Publications

Our research findings are published in scientific journals and books; please send us an email if you would like a complimentary copy of any of our articles.

Upcoming

Cuevas, K., Adler, S. A., Barr, R., Colombo, J., Gerhardstein, P., Hayne, H., Hunt, P. S., & Richardson, R. (in press). Commentary on the scientific rigor of Sen and Gredebäck‘s simulation: Why empirical parameters are necessary to build simulations. Child Development.

2022

Bryant, L. J., & Cuevas, K. (2022). The effects of reward on children’s Stroop performance: Interactions with temperament. Child Development, 93, e17-e31.

Cuevas, K., & Bell, M. A. (2022). EEG frequency development across infancy and childhood. In P.A. Gable, M.W. Miller, & E.M. Bernat (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of EEG frequency (pp. 293-323). Oxford University Press.

Cuevas, K., & Davinson, K. (2022). The development of infant memory. In M. Courage & N. Cowan (Eds.), The development of memory in infancy and childhood. (pp. 31-59). London: Routledge.

Hofstee, M., Huijding, J., Cuevas, K., & Deković, M. (2022). Self-regulation and frontal EEG alpha activity during infancy and early childhood: A multilevel meta-analysis. Developmental Science, 25, e13298

2021

Rajan, V., Cuevas, K., & Bell, M. A. (2021). Memory binding and theta EEG during middle childhood. Developmental Psychobiology, 63, e22124.

2020

Cuevas, K., & Rajan, V. (2020). Early memory development. In M. Harris & G. Westermann (Eds.), Cognition. Vol. 3 of The encyclopedia of child and adolescent development, 10 vols. (S. Hupp & J. Jewell Eds.). Wiley-Blackwell.

2019

Bryant, L. J., & Cuevas, K. (2019). Effects of active and observational experience on EEG activity during early childhood. Psychophysiology, 56, e13360.

Cuevas, K. & Sheya, A. (2019). Ontogenesis of learning and memory: Biopsychosocial and dynamical systems perspectives. Developmental Psychobiology, 61, 402-415.

2018

Cuevas, K., Rajan, V., & Bryant, L. J. (2018). Emergence of executive function in infancy. In S.A. Wiebe & J. Karbach (Eds.), Executive function: Development across the life span (pp. 11-28). New York: Routledge.

2016

Bell, M. A., & Cuevas, K. (2016). Psychobiology of executive function in early development. In J.A. Griffin, P. McCardle, & L.S. Freund (Eds.), Executive function in preschool-age children: Integrating measurement, neurodevelopment, and translational research (pp. 157-179). Washington, D.C.: APA Press.

Cuevas, K., Calkins, S. D., & Bell, M. A. (2016). To Stroop or not to Stroop: Sex-related differences in brain-behavior associations during early childhood. Psychophysiology, 53, 30-40.

Cuevas, K., & Giles, A. (2016). Transitions in the temporal parameters of sensory preconditioning during infancy. Developmental Psychobiology, 58, 794-807.

Cuevas, K., Learmonth, A. E., & Rovee-Collier, C. (2016). A dissociation between recognition and reactivation: The renewal effect at 3 months of age. Developmental Psychobiology, 58, 159-175.

Cuevas, K. & Paulus, M. (2016). The development of action mirroring. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 34, 1-5.

Joyce, A. W., Kraybill, J. H., Chen, N., Cuevas, K., Deater-Deckard, K., & Bell, M. A. (2016). A longitudinal investigation of conflict and delay inhibitory control in toddlers and preschoolers. Early Education and Development, 27, 788-804.

2015

Cuevas, K., Rajan, V., Morasch, K. C., & Bell, M. A. (2015). Episodic memory and future thinking during early childhood: Linking the past and future. Developmental Psychobiology, 57, 552-565.

Learmonth, A. E., Cuevas, K., & Rovee-Collier, C. (2015). Deconstructing the reactivation of imitation in young infants. Developmental Psychobiology, 57, 497-505.

2014

Cuevas, K., & Bell, M. A. (2014). Infant attention and early childhood executive function. Child Development, 85, 397-404.

Cuevas, K., Cannon, E. N., Yoo, K., & Fox, N. A. (2014). The infant EEG mu rhythm: Methodological considerations and best practices. Developmental Review, 34, 26-43.

Cuevas, K., Deater-Deckard, K., Kim-Spoon, J., Wang, Z., Morasch, K. C., & Bell, M. A. (2014). A longitudinal intergenerational analysis of executive functions during early childhood. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 32, 50-64.

Cuevas, K., Deater-Deckard, K., Kim-Spoon, J., Watson, A. J., Morasch, K. C., & Bell, M. A. (2014). What’s mom got to do with it? Contributions of maternal executive function and caregiving to the development of executive function across early childhood. Developmental Science, 17, 224-238
***2015 APA Division 7 Early Career Outstanding Paper Award***

Rajan, V., Cuevas, K., & Bell, M. A. (2014). The contribution of executive function to source memory development in early childhood. Journal of Cognition and Development, 15, 304-324.

2012

Bell, M. A., & Cuevas, K. (2012). The use of EEG to study cognitive development: Issues and practices. Invited as a feature for “Tools of the Trade” series, Journal of Cognition and Development, 13, 281-294.

Cuevas, K., Bell, M. A., Marcovitch, S., & Calkins, S. D. (2012). EEG and heart rate measures of working memory at 5 and 10 months of age. Developmental Psychology, 48, 907-917.

Cuevas, K., Hubble, M., & Bell, M. A. (2012). Early childhood predictors of post-kindergarten executive function: Behavior, parent-report, and psychophysiology. Early Education and Development, 23, 59-73.

Cuevas, K., Raj, V., & Bell, M. A. (2012). A frequency band analysis of two-year-olds’ memory processes. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 83, 315-322.

Cuevas, K., Raj, V., & Bell, M. A. (2012). Functional connectivity and infant spatial working memory: A frequency band analysis. Psychophysiology, 49, 271-280.

Cuevas, K., Swingler, M. M., Bell, M. A., Marcovitch, S., & Calkins, S. D. (2012). Measures of frontal functioning and the emergence of inhibitory control processes at 10 months of age. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 2, 235-243.

Before 2012

Cuevas, K., & Bell, M. A. (2011). EEG and ECG from 5 to 10 months of age: Developmental changes in baseline activation and cognitive processing during a working memory task. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 80, 119-128.

Cuevas, K., & Bell, M. A. (2010). Developmental progression of looking and reaching performance of the A-not-B task. Developmental Psychology, 46, 1363-1371.

Rovee-Collier, C., & Cuevas, K. (2009). Multiple memory systems are unnecessary to account for infant memory development: An ecological model. Developmental Psychology, 45, 160-174.

Rovee-Collier, C., & Cuevas, K. (2009). The development of infant memory. In M. Courage & N. Cowan (Eds.), The development of memory in infancy and childhood. (pp. 11-41). Hove East Sussex, UK: Psychology Press.

Rovee-Collier, C., & Cuevas, K. (2008). Infant memory. In H. L. Roediger, III (Ed.), Cognitive psychology of memory. Vol. 2 of Learning and memory: A comprehensive reference, 4 vols. (J. Byrne Editor; pp. 687-714). Oxford: Elsevier.

Cuevas, K., Rovee-Collier, C., & Learmonth, A. E. (2006). Infants form associations between memory representations of stimuli that are absent. Psychological Science, 17, 543-549.

Rovee-Collier, C., & Cuevas, K. (2006). Contextual control of infant retention. The Behavior Analyst Today, 7, 121-132.

Other Publications

Cuevas, K. (2015). Early career outstanding paper award: What’s mom got to do with it? Contributions of maternal executive function and caregiving to the development of executive function across early childhood. Developmental Psychologist: APA Division 7 Newsletter, Summer Edition, 12-13.