Lab Affiliation: Child Language Development Laboratory

Research Interests:

Typical and atypical language development; children with specific language impairment; cognitive processes in communication disorders, with emphasis on speed of processing in children and adults with language disorders.

Research Opportunities:

Undergraduate and graduate students are welcome to work in my laboratory as volunteers or in independent study; some limited hourly wages may be available. Assistance is often needed in the summer. Students may be involved in collection, coding, or analysis of data from current research projects.

Recent Publications:

Miller, C.A., Leonard, L.B., and Finneran, D. (In press). Grammaticality judgments in adolescents with and without language impairment. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders .

Leonard, L.B., Ellis Weismer, S., Miller, C.A., Francis, D.J., Tomblin, J.B., Kail, R.V. (2007). Speed of processing, working memory, and language impairment in children. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 50, 408-428.

Miller, C.A. (2007). [Review of the book A glossary of morphology ]. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 21 (4), 319-320.

Miller, C.A., Leonard, L.B., Kail, R.V., Zhang, X., Tomblin, J.B., and Francis, D. (2006). Response time in fourteen-year-olds with language impairment. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 49(4), 712-728. [http://www.lsrg.psu.edu/Publications/Miller_etal_2006.pdf]

Miller, C.A. (2006). Developmental relationships between language and theory of mind. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 15, 142-154.

Miller, C.A., and Deevy, P. (2006). Structural priming in children with and without specific language impairment. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 20(5), 387-399. [http://www.lsrg.psu.edu/Publications/Miller%20and%20Deevy%20(2006).pdf]

Kail, R.V., and Miller, C.A. (2006). Developmental change in processing speed: Domain specificity and stability. Journal of Cognition and Development, 7(1), 119-137.

Miller, C.A., Uhring, E.A., Brown, J.J.C., Kowalski, E.M., Roberts, B., and Schaefer, B.A. (2005). Case studies of auditory training for children with auditory processing difficulties: A preliminary analysis. Contemporary Issues in Communication Sciences and Disorders, 32, 93-107.

Miller, C.A., and Verrilli, S. (2005). Case studies of sentence complement training and false belief performance. Contemporary Issues in Communication Sciences and Disorders.

Miller, C.A. (2004). False belief and sentence complement performance in children with specific language impairment. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 39, 191-213.

Miller, C.A., and Deevy, P. (2003). A method for examining productivity of grammatical morphology in children with and without specific language impairment. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 46, 1154-1165.

Leonard, L.B., Deevy, P., Miller, C.A., Charest, M., Kurtz, R., and Rauf, L. (2003). The use of grammatical morphemes reflecting aspect and modality by children with specific language impairment. Journal of Child Language, 30, 769-795.

Leonard, L.B., Deevy, P., Miller, C.A., Rauf, L., Gerber, E., Charest, M., and Kurtz, R. (2003). Surface forms and grammatical functions: Past tense and passive participle use by children with specific language impairment. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 46, 43-55.

Leonard, L.B., Miller, C.A., Deevy, P., Rauf, L., Gerber, E., and Charest, M. (2002). Production operations and the use of nonfinite verbs by children with specific language impairment. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 45, 744-758.

Catts, H.W., Gillispie, M., Leonard, L.B., Kail, R.V., and Miller, C.A. (2002). The role of speed of processing, rapid naming, and phonological awareness in reading achievement. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 35, 509-524.

Miller, C. A., Kail, R., Leonard, L. B., and Tomblin, J. B. (2001). Speed of processing in children with specific language impairment. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 44, 416-433.

Miller, C. A. (2001). False belief understanding in children with specific language impairment. Journal of Communication Disorders, 34 (1/2), 73-86.