Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1977 Regents' Professor Member, Developmental Psychology Program Dean, College of Arts and Sciences ladamson@gsu.edu 404-413-5060 750 Urban Life (laboratory) and 730 General Classroom (administrative)

My research examines children’s communication development from early moments of mutual alertness to complex symbol-infused conversations. I have been particularly interested in the developmental transformation of the structuring of attention and topics during social interactions. Through the study of both typical and atypical developmental paths, I hope to contribute to theoretical understandings of early social and cognitive development and to inform applied efforts to facilitate communication and language acquisition.

Currently, my primary project is a NIH-funded longitudinal investigation of the development of joint attention after infancy. In the current grant cycle which continues through 2013, I am focusing with Roger Bakeman and Diana Robins on how caregivers support the emergence of joint attention and language skills in typically-developing toddlers and in very young children with autism and with other developmental disorders. In addition, I am collaborating with MaryAnn Romski and Rose Sevcik on a project funded by the Institute of Educational Studies to document the effects of augmented language interventions on the course of early communication development in young children who are at high risk for delayed language acquisition.

During the past many years, I have also been deeply committed to efforts that foster interdisciplinary and international educational and research collaborations at Georgia State. This commitment has influenced not only my administrative activities but also my work as a psychologist as a founding member of the Center for Research in Atypical Development and Learning (CRADL), an affiliate of the Neuroscience Institute, and a faculty member of the new area of focus on Challenges to the Acquisition of Language and Literacy. I am especially pleased that this new area of focus has just provided initial support for a new collaboration with Seyda Özçaliskan on the gesture in young children with autism and Down syndrome.

Representative Publications (* = an article with a student as primary author)

Adamson, L. B., Bakeman, R., Deckner, D. F., & Romski, M. A. (2008). Joint engagement and the emergence of language in children with autism and Down syndrome. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.

*Nelson, P. B., Adamson, L. B., & Bakeman, R. (2008). Toddlers’ joint engagement experience facilitates preschoolers’ acquisition of theory of mind. Developmental Science. 11, 840-845.

Romski, M. A., Sevick, R. A., Adamson, L. B., Cheslock, M., & Smith, A. (2007). Parents can implement AAC Interventions: Ratings of treatment implementation across early language interventions. Early Childhood services, 11, 840-845.

Adamson, L. B., & Bakeman, R. (2006). The development of displaced speech in early mother-child conversations. Child Development, 77, 186-200.

*Deckner, D. F., Adamson, L. B., & Bakeman, R. (2006). Child and maternal contributions to shared reading: Effects on language and literacy. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 27, 31-41.

Adamson, L. B., Bakeman, R., & Deckner, D. F. (2005). Variations in shared attention and language development. In L. Namy (Ed.), Symbol development and symbol use. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Romski, M. A., Sevcik, R. A., Adamson, L. B., & Bakeman, R. (2005). Communication patterns of individuals with moderate or severe cognitive disabilities: Interactions with unfamiliar partners. American Journal on Mental Retardation, 110, 226-238.

*McArthur, D., Adamson, L.B., & Deckner, D. F. (2005). As stories become familiar: Mother-child conversations during shared reading. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 51, 389-411.

Adamson, L. B., Bakeman, R., & Deckner, D. F. (2004). The development of symbol-infused joint engagement. Child Development, 75, 1171-1187.

Adamson, L. B., Bakeman, R., & Deckner, D. F. (2004). Patterns of joint attention development after infancy. In Y. Oyabu, M. Tanaka, & H. Itoh (Eds.), Development and disorder of joint attention. Tokyo: Kawashima-shoten.

Adamson, L. B., & Frick, J. E. (2003). The Still-Face: A history of a shared experimental paradigm. A target article, Infancy, 4, 451-473.

*Deckner, D. F., Adamson, L. B., & Bakeman, R. (2003). Rhythm in mother-infant interactions. Infancy, 4, 201-217.

Adamson, L. B., McArthur, D., Markov, Y., Dunbar, B., & Bakeman, R. (2001). Autism and joint attention: Young children’s responses to maternal bids. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 22, 439-453.

Adamson, L. B., & Russell, C. L. (1999). Emotion regulation and the emergence of joint attention. In P. Rochat (Ed.), Early social cognition: Understanding others in the first months of life (pp. 281-297). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Adamson, L. B., & Chance, S. (1998). Coordinating attention to people, objects, and symbols. In A. M. Wetherby, S. F. Warren, & J. Reichle (Eds.), Transitions in prelinguistic communication: Preintentional to intentional and presymbolic to symbolic (pp. 15-37). Baltimore, MD: Brookes.

Adamson, L. B., Foster, M. A., Roark, M. L., & Reed, D. B. (1998). Doing a science project: Gender differences during childhood. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 35, 845-857.

*Prezbindowki, A. K., Adamson, L. B., & Lederberg, A. R.. (1998). Joint attention in deaf and hearing 22-month-old children and their hearing mothers. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 19, 377-387.

Adamson, L. B., & Romski, M. A. (Eds.) (1997). Communication and language acquisition: Discoveries from atypical development. Baltimore, MD: Brookes. Includes Adamson, Order and disorder: Classical developmental theories and atypical communication development. (pp. 2-23).

*Russell, C. L., Bard, K. A., & Adamson, L. B. (1997). Social referencing by young chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). Journal of Comparative Psychology, 111, 185-193.

*McArthur, D., & Adamson, L. B. (1996). Joint attention in pre-verbal children: Autism and developmental language disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 26, 481-496.

Adamson, L. B. (1995). Communication development during infancy. Volume in the Advanced Developmental Series. Madison, WI: Brown and Benchmark. Re-released in 1996 by Westview Press. Boulder Co. Japanese translation by Y. Oyabu and M. Tanaka published by Kawashima Shoten in 1999.

*Deffebach, K., & Adamson, L. B. (1994). Teaching referential and social-regulative words to toddlers: Mothers' use of metalingual language. First Language, 14, 249-261.

Adamson, L. B. (1992). Variations of early language use. In L. T. Winegar & J. Valsiner (Eds.), Children's development within social contexts: Vol. 1, Metatheory and theory (pp. 123-141). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Adamson, L. B., Romski, M. A., Deffebach, K., & Sevcik, R. A. (1992). Symbol vocabulary and the focus of conversations: Augmenting language development for youth with mental retardation. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 35, 1333-1343.

*Rosen, W. A., Adamson, L. B., & Bakeman, R. (1992). An experimental investigation of infant social referencing: Maternal messages and gender differences. Development Psychology, 28, 1172-1178.

Adamson, L. B., & Bakeman, R. (1991). The development of shared attention during infancy. In R. Vasta (Ed.), Annals of Child Development, Vol. 8 (pp. 1-41). London, England: Kingsley.

Adamson, L. B., & Dunbar, B. (1991). Communication development of young children with tracheostomies. Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 7, 275-283.

*Smith, C. B., Adamson, L. B., & Bakeman, R. (1988). Interactional predictors of early language. First Language, 8, 143-156.

Adamson, L. B., Bakeman, R., Smith, C. B., & Walters, A. S. (1987). Adults' interpretation of infants' acts. Developmental Psychology, 23, 383-387.

*Jones, C. P. & Adamson, L. B. (1987). Language use in mother-child and mother-child-sibling interactions. Child Development, 58, 356-366.

Adamson, L. B., & Bakeman, R. (1985). Affect and attention: Infants observed with mothers and peers. Child Development, 56, 582-593.

Bakeman, R., & Adamson, L. B. (1984). Coordinating attention to people and objects in mother-infant and peer-infant interaction. Child Development, 55, 1278-1289.