Loyola University Chicago

Infant & Early Childhood Cognition Lab

Publications

Kannass, K. N., Colombo, J., Wyss, N. (2010). Now, pay attention! The effects of instruction on children's attention. Journal of Cognition and Development.

Colombo, J., Shaddy, D. J., Anderson, C. J., Gibson, L., Blaga, O. M., & Kannass, K. N. (2010). What habituates in infant visual attention? A psychophysiological analysis. Infancy.

Kannass, K. N., & Colombo, J., & Carlson, S. E. (2009). Maternal DHA levels and toddler free play attention. Developmental Neuropsychology, 34, 159-174.

Blaga, O. M., Shaddy, D. J., Anderson, C. J., Kannass, K. N., Little, T. D., & Colombo, J. (2009). Structure and continuity of intellectual development in early childhood.  Intelligence, 37, 106-113.

Colombo, J., Shaddy, D. J., Blaga, O. M., Anderson, C. J., & Kannass, K. N. (2009). High cognitive ability in infancy. In F. Horowitz & D. Matthews (Eds.), Concepts of Giftedness in Developmental Theory and Research (pp. 23-42). Washington DC: American Psychological Association.

Kannass, K. N., & Oakes, L. M. (2008). The development of attention and its relations to cognitive skills in infancy and toddlerhood. Journal of Cognition and Development, 9, 222-246.

Colombo, J., Shaddy, D.J., Blaga, O.M., Anderson, C.J., & Kannass, K.N. (2008). High cognitive ability in infancy. In F. Horowitz & D. Matthews (Eds.), Concepts of giftedness in developmental theory and research. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association Press.

Kannass, K. N., & Colombo, J. (2007). The effects of continuous and intermittent distraction on attention and cognitive performance in preschoolers. Journal of Cognition and Development, 8, 63-77.

Kannass, K. N., Oakes, L. M., & Shaddy, D. J. (2006). A longitudinal investigation of the development of attention and distractibility. Journal of Cognition and Development, 7, 381-409.

Colombo, J., Kannass, K. N., Shaddy, D. J., Kundurthi, S., Maikranz, J. M., Anderson, C. J., Blaga, O. M., & Carlson, S. E. (2004). Maternal DHA and the development of attention in infancy and toddlerhood. Child Development, 75, 1254-1267.

Kannass, K. N., Plumert, J. M., McDermott, J. L., Moore, B. Braddley, J., & Durich, N. (2004). The role of the physical context in supporting young children’s use of spatiotemporal organization in recall. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 22, 59-82.

Oakes, L. M., Ross-Sheehy, S., & Kannass, K. N. (2004). Attentional engagement in infancy: The interactive influence of attentional inertia and attentional state. Infancy, 5, 239-252.

Kannass, K. N., & Colombo, J. (2002). Childhood Development. In T. Ollendick & C. Schroeder (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Clinical and Pediatric Psychology (pp. 99-101) New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers.

Oakes, L. M., Kannass, K. N., & Shaddy, D. J. (2002). Developmental changes in endogenous control of attention: The role of target familiarity on infants’ distraction latencies. Child Development, 73, 1644-1655.

Kannass, K. N., Oakes, L. M., & Wiese, D. (1999). The development of infants’ perceptions of object movement along inclines. Cognitive Development, 14, 215-240.

Oakes, L. M., & Kannass, K. N. (1999). That’s the way the ball bounces: Infants’ and adults’ perceptions of spatial and temporal contiguity in collisions involving bouncing balls. Developmental Science, 2, 86-101.