Lana B. Karasik

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 941 citations indexed

About

Lana B. Karasik is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Education and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lana B. Karasik has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 941 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology, 10 papers in Education and 4 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Lana B. Karasik's work include Child and Animal Learning Development (19 papers), Early Childhood Education and Development (7 papers) and Child Development and Digital Technology (5 papers). Lana B. Karasik is often cited by papers focused on Child and Animal Learning Development (19 papers), Early Childhood Education and Development (7 papers) and Child Development and Digital Technology (5 papers). Lana B. Karasik collaborates with scholars based in United States, Tajikistan and France. Lana B. Karasik's co-authors include Catherine S. Tamis‐LeMonda, Karen E. Adolph, Marc H. Bornstein, Scott R. Robinson, Lisa M. Oakes, Alejandrina Cristià, Leher Singh, Ori Ossmy, Daniel B. Horn and Yana Kuchirko and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Child Development and Developmental Psychology.

In The Last Decade

Lana B. Karasik

24 papers receiving 909 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Diversity and representation in infant research: Barriers and bridges toward a globalized science of infant development

2023 51 citations Leher Singh, Alejandrina Cristià et al. Infancy profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lana B. Karasik United States	14	642	219	216	208	168	24	941
Eric A. Walle United States	14	433 0.7×	140 0.6×	95 0.4×	220 1.1×	324 1.9×	36	910
Klaus Libertus United States	16	584 0.9×	185 0.8×	240 1.1×	454 2.2×	123 0.7×	25	971
Emiddia Longobardi Italy	17	865 1.3×	206 0.9×	71 0.3×	231 1.1×	177 1.1×	76	1.3k
Meaghan V. Parladé United States	14	612 1.0×	291 1.3×	97 0.4×	663 3.2×	166 1.0×	24	1.1k
Jessica Block United States	5	465 0.7×	177 0.8×	88 0.4×	429 2.1×	153 0.9×	8	765
Michael S. Carriger United States	7	470 0.7×	182 0.8×	163 0.8×	221 1.1×	202 1.2×	14	861
Stefania Zoia Italy	15	499 0.8×	57 0.3×	186 0.9×	514 2.5×	240 1.4×	25	927
Karen E. Adolph United States	11	278 0.4×	95 0.4×	105 0.5×	126 0.6×	96 0.6×	26	527
Sabina Pauen Germany	22	821 1.3×	173 0.8×	168 0.8×	446 2.1×	466 2.8×	98	1.3k
Elise Frank Masur United States	19	805 1.3×	246 1.1×	61 0.3×	201 1.0×	113 0.7×	31	1.1k

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Karasik, Lana B., et al.. (2025). Cultural Diversity in Infant Motor Development: A Comparison of Early Locomotor Experience. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. 56(6). 711–725. 1 indexed citations

Karasik, Lana B.. (2025). Cultural Cascades and Infant Resilience: Insights From Tajik Gahvora Cradling Practices. Current Directions in Psychological Science. 34(2). 131–139. 2 indexed citations

Karasik, Lana B., et al.. (2024). Social dynamics of supported walking in 11-month-old infants. Infant Behavior and Development. 77. 101994–101994. 1 indexed citations

Karasik, Lana B. & Scott R. Robinson. (2024). Natural-ish behavior: The interplay of culture and context in shaping motor behavior in infancy. Advances in child development and behavior. 66. 197–232. 1 indexed citations

Karasik, Lana B., et al.. (2024). Object play in Tajikistan: Infants engage with objects despite bounds on play. Infancy. 30(1). e12627–e12627. 5 indexed citations

Singh, Leher, et al.. (2023). Diversity and representation in infant research: Barriers and bridges toward a globalized science of infant development. Infancy. 28(4). 708–737. 51 indexed citations breakdown →

Karasik, Lana B., et al.. (2023). Gahvora cradling in Tajikistan: Cultural practices and associations with motor development. Child Development. 94(4). 1049–1067. 17 indexed citations

Karasik, Lana B. & Yana Kuchirko. (2022). Talk the talk and walk the walk: Diversity and culture impact all of development – A commentary on Kidd and Garcia (2022). First Language. 42(6). 779–783. 2 indexed citations

Karasik, Lana B. & Scott R. Robinson. (2022). Milestones or Millstones: How Standard Assessments Mask Cultural Variation and Misinform Policies Aimed at Early Childhood Development. Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 9(1). 57–64. 20 indexed citations

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Rachwani, Jaya, Catherine S. Tamis‐LeMonda, Jeffrey J. Lockman, Lana B. Karasik, & Karen E. Adolph. (2019). Learning the designed actions of everyday objects.. Journal of Experimental Psychology General. 149(1). 67–78. 23 indexed citations

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Karasik, Lana B., Catherine S. Tamis‐LeMonda, Ori Ossmy, & Karen E. Adolph. (2018). The ties that bind: Cradling in Tajikistan. PLoS ONE. 13(10). e0204428–e0204428. 33 indexed citations

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Karasik, Lana B., Catherine S. Tamis‐LeMonda, & Karen E. Adolph. (2016). Decisions at the Brink: Locomotor Experience Affects Infants’ Use of Social Information on an Adjustable Drop-off. Frontiers in Psychology. 7. 797–797. 12 indexed citations

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Karasik, Lana B., Catherine S. Tamis‐LeMonda, Karen E. Adolph, & Marc H. Bornstein. (2015). Places and Postures. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. 46(8). 1023–1038. 63 indexed citations

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Karasik, Lana B., Catherine S. Tamis‐LeMonda, & Karen E. Adolph. (2013). Crawling and walking infants elicit different verbal responses from mothers. Developmental Science. 17(3). 388–395. 169 indexed citations

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Karasik, Lana B., et al.. (2011). Carry on: Spontaneous object carrying in 13-month-old crawling and walking infants.. Developmental Psychology. 48(2). 389–397. 69 indexed citations

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Karasik, Lana B., Catherine S. Tamis‐LeMonda, & Karen E. Adolph. (2011). Transition From Crawling to Walking and Infants’ Actions With Objects and People. Child Development. 82(4). 1199–1209. 236 indexed citations

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Karasik, Lana B., Karen E. Adolph, Catherine S. Tamis‐LeMonda, & Marc H. Bornstein. (2010). WEIRD walking: Cross-cultural research on motor development. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 33(2-3). 95–96. 43 indexed citations

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Adolph, Karen E., Lana B. Karasik, & Catherine S. Tamis‐LeMonda. (2010). Using social information to guide action: Infants’ locomotion over slippery slopes. Neural Networks. 23(8-9). 1033–1042. 26 indexed citations

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Tamis‐LeMonda, Catherine S., et al.. (2008). When infants take mothers' advice: 18-month-olds integrate perceptual and social information to guide motor action.. Developmental Psychology. 44(3). 734–746. 71 indexed citations

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Adolph, Karen E., et al.. (2008). Locomotor experience and use of social information are posture specific.. Developmental Psychology. 44(6). 1705–1714. 49 indexed citations

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