Haskins Laboratories: News Archive
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Sam Mehr
Philip Lieberman
David Lewkowicz
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NY Times article on ‘parentese’, July 25, 2022
The results of a big-team cross cultural research study by Haskins researcher, Sam Mehr, on the sounds of infant-directed speech and song, was recently highlighted in the press and published in Nature Human Behavior. Read the New York Times article here.
In Memoriam: Philip Lieberman, July 12, 2022
Philip Lieberman, a George Hazard Crooker University Professor Emeritus at Brown University, died on July 12, 2022 at the age of 87. Dr. Lieberman was a world-renowned cognitive scientist and phonetician, whose research focused on the nature and evolution of the biological bases of human language and cognition.
Read Phil Lieberman’s obituaries in the Tribute Archive and the Providence Journal.
David Lewkowicz featured in Washington Post article on mask-wearing and children’s language development, March 5, 2022
In a March 5th article in the Washington Post, Haskins Senior Scientist, Dr. David Lewkowicz, offered expert insight to the question of whether children’s language development is affected by interacting with adults whose mouths are concealed behind COVID masks.
The 12th International Seminar on Speech Production (ISSP2020), organized through Haskins, took place online as a fully virtual meeting December 14-18th, 2020. The proceedings have been published by the Haskins Press and can be accessed from here.
Haskins Laboratories is presently in a unique transition period. Much has happened during the past two years: at this juncture, we want to share information about what has occurred and where we are now. Fortunately, we can say that the research efforts of the lab scientists have continued throughout this period and that the future is much more secure than when this saga began. Updates will be provided as needed.
