In S. Ohlsson & R. Catrambone (Eds.), Proceedings of the XXXII Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, (pp. 2644-2649) Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Robinson, C. W., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2010) Attention and cross-modal processing: Evidence from Heart Rate analyses. In S. Ohlsson & R. Catrambone (Eds.), Proceedings of the XXXII Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, (pp. 2639-2643) Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Kaminski, J. A., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2010) Concreteness and relational matching in preschoolers. In S. Ohlsson & R. Catrambone (Eds.), Proceedings of the XXXII Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, (pp. 335-340) Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Deng. W., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2010) The role of linguistic labels in categorization. In S. Ohlsson & R. Catrambone (Eds.), Proceedings of the XXXII Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, (pp. 230-235) Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Yao, X., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2010) Selective attention and development of categorization: An eye tracking study. In S. Ohlsson & R. Catrambone (Eds.), Proceedings of the XXXII Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, (pp. 1980-1985) Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Osth, A., Dennis, S., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2010) Context and category information in children and adults. In S. Ohlsson & R. Catrambone (Eds.), Proceedings of the XXXII Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, (pp. 842-847) Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Robinson, C. W., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2010) Development of cross-modal processing. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cognitive Science, 1135-141
• Kaminski, J. A., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2010) Representation and transfer of abstract mathematical concepts. In V. F. Reyna (Ed), The Adolescent Brain: Learning, Reasoning, and Decision Making
• Sloutsky, V. M., & Fisher, A. V. (2010) The development of categorization. In B. H. Ross (Ed.), The Psychology of Learning and Motivation

2009

• Kaminski, J. A., Sloutsky, V. M., & Heckler, A. F. (2009) Transfer of mathematical knowledge: The portability of generic instantiations.Child Development Perspectives, 3, 151-155
• Sloutsky, V. M. (2009) Theories about “theories”: Where is the explanation? Comment on Waxman and Gelman. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 13, 331-332
• Kaminski, J. A., Sloutsky, V. M., & Heckler, A. F. (2009) Concrete instantiations of mathematics: A double-edged sword. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 40, 90-93
• Hupp, J. M., Sloutsky, V. M., & Culicover, P. W. (2009) Evidence for a domain general mechanism underlying the suffixation preference in language. Language and Cognitive Processes, 24, 876-909
• Kaminski, J. A., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2009) The effect of concreteness on children’s ability to detect common proportion. In N. Taatgen & H. van Rijn (Eds.), Proceedings of the XXXI Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 335-340) Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Sloutsky, V. M. (2009) Similarity, induction, naming and categorization: A Bottom-up approach. In Scott P. Johnson (Ed.),Neoconstructivism: The New Science of Cognitive Development. New York: Oxford University Press.

2008

• Kaminski, J. A., Sloutsky, V. M., & Heckler, A. F. (2008) Blocking effects on dimensions: How attentional focus on values can spill over to the dimension level. In V. M. Sloutsky, B. C. Love, & K. McRae (Eds.), Proceedings of the XXX Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 1075-1080) Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Sloutsky, V. M., & Robinson, C. W. (2008) Flexible attentional learning in infancy. In V. M. Sloutsky, B. C. Love, & K. McRae (Eds.),Proceedings of the XXX Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 1182-1187) Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Heckler, A. F., Kaminski, J. A., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2008) Learning associations that run counter to biases in learning: Overcoming overshadowing and learned inattention. In V. M. Sloutsky, B. C. Love, & K. McRae (Eds.), Proceedings of the XXX Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 511-516) Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Sloutsky, V. M., & Yao, X. (2008) Learning words from context. In V. M. Sloutsky, B. C. Love, & K. McRae (Eds.), Proceedings of the XXX Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 1925-1929) Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Hupp, J. M., Sloutsky, V. M., & Culicover, P. W. (2008) Modifying the suffixation preference across domains. In V. M. Sloutsky, B. C. Love, & K. McRae (Eds.), Proceedings of the XXX Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 1326-1331) Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Kloos, H., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2008) Removing the time crutch: Can preschoolers still make causal judgments? In V. M. Sloutsky, B. C. Love, & K. McRae (Eds.), Proceedings of the XXX Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 1146-1151) Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Sloutsky, V. M. (2008) Analogy is to priming as relations are to transformations. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 31, 396-397
• Robinson, C. W., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2008) Effects of auditory input in individuation tasks. Developmental Science, 11, 869-881
• Sloutsky, V. M., & Fisher, A. V. (2008) Attentional learning and flexible induction: How mundane mechanisms give rise to smart behaviors. Child Development, 79, 639-651
• Sloutsky, V. M. (2008) Recognition memory and mechanisms of induction: Comment on Wilburn and Feeney. Cognition, 108, 500-506
• Kaminski, J. A., Sloutsky, V. M., & Heckler, A. F. (2008) Responses to comments. Science, 322, 1632
• Kaminski, J. A., Sloutsky, V. M., & Heckler, A. F. (2008) The advantage of abstract examples in learning math. Science, 230, 454-455
• Sloutsky, V. M., & Robinson, C. W. (2008) The role of words and sounds in visual processing: From overshadowing to attentional tuning. Cognitive Science, 32, 354-377
• Kloos, H., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2008) What’s behind different kinds of kinds: Effects of statistical density on learning and representation of categories. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 137, 52-72

2007

• Robinson, C. W., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2007) Visual processing speed: Effects of auditory input on visual processing. Developmental Science, 10, 734-740
• Sloutsky, V. M., Kloos, H., & Fisher, A. V. (2007) What’s beyond looks? Reply to Gelman and Waxman. Psychological Science, 18,556-557
• Sloutsky, V. M., Kloos, H., & Fisher, A. V. (2007) When looks are everything: Appearance similarity versus kind information in early induction. Psychological Science, 18, 179-185
• Robinson, C. W., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2007) Linguistic labels and categorization in infancy: Do labels facilitate or hinder? Infancy, 11,233-253
• Robinson, C. W., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2007) Auditory dominance: Overshadowing or response competition? In D. McNamara & G. Trafton (Eds.), Proceedings of the XXIX Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 605-610) Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Kaminski, J., Sloutsky, V. M., & Heckler, A. F. (2007) Effects of multiple instantiations on transfer of knowledge. In D. McNamara & G. Trafton (Eds.), Proceedings of the XXIX Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 1139-1144) Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Robinson, C. W., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2007) Visual statistical learning: Getting some help from the auditory modality. In D. McNamara & G. Trafton (Eds.), Proceedings of the XXIX Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 611-616) Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

2006

• Fangmeier, T., Knauff, M., Ruff, C. C., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2006) fMRI evidence for a three-stage model of deductive reasoning.Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 18, 320-334
• Fisher, A. F., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2006) Flexible attention to labels and appearances in early induction. In R. Sun and N. Miyake (Eds.). Proceedings of the XXVIII Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 220-225)
• Robinson, C. W., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2006) Categorization in infancy: When sounds and labels hinder category learning. In R. Sun and N. Miyake (Eds.). Proceedings of the XXVIII Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 2038-2041)
• Kaminski, J., Sloutsky, V. M., & Heckler, A. F. (2006) Do children need concrete instantiations to learn an abstract concept? In R. Sun and N. Miyake (Eds.). Proceedings of the XXVIII Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 411-416)
• Kaminski, J., Sloutsky, V. M., & Heckler, A. F. (2006) Effects of concreteness on representation: an explanation for differential transfer. In R. Sun and N. Miyake (Eds.). Proceedings of the XXVIII Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 1581-1586)
• Heckler, A. F., Kaminski, J., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2006) Differential cue salience, blocking and learned inattention. In R. Sun and N. Miyake (Eds.). Proceedings of the XXVIII Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 1476-1481)

2005

• Sloutsky, V. M., & Fisher, A. V. (2005) Similarity, Induction, Naming, and Categorization (SINC): Generalization or verbal inductive reasoning? Response to Heit and Hayes. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 134, 606-611
• Sloutsky, V. M., Kaminski, J., & Heckler, A. F. (2005) The advantage of simple symbols for learning and transfer. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 12, 508-513
• Fisher, A. V., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2005) When induction meets memory: Evidence for gradual transition from similarity-based to category-based induction. Child Development, 76, 583-597
• Fisher, A. V., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2005) Effects of category labels on induction and visual processing: Support or interference? In B.G. Bara, L. Barsalou, & M. Bucciarelli (Eds.), Proceedings of the XXVII Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, 678-683 Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Hupp, J. M., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2005) Rules of physics can be learned implicitly. In B.G. Bara, L. Barsalou, & M. Bucciarelli (Eds.),Proceedings of the XXVII Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, 1007-1011 Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Kaminski, J., Sloutsky, V. M., & Heckler, A. F. (2005) Relevant concreteness and its effects on learning and transfer. In B.G. Bara, L. Barsalou, & M. Bucciarelli (Eds.), Proceedings of the XXVII Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, 1090-1095 Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Kloos, H., Fisher, A. V., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2005) Dissociation between categorization and induction early in development: Evidence for similarity-based induction. In B.G. Bara, L. Barsalou, & M. Bucciarelli (Eds.), Proceedings of the XXVII Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, 1149-1153 Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Kloos, H., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2005) Do preschoolers understand causality? A critical look. In B.G. Bara, L. Barsalou, & M. Bucciarelli (Eds.), Proceedings of the XXVII Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, 1154-1159 Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Robinson, C. W., Howard, E. M., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2005) The nature of early word comprehension: Symbols or associations? In B.G. Bara, L. Barsalou, & M. Bucciarelli (Eds.), Proceedings of the XXVII Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, 1883-1888 Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Robinson, C. W., Howard, E. M., & Sloutsky, V.M. (2005) Mechanisms underlying the effects of labels on cognitive development. In B.G. Bara, L. Barsalou, & M. Bucciarelli (Eds.), Proceedings of the XXVII Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, 1878-1882 Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Sloutsky, V. M., Robinson, C. W., & Timbrook, C. M. (2005) Overshadowing as a mechanism underlying the effect of labels on categorization. In B.G. Bara, L. Barsalou, & M. Bucciarelli (Eds.), Proceedings of the XXVII Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, 2033-2037 Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Knauff, M., Famgmeier, T., Ruff,C. C., Sloutsky, V. M. (2005) FMRI-Evidence for a Three-Stage-Model of Deductive Reasoning In B.G. Bara, L. Barsalou, & M. Bucciarelli (Eds.), Proceedings of the XXVII Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, 1161-1165 Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

2004

• Napolitano, A. C., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2004) Is a picture worth a thousand words? The flexible nature of modality dominance in young children. Child Development, 75, 1850-1870
• Fisher, A.V., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2004) Categorization and memory: Representation of category information increases memory intrusions. In K. Forbus, D. Gentner, & T. Regier (Eds.), Proceedings of the XXVI Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society,387-391 Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Fisher, A.V., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2004) The development of induction: From similarity-based to category-based. In K. Forbus, D. Gentner, & T. Regier (Eds.), Proceedings of the XXVI Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, 392-397 Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Hupp, J.M., Sloutsky, V. M., & Culicover, P. W. (2004) The importance of temporal information for inflection-type effects in linguistic and non-linguistic domains. In K. Forbus, D. Gentner, & T. Regier (Eds.), Proceedings of the XXVI Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, 613-617 Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Kaminski, J. A., Sloutsky, V. M., & Heckler, A. F. (2004) Transfer of learning between isomorphic artificial domains: Advantage for the abstract. In K. Forbus, D. Gentner, & T. Regier (Eds.), Proceedings of the XXVI Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society,642-647 Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Kloos, H., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2004) Are natural kinds psychologically distinct from nominal kinds? Evidence from learning and development. In K. Forbus, D. Gentner, & T. Regier (Eds.), Proceedings of the XXVI Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, 702-707 Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Robinson, C, W., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2004) The effect of stimulus familiarity on modality dominance. In K. Forbus, D. Gentner, & T. Regier (Eds.), Proceedings of the XXVI Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, 1167-1172 Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Sloutsky, V. M., & von Spiegel, J. (2004) Automatic processing of elements interferes with processing of relations. In K. Forbus, D. Gentner, & T. Regier (Eds.), Proceedings of the XXVI Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, 1261-1266 Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Sloutsky, V. M., & Spino, M. A. (2004) Naïve theory and transfer of learning: When less is more and more is less. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 11, 536-541
• Robinson, C. W., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2004) Auditory dominance and its change in the course of development. Child Development, 75,1387-1401
• Sloutsky, V. M., & Fisher, A. V. (2004) When learning and development decrease memory: Evidence against category-based induction. Psychological Science, 15, 553-558
• Sloutsky, V. M., & Fisher, A. V. (2004) Induction and categorization in young children: A similarity-based model. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 133, 166-188
• Sloutsky, V. M., & Goldvarg, Y. (2004) Mental representation of logical connectives. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Experimental Psychology, 57A (4), 636-665

2003

• Martin, L., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2003) Encoding of Elements and Relations of Object Arrangements by Young Children. In R. Alterman & D. Kirsh (Eds.), Proceedings of the XXV Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, 787-791 Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Napolitano, A. V., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2003) Flexible attention and modality preference in young children. In R. Alterman & D. Kirsh (Eds.), Proceedings of the XXV Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, 846-850 Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Robinson, C. W., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2003) Attending to auditory and visual input with flexibility: Evidence from 4-year-olds. In R. Alterman & D. Kirsh (Eds.), Proceedings of the XXV Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, 1006-1010 Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Sloutsky, V. M. (2003) The role of similarity in the development of categorization. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 7, 246-251
• Sloutsky, V. M., & Napolitano, A. (2003) Is a picture worth a thousand words? Preference for auditory modality in young children.Child Development, 74, 822-833

2002

• Morris, B. J., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2002) Children’s solutions of logical vs. empirical problems: What’s missing and what develops.Cognitive Development, 16, 907-928
• Hasson, U., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2002) Similarity and difference judgments under perceptual and non-perceptual conditions. In W. Gray & C. Schunn (Eds.), Proceedings of the XXIV Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, 429-434 Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Rader, A., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2002) Processing of logically valid and logically invalid conditional inferences in discourse comprehension. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 28, 59-68

2001

• Rader, A. W., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2001) Conjunction bias in memory representations of logical connectives. Memory & Cognition, 29(6), 838-849
• Sloutsky, V. M., Lo, Y.-F., & Fisher, A. (2001) How much does a shared name make things similar? Part 2: Linguistic labels and the development of inductive inference. Child Development, 72, 1695-1709
• Lo, Y.-F., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2001) Effects of multiple sources of information on induction in young children. In J. Moore & K. Stenning (Eds.), Proceedings of the XXIII Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, 564-569 Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Sloutsky, V. M., & Fisher, A. V. (2001) Effects of linguistic and perceptual information on categorization in young children. In J. Moore & K. Stenning (Eds.), Proceedings of the XXIII Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, 946-951 Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Napolitano, A., Sloutsky, V. M., & Boysen, S. T. (2001) Modality preference and its change in the course of development. In J. Moore & K. Stenning (Eds.), Proceedings of the XXIII Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, 681-685 Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

2000 and Previous

• Sloutsky, V. M. (2000) What are fallacies good for? Representational speed-up in propositional reasoning. Proceedings of the XXII Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 907-911) Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Sloutsky, V. M., & Lo, Y.-F. (2000) Linguistic labels and the development of inductive Inference. Proceedings of the XXII Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 469-474) Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Sloutsky, V. M., & Lo, Y.-F. (2000) The primacy of one-to-one generalization in young children’s induction. Proceedings of the XXII Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 912-917) Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Sloutsky, V. M., & Yarlas, A. (2000) Problem representation in experts and novices: Part 1. Differences in the content of representation. Proceedings of the XXII Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 1006-1011) Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Sloutsky, V. M., & Yarlas, A. (2000) Problem representation in experts and novices: Part 2. Underlying processing mechanisms.Proceedings of the XXII Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 475-480) Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Sloutsky, V. M., & Lo, Y.-F. (1999) How much does a shared name make things similar? Part 1: Linguistic labels and the development of similarity judgment. Developmental Psychology, 35, 1478-1492
• Sloutsky, V. M., & Goldvarg, Y. (1999) Effects of externalization on representation of indeterminate problems. In M. Hahn & S. Stones (Eds.), Proceedings of the XXI Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 695-700) Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Sloutsky, V. M., & Johnson-Laird. P. N. (1999) Problem representations and illusions in reasoning. In M. Hahn & S. Stones (Eds.),Proceedings of the XXI Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 701-705) Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Morris, B. J., & Sloutsky, V. M. (1999) Developmental differences in young children’s solutions of logical vs. empirical problems. In M. Hahn & S. Stones (Eds.), Proceedings of the XXI Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 432-437) Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Rader, A. W., & Sloutsky, V. M. (1999) Representation of logical forms and reasoning. In M. Hahn & S. Stones (Eds.), Proceedings of the XXI Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 560-565) Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Sloutsky, & Lo, Y.-F. (1999) Is the same name like the same color? The role of linguistic labels in similarity judgment. In M. Hahn & S. Stones (Eds.), Proceedings of the XXI Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (p. 816) Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Morris, A. K., & Sloutsky, V. M. (1998) Understanding of logical necessity: Developmental antecedents and cognitive consequences.Child Development, 69(3), 721-741
• Sloutsky, V. M., Rader, A., & Morris, B. (1998) Increasing informativeness and reducing ambiguities: Adaptive strategies in human information processing. In M. A. Gernsbacher & S. J. Derry (Eds.), Proceedings of the XX Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 997-999) Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Sloutsky, V. M. (1997) Effects of institutional care on cognitive and social development of six- and seven year-old children: A contextualist perspective. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 20 (1), 131-153