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Language, Experience, and Development (LEAD) Lab
Publications
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Journal Articles
2024 & In Press
- Cychosz, M., Edwards, J., Munson, B., Romeo, R.R., Kosie, J.E., & Newman, R. (in press). The everyday speech environments of preschoolers with and without cochlear implants. Journal of Child Language.
- Potenza, M.N, Hutton, J.S., Taylor Piotrowski, J., Bagot, K., Blumberg, F., Canli, T., Chein, J., Christakis, D.A., Grafman, J., Griffin, J.A., Hummer, T., Kuss, D., Lerner, M., Marcovitch, S., Paulus, M.P., Perlman, G., Romeo, R.R., Thomason, M.E., Turel, O., Weinstein, A., West, G., & Hurst-Della Pietra, P. (in press) Digital media and developing brains: Concerns and Opportunities. Current Addiction Reports.
- Decker, A., Meisler, S.L., Hubbard, N., Bauer, C., Leonard, J., Imhof, A., Giebler, M., Grotzinger, H., Camacho Torres, Y., Romeo, R.R.,* & Gabrieli, J.D.E.* (2024). Striatal and behavioral responses to reward vary by socioeconomic status in adolescents. Journal of Neuroscience, e1633232023.
2023
- Romeo, R.R. (2024). Considering mechanisms, intersectionality, and levels of early intervention from a developmental neuroscience perspective 鈥 a commentary on Nelson et al. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.
Alonso, A., McDorman, S.A., & Romeo, R.R. (2023). Neural connections: How brain-to-brain synchrony during parent-child interactions can inform the study of child development. Child Development Perspectives, 18, 26-35. .
Alonso_etal_2023.pdfCarolus, A.E., McLaughlin, K.A., Lengua, L.J., Rowe, M.L., Sheridan, M.A., Zalewski, M. ,Moran, L., & Romeo, R.R. (2023). Conversation disruptions in early childhood predict executive functioning development: A longitudinal study. Developmental Science.
Carolus_et_al_2023.pdfTaylor, E.K., Abdurokhmonova, G. and Romeo, R.R. (2023). Socioeconomic Status and Reading Development: Moving from 鈥淒eficit鈥 to 鈥淎daptation鈥 in Neurobiological Models of Experience-Dependent Learning. Mind, Brain, and Education.
Taylor_et_al_MBE_2023.pdf- Marks, R.A., Pollack, C., Meisler, S.L., D鈥橫ello, A.M., Centanni, T.M., Romeo, R.R., Wade, K., Matejko, A.A., Ansari, D., Gabrieli, J.D.E., & Christodoulou, J.A. (2023). Neurocognitive risk factors for co-occurring math difficulties in dyslexia: Differences in executive function and visuospatial processing. Developmental Science, e13443. ;
2022
Romeo, R.R., Perrachione, T.K., Olson, H.O., Halverson, K.K., Gabrieli, J.D.E., & Christodoulou, J.A. (2022). Socioeconomic dissociations in the neural and cognitive bases of reading disorders. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 58(101175).
Romeo_et_al_DCN_2022.pdfRomeo, R.R., Uchida, L., & Christodoulou, J.A. (2022). Socioeconomic status and reading outcomes: Neurocognitive and behavioral correlates. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2022(52-70).
Romeo_etal_NDCAD_2022.pdf
- Romeo, R.R., Pezanowski, R., Merrill, K., Hargrave, S., & Hansen, A. (2022). Benefits and barriers to communication with infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Journal of Child Healthcare.
- Romeo_et_al_JCHC_2022.pdf
Romeo, R.R., Flournoy, J.C., McLaughlin, K.A., & Lengua, L.J. (2022). Language development as a mechanism linking socioeconomic status to executive functioning development in preschool. Developmental Science.
Romeo_et_al_DevSci_2022.pdf- Al Dahhan, N.Z., Halverson, K., Peek, C., Wilmot, D., D鈥橫ello, A., Romeo, R.R., Meegoda, O., Imhof, A., Wade, K., Sridha, A., Falke, E., Centanni, T.M., Gabrieli, JDE, Christodoulou, J.A. (2022). Dissociating executive function and ADHD influences on reading ability in children with dyslexia. Cortex, 153, 126-142.
2021
Romeo, R.R.*, Leonard, J.A.*, Robinson, S.T., Mackey, A.P., West, M.R., & Gabrieli, J.D.E. (2021). Replication and extension of a family-based training program to improve cognitive abilities in young children. Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 14(4), 792-811.
Romeo_et_al_JREE_2021.pdfRomeo, R.R., Choi, A.B., Gabard-Durnam, L.J., Wilkinson, C.L., Levin, A.R., Tager-Flusberg, H., & Nelson, C.A. (2021). Parent language input predicts neuroscillatory patterns underlying language development in infants at risk of Autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 52, 2717-2731.
Romeo_et_al_JADD_2021.pdfRomeo, R.R., Leonard, J.A., Grotzinger, H.M., Robinson, S.T., Takada, M., Mackey, A.P., Scherer, E., Rowe, M.L., West, M.R., Gabrieli, J.D.E. (2021). Neuroplasticity associated with conversational turn-taking following a family-based intervention. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 49, 100967.
Romeo_et_al_DCN_2021.pdf- Pollack, C., Wilmot, D., Centanni T., Halverson K., Frosch I., D鈥橫ello A., Romeo R.R., Imhof A., Capella J., Wade K., Al Dahhan, N. Z., Gabrieli, J.D.E., & Christodoulou, J.A. (2021). Anxiety, motivation, and competence in mathematics and reading in children with and without learning difficulties. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 704821.
2020
Hubbard, N.A., Romeo, R.R., Grotzinger, H., Giebler, M., Imhof, A., Bauer, C., & Gabrieli, J.D.E. (2020). Reward-sensitive basal ganglia stabilize the maintenance of goal-relevant neural patterns in adolescents. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 32(8), 1508鈥1524.
Hubbard et al., 2020 JoCN.pdfCychosz, M., Romeo, R. R., Soderstrom, M., Scaff, C. H., Ganek, H., Cristia, A., Casillas, M., Bang, J., & Weisleder, A. (2020). Long form recordings of everyday life: Ethics for best practices. Behavior Research Methods, 52,&苍产蝉辫;1951鈥1969.&苍产蝉辫;
Cychosz2020.pdfGuell, X., D鈥橫ello, A., Romeo, R. R., Hubbard, N., Schmahmann, J. D., Whitfield-Gabrieli, S., Gabrieli, J.D.E, & Anteraper, S. A. (2020). Functional territories of human dentate nucleus. Cerebral Cortex, 30(4), 2401-2417,
Guell_etal_2019.pdf
2019
Romeo, R. R. (2019). Socioeconomic and experiential influences on the neurobiology of language development. Invited review at Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups: Special Issue on the Neurobiology of Language Development and Disorders, 4, 1229鈥1238.
Romeo_Perspectives_2019.pdfLeonard, J. A., Romeo, R. R., Park, A. T., Takada, M., Robinson, S.T., Grotzinger, H., Finn, A. S., Gabrieli, J. D. E., & Mackey, A. P. (2019). Associations between cortical thickness and reasoning vary by socioeconomic status in early childhood and adolescence. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience.
Leonard_etal_2019.pdf
2018
Romeo, R. R., Segaran, J., Leonard, J. A., Robinson, S., West, M. R., Mackey, A. P., Yendiki, A., Rowe, M. L., Gabrieli, J. D. E. (2018). Language exposure relates to structural neural connectivity in childhood. Journal of Neuroscience, 38(36), 7870-7877
Romeo_et_al_JNeuro_2018.pdf- Selected as cover image:
- Chosen as topic of student journal club:
Romeo, R. R., Leonard, J. A., Robinson, S. T., West, M. R., Mackey, A. P., Rowe, M. L., Gabrieli, J. D. E. (2018). Beyond the 鈥30 million word gap:鈥 Children鈥檚 conversational exposure is associated with language-related brain function. Psychological Science, 29(5), 700鈥710.
Romeo_et_al_PsychSci_2018.pdf- Most cited article in Psychological Science, 2018-2021
Romeo, R. R.*, Christodoulou, J. A*, Halverson, K. K., Murtagh, J., Cyr, A. B., Schimmel, C., Chang, P., Hook, P. E., & Gabrieli J. D. E. (2018). Socioeconomic status and reading disability: Neuroanatomy and plasticity in response to intervention. Cerebral Cortex, 28(7), 2297-2312.
Romeo_et_al_CerebCortex_2017.pdf
Prior to 2018
Tuomainen, O., Hazan, V., & Romeo, R. (2016). Do talkers produce less dispersed phoneme categories in a clear speaking style? Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 140(4), EL320.
Tuomainen_etalRomeo R., Hazan V., & Pettinato M. (2013). Developmental and gender-related trends of intra-talker variability in consonant production. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 134(5), 3781 鈥 3792.
Romeo_etal_2013
Book Chapters
- Romeo, R.R. (2023). The neuroscience of early literacy development. In S. Cabell., S. Neuman, & N. Patton Terry (Eds.) Handbook on the Science of Early Literacy, 2nd edition. New York, NY: Guilford Press.
- Rowe, M.L., Romeo, R.R., & Leech, K.A. (2023). Early environmental influences on language. In S. Cabell., S. Neuman, & N. Patton Terry (Eds.) Handbook on the Science of Early Literacy, 2nd edition. New York, NY: Guilford Press.
- Romeo, R.R. & Christodoulou, J.A. (2022). How Neuroscience Can Help to Overcome Adversity in Education. In A. Holliman & K. Sheehy (Eds.) Overcoming Adversity in Education. Abington, UK: Taylor & Francis.
- Romeo, R. R., Imhof, A., Bhatia, P., Christodoulou, J. A. (2018). Relationships between socioeconomic status and reading development: Cognitive outcomes and neural mechanisms. In S. J. Lipina, & M. S. Segretin (Eds.) Exploring the neuroscience of poverty (pp. 166-198).Erice, Italy: International Mind, Brain and Education School (Ettore Majorana Foundation for Scientific Culture). ISBN 978-987-86-2055-8.