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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1983 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Donald Shankweiler is affiliated with the University of Connecticut in the United States. Their research contributions have been documented through publications in academic venues focused primarily on language, cognition, and phonological processes.

Their recent publication record includes the paper titled "Corrigendum to 'Individual differences in subphonemic sensitivity and phonological skills'. [J. Memory Language 107 (2019) 195-215]", published in 2020 in the Journal of Memory and Language.

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Monica Y. C. Li
  • David Braze
  • Anuenue Kukona
  • Clinton L. Johns
  • Whitney Tabor

Their work has appeared predominantly in the following publication venue:

  • Journal of Memory and Language

In 1983, Donald Shankweiler was recognized as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA), an acknowledgment reflecting their standing within the field.

Best Publications

  • Perception of the speech code.

    A. M. Liberman;F. S. Cooper;D. P. Shankweiler;M. Studdert-Kennedy

  • Explicit Syllable and Phoneme Segmentation in the Young Child

    Isabelle Y Liberman;Donald Shankweiler;F.William Fischer;Bonnie Carter

  • Sex differences in the functional organization of the brain for language

    Bennett A. Shaywitz;Sally E. Shaywltz;Kenneth R. Pugh;Kenneth R. Pugh;R. Todd Constable

  • Functional disruption in the organization of the brain for reading in dyslexia

    S E Shaywitz;B A Shaywitz;K R Pugh;R K Fulbright

  • Cognitive profiles of reading disability: Comparisons of discrepancy and low achievement definitions.

    Jack M. Fletcher;Sally E. Shaywitz;Donald P. Shankweiler;Leonard Katz

  • Hemispheric specialization for speech perception.

    Michael Studdert‐Kennedy;Donald Shankweiler

  • Cerebral organization of component processes in reading

    Pugh Kr;Shaywitz Ba;Shaywitz Se;Constable Rt

  • Speech perception and memory coding in relation to reading ability

    Susan Brady;Susan Brady;Donald Shankweiler;Donald Shankweiler;Virginia Mann;Virginia Mann

  • Subtypes of reading disability: Variability around a phonological core.

    Robin D. Morris;Karla K. Stuebing;Jack M. Fletcher;Sally E. Shaywitz

  • Phonological processes in literacy : a tribute to Isabelle Y. Liberman

    Susan Amanda Brady;Donald P. Shankweiler

  • The Speech Code and Learning to Read.

    Donald Shankweiler

  • Identification of consonants and vowels presented to left and right ears.

    Donald Shankweiler;Michael Studdert-Kennedy

  • Phonology and the Problems of Learning to Read and Write

    Isabelle Y. Liberman;Donald Shankweiler

  • Cognitive Profiles of Reading-Disabled Children: Comparison of Language Skills in Phonology, Morphology, and Syntax

    D. Shankweiler;D. Shankweiler;S. Crain;S. Crain;L. Katz;L. Katz;A.E. Fowler

  • Awareness of Phonological Segments and Reading Ability in Italian Children

    Giuseppe Cossu;Donald Shankweiler;Isabelle Y. Liberman;Leonard Katz

  • Language mechanisms and reading disorder: A modular approach☆

    Donald Shankweiler;Stephen Crain

  • The Angular Gyrus in Developmental Dyslexia: Task-Specific Differences in Functional Connectivity Within Posterior Cortex:

    Kenneth R. Pugh;Kenneth R. Pugh;W. Einar Mencl;W. Einar Mencl;Bennett A. Shaywitz;Sally E. Shaywitz

  • An Event-related Neuroimaging Study Distinguishing Form and Content in Sentence Processing

    W. Ni;R. T. Constable;W. E. Mencl;K. R. Pugh

  • Comprehension and Decoding: Patterns of Association in Children With Reading Difficulties

    Donald Shankweiler;Eric Lundquist;Leonard Katz;Karla K. Stuebing

  • Speaking Up for Vocabulary Reading Skill Differences in Young Adults

    David Braze;Whitney Tabor;Donald P. Shankweiler;W. Einar Mencl

Frequent Co-Authors

Isabelle Y. Liberman
Isabelle Y. Liberman University of Connecticut
Leonard Katz
Leonard Katz Haskins Laboratories
Kenneth R. Pugh
Kenneth R. Pugh Haskins Laboratories
Stephen Crain
Stephen Crain Macquarie University
Sally E. Shaywitz
Sally E. Shaywitz Yale University
James S. Magnuson
James S. Magnuson University of Connecticut
Virginia A. Mann
Virginia A. Mann University of California, Irvine
Carol A. Fowler
Carol A. Fowler University of Connecticut
Karla K. Stuebing
Karla K. Stuebing University of Houston
David J. Francis
David J. Francis University of Houston

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