Publications — Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences

Cashon, C.H., *Ha, O., Graf Estes, K., Saffran, J. R., & Mervis, C. B. (2016). Infants with Williams syndrome detect statistical regularities in continuous speech, Cognition. doi:10.1016/j.cognition.2016.05.009
Cashon, C. H. & *Holt, N. A. (2015). Developmental origins of the face inversion effect. In J. B. Benson (Ed.), Advances in Child Development and Behavior, Vol. 48 (117-150). Burlington: Academic Press.
Cashon, C. H., *Ha, O., *DeNicola, C. A., & Mervis, C. B. (2013). Toddlers with Williams syndrome process upright but not inverted faces holistically. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
*DeNicola, C., *Holt, N., *Jacobs, A., & Cashon, C. H. (2013). Attention-orienting and attention-holding effects of faces on 4- to 8-month-old infants. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 37, 143-147. doi: 10.1177/0165025412474751.

Infant Perception and Cognition book cover

Cashon, C. H., *Ha, O., *Allen, C. L., & *Barna, A. C. (2013). A U-shaped relation between sitting ability and upright face processing in infants. Child Development. doi: 10.1111/cdev.12024
Cashon, C. H. & *DeNicola, C. A. (2011). Is perceptual narrowing too narrow? Journal of Cognition and Development, 12, 159-162. doi: 10.1080/15248372.2011.563483
Cashon, C. H. (2011). Development of specialized face perception in infants: An information-processing approach. To appear in L. M. Oakes, C. H. Cashon, M. Casasola, & D. H Rakison (Eds.), Infant perception and cognition: Recent advances, emerging theories, and future directions. New York: Oxford University Press.
Oakes, L. M., Cashon, C. H., Casasola, M., & Rakison, D. H (Eds.). (2011). Infant perception and cognition: Recent advances, emerging theories, and future directions. New York: Oxford University Press.
*Ferguson, K. T., *Kulkofsky, S., Cashon, C. H., & Casasola, M. (2009). Development of specialized processing of own-race faces in infancy. Infancy.
Cohen, L. B., & Cashon, C. H. (2006). Infant cognition. In W. Damon & R. M. Lerner (Series Eds.) & D. Kuhn & R. S. Siegler (Vol. Eds.), Handbook of child psychology: Vol. 2. Cognition, Perception, and Language (6th ed., pp. 214-251). New York: Wiley.
Cashon, C. H. (2004). Development of adaptive constraints in infants’ perception of form-function correlations. Dissertation Abstracts International, 65 (08), 4318B. (UMI No. 3142704)
Cashon, C. H., & Cohen, L. B. (2004). Beyond U-shaped development in infants’ processing of faces. Journal of Cognition and Development (special issue on U-shaped development), 5, 59-80.
Cashon, C. H., & Cohen, L. B. (2003). The construction, deconstruction, and reconstruction of infant face perception. In A. Slater and O. Pascalis (Eds.), The development of face processing in infancy and early childhood (pp. 55-68). New York, NOVA Science Publishers.
Cohen, L. B., & Cashon, C. H. (2003). Infant perception and cognition. In I. B. Weiner (Series Ed.) & R. M. Lerner, M. A. Easterbrooks, & J. Mistry, (Vol. Ed.),
Handbook of Psychology: Vol. 6. Developmental Psychology (pp. 65-89). New York: Wiley.
Cohen, L. B., Chaput, H. H., & Cashon, C. H. (2002). A constructivist model of infant cognition. Cognitive Development, 17, 1323-1343.
Cohen, L. B., & Cashon, C. H. (2001). Do 7-month-old infants process independent features or facial configurations? Infant and Child Development (special issue), 10, 83-92.
Cohen, L. B., & Cashon, C. H. (2001). Infant object segregation implies information integration. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 78, 75-83.
Cashon, C. H., & Cohen, L. B. (2000). Eight-month-old infants' perception of possible and impossible events. Infancy, 1, 429-446.
Bogartz, R. S, Cashon, C. H., Cohen, L. B., Schilling, T. H., & Shinskey, J. L. (2000). Reply to Baillargeon, Aslin, and Munakata. Infancy, 1, 479-490.
Cohen, L. B., Rundell, L. J., Spellman, B. A., & Cashon, C. H. (1999). Infants' perception of causal chains. Psychological Science, 10, 412-418.

Recent Conference Presentations

Holt, N. A., DeNicola, C. A., Ha, O., Helton, L. E., & Cashon, C. H. (2013, April). Infants’ Processing of Faces. Talk presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development - Face Processing Pre-Conference, Seattle, WA.
Cashon, C. H. (2012, July). The role of holistic processing in the development of specialized face perception in infants. Invited talk presented at the 2012 IdeA States Mini-Conference on Visual and Cognitive Neuroscience, Fargo, ND.
Cashon, C. H., *Ha, O., *DeNicola, C. and Mervis, C. B. (2012, July). Toddlers with Williams Syndrome Process Upright but Not Inverted Faces Holistically. Poster presented the 13th International Williams Syndrome Association Professional Conference, Boston, MA.
Cashon, C. H., *DeNicola, C., *Ha, O., Graf Estes, K. M., Saffran, J. R. & Mervis, C. B. (2012, July). Statistical Learning of Linguistic Input by Infants and Toddlers with Williams Syndrome. Poster presented the 13th International Williams Syndrome Association Professional Conference, Boston, MA.
Cashon, C. H., *Ha, O., *DeNicola, C. A., & Mervis, C. B. (2012, June). Toddlers with Williams syndrome process relational information in upright, but not in inverted, faces. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the International Conference on Infant Studies, Minneapolis.
*DeNicola, C. A., *Jacobs, A. E., & Cashon, C. H. (2012, June). Attention-getting and attention-holding effects of faces on 4- to 8-month-old infants. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the International Conference on Infant Studies, Minneapolis.
Cashon, C. H., *Denicola, C. A., *Ha, O., *Becerra, A. M., & Mervis, C. B. (2011, Mar/Apr). Two- to three-year-olds with Williams syndrome from novel word-object associations. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Child Development, Montreal.
Cashon, C. H. (2010, March). Sitting ability and its relation to U-shaped changes in holistic processing of faces in 5- to 7-month-old infants. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the International Conference on Infant Studies, Baltimore.
Cashon, C. H. & Ha, O. (2010, March). Using habituation to test configural processing of faces in 7- and 10-month-olds. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the International Conference on Infant Studies, Baltimore.
Cashon, C. H., *Ha, O., *Allen, C. L., & *Barna, A. C. (2009, April). Processing of upright faces differs by sitting ability for 5.5- and 6.5-month0old infants. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Child Development, Denver, CO.
Cashon, C. H., *Ha, O., *Allen, C. L., & Mervis, C. B. (2009, April). Infants and toddlers with williams syndrome demonstrate the “face inversion effect.” Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Child Development, Denver, CO.
Cashon, C. H., *Ha, O., *Allen, C. L., Graf Estes, K. M., Saffran, J. R. & Mervis, C. B. (2009, April). 9- to 20-month-olds with williams syndrome are linguistic statistical learners. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Child Development, Denver, CO.
Cashon, C. H., *Allen, C. L., *Healy, P. J., & *Barna, A. C. (2008, March). A newfound relation between sitting ability and face processing in 6-month-old infants. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the International Conference on Infant Studies, Vancouver.
Cashon, C. H., *Allen, C. L., Graf Estes, K., Saffran, J. R., & Mervis, C. B. (2008, March). Statistical language learning in infants and toddlers with Williams syndrome. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the International Conference on Infant Studies, Vancouver.
Cashon, C. H., *John, Angela E., & Mervis, C. B. (2007, April). Self-recognition by toddlers with Williams syndrome. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the the Society for Research in Child Development, Boston.
Cashon, C. H., *Ferguson, K. T., *Kulkofsky, S., & Casasola, M. (2006, June). Do American and African infants show differential face-processing of own- and other-race faces? Paper presented at the biennial meeting of he International Conference on Infant Studies, Kyoto, Japan.
Cashon, C. H. (2005, April). A constructivist, information-processing approach to the development of infants’ understanding of causality. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Atlanta.
Ferguson, K. T., Kulkofsky, S., Casasola, M., & Cashon, C. H. (2005, May). African infants show differential face processing. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Los Angeles.
Kulkofsky, S., Ferguson, K. T., Casasola, M., & Cashon, C. H. (2005, May). Evidence for the own-race bias in infant face processing. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Los Angeles.
Cashon, C. H. & Cohen, L. B. (2005, April) U-shaped development and adaptive constraints in infants’ perception of form-function correlations. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Atlanta.
Cohen, L. B., Cashon, C. H., & Rundell, L. J. (2004, May). Infants’ developing knowledge of a causal agent. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the International Conference on Infant Studies, Chicago.

Colloquium or Invited Talks

Cashon, C. H. (April, 2009). Developing specialization for face in infancy. Presented at 19th Annual Neuroscience Day, Louisville Chapter, University of Louisville.
Cashon, C. H. (May, 2007). Statistical learning, self-recognition, and face perception in infants and young children with and without developmental disabilities. Birth Defects Center, Department of Molecular, Cellular, & Craniofacial Biology, University of Louisville.
Cashon, C. H. (March, 2006). Development of specialized face processing in infancy. Seminar talk presented at departmental Brown Bag, Dept. of Psychological & Brain Sciences, University of Louisville.
Cashon, C. H. (Dec. 2005). Development of specialization in infant cognition and perception. Seminar talk presented at Birth Defects Center, Dept. of Mollecular, Cellular & Craniofactial Biology, School of Dentistry, University of Louisville.
Cashon, C. H. (April, 2001). Measuring infants’ face processing. Talk given at the Forum for Artificial Intelligence, Department of Computer Science, University of Texas at Austin.