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Overview

Virginia A. Mann was affiliated with the University of California, Irvine in the United States. Their research output includes work published in the field of animal behavior, sensory systems, and genetics, primarily focusing on interactions between humans and animals as well as sensory functions.

The main fields of study covered by Virginia A. Mann's work included Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Neuroscience, and Veterinary science. Subfields of study were Genetics, Sensory Systems, and Small Animals.

The research topics explored by Mann encompassed:

  • Human-Animal Interaction Studies
  • Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies
  • Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies

Mann's publication record featured papers in the Journal of Comparative Psychology. One recent paper authored was titled "Eyes or nose: Domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) prefer vision over olfaction when searching for food." published in 2025 in the Journal of Comparative Psychology.

Their frequent co-authors included Juliane Bräuer and Josepha Erlacher, each collaborating on at least one publication.

Best Publications

  • Phonological Awareness and Verbal Short-Term Memory

    Virginia A. Mann;Isabelle Y. Liberman

  • Speech perception and memory coding in relation to reading ability

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

  • The relation between reading ability and morphological skills: Evidence from derivational suffixes

    Maria Singson;Diana Mahony;Virginia Mann

  • Phonological awareness: The role of reading experience

    Virginia A. Mann

  • Reading ability and sensitivity to morphological relations

    Diana Mahony;Maria Singson;Virginia Mann

  • Influence of vocalic context on perception of the [∫]-[s] distinction

    Virginia A. Mann;Bruno H. Repp

  • Method and apparatus for automated training of language learning skills

    Elizabeth H. Budra;Elizabeth C. Cottle;Logan E. De Ley;Jefferson A. Dewey

  • Phoneme Awareness and Future Reading Ability

    Virginia A. Mann

  • Phoneme awareness and pathways into literacy: A comparison of German and American children

    Virginia Mann;Heinz Wimmer

  • Influence of preceding liquid on stop-consonant perception

    Virginia A. Mann;Virginia A. Mann

  • Children's memory for sentences and word strings in relation to reading ability.

    Virginia A. Mann;Isabelle Y. Liberman;Donald Shankweiler

  • Home literacy environment and phonological awareness in preschool children: Differential effects for rhyme and phoneme awareness

    Judith G. Foy;Virginia A. Mann

  • Longitudinal prediction and prevention of early reading difficulty.

    Virginia A. Mann

  • Japanese adults can learn to produce English /r/ and /l/ accurately.

    James Emil Flege;Naoyuki Takagi;Virginia Mann

  • Measuring Phonological Awareness Through the Invented Spellings of Kindergarten Children.

    Virginia A. Mann

  • Influence of preceding fricative on stop consonant perception

    Virginia A. Mann;Bruno H. Repp

  • Children's Memory for Recurring Linguistic and Nonlinguistic Material in Relation to Reading Ability

    Isabelle Y. Liberman;Virginia A. Mann;Donald Shankweiler;Michele Werfelman

  • A Comprehensive Profile of Decoding and Comprehension in Autism Spectrum Disorders.

    Sabine V. Huemer;Virginia Mann

  • Lexical familiarity and English‐language experience affect Japanese adults’ perception of /ɹ/ and /l/

    James Emil Flege;Naoyuki Takagi;Virginia Mann

  • Sex differences in cognitive abilities: a cross-cultural perspective.

    Virginia A. Mann;Sumiko Sasanuma;Naoko Sakuma;Shinobu Masaki

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruno H. Repp
Bruno H. Repp Haskins Laboratories
Donald Shankweiler
Donald Shankweiler University of Connecticut
Susan Carey
Susan Carey Harvard University
Isabelle Y. Liberman
Isabelle Y. Liberman University of Connecticut
Shlomo Bentin
Shlomo Bentin Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Heinz Wimmer
Heinz Wimmer University of Salzburg
Alice F. Healy
Alice F. Healy University of Colorado Boulder

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