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Before applying to study at the Infancy Centre
There is always an interest in accepting new Graduate students to the Infancy Center. However, before you consider applying to the Developmental Processes area and to work in the Centre, you should know that it is not a place that trains clinicians. While you can take courses in the clinical area, the Centre focuses on an experimental rather than clinical paradigm. If your goal is to become a clinician, you should apply to the Clinical Developmental Program.
Before applying to study at the Centre, you are advised to familiarize yourself with my work. You could read parts of my recently published book, Infants' sense of people (Cambridge University Press, 2005), or some recently published articles.
The Infancy Centre focuses on discovering infant and child socio-cognitive abilities, such as the development of precursors to theory of mind, symbolic play (such as pretense), the child's mental state talk, mental task performances and moral judgment, and how these infant/child abilities are promoted through maternal interactive skills. If you find these questions compelling, please state in your application what specifically you like about the research, and where, based on your education and aptitude, you may best take advantage of and play a role in the research agenda of the Centre. If you have any questions, email me at: legerste@yorku.ca.
The Infancy Centre is run on a cooperative basis where students work to advance the research of a collective of scholars which includes both students and Professor. As a consequence, there are many possibilities for students to co-publish their work and to attend and present their work at scholarly conferences.
Co-publications (student authors in bold)
See publications
Co-presentations at conferences (student participants in bold)
Legerstee, M. (June 19-23, 2006), Colloquium Chair with Vasu Reddy: What does it mean to communicate (with a person)? Paper: Unable and Unwilling interactions with Human and Nonhuman agents: 15 th Biennial International Conference on Infant Studies, Kyoto, Japan: Discussant: Gabriela Markova.
Fisher, T., Legerstee, M. (June 19-23, 2006),. Declarative Pointing in Infants with and without Down syndrome. 15 th Biennial International Conference on Infant Studies, Kyoto, Japan
Legerstee, M., Markova, G., Marsh., H., & Barac, R (June 19-23, 2006). Distinguishing between intentions and outcomes in 5-7-month-olds. 15 th Biennial International Conference on Infant Studies, Kyoto, Japan:
Legerstee, M. & Markova, G. (June 19-23, 2006). Ten-month-olds' awareness of intentional action is specific to human agents. 15th Biennial International Conference on Infant Studies, Kyoto, Japan:
Fisher, T., Legerstee, M., & Perruchini, P. Declarative Pointing in Infants with and without Down syndrome. 15 th Biennial International Conference on Infant Studies, Kyoto, Japan:
Legerstee, M., Fisher, T. & Markova, G. (Tenerife, Spain, July, 2005). Maternal affect attunement promotes the development of attention during dyadic and triadic interaction. XIIth European Conference on Developmental Psychology.
Markova, G. & Legerstee, M. (Vancouver, June, 2005). Infant understanding of the intentional stance: Imitation of unsuccessful actions of people and inanimate agents, Jean Piaget Society.
Legerstee, M., Fisher, T. & Markova, M. (Vancouver, June, 2005). The development of coordinated attention: The role of maternal affect attunement, Jean Piaget Society
Markova, G. & Legerstee, M. (2005, April) Early dyadic interactions: Contingency, imitation, or affect? Society for Research in Child Development, Georgia, Atlanta
Markova, G. & Legerstee, M. (2004, September). Social foundations of early thinking. Paper presented at the Conference: Executive functions and social Interaction, Vancouver .B.C
Legerstee, M. Fahy, L., Blake, J. Fisher, T. Markova, G. (May, 2004). Maternal Factors Contributing to Toddlers' Early Development of Internal State Language: A Longitudinal Study. International Conference on Infant Studies, Chicago, IL
Legerstee, M ., Munns, C. Bebiroglu, N. (April, 2003). Five-month-old infants attribute goals to people only. Paper presented to the Biennial Conference of the Society of Child Development, Tampa, Florida.
Barillas, Y. & Legerstee, M. (April, 2002). Joint Visual attention at 12 months: Is the intentional stance implied? 13th Biennial International Conference on Infant studies. Toronto, Canada.
Fahy, L. & Legerstee, M. (April, 2002). Preverbal communication about emotional and non-emotional events in early toddler hood. 13 th Biennial International Conference on Infant studies. Toronto, Canada.
Legerstee, M . Barna, J. (August, 22-26, 2001). Young infants use emotions to infer what people want. Xth European Conference on Developmental Psychology, Uppsala, Sweden.
Legerstee, M., Pasic, N., & Varghese, J. (April 19-22, 2001). The Influence of Mothering on Social and Cognitive Competence: An Investigation of Maternal Sensitivity and Attachment. Paper presented at the 2001 SRCD Biennial Meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Legerstee, M. & Varghese, J. (March, 2001). Maternal Affect Mirroring and Emotion Regulation in 3-month-old Infants. Paper presented at the XXXIII Banff International Conference on Behavioral Science, Banff, Alberta.
Barna, J. & Legerstee, M. (July 16-19, 2000). Development of the ability to infer desires in 9- and 12-month-olds. Poster presented at the International Conference on Infant Studies, Brighton, England .
Barna, J. & Legerstee, M. (May, 2000). Precursors to Intentions in young infants, Paper presented at the University of Waterloo, Child Development Conference.
Legerstee, M. (September, 1999). Didactic strategies and early communication. Paper presented at the IXth European Conference on Development Psychology, Island of Spetses, Greece.
Legerstee, M., van Beek, Y., & Varghese, J. (April, 1998). Effects of didactic strategies on symbolic behavior in infants with and without Down syndrome. Paper presented at the 11th Biennial International Conference on Infant Studies, Atlanta, Georgia.
Weintraub, J, & Legerstee, M. (March, 1995). Differences in the development of coordinated gazing in infants with Down syndrome and in no delayed infants. Society for Research in Child Development. Indianapolis, Indiana.
Weintraub, J. and Legerstee, M. (August, 1993). Shared attention in two-year-old infants with Down syndrome between objects, adults and peers. Paper presented at the IV European Developmental Convention, Bonn, Germany.
Legerstee, M. & Hadden, K. (July, 1993). The development of emotional expressions and cognitive behaviors during the first year of Life. Paper presented at the XII Biannual meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development, Recife, Brazil.
Weintraub, J. Legerstee, M. Breininger, L. Kourgiantakis, T. (April, 1992). Coordinated attention in infants with Down syndrome. Paper presented at the First Annual Psychology Convention, York University.
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