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Aston University: Birmingham, Birmingham, GB

2005-09-01 to present | Senior Lecturer (Life and Health Sciences)
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Laura R Shapiro

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Tracking changes in the influence of broad auditory and specific phonological skills on beginning and intermediate reading performance

2011-04-08 to 2015-04-07 | Grant
Economic and Social Research Council (Swindon, GB)
GRANT_NUMBER: ES/H031685/1, RES-062-23-2528
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‘I just had to park up at the hospital and leave her’: A retrospective interview study of pregnancy, birth and parenting during the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions

Journal of Family and Child Health
2025-02-07 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.12968/jfch.2025.2.1.20
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Contributors: Becky Moss; Lucy Henry; Catherine Davies; Chelo Del Rosario; Nayeli Gonzalez-Gomez; Alexandra Hendry; Elisabeth Hill; Michelle McGillion; Emily Prior; Stian Reimers et al.
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Approach to Complementary Feeding and Infant Language Use: An Observational Study

Maternal and Child Nutrition
2025-01 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1111/mcn.13762
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PMID: 39526641
Contributors: Claire Farrow; Jackie Blissett; Shefu Islam; Rachel Batchelor; Rebecca Norman; Charlotte Webber; Elsa Addessi; Francesca Bellagamba; Amy T. Galloway; Laura R Shapiro
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An experimental comparison of additional training in phoneme awareness, letter‐sound knowledge and decoding for struggling beginner readers

British Journal of Educational Psychology
2024-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/bjep.12641
Contributors: Charlotte Webber; Hetal Patel; Anna Cunningham; Amy Fox; Janet Vousden; Anne Castles; Laura Shapiro
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An evaluation of the XXX programme: Examining implementation and effectiveness

2023-09-02 | Preprint
DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/agb6w
Contributors: Emily Oxley; Miriam McBreen; Laura Shapiro; Jessie Ricketts; Sarah Patricia McGeown
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Tracking vocabulary and reading growth in children from lower and higher socioeconomic backgrounds during the transition from primary to secondary education

Child Development
2023-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.13862
Contributors: Sanne W. van der Kleij; Adrian P. Burgess; Jessie Ricketts; Laura R. Shapiro
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Working at the intersection of research and practice: The love to read project

International Journal of Educational Research
2023-01-06 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijer.2022.102134
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Contributors: Sarah McGeown; Emily Oxley; Love to Read Practice Partners; Jessie Ricketts; Laura R Shapiro
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Learning new words through reading: do robust spelling–sound mappings boost learning of word forms and meanings?

Royal Society Open Science
2022-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1098/rsos.210555
Contributors: Rachael C. Hulme; Laura R. Shapiro; J. S. H. Taylor
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From Bibliophile to Sesquipedalian: Modeling the Role of Reading Experience in Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension

Scientific Studies of Reading
2022-11-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/10888438.2022.2068418
Contributors: Sanne W. van der Kleij; Adrian P. Burgess; Jessie Ricketts; Laura R. Shapiro
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Reading fiction and reading minds in early adolescence: A longitudinal study

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
2022-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2022.105476
Contributors: Sanne W. van der Kleij; Ian Apperly; Laura R. Shapiro; Jessie Ricketts; Rory T. Devine
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Working at the Intersection of Research and Practice: The Love to Read Project

2022-09-03 | Preprint
DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/mj5fd
Contributors: Sarah Patricia McGeown; Emily Oxley; Jessie Ricketts; Laura Shapiro
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Do family learning phonics courses improve parents’ reading-related skills and ability to support their children’s reading?

Journal of Research in Reading
2022-08 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9817.12377
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Contributors: Rachael Hulme; Charlotte Webber; Amy Fox; Jessie Ricketts; Laura R Shapiro; Jo Taylor
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The Role of Mealtimes in Fostering Language Development and Aligning Home and School Learning: Protocol for a Multi-Method Study of Preschool Children in Rural Kenya and Zambia

JMIR Research Protocols
2022-07-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.2196/36925
Contributors: Henriette Zeidler; Claire Farrow; Megan Jarman; Grace Koteng; Barnabas Simatende; Danielle Matthews; Haatembo Mooya; Laura R Shapiro; Pamela Wadende
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An infant‐led approach to complementary feeding is positively associated with language development

Maternal and Child Nutrition
2021-10 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1111/mcn.13206
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PMID: 34031998
Contributors: Charlotte Webber; Jackie Blissett; Elsa Addessi; Amy T. Galloway; Laura R Shapiro; Claire Farrow
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Qualitative Accounts of School-Aged Children’s Diets during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Rural, Central, Kenya

Nutrients
2021-10-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/nu13103543
Contributors: Megan Jarman; Henriette Zeidler; Laura Shapiro; Rebecca Clarke; Haatembo Mooya; Barnabas Simatende; Danielle Matthews; Grace Koteng; Pamela Wadende; Claire Farrow
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Dynamic relationships between phonological memory and reading

Developmental Science
2021-01 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1111/desc.12986
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PMID: 32412095
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Contributors: Anna J. Cunningham; Adrian P Burgess; Caroline Witton; Joel B Talcott; Laura R Shapiro
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Auditory frequency discrimination in developmental dyslexia: A meta‐analysis

Dyslexia
2020-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/dys.1645
Contributors: Caroline Witton; Katy Swoboda; Laura R. Shapiro; Joel B. Talcott
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Component skills that underpin listening comprehension and reading comprehension in learners with English as first and additional language

Journal of Research in Reading
2020-02 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9817.12291
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Contributors: Selma Babayiğit; Laura R Shapiro
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We’re going to the zoo: Interactive educational activities with animals boost category-based induction in children

Cognitive Development
2019-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2018.10.003
Contributors: Julia R. Badger; Laura R. Shapiro
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From Subtypes to Taxons

Reading and Dyslexia
2018-07-28 | Book chapter | Author
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-90805-2_11
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Contributors: Adrian P Burgess; Caroline Witton; Laura R Shapiro; Joel B Talcott
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Differing effects of two synthetic phonics programmes on early reading development

British Journal of Educational Psychology
2016-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/bjep.12097
Contributors: Laura R. Shapiro; Jonathan Solity
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Predicting dyslexia using prereading skills: The role of sensorimotor and cognitive abilities

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.12488
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Contributors: Carroll, J.M.; Solity, J.; Shapiro, L.R.
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Deconstructing phonological tasks: The contribution of stimulus and response type to the prediction of early decoding skills

Cognition
2015-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2015.06.013
Contributors: Anna J. Cunningham; Caroline Witton; Joel B. Talcott; Adrian P. Burgess; Laura R. Shapiro
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Category structure affects the developmental trajectory of children's inductive inferences for both natural kinds and artefacts

Thinking & Reasoning
2014-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/13546783.2014.952338
Contributors: Julia R. Badger; Laura R. Shapiro
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Separating the influences of prereading skills on early word and nonword reading

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
2013-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2013.05.011
Contributors: Laura R. Shapiro; Julia M. Carroll; Jonathan E. Solity
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A Peak-Clustering Method for MEG Group Analysis to Minimise Artefacts Due to Smoothness

PLoS ONE
2012-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045084
Contributors: Jessica R. Gilbert; Laura R. Shapiro; Gareth R. Barnes; Satoru Hayasaka
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Evidence of a transition from perceptual to category induction in 3- to 9-year-old children

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
2012-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2012.03.004
Contributors: Julia R. Badger; Laura R. Shapiro
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Development of reasoning: Behavioral evidence to support reinforcement over cognitive control accounts

Cognitive Neuroscience
2010-06-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/17588921003786598
Contributors: Julia R. Badger; Laura R. Shapiro
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Classroom implications of recent research into literacy development: from predictors to assessment

Dyslexia
2009-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/dys.380
Contributors: Laura R. Shapiro; Jane Hurry; Jackie Masterson; Taeko N. Wydell; Estelle Doctor
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Delivering phonological and phonics training within whole-class teaching

British Journal of Educational Psychology
2008 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1348/000709908x293850
Contributors: Laura R. Shapiro; Jonathan Solity
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Developing the practice of educational psychologists through theory and research

Educational and Child Psychology
2008 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Jonathan Solity; Laura R Shapiro
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Measuring the influence of similarity on category-specific effects

European Journal of Cognitive Psychology
2008-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/09541440601155570
Contributors: Laura R. Shapiro; Koen Lamberts; Andrew C. Olson
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Colour categories and category acquisition in Himba and English

Progress in Colour Studies
2006 | Other
DOI: 10.1075/z.pics2.14rob
Contributors: Debi Roberson; Jules Davidoff; Ian R.L. Davies; Laura R. Shapiro
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Colour categories and category acquisition in Himba and English

Progress in Colour Studies
2006-11-30 | Book chapter | Author
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Contributors: Debi Roberson; Jules Davidoff; Ian R.L. Davies; Laura R Shapiro
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Asymmetrical switch costs in children

Cognitive Development
2006-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2006.01.002
Contributors: Michelle R. Ellefson; Laura R. Shapiro; Nick Chater
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Does normal processing provide evidence of specialised semantic subsystems?

Language and Cognitive Processes
2005 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/01690960400023444
Contributors: Laura R. Shapiro; Andrew C. Olson
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Color categories: Evidence for the cultural relativity hypothesis

Cognitive Psychology
2005-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogpsych.2004.10.001
Contributors: Debi Roberson; Jules Davidoff; Ian R.L. Davies; Laura R. Shapiro
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The development of color categories in two languages: A longitudinal study

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General
2004 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1037/0096-3445.133.4.554
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Contributors: Roberson, D.; Davies, I.R.L.; Davidoff, J.; Shapiro, L.R.
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Exemplar models and category specific effects

Category-Specificity in Brain and Mind
2002-08-22 | Book chapter | Author
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Part of ISBN: 9780203990292
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Contributors: Koen Lamberts; Laura R Shapiro
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Squaring the Circle: The Cultural Relativity of 'Good' Shape

Journal of Cognition and Culture
2002-03-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1163/156853702753693299
Contributors: Debi Roberson; Laura Shapiro; Jules Davidoff
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Do Children's Switch Costs Scale Up to More Difficult Tasks?

PsycEXTRA Dataset
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DOI: 10.1037/e537052012-681
Contributors: Michelle R. Ellefson; Nick Chater; Laura R. Shapiro
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