Refereed Papers
Sevcikova Sehyr, Z., Caselli, N., Emmorey, K., Cohen-Goldberg, A. (forthcoming). 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.
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.
Selected Paper Presentations
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. Talk presented at the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention conference, Philadelphia, PA.
Caselli, N., Pyers, J., (2019). Type of iconicity affects sign language vocabulary acquisition. Talk presented at the 44th annual Boston University Conference on Language Development, Boston, MA.
Dye, M., Savakis, A., Artacho, B., Arora, A., Caselli, N., Finton E., & Occhino, C. (2019). Perceptual Optimization of American Sign Language: Evidence from a Lexical Corpus. Talk presented at TISLR13 (The 13th Conference on Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research), Hamburg, Germany.
Caselli, N., Hall, W. (2019). Language Deprivation: Are Interpreters Complicit? Talk presented at the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf National Conference, Providence, RI.
Caselli, N., Pyers, J., Lieberman, A. (2018). American Sign Language Vocabulary Assessment. Talk presented at the Sign Language Acquisition and Assessment conference, Haifa, Israel.
Caselli, N., Sevcikova Sehyr, Z., Cohen-Goldberg, A. M., Emmorey, K. (2016). An investigation of the American Sign Language lexicon. Talk presented at the 10th International Conference on the Mental Lexicon, Ottawa, Canada.
Caselli, N., Pyers, J. (2016). American Sign Language Vocabulary Acquisition by Native Deaf Signers. Talk presented at the 41st annual Boston University Conference on Language Development, Boston, MA.
Caselli, N., Cohen-Goldberg, A. M. (2016). Signs, emerging signs, and words: Exploring the (in)variance of lexical processing and the lexicon. Talk presented at the Language by Mouth and by Hand Symposium at the 57th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Boston, MA.
Caselli, N., Ergin, R., *Ettlin, C., Cohen-Goldberg, A. M., Jackendoff, R. (2016). Iconicity, phonology, and the creation of a lexicon. Talk presented at the International Society of Gestural Studies, Paris, France.
Caselli, N., & Cohen-Goldberg, A. M. (2016). Neighborhood density in sign perception. Talk presented at The 12th Conference on Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research, Melbourne, Australia. [abstract]
Caselli N., (2016). ASL-LEX: a tool for the the classroom. Keynote presentation at the Educational Technology for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Conference, Providence, RI.
Caselli, N., & Cohen-Goldberg, A. M. (2015) Frequency and Neighborhood Density Effects in ASL Sign Recognition. Talk presented at the 56th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Chicago Illinois. [abstract]
Caselli, N., Ergin, R., Jackendoff, R., Cohen-Goldberg, A. (2015). Iconicity and Phonological Structure in Emerging Language. Talk presented at the Emerging Sign Languages and the Big Picture Workshop, Medford, MA.
Cohen-Goldberg, A., Caselli, N., Miozzo, M. (2014). Morphological boundaries in phonological processing. Talk presented at the Ninth International Conference on the Mental Lexicon, Niagara-on-the-lake, Ontario, CA.
Caselli, N., Ergin, R., Jackendoff, R., Cohen-Goldberg, A. (2014). The emergence of structure in Central Taurus Sign Language. Talk presented at From Sound to Gesture, Padova, IT. [program/abstract]
Caselli, N., Cohen-Goldberg, A. (2014) Lexical access in sign language: A computational model. Talk presented at From Sound to Gesture, Padova, IT. [program/abstract]
Cohen-Goldberg, A., Berlove, N. (2012). Towards a theory of the phonological processing of multimorphemic words: The Heterogeneity of Processing Hypothesis. Talk presented at the 8th International Conference on the Mental Lexicon, Montreal, CA.
Berlove, N., Caselli, M., Cohen-Goldberg, A. (2012). The contribution of root and word representations to phonological processing of multimorphemic words. Talk presented at the 13th Conference on Laboratory Phonology. Stuttgart, DE.
Kuntze, M., Berlove, N., Goodman, C., Fish, S., Mesh, K. (2010). A language with polycomponential vocabulary: Issues of linguistic typology and the analysis of ASL vocabulary development. Talk presented at the 35th annual Boston University Conference on Language Development. Boston, MA.
Berlove, N., Kuntze, M. (2010). Theory of Mind in Deaf Children. Talk presented at the 3rd Annual Inter Science of Learning Center Student and Post-Doc Conference. Boston, MA.
Saxena, A., Mehus, S., Dugan, T., Scopelitis, S., Scalone, G., Berlove, N., et al. (2009). Analysis of Video Data: A Collaborative Workshop (LIFE and VL2). Workshop presentation. Workshop presented at the 2nd Annual Inter-Science of Learning Center Student and Post-Doc Conference. Seattle, WA.
Caselli, N., Pyers, J., (2019). Type of iconicity affects sign language vocabulary acquisition. Talk presented at the 44th annual Boston University Conference on Language Development, Boston, MA.
Dye, M., Savakis, A., Artacho, B., Arora, A., Caselli, N., Finton E., & Occhino, C. (2019). Perceptual Optimization of American Sign Language: Evidence from a Lexical Corpus. Talk presented at TISLR13 (The 13th Conference on Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research), Hamburg, Germany.
Caselli, N., Hall, W. (2019). Language Deprivation: Are Interpreters Complicit? Talk presented at the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf National Conference, Providence, RI.
Caselli, N., Pyers, J., Lieberman, A. (2018). American Sign Language Vocabulary Assessment. Talk presented at the Sign Language Acquisition and Assessment conference, Haifa, Israel.
Caselli, N., Sevcikova Sehyr, Z., Cohen-Goldberg, A. M., Emmorey, K. (2016). An investigation of the American Sign Language lexicon. Talk presented at the 10th International Conference on the Mental Lexicon, Ottawa, Canada.
Caselli, N., Pyers, J. (2016). American Sign Language Vocabulary Acquisition by Native Deaf Signers. Talk presented at the 41st annual Boston University Conference on Language Development, Boston, MA.
Caselli, N., Cohen-Goldberg, A. M. (2016). Signs, emerging signs, and words: Exploring the (in)variance of lexical processing and the lexicon. Talk presented at the Language by Mouth and by Hand Symposium at the 57th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Boston, MA.
Caselli, N., Ergin, R., *Ettlin, C., Cohen-Goldberg, A. M., Jackendoff, R. (2016). Iconicity, phonology, and the creation of a lexicon. Talk presented at the International Society of Gestural Studies, Paris, France.
Caselli, N., & Cohen-Goldberg, A. M. (2016). Neighborhood density in sign perception. Talk presented at The 12th Conference on Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research, Melbourne, Australia. [abstract]
Caselli N., (2016). ASL-LEX: a tool for the the classroom. Keynote presentation at the Educational Technology for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Conference, Providence, RI.
Caselli, N., & Cohen-Goldberg, A. M. (2015) Frequency and Neighborhood Density Effects in ASL Sign Recognition. Talk presented at the 56th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Chicago Illinois. [abstract]
Caselli, N., Ergin, R., Jackendoff, R., Cohen-Goldberg, A. (2015). Iconicity and Phonological Structure in Emerging Language. Talk presented at the Emerging Sign Languages and the Big Picture Workshop, Medford, MA.
Cohen-Goldberg, A., Caselli, N., Miozzo, M. (2014). Morphological boundaries in phonological processing. Talk presented at the Ninth International Conference on the Mental Lexicon, Niagara-on-the-lake, Ontario, CA.
Caselli, N., Ergin, R., Jackendoff, R., Cohen-Goldberg, A. (2014). The emergence of structure in Central Taurus Sign Language. Talk presented at From Sound to Gesture, Padova, IT. [program/abstract]
Caselli, N., Cohen-Goldberg, A. (2014) Lexical access in sign language: A computational model. Talk presented at From Sound to Gesture, Padova, IT. [program/abstract]
Cohen-Goldberg, A., Berlove, N. (2012). Towards a theory of the phonological processing of multimorphemic words: The Heterogeneity of Processing Hypothesis. Talk presented at the 8th International Conference on the Mental Lexicon, Montreal, CA.
Berlove, N., Caselli, M., Cohen-Goldberg, A. (2012). The contribution of root and word representations to phonological processing of multimorphemic words. Talk presented at the 13th Conference on Laboratory Phonology. Stuttgart, DE.
Kuntze, M., Berlove, N., Goodman, C., Fish, S., Mesh, K. (2010). A language with polycomponential vocabulary: Issues of linguistic typology and the analysis of ASL vocabulary development. Talk presented at the 35th annual Boston University Conference on Language Development. Boston, MA.
Berlove, N., Kuntze, M. (2010). Theory of Mind in Deaf Children. Talk presented at the 3rd Annual Inter Science of Learning Center Student and Post-Doc Conference. Boston, MA.
Saxena, A., Mehus, S., Dugan, T., Scopelitis, S., Scalone, G., Berlove, N., et al. (2009). Analysis of Video Data: A Collaborative Workshop (LIFE and VL2). Workshop presentation. Workshop presented at the 2nd Annual Inter-Science of Learning Center Student and Post-Doc Conference. Seattle, WA.