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Representative Publications:

Bortfeld, H., Fava, E., & Boas, D. (2009).  Identifying cortical lateralization of speech processing in infants using near-infrared spectroscopy. Developmental Neuropsychology, 34, 52-65.

Bortfeld, H., Wruck, E., & Boas, D. (2007).  Assessing infants’ cortical response to speech using near-infrared spectroscopy. NeuroImage, 34, 407-415.

Bortfeld, H., Morgan, J., Golinkoff, R., & Rathbun, K. (2005).  Mommy and me: Familiar names help launch babies into speech stream segmentation. Psychological Science, 16, 298-304.

Bortfeld, H. (2003).  Comprehending idioms cross-linguistically.  Experimental Psychology, 50, 1-15.

Bortfeld, H., Leon, S., Bloom, J., Schober, M., & Brennan, S. (2001).  Disfluency rates in conversation: Effects of age, relationship, topic, role, and gender.  Language and Speech, 44, 123-147.

Bortfeld, H., & McGlone, M. (2001). The continuum of metaphor processing. Metaphor and Symbol, 16, 75-86.

Bortfeld, H., & Brennan, S. (1997). Use and acquisition of idiomatic expressions in referring by native and non-native speakers. Discourse Processes, 23, 21-49.