Laura Ann Petitto

3.4k total citations
20 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Laura Ann Petitto is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Language and Linguistics. According to data from OpenAlex, Laura Ann Petitto has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology, 8 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 7 papers in Language and Linguistics. Recurrent topics in Laura Ann Petitto's work include Hearing Impairment and Communication (13 papers), Language Development and Disorders (7 papers) and Child and Animal Learning Development (5 papers). Laura Ann Petitto is often cited by papers focused on Hearing Impairment and Communication (13 papers), Language Development and Disorders (7 papers) and Child and Animal Learning Development (5 papers). Laura Ann Petitto collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and France. Laura Ann Petitto's co-authors include Paula Marentette, Mark S. Seidenberg, Gloria S. Marmor, Alan C. Evans, Robert J. Zatorre, David J. Ostry, Lauren E. Sergio, Françoise Brosseau‐Lapré and Ronnie Β. Wilbur and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Laura Ann Petitto

19 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Laura Ann Petitto Canada 17 1.5k 716 592 537 306 20 2.1k
Edward S. Klima United States 21 1.5k 1.0× 934 1.3× 630 1.1× 498 0.9× 230 0.8× 41 2.4k
Ann Senghas United States 20 1.1k 0.8× 298 0.4× 617 1.0× 585 1.1× 298 1.0× 44 1.7k
Marie Coppola United States 18 1.3k 0.9× 588 0.8× 507 0.9× 585 1.1× 172 0.6× 48 1.7k
Laura‐Ann Petitto United States 22 1.2k 0.8× 989 1.4× 339 0.6× 231 0.4× 114 0.4× 33 1.9k
Virginia Volterra Italy 32 2.7k 1.8× 714 1.0× 741 1.3× 924 1.7× 53 0.2× 91 3.6k
Mutsumi Imai Japan 26 1.3k 0.9× 487 0.7× 1.8k 3.1× 434 0.8× 233 0.8× 70 2.9k
Susan Curtiss United States 19 1.2k 0.8× 783 1.1× 240 0.4× 340 0.6× 182 0.6× 36 2.1k
Bencie Woll United Kingdom 32 2.5k 1.7× 1.4k 2.0× 1.2k 2.1× 888 1.7× 78 0.3× 139 3.4k
Mark Dingemanse Netherlands 26 721 0.5× 325 0.5× 1.8k 3.0× 927 1.7× 311 1.0× 93 2.6k
Ulf Liszkowski Germany 26 3.0k 2.0× 802 1.1× 588 1.0× 673 1.3× 207 0.7× 79 3.6k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Petitto, Laura Ann, et al.. (2004). Le paradoxe du bilinguisme.. Cairn.info. 14(2). 205–205.
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Petitto, Laura Ann, et al.. (2003). Baby hands that move to the rhythm of language: hearing babies acquiring sign languages babble silently on the hands. Cognition. 93(1). 43–73. 65 indexed citations
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Petitto, Laura Ann, et al.. (2002). Left Hemisphere Cerebral Specialization for Babies While Babbling. Science. 297(5586). 1515–1515. 94 indexed citations
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Petitto, Laura Ann, et al.. (2002). Evaluating Attributions of Delay and Confusion in Young Bilinguals: Special Insights from Infants Acquiring a Signed and a Spoken Language. Sign language studies. 3(1). 4–33. 38 indexed citations
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Brosseau‐Lapré, Françoise, et al.. (2002). Semantic and Conceptual Knowledge Underlying Bilingual Babies' First Signs and Words. Language Learning. 52(2). 205–262. 75 indexed citations
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Petitto, Laura Ann, et al.. (2001). Bilingual signed and spoken language acquisition from birth: implications for the mechanisms underlying early bilingual language acquisition. Journal of Child Language. 28(2). 453–496. 265 indexed citations
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Petitto, Laura Ann, et al.. (2001). Language rhythms in baby hand movements. Nature. 413(6851). 35–36. 79 indexed citations
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Petitto, Laura Ann, et al.. (2000). Speech-like cerebral activity in profoundly deaf people processing signed languages: Implications for the neural basis of human language. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 97(25). 13961–13966. 347 indexed citations
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Petitto, Laura Ann, et al.. (1998). By Hand or By Tongue: Common Cerebral Blood Flow Activation During Language Processing in Signed and Spoken Languages. NeuroImage. 7(4). S193–S193. 2 indexed citations
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Petitto, Laura Ann. (1992). Modularity and constraints in early lexical acquisition: Evidence from children's early language and gesture.. 23 indexed citations
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Petitto, Laura Ann & Paula Marentette. (1991). Babbling in the Manual Mode: Evidence for the Ontogeny of Language. Science. 251(5000). 1493–1496. 377 indexed citations
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Seidenberg, Mark S. & Laura Ann Petitto. (1987). Communication, symbolic communication, and language: Comment on Savage-Rumbaugh, McDonald, Sevcik, Hopkins, and Rupert (1986).. Journal of Experimental Psychology General. 116(3). 279–287. 12 indexed citations
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Seidenberg, Mark S. & Laura Ann Petitto. (1987). Communication, symbolic communication, and language: Comment on Savage-Rumbaugh, McDonald, Sevcik, Hopkins, and Rupert (1986).. Journal of Experimental Psychology General. 116(3). 279–287. 133 indexed citations
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Petitto, Laura Ann. (1987). On the autonomy of language and gesture: Evidence from the acquisition of personal pronouns in American sign language. Cognition. 27(1). 1–52. 216 indexed citations
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Petitto, Laura Ann. (1983). From gesture to symbol : the relationship between form and meaning in the acquisition of personal pronouns in American sign language. UMI eBooks. 17 indexed citations
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Wilbur, Ronnie Β. & Laura Ann Petitto. (1983). Discourse structure in American sign language conversations (or, how to know a conversation when you see one). Discourse Processes. 6(3). 225–228. 16 indexed citations
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Petitto, Laura Ann, et al.. (1981). Ape Signing: Problems of Method and Interpretation. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 364(1). 115–129. 26 indexed citations
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Petitto, Laura Ann & Mark S. Seidenberg. (1979). On the evidence for linguistic abilities in signing apes. Brain and Language. 8(2). 162–183. 23 indexed citations
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Marmor, Gloria S. & Laura Ann Petitto. (1979). Simultaneous Communication in the Classroom: How Well is English Grammar Represented?. Sign language studies. 23(1). 99–136. 126 indexed citations
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Seidenberg, Mark S. & Laura Ann Petitto. (1979). Signing behavior in apes: A critical review. Cognition. 7(2). 177–215. 170 indexed citations

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