Refereed Papers
Dasai, A. Berger, L., Minakov, F., Milan, V., Singh, C., Pumphrey, K., Ladner, R., Daume, H., Lu, A., Caselli, N., Bragg, D., (2023). ASL Citizen: A Community-Sourced Dataset for Advancing Isolated Sign Language Recognition. NeurIPS.
Kezar, L., Pontecorvo, E., Daniels, A., Baer, C., Ferster, R., Berger, L., Thomason, J., Sehyr, Z., Caselli, N. (2023). The Sem-Lex Benchmark: Modeling Signs and Their Phonemes. ACM SIGACCESS.
Berger, L., Lieberman, A., Pyers, J., Caselli, N. (2023). Parent ASL skills correlate with child–but not toddler–ASL vocabulary size. Language Acquisition.
Pontecorvo, E., Higgins, M., *Mora, J., Lieberman, A., Pyers, J., Caselli, N. (2023). Learning a sign language does not hinder acquisition of a spoken language. Journal of Speech Language Hearing Research.
Gappmayr, P., Caselli, N., Pyers, J., Lieberman, A. (2022). Do parents modify child-directed signing to emphasize iconicity? Frontiers in Psychology.
Bragg, D., Glasser, A., Minakov, F., Caselli, N., Thies, B. (2022). Exploring Collection of Sign Language Videos through Crowdsourcing. Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing.
Caselli, N., Occhino, C., Artucho, B., Savakis, A., Dye, M. (2022). Perceptual optimization of language: Evidence from American Sign Language. Cognition.
Caselli, N., Emmorey, K., Cohen-Goldberg, A. (2021). The signed mental lexicon: Effects of phonological neighborhood density, iconicity, and childhood language experience. Journal of Memory and Language.
Bragg, D., Caselli, N., Hochgesang, J., Huenerfauth, M., Katz-Hernandez, L., Koller, O., Kushalnagar, R., Vogler, C., Ladner, R. (2021). The FATE landscape of sign language AI datasets: An interdisciplinary perspective. TACCESS.
Caselli, N., Pyers, J., Lieberman, A., (2021). Deaf children of hearing parents develop age-level vocabularies if exposed to ASL by six-months. Journal of Pediatrics.
Bragg, D., Caselli, N., Gallagher, J., Goldberg, M., Oka, C., Theis, B., (2021). ASL Sea Battle: Gamifying Sign Language Data Collection. Computer Human Interaction.
Sevcikova Sehyr, Z., Caselli, N., Emmorey, K., Cohen-Goldberg, A. (2021). ASL-LEX2.0: A database of lexical and phonological properties for 2723 signs. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education.
Paul, R., Paatsch, L., Caselli, N., Garberoglio, C., Goldin-Meadow, S., & Lederberg A., (2020). Current research in pragmatic language use among deaf and hard of hearing children. Pediatrics.
Bragg, D., Koller, O., Caselli, N., Theis, B., (2020). Exploring Collection of Sign Language Datasets: Privacy, Participation, and Model Performance. ASSETS.
Caselli, N., Hall, W., Henner, J., (2020). American Sign Language Interpreters in Public Schools: An illusion of inclusion that perpetuates language deprivation. Maternal and Child Health Journal.
Richardson, H., Koster-Hale, J., Caselli, N, Magid, R., Olson, H., Benedict, R, Pyers, J, and Saxe, R. (2020). Language facilitates theory of mind development: Behavioral and FMRI evidence from individuals with delayed access to language. Nature Communications.
Rosenburg, P., Lieberman, A., Caselli, N., Hoffmeister, R. (2020). The development of a new ASL comprehension task. Frontiers in Communication.
Caselli, N., Lieberman, A., Pyers, J. (2020). The ASL-CDI 2.0: An updated, normed adaptation of the MacArthur Bates Communicative Development Inventory for American Sign Language. Behavior Research Methods.
Bragg, D., Koller, O., Bellard, M., Berke, L., Boudrealt, P., Braffort, A., Caselli, N., Huenerfauth, M., Kacorri, H., Verhoef, T., Vogler, C., Morris, M., (2019). Sign language recognition, generation, and translation: An interdisciplinary perspective. ASSETS.
Caselli, N., Pyers, J. (2019). Degree and not type of iconicity affects sign language vocabulary acquisition. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition.
Hall, M. L., Hall, W. C., Caselli, N. (2019). Deaf children need language, not (just) speech. First Language.
Caselli, N., Hall, W. C., Lillo-Martin, D. (2017). Operationalization and Measurement of Sign Language. [Letter to the Editor]. Pediatrics.
Caselli, N., Pyers, J. (2017). The road to language learning is not entirely iconic: Neighborhood density, iconicity, and frequency facilitate sign language acquisition. Psychological Science.
Caselli, N., Sevcikova Sehyr, Z., Cohen-Goldberg, A., Emmorey, K. (2016). ASL-LEX: A Lexical Database for American Sign Language. Behavior Research Methods.
Caselli, N., Caselli, M., Cohen-Goldberg, A. (2015). Inflected words in production: Evidence for a morphologically rich lexicon. Quarterly Journal in Experimental Psychology.
Caselli, N. & Cohen-Goldberg, A. (2014). Lexical access in sign language: A computational model. Frontiers in Psychology.
Kezar, L., Pontecorvo, E., Daniels, A., Baer, C., Ferster, R., Berger, L., Thomason, J., Sehyr, Z., Caselli, N. (2023). The Sem-Lex Benchmark: Modeling Signs and Their Phonemes. ACM SIGACCESS.
Berger, L., Lieberman, A., Pyers, J., Caselli, N. (2023). Parent ASL skills correlate with child–but not toddler–ASL vocabulary size. Language Acquisition.
Pontecorvo, E., Higgins, M., *Mora, J., Lieberman, A., Pyers, J., Caselli, N. (2023). Learning a sign language does not hinder acquisition of a spoken language. Journal of Speech Language Hearing Research.
Gappmayr, P., Caselli, N., Pyers, J., Lieberman, A. (2022). Do parents modify child-directed signing to emphasize iconicity? Frontiers in Psychology.
Bragg, D., Glasser, A., Minakov, F., Caselli, N., Thies, B. (2022). Exploring Collection of Sign Language Videos through Crowdsourcing. Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing.
Caselli, N., Occhino, C., Artucho, B., Savakis, A., Dye, M. (2022). Perceptual optimization of language: Evidence from American Sign Language. Cognition.
Caselli, N., Emmorey, K., Cohen-Goldberg, A. (2021). The signed mental lexicon: Effects of phonological neighborhood density, iconicity, and childhood language experience. Journal of Memory and Language.
Bragg, D., Caselli, N., Hochgesang, J., Huenerfauth, M., Katz-Hernandez, L., Koller, O., Kushalnagar, R., Vogler, C., Ladner, R. (2021). The FATE landscape of sign language AI datasets: An interdisciplinary perspective. TACCESS.
Caselli, N., Pyers, J., Lieberman, A., (2021). Deaf children of hearing parents develop age-level vocabularies if exposed to ASL by six-months. Journal of Pediatrics.
Bragg, D., Caselli, N., Gallagher, J., Goldberg, M., Oka, C., Theis, B., (2021). ASL Sea Battle: Gamifying Sign Language Data Collection. Computer Human Interaction.
Sevcikova Sehyr, Z., Caselli, N., Emmorey, K., Cohen-Goldberg, A. (2021). ASL-LEX2.0: A database of lexical and phonological properties for 2723 signs. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education.
Paul, R., Paatsch, L., Caselli, N., Garberoglio, C., Goldin-Meadow, S., & Lederberg A., (2020). Current research in pragmatic language use among deaf and hard of hearing children. Pediatrics.
Bragg, D., Koller, O., Caselli, N., Theis, B., (2020). Exploring Collection of Sign Language Datasets: Privacy, Participation, and Model Performance. ASSETS.
Caselli, N., Hall, W., Henner, J., (2020). American Sign Language Interpreters in Public Schools: An illusion of inclusion that perpetuates language deprivation. Maternal and Child Health Journal.
Richardson, H., Koster-Hale, J., Caselli, N, Magid, R., Olson, H., Benedict, R, Pyers, J, and Saxe, R. (2020). Language facilitates theory of mind development: Behavioral and FMRI evidence from individuals with delayed access to language. Nature Communications.
Rosenburg, P., Lieberman, A., Caselli, N., Hoffmeister, R. (2020). The development of a new ASL comprehension task. Frontiers in Communication.
Caselli, N., Lieberman, A., Pyers, J. (2020). The ASL-CDI 2.0: An updated, normed adaptation of the MacArthur Bates Communicative Development Inventory for American Sign Language. Behavior Research Methods.
Bragg, D., Koller, O., Bellard, M., Berke, L., Boudrealt, P., Braffort, A., Caselli, N., Huenerfauth, M., Kacorri, H., Verhoef, T., Vogler, C., Morris, M., (2019). Sign language recognition, generation, and translation: An interdisciplinary perspective. ASSETS.
Caselli, N., Pyers, J. (2019). Degree and not type of iconicity affects sign language vocabulary acquisition. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition.
Hall, M. L., Hall, W. C., Caselli, N. (2019). Deaf children need language, not (just) speech. First Language.
Caselli, N., Hall, W. C., Lillo-Martin, D. (2017). Operationalization and Measurement of Sign Language. [Letter to the Editor]. Pediatrics.
Caselli, N., Pyers, J. (2017). The road to language learning is not entirely iconic: Neighborhood density, iconicity, and frequency facilitate sign language acquisition. Psychological Science.
Caselli, N., Sevcikova Sehyr, Z., Cohen-Goldberg, A., Emmorey, K. (2016). ASL-LEX: A Lexical Database for American Sign Language. Behavior Research Methods.
Caselli, N., Caselli, M., Cohen-Goldberg, A. (2015). Inflected words in production: Evidence for a morphologically rich lexicon. Quarterly Journal in Experimental Psychology.
Caselli, N. & Cohen-Goldberg, A. (2014). Lexical access in sign language: A computational model. Frontiers in Psychology.