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Susan Ellis Weismer is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on areas bridging psychology and neuroscience, with significant work in developmental and educational psychology as well as cognitive neuroscience.

The scientific output of Susan Ellis Weismer covers a variety of topics, including:

  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Language Development and Disorders
  • Reading and Literacy Development
  • Family and Disability Support Research
  • Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
  • Behavioral and Psychological Studies
  • Child and Animal Learning Development

Their frequent publication venues reflect this focus and include:

  • Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
  • Autism Research
  • Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research
  • International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders
  • Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Susan Ellis Weismer illustrate key contributions to language development and disorders, as well as autism research. Selected publications include:

  • "Predictive language processing in young autistic children," 2022, Autism Research
  • "Language and Inhibition: Predictive Relationships in Children With Language Impairment Relative to Typically Developing Peers," 2020, Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research
  • "Competing Perceptual Salience in a Visual Word Recognition Task Differentially Affects Children With and Without Autism Spectrum Disorder," 2020, Autism Research
  • "A preliminary epidemiologic study of social (pragmatic) communication disorder in the context of developmental language disorder," 2021, International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders
  • "Working Memory Performance in Children With Developmental Language Disorder: The Role of Domain," 2022, Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research

Collaborations are an important aspect of Susan Ellis Weismer's work. Frequent co-authors include Janine Mathée-Scott, Jenny R. Saffran, Kathryn E. Prescott, Caroline Larson, and Margarita Kaushanskaya. These collaborations have resulted in multiple joint publications advancing the understanding of language and developmental disorders.

Best Publications

  • Language Deficits in Poor Comprehenders: A Case for the Simple View of Reading

    Hugh W. Catts;Suzanne M. Adlof;Susan Ellis Weismer

  • Are Specific Language Impairment and Dyslexia Distinct Disorders

    Hugh W. Catts;Suzanne M. Adlof;Tiffany P. Hogan;Susan Ellis Weismer

  • Nonword Repetition Performance in School-Age Children With and Without Language Impairment

    Susan Ellis Weismer;J. Bruce Tomblin;Xuyang Zhang;Paula Buckwalter

  • Speed of Processing, Working Memory, and Language Impairment in Children

    Laurence B. Leonard;Susan Ellis Weismer;Carol A. Miller;David J. Francis

  • An examination of verbal working memory capacity in children with specific language impairment.

    Susan Ellis Weismer;Julia Evans;Linda J. Hesketh

  • Early language patterns of toddlers on the autism spectrum compared to toddlers with developmental delay

    Susan Ellis Weismer;Catherine Lord;Amy Esler;Amy Esler

  • Morphological productivity in children with normal language and SLI: a study of the English past tense.

    Virginia A. Marchman;Beverly Wulfeck;Susan Ellis Weismer

  • Lexical Learning by Children with Specific Language Impairment: Effects of Linguistic Input Presented at Varying Speaking Rates.

    Susan Ellis Weismer;Linda J. Hesketh

  • The Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, Toddler Module: Standardized Severity Scores

    Amy N. Esler;Vanessa Hus Bal;Vanessa Hus Bal;Whitney Guthrie;Amy Wetherby

  • Utility of the MacArthur—Bates Communicative Development Inventory in Identifying Language Abilities of Late-Talking and Typically Developing Toddlers

    John Heilmann;Susan Ellis Weismer;Julia Evans;Christine Hollar

  • Effects of treatment on linguistic and social skills in toddlers with delayed language development

    Shari Brand Robertson;Susan Ellis Weismer

  • The Role of Processing Limitations in Early Identification of Specific Language Impairment

    Susan Ellis Weismer;Julia L. Evans

  • Mental rotation abilities in language-disordered children

    Judith R. Johnston;Susan Ellis Weismer

  • The influence of prosodic and gestural cues on novel word acquisition by children with specific language impairment.

    Susan Ellis Weismer;Linda J. Hesketh

  • Longitudinal relationships between lexical and grammatical development in typical and late-talking children.

    Maura Jones Moyle;Susan Ellis Weismer;Julia L. Evans;Mary J. Lindstrom

  • Preschool language variation, growth, and predictors in children on the autism spectrum

    Susan Ellis Weismer;Sara T. Kover;Sara T. Kover

  • A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Investigation of Verbal Working Memory in Adolescents With Specific Language Impairment

    Susan Ellis Weismer;Elena Plante;Maura Jones;J. Bruce Tomblin

  • A Prospective Longitudinal Study of Language Development in Late Talkers

    Susan Ellis Weismer;Janmie Murray-Branch;Jon F. Miller

  • Capacity Limitations in Working Memory: The Impact on Lexical and Morphological Learning by Children with Language Impairment.

    Susan Ellis Weismer

  • Characterization and prediction of early reading abilities in children on the autism spectrum.

    Meghan M. Davidson;Susan Ellis Weismer

Frequent Co-Authors

Jenny R. Saffran
Jenny R. Saffran University of Wisconsin–Madison
Julia L. Evans
Julia L. Evans The University of Texas at Dallas
Hugh W. Catts
Hugh W. Catts Florida State University
Daniel M. Bolt
Daniel M. Bolt University of Wisconsin–Madison
Leonard J Abbeduto
Leonard J Abbeduto University of California, Davis
Morton Ann Gernsbacher
Morton Ann Gernsbacher University of Wisconsin–Madison
Catherine Lord
Catherine Lord University of California, Los Angeles
Tiffany P. Hogan
Tiffany P. Hogan MGH Institute of Health Professions
Amy M. Wetherby
Amy M. Wetherby Florida State University
Helen Tager-Flusberg
Helen Tager-Flusberg Boston University

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