Publications

Masek, L.R., Ramirez, A.G., McMillan, B.T.M., Hirsh-Pasek, K. and Golinkoff, R.M. (2021), Beyond counting words: A paradigm shift for the study of language acquisition. Child Dev Perspect. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdep.12425
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Lillian R. Masek, Brianna T.M. McMillan, Sarah J. Paterson, Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda, Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Where language meets attention: How contingent interactions promote learning, Developmental Review, Volume 60, 2021, 100961, ISSN 0273-2297, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dr.2021.100961.
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B. McMillan, L. Masek, S. Paterson, A. Ribner, K. Hirsh-Pasek, C. Blair (2018), Early attention influences language development through parent-child interactions. 2018 Sat Poster 6599.

McMillan, B. T. M., & Saffran, J. R. (2016). Learning in complex environments: The effects of background speech on early word learning. Child Development, 87(6), 1841–1855. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12559
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Tristan Mahr, Brianna T.M. McMillan, Jenny R. Saffran, Susan Ellis Weismer, Jan Edwards, Anticipatory coarticulation facilitates word recognition in toddlers, Cognition, Volume 142, 2015, Pages 345-350, ISSN 0010-0277, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2015.05.009.
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