Language, Cognition and Development Lab

Journal Articles

  • Benavides-Varela, S., Gomez, D. M., Macagno,F., Bion, R.A.H., Peretz, I., Mehler, J. (2011) Memory in the Neonate Brain, PLoS ONE [pdf]

  • Nespor, M., M. Shukla and J. Mehler (2011) Stress-timed vs. syllable timed languages. Companion to Phonology. Blackwell, 1147-1159. [pdf]

  • Alan Langus, Erika Marchetto, Ricardo Augusto Hoffmann Bion, Marina Nespor (2011) Can prosody be used to discover hierarchical structure in continuous speech?, Journal of Memory and Language, 285-306 [pdf]

  • Hochmann, J.-R., Benavides, S., Nespor, M. & Mehler, J. (2011) Consonants and Vowels: different roles in early language acquisition, Developmental Science, (DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2011.01089.x).

  • Peña, M., Mehler, J. & Nespor, M. (2011) The Role of Audiovisual Processing in Early Conceptual Development, Psychological Science (doi: 10.1177/0956797611421791)

  • Peña, M., Bion, R. A. H. & Nespor, M. (2011) How modality specific is the iambic–trochaic law? Evidence from vision, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition; Vol 37(5), pp. 1199-1208. [pdf]

  • Benavides-Varela, S., Gómez, D.M., & Mehler, J. (2011). Studying neonates’ language and memory capacities with functional near-infrared spectroscopy. Frontiers in Psychology, 2:64 (doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00064). [pdf]

  • Bion, R.A.H., Benavides-Varela, S., & Nespor, M. Acoustic markers of prominence influence infants' and adults' segmentation of speech sequences. Language and Speech, in press. [pdf]

  • Gervain, J., Mehler, J., Werker, J.F., Nelson, C.A., Csibra, G., Lloyd-Fox, S., Shukla, M. & Aslin, R.N. (2011) Near-infrared spectroscopy: A report from the McDonnell infant methodology consortium. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 1 (1), 22-46. [pdf]

  • Gómez, D.M., Bion, R.A.H., & Mehler, J. (2011). The word segmentation process as revealed by click detection. Language and Cognitive Processes, 26(2), 212-223.[pdf]

  • Gervain, J. & Mehler, J. (2011). Speech Perception and Language Acquisition in the First Year of Life. Annual Review of PsychologyVol.61, pp.191-218. [pdf]

  • Langus, A., & Nespor, M. (2010). Cognitive systems struggling for word order. Cognitive Psychology, 60 (4), 291-318.[pdf]

  • Hochmann, J-R., Endress A.D., & Mehler, J. (2010). Word frequency as a cue to identify function words in infancy. Cognition, 115, 444-457. [pdf]

  • Endress, A.D. & Mehler, J. (2010). Perceptual Constraints in Phonotactic Learning. Journal of Experimental Psychology: HP&P. Vol. 36(1), 235-250. [pdf]

  • Peña, M., Pittaluga, E. & Mehler, J. (2010) Language acquisition in premature and full-term infants. PNAS 107(8), 3823-3828. [pdf]

  • Shukla, M. and M. Nespor (2010) Rhythmic patterns cue word order. In N. Erteschik-Shir (ed.) The Sound Patterns of Syntax. Oxford. Oxford University Press.174-188. [pdf]

  • Endress, A.D. & Mehler, J. (2009). Primitive Computations in Speech Processing. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. [pdf]

  • Kovacs, A. M. & Mehler, J. (2009) Flexible Learning of Multiple Speech Structures in Bilingual Infants. Science 325, 611-612. [pdf]

  • Endress, A.D., Nespor, M. & Mehler, J.(2009) Perceptual and Memory Constraints on Language Acquisition. Trends in Cognitive Science13(8), 348-353. [pdf]

  • Kovacs, A. M. and Mehler, J. (2009) Cognitive gains in 7-month-old bilingual infants. PNAS, 106(2), 6556-6560. [pdf]

  • Endress, A.D., Mehler, J. (2009) The surprising power of statistical learning: When fragment knowledge leads to false memories of unheard words. Journal of Memory and Language, 60, pp. 351-367. [pdf]

  • Gervain, J. Nespor, M., Mazuka, R., Horie, R., Mehler J. (2008) Bootstrapping word order in prelexical infants: a Japanese-Italian cross-linguistic study. Cognitive Psychology,Vol 57(1), pp. 56-74. [pdf]

  • Toro, J.M., M. Shukla, M. Nespor and A. Endress (2008) The quest for generalizations over consonants: Asymmetries between consonants and vowels are not the by-product of acoustic differences. Perception and Psychophysics. 70.8. 1515-1525. [pdf]

  • Mehler, J., Nespor, M., Peña, M.(2008) What Infants Know and What they Have to Learn about Language. European Review, Vol. 16, n. 4, pp. 429-444. [pdf]

  • Gervain, J., Macagno, F., Cogoi, S., Peña, M., Mehler, J. (2008) The neonate brain detects speech structure. PNAS, Vol. 105, n.37, pp. 14222-14227. [pdf]

  • Toro, J.M., Bonatti, L.L., Nespor, M., Mehler, J. (2008). Finding words and rules in a speech stream: functional differences between vowels and consonants. Psychological Science, Vol. 19(2),pp.137-144. [pdf]

  • Hochmann, J.R., Azadpour, M. Mehler J. (2008) Do humans really learn AnBn rtificial grammars from exemplars? Cognitive Science, 32, pp. 1021-1036. [pdf]

  • Endress, A.D., Dehaene-Lambertz, G., Mehler, J. (2007) Perceptual Constraints and the Learnability of Simple Grammars. Cognition, vol.105, issue 3, pp. 577-614. [pdf]

  • Bonatti, L., Peña, M., Nespor, M., Mehler, J.(2007) On Consonants, Vowels, Chickens, and Eggs. Psychological Science, 18 (10), pp.924-5 [pdf]

  • Shukla M., Nespor M., Mehler J. (2007) . An interaction between prosody and statistics in the segmentation of fluent speech. Cognitive Psychology. 54 (1), pp. 1-32. [pdf]

  • Bonatti LL., Peña M., Nespor M., Mehler J. (2006) . How to hit Scylla without avoiding Charybdis : comment on Perruchet, Tyler, Galland, and Peereman. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. 135 (2), pp. 314-326. [pdf]

  • Mehler J., Peña M., Nespor M., Bonatti L. (2006) . The soul of language does not use statistics: reflections on vowels and consonants. Cortex. 42 (6), pp. 846-854. [pdf]

  • Endress, A.D., Scholl, B.J., Mehler, J. (2005). The role of salience in the extraction of algebraic rules. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. 134 (3), pp. 406-419. [pdf]

  • Aslin R. N. J. Mehler, (2005) Near-infrared spectroscopy for functional studies of brain activity in human infants: promise, prospects, and challenges. Journal of Biomedical Optics 10: 1, 011009, (1-3) [pdf]

  • Bonatti, L., Frot E., Mehler, J. (2005). What face inversion does to infants' counting abilities. Psychological Science, Vol. 16, Number 7, July 2005, : pp. 506 - 510. [pdf]

  • Bonatti, L., Peña, M., Nespor, M., Mehler, J. (2005). Linguistic Constraints on Statistical Computations: The Role of Consonants and Vowels in Continuous Speech Processing. Psychological Science, Vol. 16, Number 6, June 2005. : pp. 451 - 459. [pdf]

  • Tincoff, R., Hauser, M., Tsao, F., Spaepen, G., Ramus, F., J. Mehler (2005) The role of speech rhythm in language dicricmination: further tests with a non-human primate. Developmental Science, (1), pp.26-35. [pdf]

  • Christophe, A., Peperkamp, S., Pallier, C., Block, E., Mehler, J. (2004). Phonological phrase boundaries constrain lexical access: I. Adult data. Journal of Memory and Language, vol.51, (4), November 2004. pp.523-547. [pdf]

  • Nespor, M., M. Peña and J. Mehler (2003) On the different roles of vowels and consonants in speech processing and language acquisition. Lingue e Linguaggio. 2. 221-247. [pdf]

  • Dupoux, E., Kouider, S., Mehler, J. (2003). Unattended lexical activation? Explorations using dichotic priming. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Prformance, 29, pp. 172-184.[pdf]

  • Peña, M., Maki, A., Kovačić, D., Dehaene-Lambertz, G., Koizumi, H., Bouquet, F., Mehler, J. (2003) Sounds and Silence: An optical topography study of language recognition at birth. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 100 (20): pp. 11702-5. [pdf]

  • Nespor, M., Peña, M., Mehler, J. (2003) On the different Roles of Vowels and Consonants in Speech Processing and Language Acquisition, Lingue & Linguaggio, (2),pp.203-231. [pdf]

  • Dupoux, E., Kouider, S., Mehler, J. (2003) Lexical access without attention? Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 29 (1),pp. 172-184. [pdf]

  • Pallier, C., Dehaene, S., Poline, J.-B., LeBihan, D., Argenti, A.-M., Dupoux, E., Mehler, J. (2003). Brain imaging of language plasticity in adopted adults: can a second language replace the first? Cerebral Cortex, 13,pp.155-162. [pdf]

  • Peña, M., Bonatti, L., Nespor, M., Mehler J. (2002). Signal-Driven Computations in Speech Processing, Science, 298, pp. 604-607. [pdf]

  • Bonatti, L., Frot, E., Zangl, R., Mehler, J. (2002) The Human First Hypothesis: Identification of conspecifics and individuation of objects in the young infant. Cognitive Psychology, 44, pp.388-426. [pdf]

  • Peretz, I., Zatorre, R., Mehler, J., Hada, P., Penhune, V. G., Jutras, B. (2001). Congenial Amusia : A Disorder of Fine-Grained Pitch Discrimination. Neuron, 33,pp. 1-20. [pdf]

  • Christophe, A., Mehler, J., Sebastian-Gallos, N. (2001). Perception of prosodic boundary correlates by newborn infants. Infancy, 2, pp. 385-394. [pdf]

  • Dupoux, E., Pallier, C., Kakehi, K., Mehler, J. (2001) New evidence for prelexical phonological processing in word recognition. Language and Cognitive Processing, 16 (5/6), pp. 491-505. [pdf]

  • LeClec', G., Dehaene, S., Cohen, L., Mehler, J., Dupoux, E., Poline, J. B.,Lehericy, S., van Moortele, P. F., LeBihan, D. (2000) Distinct cortical areas for names of numbers and body parts independent of language and input modality. Neuro Image.12, pp. 381-391. [pdf]

  • Ramus, F., Hauser, M. D., Miller, C., Morris, D., Mehler, J. (2000) Language discrimination by human newborns and by cotton-top tamarin monkeys. Science, 288, pp. 340-351. [pdf]

  • Peperkamp, S., Mehler, J. (1999). Spoken and signed language : A unique underlying system ? Language and Speech, 42, pp. 333-346. [pdf]

  • Ramus, F., Nespor, M., Mehler, J. (1999). Correlates of linguistic rhythm in the speech signal. Cognition, 73, 3,pp. 265-292. [pdf]

  • Dupoux, E., Kakehi, K., Hirose, Y., Pallier, C., Mehler, J. (1999). Epenthetic vowels in Japanese: A perceptual illusion? Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance,25 (6);pp. 1568-1578. [pdf]

  • Nespor, M. and W. Sandler (1999) Prosody in Israeli Sign Language. Language and Speech. 143-176. [pdf]

  • Ramus, F., Mehler (1999) Language identification with suprasegmental cues : A study based on speech resynthesis.Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 105, pp. 512-521. [pdf]

  • Perani, D., Paulesu, E., Sebastian-Gallos, N., Dupoux, E., Dehaene, S., Bettinardi, V., Cappa, S. F., Fazio, F., Mehler, J. (1998) The bilingual brain: Proficiency and age of acquisition of the second language. Brain, 121,pp. 1841-1852. [pdf]

  • Bachoud-Levi, A-C., Cohen L., Dupoux, E., Mehler. (1998)Where is the length effect? A cross linguistic study. Journal of Memory and Language, 39, pp. 331-346. [pdf]

  • Pallier, C., Sebastian, N., Dupoux, E., Christophe, A., Mehler, J. (1998) Perceptual adjustment to time-compressed speech: a cross-linguistic study. Memory & Cognition, 26, pp. 844-851. [pdf]

  • Paulesu, E., Mehler, J. M. (1998) Right on in sign language . Nature - News and Views392, pp.233-234. [pdf]

  • Nazzi, T., Bertoncini, J. Mehler, J. (1998). Language Discriminationby Newborns. Towards un understanding of the role of rhythm. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 24,pp. 1-11. [pdf]

  • van Ooyen, B., Bertoncini, J., Sansavini, A., Mehler, J. (1997)Do weak syllables count for newborns? Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 102, pp. 3735-3741. [pdf]

  • Koechlin, E., Dehaene, S., Mehler, J. (1997) Numerical transformations in five month old human infants. Mathematical Cognition, 2, pp. 89-104. [pdf]

  • Dehaene, S., Dupoux, E., Mehler, J., Cohen, L., Perani, D., van de Moortele, P. F., Leherici, S., Le Bihan, D. (1997) Anatomical Variability in the representation of first and second Languages, Neuroreport, 17, pp. 3809-3815. [pdf]

  • Pallier, C., Christophe, A., Mehler, J. (1997) Language-specific listening. Trends in Cognitive Science, 1, pp. 129-132. [pdf]

  • Dupoux, E., Pallier, C., Sebastian, N., Mehler, J. (1997) A destressing  deafness in French? Journal of Memory and Language, 36,(3), pp. 406-421. [pdf]

  • Fazio, F., Perani, D., Dehaene, S., Grassi, F., Cohen, L., Cappa, S. F., Dupoux, E., Mehler (1997) Brain processing of native and foreign languages. Human Brain Mapping Supplement, 583.

  • Perani, D., Dehaene, S., Grassi, F., Cohen, L., Cappa, S. F., Dupoux, E., Fazio, F., Mehler, J. (1996) Brain processing of native and foreign languages. NeuroReport, 7,pp. 2439-2444. [pdf]

  • Mehler, J., Pallier, C., Christophe, A. (1996) Psychologie Cognitive et Acquisition des Langues. Medecine Sciences, 12, pp. 94-99. [pdf]

  • Deheane, S., Tzourio, N., Frak, V., Raynaud, L., Cohen, L. , Mehler, J., Mazoyer, B. (1996) Cerebral activations during number multiplication and comparison: A PET study. Neuropsychologia, 34, pp. 1097-1106. [pdf]

  • Cohen, L., Mehler, J. (1996) Click Monitoring Revisted: An On-Line Study of Sentence Comprehension. Memory & Cognition, 24, pp. 94-102. [pdf]

  • Bertoncini, J., Floccia, C., Nazzi, T., Mehler, J. (1995) Morae and Syllables: Rythmical Basis of Speech Representations in Neonates. Language and Speech, 38,pp. 311-329.[pdf]

  • Mehler, J., Bertoncini, J., Dupoux, E., Pallier, C. (1994) The Role of Suprasegmentals in Speech Perception and Acquisition. Dokkyo International Review, 7,pp. 338-343.[pdf]

  • Mehler, J., Christophe, A. (1994) Language in the Infant's Mind. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (Biological Section), 346, pp. 13-20. [pdf]

  • Mehler, J. (1994) A Few Words About Cognition. Cognitive Studies, 1, pp. 8-9.

  • Mehler, J. Editorial. (1994) Cognition, 50,pp.1-6.[pdf]

  • Christophe, A., Dupoux, E., Bertoncini, J., Mehler, J. (1994) Do Infants Perceive Word Boundaries? An Empirical Approach to the Bootstrapping Problem for Lexical Acquisition.Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 95, pp.1570-1580. [pdf]

  • Mehler, J., Dupoux, E., Pallier, C., Dehaene-Lambertz, G. (1994) Cross-Linguistic Approaches to Speech Processing? Current Opinionsin Neurobiology, 4,pp.171-176.[pdf]

  • Mazoyer, B. M., Dehaene, S., Tzourio, N., Frak, V., Murayama, N., Cohen, L., Levrier, O., Salamon, G., Syrota, A., Mehler, J. (1993) The Cortical Representation of Speech. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 32, pp.373-389.[pdf]

  • Otake, T., Hatano, G., Cutler, A., Mehler,J. (1993) Mora Or Syllable? Speech Segmentation in Japanese. Journal of Memory and Language, 32, pp.258-278.

  • Bijeljac-Babic, R., Bertoncini, J., Mehler, J. (1993) How Do Four-Day-Old Infants Categorize Multisyllabic Utterances? Developmental Psychology, 29, pp.711-723.[pdf]

  • Pallier, C., Sebastian y Galles, N., Felguera, T., Christophe, A., Mehler, J. (1993) Attentional Allocation Within the Syllabic Structure of Spoken Words. Journal of Memory and Language, 32, pp.373-389.

  • Cutler, A., Mehler, J. (1993) The Periodicity Bias. Journal of Phonetics, 21,pp.103-108. [pdf]

  • Cutler, A., Mehler, J., Norris, D., Segui, J. (1992) The Monolingual Nature of Speech Segmentation by Bilinguals. Cognitive Psychology, 24, pp.381-410. [pdf]

  • Dehaene, S., Mehler, J. (1992) Cross-Linguistic Regularities in the Frequency of Number Words. Cognition, 43, 1,pp.1-29. [pdf]

  • Sebastian, N., Dupoux, E., Segui, J., Mehler, J. (1992) Contrasting Syllabic Effects in Catalan and Spanish : The Role of Stress. Journal of Memory and Language, 31,pp.18-32. [pdf]

  • Segui, J., Sebastian-Galles, N., Mehler, J. (1991) Estructura Fonologica y Percepcion del Habla. Revista Argentina de Linguistica, 7, pp.89-107.

  • Christophe, A., Pallier, C., Bertoncini, J., Mehler, J.(1991) A la Recherche d'Une Unite: Segmentation et Traitement de la Parole, L'Annee Psychologique, 91,pp.59-86. [pdf]

  • Dupoux, E., Mehler, J. (1990) Monitoring the Lexicon with Normal and Compressed Speech : Frequency Effects and the Prelexical Code. Journal of Memory and Language, 29,pp.316-335. [pdf]

  • Jusczyk, P. W., Bertoncini, J., Bijeljac-Babic, R., Kennedy, L., Mehler, J. (1990). The Role of Attention in Speech Perception by Young Infants. Cognitive Development, 5,pp.265-286. [pdf]

  • Dehaene, S., Dupoux, E., Mehler, J. (1990). Is Numerical Comparison Digital ? Analogical and Symbolic Effects in Two-Digit Number Comparison. Journal of Experimental Psychology : Human Perception and Performance, 16,pp.626-641. [pdf]

  • Mehler, J., Cutler, A. (1990) Psycholinguistic Implications of Phonological Diversity Among Languages. Golem, 1, pp. 119-134.[pdf]

  • Morais, J., Content, A., Cary, L, Mehler, J., Segui, J. (1989). Syllabic Segmentation and Literacy. Language and Cognitive Processes, 4, pp.57-67. [pdf]

  • Cutler, A., Mehler, J., Norris, D., Segui, J. (1989). Limits on Bilingualism. Nature, 340, pp.229-230. [pdf]

  • Bertoncini, J., Morais, J., Bijeljac-Babic, R., McAdams, S., Peretz, I., Mehler, J. (1989). Dichotic Perception and Laterality in Neonates. Brain And Language, 37, pp.591-605. [pdf]

  • Pinker, S., Mehler, J. (Eds.) (1988) Connectionism and Symbol Systems, Cognition, 28,pp.1-2.

  • Mehler, J., Jusczyk, P., Lambertz, G., Halsted, N., Bertoncini, J., Amiel-Tison, C. (1988). A Precursor of Language Acquisition in Young Infants, Cognition, 29, pp.143-178. [pdf]

  • Nespoulous, J.-L., Dordain, M., Perron, C., Ska, B., Bub, D., Caplan, D., Mehler, J., Roch Lecours, A. (1988). Agrammatism in Sentence Production without Comprehension Deficits : Reduced Availability of Syntactic Structures And/Or of Grammatical Morphemes ? A Case Study, Brain and Language, 33,pp.273-295. [pdf]

  • Bertoncini, J., Bijeljac-Babic, R., Jusczyk, P. W., Kennedy, L., Mehler, J. (1988). An Investigation of Young Infants' Perceptual Representations of Speech Sounds, Journal of Experimental Psychology : General, 117,pp.21-33. [pdf]

  • Lecours, A. R., Mehler, J., Parente, M. A. (1988). Illiteracy and Brain Damage - 3. A Contribution to the Study of Speech and Language Disorders in Illiterates with Unilateral Brain Damage (Initial Testing), Neuropsychologia, 26, pp.575-589. [pdf]

  • Mehler, J., Bertoncini, J. (1988). Development - A Question of Properties, Not Change ? Revue Internationale de Sciences Sociales, UNESCO. (Also In French, Spanish & Arabic), 115,pp.121-135.

  • Mehler, J., Dupoux, E. (1987). De la Psychologie e la Science Cognitive, Le Debat, 47, pp.65-87. [pdf]

  • Lecours, A. R., Mehler, J., Parente, M. A. (1987). Illiteracy and Brain Damage - 2. Manifestations of Unilateral Neglect in Testing "Auditory Comprehension" With Iconographic Materials, Brain and Cognition, 6, pp.243-266. [pdf]

  • Bertoncini, J., Babic-Bijeljac, R., Blumstein, S., Mehler, J. (1987). Discrimination by Neonates of Very Short CVs, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 82, pp.31-37. [pdf]

  • Cutler, A., Mehler, J., Norris, D., Segui, J. (1987). Phoneme Identification and the Lexicon, Cognitive Psychology, 19,pp.141-177.[pdf]

  • Lecours, A. R., Mehler, J., Parente, M. A. (1987). Illiteracy and Brain Damage - 1. Aphasia Testing in Culturally Contrasted Populations, Neuropsychologia, 25,pp.231-245. [pdf]

  • Mehler, J., Lambertz, G., Jusczyk, P. W., Amiel-Tison, C. (1987). Discrimination de la Langue Maternelle par le Nouveau-Ne, C. R. Academie des Sciences de Paris, 303, 15, pp.637-640.[pdf]

  • Segui, U., Frauenfelder, U., Laine, C., Mehler, J. (1987). The Word Frequency Effect for Open-and-Closed Class Items, Cognitive Neuropsychology, 4,pp.33-44. [pdf]

  • Segui, J., Mehler, J. (1986). Psicologia Cognitiva y Percepcion del Lenguaje : Contribucion al Estudio Experimental del Habla, Revista Argentina de Linguistica, 2, pp.317-342. [pdf]

  • Mehler, J. (1986). Review of Philip Lieberman's The Biology and Evolution of Language, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 80,pp.1558-1560.[pdf]

  • Cutler, A., Mehler, J., Norris, D., Segui, J. (1986). The Syllable's Differing Role in the Segmentation of French and English, Journal of Memory and Language, 25, pp.385-400. [pdf]

  • Lecours, A. R., Mehler, J., Parente, M. A . (1985). Au Pied de la Lettre, Union Medicale du Canada, 114 (12), pp.1020-1026.[pdf]

  • Mehler, J., Bertoncini, J. (1984). La Recherche sur L'Etat Initial: Quelques Reflexions, Neuropsychiatrie de L'enfance et de L'adolescence, 32, pp.497-510. [pdf]

  • Mehler, J., Morton, J., Jusczyk, P. (1984). On Reducing Language to Biology, Cognitive Neuropsychology, 1,pp.83-116. [pdf]

  • Cutler, A., Mehler, J., Norris, D., Segui, J. (1983). A Language-Specific Comprehension Strategy, Nature, 304, pp.159-160. [pdf]

  • Frauenfelder, U., Dommergues, J. Y., Mehler, J., Segui, J.(1982). L'integration Perceptive des Phrases : Aspects Syntaxiques et Semantiques, Bulletin de Psychologie, 356,pp.893-902.

  • Segui, J., Mehler, J., Frauenfelder, U. Morton, J. (1982). The Word Frequency Effect on Lexical Access, Neuropsychologia,20, 6, pp.615-627. [pdf]

  • Segui, J., Frauenfelder, U., Mehler, J. (1981). Phoneme Monitoring, Syllable Monitoring and Lexical Access, British Journal of Psychology, 72,pp.471-477. [pdf]

  • Mehler, J., Franck, S. (1981). Editorial, Tenth Anniversary Volume, Cognition, 10, 1, 5. [pdf]

  • Mehler, J. (1981). The Role of Syllables in Speech Processing: Infant and Adult Data, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, B 295,pp.333-352. [pdf]

  • Mehler, J., Dommergues, J. Y., Frauenfelder, U., Segui, J.(1981). The Syllable's Role in Speech Segmentation, Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 20, pp.298-305. [pdf]

  • Mehler, J., Bertoncini, J. (1981). Syllables as Units in Infant Perception, Infant Behavior and Development, 4,pp.271-284. [pdf]

  • Mehler, J., Bertoncini, J. (1981). Quelques Remarques a Propos de la Perception Chez le Nouveau-Ne, Revue du Praticien, Tome XXXI, N 5, pp.387-396. [pdf]

  • Frauenfelder, U., Segui, J., Mehler, J. (1980). Monitoring Around the Relative Clause, Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 19,pp. 328-337.

  • Mehler, J. (1979). Quand la Science du Comportement Devient Psychologie de la Connaissance, La Recherche, 10, 100.

  • Dommergues, J. Y., Frauenfelder, U., Mehler, J., Segui, J. (1978/79). L'Integration Perceptive des Phrases, Bulletin de Psychologie, 32, pp.893-902. [pdf]

  • Mehler, J., Bertoncini, J., Barriere, M., Jassik-Gerschenfeld, D. (1978). Infant Recognition of Mother's Voice, Perception, 7, pp.491-497. [pdf]

  • Mehler, J. (1978). La Perception des Stimuli Acoustiques Verbaux et Non Verbaux Chez les Jeunes Enfants, La Recherche, 88,pp.324-330.

  • Mehler, J., Carey, P., Segui, J. (1978). Tails of Words: Monitoring Ambiguity, Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 17,pp.29-35. [pdf]

  • Mehler, J., Pittet, M., Segui, J. (1978). Strategies for Sentence Perception, Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 7, 1,pp. 3-16. [pdf]

  • Mehler, J. (1976). Psychologie et Psychanalyse : Quelques Remarques, Revue Francaise de Psychanalyse, 4, pp.605-622. [pdf]

  • Mehler, J., Bever, T. G., Franck, S. (1976). Editorial, Cognition, 4, pp.7-12. [pdf]

  • Mehler, J., Barriere, M., Jassik-Gerschenfeld, D. (1976). Reconnaissance de la Voix Maternelle par le Nourrisson, La Recherche, 7,pp.786-788. [pdf]

  • Mehler, J., Bever, T. G. (1975). Reason and Un-Reason, Cognition, 3, pp.83-92.[pdf]

  • Mehler, J., Bever, T. G. (1973). Editorial, Cognition, 2, pp.7-11.[pdf]

  • Mehler, J., Bever, T. G. (1972). Editorial, Cognition, 1, pp.9-10[pdf]

  • Mehler, J., Bardies, B. de (1971). Psycholinguistique, Messages et Codage Verbal : Deuxieme Partie : Etudes sur le Rappel de Phrases, L'Annee Psychologique,pp.547-581.[pdf]

  • Mehler, J., Muchnik, M. (1971). Puede una Pseudofilosofia Aclarar el Concepto de Pseudociencia ? Ciencia Nueva,12,pp.47-49.

  • Carey, P., Mehler, J., Bever, T. G. (1970). Judgingthe Veracity of Ambiguous Sentences, Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 9,pp.243-254. [pdf]

  • Bardies, B. de Mehler, J. (1969). Psycholinguistique, Messages et Codage Verbal I : L'Acquisition du Langage, L'Annee Psychologique, 69,pp.562-598. [pdf]

  • Mehler, J., Carey, P. (1969). De la Structure Profonde et de la Structure de Surface Dans la Perception des Phrases, Langages, 16,pp.106-110. [pdf]

  • Mehler, J. (1969). Introduction, Langages, 16,epp.3 - 15. [pdf]

  • Mehler, J. (Ed.) (1969). Psycholinguistique et Grammaire Generative, Langages, 16.

  • Mehler, J. (1968). La Grammaire Generative a-t-elle une Realite Psychologique ? Psychologie Francaise, XIII, pp.137-156. [pdf]

  • Mehler, J., Bever, T. G. (1968). Quantification, Conservation and Nativism, Science, 162, pp.979-981. [pdf]

  • Bever, T. G., Mehler, J., Epstein, J. (1968). What Children Do in Spite of What They Know, Science, 162, pp.979-981. [pdf]

  • Mehler, J., Bever, T. G. (1968). The Study of Competence in Cognitive Psychology, International Journal of Psychology, 3,pp.273-280. [pdf]

  • Mehler, J. (1968). The Genesis of Language, Psychology Today, 1, p.18. [pdf]

  • Mehler, J., Carey, P. (1968). The Interaction of Veracity and Syntax in the Processing of Sentences, Perception & Psychophysics, 3,pp.109-111. [pdf]

  • Mehler, J.Bever, T. G. (1967). Cognitive Capacity of Very Young Children, Science, 158,pp.141-142. [pdf]

  • Mehler, J., Carey, P. (1967). The Role of Surface and Base Structure in the Perception Of Sentences, Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 6, pp.335-338. [pdf]

  • Mehler, J., Bever, T. G., Carey, P. (1967). What We Look At When We Read, Perception & Psychophysics, 2,pp.213-218. [pdf]

  • Mehler, J. Miller, G. A. (1964). Retroactive Interference in the Recall of Simple Sentences, British Journal of Psychology, 55, pp.295-301. [pdf]

  • Mehler, J. (1963). Some Effects of Grammatical Transformations on The Recall Of English Sentences, Journal Of Verbal Learning And Verbal Behavior, 2, 346-351. Processing, Science, 298,pp.604-607. [pdf]

Books and Book Chapters


  • Mehler, J. & Christophe, A. (1995) Maturation and Learning of Language in the First Year of Life.In M. S. Gazzaniga (Ed) The Cognitive Neurosciences. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 943-953.[pdf]

  • Mehler, J. & Franck. S. (Eds.) (1995) Cognition on Cognition. Cambridge, Ma.: MIT Press.

  • Mehler, J. & Franck, S. (1995) Building COGNITION. In J. Mehler and S. Franck (Eds.) Cognition on Cognition. Cambridge: MIT Press, 7-11.

  • Mehler, J., Bertoncini, J., Dupoux, E. & Pallier,C. (1996) The Role Suprasegmentals in Speech Perception and Acquisition. In T.Otake & A. Cutler (Eds.)Phonological Structure and Language Processing - Cross-Linguistic Studies, Speech Research 12, Berlin: Mouton/De Gruyter.

  • Mehler, J., Dehaene-Lambertz, G., Dupoux, E. & Nazzi, T. (1996) Coping with Linguistic Diversity: The Infant?s Viewpoint.. In J.Morgan and K. Demuth (Eds.) Signal to Syntax. Hillsdale, NJ:LEA, 101-116..

  • Mehler, J. (1996) The Renaissance of Psycholinguistics. In W. Levelt (Ed) Bressanonce Revisited.Nijmegen: Max Planck Publications, 1-6.

  • Mehler, J. et Ramus, F. (1997) La psychologie cognitive peut-elle contribuer a' l'etude du raisonnement moral?J. P. Changeux (Ed.)Universalisme ethique, diversite culturelle et education.Paris: Editions Odile Jacob, 119-136

  • Mehler, J., Pallier, C. & Christophe, A. (1998) Language and Cognition. In M. Sabourin, F. M. I. Craik & M. Robert (Eds) Cognitive and Biological Aspects (Vol. 1 Proceedings of the XXVIth International Congress of Psychology), Hove, Essex: Psychology Press., 381-398.

  • Mehler, J., Pallier, C. & Christophe, A. (1998) Langage et Cognition. In Y. Christen, L. Collet & M-T Droy-Lefaix (Eds.), Rencontres IPSEN en ORL, Tome 2. Paris: IPSEN, 1-16.

  • Dupoux, E. & Mehler, J. (1999) Non-Developmental Studies of Development: Examples from Newborn Research, Bilingualism and Brain Imaging. In C. Rovee-Collier, L. P. Lipsitt & Harlene Hayne (Eds.) Advances in Infancy Research, Volume 12, Stamford: Ablex Publishing Corp, 375-406.[pdf]

  • Mehler, J., Christophe, A., & Ramus, F. (2000) How infants acquire language: some preliminary observations. In: A. Marantz, Y. Miyashita, & W. O'Neil (Eds.), Image, Language, Brain: Papers from the first Mind-Brain Articulation Project syposium. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, pp.51-75. [pdf]

  • Mehler, J. & Christophe, A. (2000) Acquisition of language: Infant and adult data In M. S. Gazzaniga (Ed.), The Cognitive Neurosciences, 2nd Edition, Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 897-908.[pdf]

  • Ramus, F. & Mehler, J.(2002) In praise of functional psychology: Dismissing the skeptics. In S. M. Kosslyn, A. M. Galaburda & Y. Christen (Eds.), Languages of the brain. Cambridge, Ma.: Harvard University Press, pp 166-178.

  • Dehaene-Lambertz, G., Mehler, J. & Pena, M. (2002) Cerebral bases of language acquisition.In A. F. Kalverboer & A. Gramsbergen (Eds) Brain and behaviour in human develomvent. Dordrecht: Kluwer, pp 939-966.[pdf]

  • Mehler, J. & Dupoux, E. (2002) Naitre Humain (Second Edition). Paris: Editions Odile Jacob.

  • Mehler, J., N. Sebastian Galles e M. Nespor (2004) Biological foundations of language: language acquisition, cues for parameter setting and the bilingual infant. In M. Gazzaniga (ed.) The New Cognitive Neurosciences III. Cambridge, MA. MIT Press, pp.825-836.[pdf]

  • Mehler, J. & Nespor, M. (2004) Linguistic rhythm and the development oflanguage. In A. Belletti & L. Rizzi (Eds.) Structures and Beyond : The Cartography of Syntactic Structures. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Pages 213-221.[pdf]

  • Nespor, M., Gervain J. & Mehler, J. (2005). What do we learn when we acquire a grammar? In: H. Broekhuis, N. Corver, J. Koster, R. Huybregts and U. Kleinhenz (eds.) Organizing Grammar. Linguistic Studies for Henk van Riemsdijk. Berlin / New York. Mouton de Gruyter, pp. 466-473.


  • Mehler, J. & Dupoux, E. (2006) Naitre Humain (3rd Edition). Paris: Editions Odile Jacob


  • Mehler J., Nespor, M., Gervain, J., Endress, A.D. & Shukla, M., (2007) Mechanisms of language acquisition: imaging and behavioral evidence, In: C. A. Nelson & M. Luciana (Eds.): Handbook of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. Cambridge, Mass.: MITPress. [pdf]

  • Mehler J., Endress A.D., Gervain J., & Nespor M., (2008) From Perception to Grammar, In: A.D. Friederici & G. Thierry (Eds.): Early Language Development: Bridging Brain and Behaviour (Trends in Language Acquisition Research), TiLAR 5, John Benjamins Publishing Company, pp. 191-213. [pdf]

  • Mehler, J., Nespor, M., & Pena, M. (2008) Why is language unique to humans? In J.Pomerantz (Eds), Topics in Integrative Neuroscience: From Cells to Cognition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 206-237. [pdf]

  • Mehler, J., Nespor M.. & Pena, M. (2008) Why is language unique to Humans? In J. Pomerantz (Ed.) Topics in Integrative Neuroscience: From Cells to Cognition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 206-237.

  • Nespor, M., Mehler, J. and Pena, M. (2008) Perche' solo gli esseri umani parlano? Controversie sui meccanismi di acquisizione del linguaggio. In: M. Piccolino (Ed.) Controversie nelle neuroscienze. Bollati-Boringhieri, pp 319-356 [pdf]