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Overview

Donna J. Thal is affiliated with San Diego State University in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Psychology, with a focus on Developmental and Educational Psychology. The scientist's work also touches on Education as a related subfield.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Language Development and Disorders
  • Reading and Literacy Development
  • Child Development and Digital Technology
  • Child and Animal Learning Development

Donna J. Thal has contributed to multiple publications, including papers in prominent venues such as Scientific Reports and Developmental Science. Notable recent works are:

  • Moving towards accurate and early prediction of language delay with network science and machine learning approaches, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Modeling Longitudinal Trajectories of Word Production With the CDI, 2025, Developmental Science

The scientist has collaborated with several frequent co-authors, which include Arielle Borovsky, Laurence B. Leonard, Trevor K. M. Day, and Jed T. Elison.

Best Publications

  • Variability in Early Communicative Development

    L Fenson;P S Dale;J S Reznick;E Bates

  • Spoken language development in children following cochlear implantation

    John K. Niparko;Emily A. Tobey;Donna J. Thal;Laurie S. Eisenberg

  • Developmental and Stylistic Variation in the Composition of Early Vocabulary.

    Elizabeth Bates;Virginia A. Marchman;Donna Thal;Larry Fenson

  • MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventories

    Virginia Marchman;Donna Thal;Larry Fenson

  • Language and gesture in late talkers: a 1-year follow-up.

    Donna Thal;Stacy Tobias;Deborah Morrison

  • Early Lexical Development in Spanish-Speaking Infants and Toddlers.

    Donna Jackson-Maldonado;Donna Thal;Virginia Marchman;Elizabeth Bates

  • Ties Between the Lexicon and Grammar: Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Studies of Bilingual Toddlers

    Barbara T. Conboy;Donna J. Thal

  • Early lexical development in children with focal brain injury

    Donna J. Thal;Virginia A. Marchman;Joan Stiles;Dorothy Aram

  • From first words to grammar in children with focal brain injury

    Elizabeth Bates;Donna Thal;Doris Trauner;Judi Fenson

  • Communicative Gestures in Children With Delayed Onset of Oral Expressive Vocabulary

    Donna J. Thal;Stacy Tobias

  • MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventories, Second Edition

    Larry Fenson;Virginia A. Marchman;Donna J. Thal;Philip S. Dale

  • Integrating Language and Gesture in Infancy.

    Elizabeth Bates;Donna Thal;Kimberly Whitesell;Larry Fenson

  • Measuring variability in early child language: don't shoot the messenger.

    Larry Fenson;Elizabeth Bates;Philip Dale;Judith Goodman

  • Validity of a parent report measure of vocabulary and syntax for preschool children with language impairment.

    Donna J. Thal;Donna J. Thal;Laureen O'Hanlon;Mary Clemmons;LaShon Fralin

  • Influence Of Implantation Age On School-Age Language Performance In Pediatric Cochlear Implant Users

    Emily A. Tobey;Donna Thal;John K. Niparko;Laurie S. Eisenberg

  • Language and Gesture in Late Talkers

    Donna Thal;Elizabeth Bates

  • Validity of the MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventories for measuring language abilities in children with cochlear implants.

    Donna Thal;Jean L. DesJardin;Laurie S. Eisenberg

  • Continuity of language abilities : An exploratory study of late- and early-talking toddlers

    Donna J. Thal;Elizabeth Bates;Judith Goodman;Jennifer Jahn‐Samilo

  • Assessment of communication and language

    Kevin N. Cole;Philip S. Dale;Donna J. Thal

  • Validity of a parent-report measure of vocabulary and grammar for Spanish-speaking toddlers.

    Donna Thal;Donna Jackson-Maldonado;Dora Acosta

  • Individual Differences and their Implications for Theories of Language Development

    Elizabeth Bates;Philip S. Dale;Donna Thal

Frequent Co-Authors

Elizabeth Bates
Elizabeth Bates University of California, San Diego
Philip S. Dale
Philip S. Dale University of New Mexico
Virginia A. Marchman
Virginia A. Marchman Stanford University
Judy Reilly
Judy Reilly San Diego State University
Doris A. Trauner
Doris A. Trauner University of California, San Diego
J. Steven Reznick
J. Steven Reznick University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Linda B. Smith
Linda B. Smith Indiana University
Lisa M. Oakes
Lisa M. Oakes University of California, Davis
Patricia J. Bauer
Patricia J. Bauer Emory University
Betty R. Vohr
Betty R. Vohr Brown University

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