| Complements to cognition: A longitudinal study of the relationship between complex syntax and false-belief-understanding JG De Villiers, JE Pyers Cognitive development 17 (1), 1037-1060, 2002 | 850 | 2002 |
| The source of enhanced cognitive control in bilinguals: Evidence from bimodal bilinguals K Emmorey, G Luk, JE Pyers, E Bialystok Psychological science 19 (12), 1201-1206, 2008 | 501 | 2008 |
| Language promotes false-belief understanding: Evidence from learners of a new sign language JE Pyers, A Senghas Psychological science 20 (7), 805-812, 2009 | 330 | 2009 |
| A cognitive/functional perspective on the acquisition of “classifiers” DI Slobin, N Hoiting, M Kuntze, R Lindert, A Weinberg, J Pyers, M Anthony, ... Perspectives on classifier constructions in sign languages, 281-306, 2003 | 221 | 2003 |
| Evidence from an emerging sign language reveals that language supports spatial cognition JE Pyers, A Shusterman, A Senghas, ES Spelke, K Emmorey Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107 (27), 12116-12120, 2010 | 160 | 2010 |
| Complementing cognition: The relationship between language and theory of mind JG de Villiers, J Pyers Proceedings of the 21st Annual Boston Conference on Language Development, 1997 | 149 | 1997 |
| The emergence of Nicaraguan Sign Language: Questions of development, acquisition, and evolution RJ Senghas, A Senghas, JE Pyers Biology and knowledge revisited, 305-324, 2014 | 142 | 2014 |
| Language and theory of mind in oral deaf children E Gale, P de Villiers, J de Villiers, J Pyers Proceedings of the 20th annual Boston University conference on language …, 1996 | 111 | 1996 |
| The face of bimodal bilingualism: Grammatical markers in American Sign Language are produced when bilinguals speak to English monolinguals JE Pyers, K Emmorey Psychological science 19 (6), 531-535, 2008 | 97 | 2008 |
| Deaf children of hearing parents have age-level vocabulary growth when exposed to American Sign Language by 6 months of age N Caselli, J Pyers, AM Lieberman The Journal of Pediatrics 232, 229-236, 2021 | 90 | 2021 |
| Bimodal bilinguals reveal the source of tip-of-the-tongue states JE Pyers, TH Gollan, K Emmorey Cognition 112 (2), 323-329, 2009 | 83 | 2009 |
| The road to language learning is not entirely iconic: Iconicity, neighborhood density, and frequency facilitate acquisition of sign language NK Caselli, JE Pyers Psychological science 28 (7), 979-987, 2017 | 76 | 2017 |
| Sign language transcription at the level of meaning components: The Berkeley Transcription System (BTS) DI Slobin, N Hoiting, M Anthony, Y Biederman, M Kuntze, R Lindert, ... Sign Language & Linguistics 4 (1-2), 63-104, 2001 | 74 | 2001 |
| Reduced neural selectivity for mental states in deaf children with delayed exposure to sign language H Richardson, J Koster-Hale, N Caselli, R Magid, R Benedict, H Olson, ... Nature communications 11 (1), 3246, 2020 | 46 | 2020 |
| Degree and not type of iconicity affects sign language vocabulary acquisition. NK Caselli, JE Pyers Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition 46 (1), 127, 2020 | 43 | 2020 |
| Relations between language and cognition in native‐signing children with autism spectrum disorder A Shield, J Pyers, A Martin, H Tager‐Flusberg Autism Research 9 (12), 1304-1315, 2016 | 43 | 2016 |
| Referential shift in Nicaraguan Sign Language: A transition from lexical to spatial devices A Kocab, J Pyers, A Senghas Frontiers in psychology 5, 81651, 2015 | 39 | 2015 |
| Viewpoint in the visual-spatial modality: The coordination of spatial perspective JE Pyers, P Perniss, K Emmorey Spatial Cognition & Computation 15 (3), 143-169, 2015 | 32 | 2015 |
| Reported action in Nicaraguan and American Sign Languages: Emerging versus established systems J Pyers, A Senghas Trends in Linguistics Studies and Monographs 188, 279, 2007 | 32 | 2007 |
| Complementation and false-belief representation P de Villiers, J Pyers Research on child language acquisition: Proceedings of the 8th Conference of …, 2001 | 32 | 2001 |
Karen EmmoreyDistinguished Professor, San Diego State UniversityVerified email at mail.sdsu.edu
