Publications
- Lin, Y., & Dillon, M. (invited revision). Seeing the forest but naming the trees: An object-over-place bias in word learning. [preprint]
- Lin, Y., Stavans, M., Li, X., & Baillargeon, R. (2024). Infants can use temporary or scant categorical information to individuate objects. Cognitive Psychology, 149, 101640. [pdf] [Publisher's Page]
- Lin, Y., & Dillon, M. (2024). We Are Wanderers: Adult abstract geometry reflects spatial navigation. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 153(2), 386-398. [pdf] [Publisher's Page]
- Dasgupta, A., Duan, J., Ang, M. H., Lin, Y., Wang, S., Baillargeon, R., & Tan, C. (2023). A Benchmark for Modeling Violation-of-Expectation in Physical Reasoning Across Event Categories. In Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. [pdf]
- Lin, Y., & Dillon, M. (2023). Young children and adults extend novel nouns to objects not places. In Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. [pdf]
- Lin, Y., Stavans, M., & Baillargeon, R. (2022). Infants’ physical reasoning and the cognitive architecture that supports it. In O. Houdé & G. Borst (Eds.-in-chief), Cambridge Handbook of Cognitive Development. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. [pdf]
- Lin, Y., Li, J., Gertner, Y., Ng, W., Fisher, C. L., & Baillargeon, R. (2021). How do the object-file and physical-reasoning systems interact? Evidence from priming effects with object arrays or novel labels. Cognitive Psychology, 125, 101368. [pdf] [Publisher's Page]
- Stavans, M., Lin, Y., Wu, D., & Baillargeon, R. (2019). Catastrophic Individuation Failures in Infancy: A New Model and Predictions. Psychological Review, 126(2), 196-225. [pdf] [Publisher's Page]
- Lin, Y., & Fisher, C. (2017). Error-based learning: A mechanism for linking verbs to syntax. In Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. [pdf]
- Trueswell, J. C., Lin, Y., Armstrong, B., Cartmill, E. A., Goldin-Meadow, S., & Gleitman, L. R. (2016). Perceiving referential intent: Dynamics of reference in natural parent-child interactions. Cognition, 148, 117-135. [Publisher's Page]
Manuscripts In Preparation
- Lin, Y., Fisher, C., & Thothathiri, M. (in prep). Preschoolers adapt syntax at multiple linguistic levels.
- Lin, Y., & Fisher, C. (in prep). Linking verbs to syntax: Modifying verb bias.
- Lin, Y., Stavans, M., Lleras, A., Wang, F., & Baillargeon, R. (in prep). What is where? Infants use several types of categorical information to bind objects to their locations.
- Lin, Y., & Baillargeon, R. (in prep). How many remains? Infants can individuate objects when encountering reconcilable disagreements.