Amy E. Booth

Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders

Amy Booth studies how infants and young children learn. Specifically, her research focuses on the remarkable capabilities of young children for organizing their perceptual experience into meaningful categories and learning words to refer to them. By addressing the development of these fundamental capacities Booth's work seeks to inform our understanding of the mechanisms underlying early learning in both laboratory and applied settings.

Lab Affiliation

Principal Investigator: Early Learning Laboratory

Education

PhD	Developmental Psychology, University of Pittsburgh
MA	Developmental Psychology, University of Virginia
ScB	Psychology, Brown University

Recent Awards and Honors

2009-2013	Causal Supports for Early Word Learning National Science Foundation #0843252 ($485,000)
2005-2009	Object Function as Facilitator of Categorization in Infancy National Science Foundation #0445871 ($320,000)
2004-2006	Assessing the Impact of Function of Early Categorization NICHD Small Grants Program #1 RO3 HD048759-01 ($148,500)
2005-2007	Functional Supports for Early Word Learning School of Communication Innovations Award ($5,000)
2005-2006	The Role of Causal Information in Early Word Learning NU University Research Grants Committee Grant ($4,500)
2004-2005	Use of Social Cues to Meaning in Late Talkers and Typical Toddlers NU University Research Grants Committee Grant ($5,000)
2000-2003	National Research Service Award National Institutes of Health ($48,000)
1998	Tim Post Memorial Award for excellence in research, University of Pittsburgh
1994	Perception of Dynamic Symmetry in Biomechanical Motions, National Science Foundation
1993	Presidential Fellowship, University of Virginia

Courses

CSD 342	Typical and Atypical Development in Infants and Toddlers
CSD 453	Overview of Language Disorders
CSD 452	Language Science 2