CURRICULUM VITAE
Christopher W. Robinson
APPOINTMENTS & PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor, Ohio State University at Newark 2013- current
Lecturer, Ohio State University at Newark 2012- 2013
Research Scientist, The Ohio State University 2007 – 2012
Postdoctoral Researcher, The Ohio State University 2002 – 2007
Adjunct Faculty, University of Toledo 2002
Adjunct Faculty, Heidelberg College 2001 – 2002
Graduate Research Assistant, University of Toledo 1997 – 2002
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Oxford University, connectionist modeling seminar 2003
The Ohio State University, Postdoctoral Researcher 2002 – 2007
University of Toledo, Ph.D. (Advisor: P. Hull Smith) 1999 – 2002
University of Toledo, M.A. (Advisor: P. Hull Smith) 1997 – 1999
University of Toledo, B.A. 1992 – 1997
GRANTS AND AWARDS
Grants
Cross-modal processing and lexical development, Co-PI, NIH R01, 2009–12
Attentional factors underlying early word learning, PI, NIH R03, 2008-10
Awards
Center for Cognitive Science Travel Award, 2010
NSF Travel Awards, 2005, 2008
Junior Travel Fellowship: Carnegie Symposium for Cognition, 2002
RESEARCH & SCHOLARSHIP
Manuscripts for Publication
Robinson, C. W., & Sloutsky, V. M. (in prep). Serial retrieval of cross-modal information.
Best, C. A., Robinson, C. W., & Sloutsky, V. M. (in prep). Attention optimization in the course of category learning.
Robinson, C. W., & Sloutsky, V. M. (in prep). Behavioral and psychophysiological responses to cross-modal information.
Best, C. A., Robinson, C. W., & Sloutsky, V. M. (under review). Developmental changes in the role of selective attention in category learning: Evidence from eye tracking. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology.
Robinson, C. W., & Sloutsky, V. M. (under review). Sounds interfere with visual processing: Neurophysiological evidence for auditory dominance. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance.
Sloutsky, V. M. & Robinson, C. W. (in press). Redundancy matters: Flexible learning of multiple contingencies in infants. Cognition.
Robinson, C. W., & Sloutsky, V. M. (in press). When audition dominates vision: Evidence from cross-modal statistical learning. Experimental Psychology.
Robinson, C. W., Best, C. A., Deng, S., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2012). The Role of Words in Cognitive Tasks: What, When, and How? Frontiers in Psychology, 3, 1-8.
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, C. Hölscher, & T. Shipley (Eds.), Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 2751-2755). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.
Chandra., M., Robinson, C. W., & Sinnett, S. (2011). Coexistence of multiple modal dominances. In L. Carlson, C. Hölscher, & T. Shipley (Eds.), Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 2604-2609). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.
Best, C. A., Robinson, C. W., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2011). The effect of labels on children’s category learning. In L. Carlson, C. Hölscher, & T. Shipley (Eds.), Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 3332-3336). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.
Robinson, 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.
Robinson, C. W., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2010). Development of cross-modal processing. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cognitive Science, 1, 135-141.
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 32nd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp 2644-2649). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.
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 32nd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp 2639-2643). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.
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 32nd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp 1846-1851). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.
Robinson, C. W., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2008). Effects of auditory input in individuation tasks. Developmental Science, 11, 869-881.
Sloutsky, V. M., & Robinson, C. W. (2008). Flexible attentional learning in infancy. In B. C. Love, K. McRae, & V. M. Sloutsky (Eds.), Proceedings of the 30th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 1182-1187). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.
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.
Robinson, C. W., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2007). Visual processing speed: Effects of auditory input on visual processing. Developmental Science, 10, 734-740.
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). Visual statistical learning: Getting some help from the auditory modality. In D. S. McNamara & J. G. Trafton (Eds.), Proceedings of the 29th Annual Cognitive Science Society (pp. 611-616). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.
Robinson, C. W., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2007). Cross-modal interference: Overshadowing or response competition?. In D. S. McNamara & J. G. Trafton (Eds.), Proceedings of the 29th Annual Cognitive Science Society (pp. 605-610). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.
Robinson, C. W., Timbrook, C. M., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2006). Auditory overshadowing and categorization: When decreased visual processing facilitates categorization. In R. Sun, & N. Miyake (Eds.), Proceedings of the 28th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, 2038-2041. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
Robinson, C. W., & Sloutsky, V.M. (2006). Categorization in infancy: When sounds and labels hinder category learning. In R. Sun, & N. Miyake (Eds.), Proceedings of the 28th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, 2038-2041. 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 27th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, 1878-1882. 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 27th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, 1883-1888. 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 27th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, 2033-2037. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
Robinson, C. W., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2004). Auditory dominance and its change in the course of development. Child Development, 75, 1387-1401.
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 26th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, 1167-1172. 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 25th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, 1006-1010. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
Smith, P. H., Whitmore, J., Shore, W. J., Robinson, C. W., & Dixon, W. E. Jr. (1999). Infants’ responses to objects representing levels of word knowledge and categorical information, Infant Behavior and Development, 22, 511-526.
Conference Presentations
Robinson, C. W. & Sloutsky, V. M. (2012, June). Infants’ cardiac responses to changing auditory, visual, and cross-modal information. Poster presented at the Biennial International Conference for Infant Studies, Minneapolis, MN.
Sloutsky, V. M., & Robinson, C. W. (2012, June). Flexible learning of multiple categories in infancy. Paper presented at the Biennial International Conference for Infant Studies, Minneapolis, MN.
Miser, T., Spence, B., D’Souza, H. M., Robinson, C. W., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2012, June). Examining cross-modal binding in a novel infant-contingent procedure. Poster presented at the Biennial International Conference for Infant Studies, Minneapolis, MN.
Sloutsky, V. M., Robinson, C. W., & Best. C.A. (2012, June). Category Learning in Infancy: What Develops? Paper presented at the Biennial International Conference for Infant Studies, Minneapolis, MN.
Robinson, C. W., Best, C. A., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2011, October). The role of labels in children’s object category learning. Poster presented at the Biennual meeting of the Cognitive Development Society, Philadelphia, PA.
Robinson, C. W., Best, C. A., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2011, April). Auditory dominance and category learning. Paper presented at the Biennial Society for Research in Child Development, Montréal, QC.
Robinson, C. W., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2010, March). Effects of words on category learning: An eyetracking study. Poster session presented at the Biennial International Conference for Infant Studies, Baltimore, MD.
Robinson, C. W., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2010, March). Effects of word and object familiarity on word learning. Poster session presented at the Biennial International Conference for Infant Studies, Baltimore, MD.
Sloutsky, V. M., & Robinson, C. W. (2010, March). Effects of words on category learning: Does category structure matter? Paper presented at the Biennial International Conference for Infant Studies, Baltimore, MD.
Robinson, C. W., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2009, April). Mechanisms underlying modality dominance effects. Poster session presented at the Biennial Society for Research in Child Development, Denver, CO.
Robinson, C. W., Sloutsky, V. M., & Panneton. R. (2008, March). Modality-dependent and modality-independent measures of attention. Paper presented at the Biennial International Conference for Infant Studies, Vancouver, BC.
Robinson, C. W., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2008, March). Development of cross-modal statistical learning. Poster session presented at the Biennial International Conference for Infant Studies, Vancouver, BC.
Sloutsky, V. M., & Robinson, C. W. (2008, March). Exploring mechanisms underlying effects of words on categorization. Paper presented at the Biennial International Conference for Infant Studies, Vancouver, BC.
Robinson, C. W., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2007, March). The effect of a referential context on visual processing: Increased familiarity? Poster session presented at the Biennial Society for Research in Child Development, Boston, MA.
Robinson, C. W., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2007, March). The role of stimulus familiarity in individuation. Poster session presented at the Biennial Society for Research in Child Development, Boston, MA.
Robinson, C. W., Napolitano, A. C., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2005, April). Developmental changes in auditory and visual dominance effects in infants and young children. Paper presented at the Biennial Society for Research in Child Development,Atlanta,GA.
Sloutsky, V. M., & Robinson, C. W. (2005, April). How words become special. Paper presented at the Biennial Society for Research in Child Development,Atlanta,GA.
Robinson, C. W., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2005, April). Effects of linguistic cues on processing visual input in young children and adults. Poster session presented at the Biennial Society for Research in Child Development,Atlanta,GA.
Howard, E., Robinson, C. W., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2005, April). The effect of auditory input on visual processing. Poster session presented at the Biennial Society for Research in Child Development,Atlanta,GA.
Robinson, C. W., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2004, May) Familiar labels tune attention to corresponding visual input. Poster session presented at the Biennial International Conference for Infant Studies,Chicago, Il.
Tobin, L., Howard, E., Robinson, C. W., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2004, May) The effect of non-speech sounds and labels on categorization. Poster session presented at the Biennial International Conference for Infant Studies,Chicago, Il.
Robinson, C. W., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2004, May) Auditory dominance in an object recognition task. Poster session presented at the Biennial International Conference for Infant Studies,Chicago, Il.
Bramstedt, B., Robinson, C. W., Smith, P. H., Shore, W. J., & Dixon, W. E. (2004, May) The influence of age, receptive vocabulary and level of word knowledge on infants’ sequential touching behaviors. Poster session presented at the Biennial International Conference for Infant Studies,Chicago, Il.
Edwardson, H., Smith, P. H., Shore, W. J., & Robinson, C. W. (2004, May) The development of object knowledge and word knowledge in 15- to 22-month-old infants. Poster session presented at the Biennial International Conference for Infant Studies,Chicago, Il.
Sloutsky, V. M., & Robinson, C. W. (2003, October). Are linguistic labels “born” special or do they achieve this status? A domain-general mechanism that makes them special. Paper presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Cognitive Development Society, Park City, UT.
Robinson, C. W., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2003, October). Do you hear what I hear? Auditory and visual input competing for four-year-olds’ attention. Poster session presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Cognitive Development Society, Park City, UT.
Shore, W. J., Smith, P. H., & Robinson, C. W. (2003, October). Word knowledge as process: Evidence for partial knowledge in toddlers’ vocabularies. Poster session presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Cognitive Development Society, Park City, UT.
Robinson, C. W., Dixon, W. E. Jr., Shore, W. J., & Smith, P. H. (2003, April). Predicting categorization behaviors: The role of object experience and receptive vocabulary in categorization. Poster session presented at the Biennial Society for Research in Child Development,Tampa,FL.
Robinson, C. W., Bramstedt, B. H., Shore, W. J., & Smith, P. H. (2002, April). The relationship between partially known words and vocabulary size at 22-months of age. Poster session presented at the Biennial International Conference for Infant Studies,Toronto,ON,Canada.
Robinson, C. W., Smith, P. H., & Shore, W. J. (2001, April) Apple, carrot, bread: Comprehension of object labels as measured in both object-manipulation and looking-to-target tasks. Poster session presented at the Biennial Society for Research in Child Development,Minneapolis,MN.
Robinson, C. W., Shore, W. J., Smith, P. H., & Martinelli, L. (2000, July) Developmental differences in language comprehension: What 22-month-olds know when their parents are not sure. Poster session presented at the Biennial International Conference for Infant Studies,Brighton,U.K.
Dixon, W. E. Jr., Smith, P. H., Shore, W. J., & Robinson, C. W. (2000, July) Looking, touching, and playing: toward a battery of nonlinguistic measures of cognition. Poster session presented at the Biennial International Conference for Infant Studies,Brighton,U.K.
Robinson, C. W., & Shore, W. J., (1999, April). From unknown to known: Infants demonstrate comprehension for partially known words. Poster session presented at the Biennial Society for Research in Child Development,Albuquerque,NM.
Davidson, B. K., Robinson, C. W., Shore, W. J., & Smith, P. H. (1998, April). The effect of a supportive context on 15-month-old word comprehension: A partial knowledge perspective. Poster session presented at the Biennial International Conference for Infant Studies,Atlanta,GA.
SERVICE AND PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Reviewer
British Journal of Developmental Psychology
Cognition
Cognitive Science Society
Current Psychology Letters
Developmental Review
International Conference on Development and Learning
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
Journal of Cognition and Development
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
Journal of Memory and Language
Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research
Language, Learning, and Development
Psychological Science
Society for Research in Child Development
Member
American Psychological Association
Cognitive Development Society
Cognitive Science Society
International Society on Infant Studies
Society for Research in Child Development
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Instructor of Record
Adolescent Development
Psy 207, Heidelberg College Spring 2002
Introductory Psychology
Psych 1100, The Ohio State University at Newark 2012-2013
Psy 101, Heidelberg College Fall 2001
Introduction to Cognitive Science
Psych 5612, The Ohio State University at Newark 2013-2014
Lifespan Development
Psych 3340, The Ohio State University at Newark 2014
Psy 2510, University of Toledo Spring 2002
Memory and Cognition
Psych 3312, The Ohio State University at Newark 2013-2014
Research Methods
Psych 2300, The Ohio State University at Newark 2014
Teaching Assistant Roles
Introductory Psychology
Psy 1010 University of Toledo Fall 2000, Spring 2001
Discussion Group Instructor (Dr. Alice Skeens, Instructor)
Consciousness in Computers
Psy 435, Heidelberg College Spring 2001
Discussion Facilitator (Dr. Wallace Dixon Jr. Instructor)