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Carleton University: Ottawa, Ontario, CA

2018-07-01 to present | Assistant Professor (Institute of Cognitive Science)
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Rebecca Merkley

University of Western Ontario: London, Ontario, CA

2015-11-01 to 2018-04-30 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Psychology)
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Rebecca Merkley

Education and qualifications (3)

University of Oxford: Oxford, Oxfordshire, GB

2011 to 2015 | DPhil (Experimental Psychology)
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Rebecca Merkley

Harvard Graduate School of Education: Cambridge, MA, US

2010 to 2011 | EdM
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Rebecca Merkley

University of Western Ontario : London, Ontario, CA

2005 to 2009 | BA
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Funding (2)

Relationships between developing attentional processes and numerical cognition in preschoolers

2014-04-01 to 2015-03-31 | Grant
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (Ottawa, CA)
GRANT_NUMBER: 553272
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Relationships between developing attentional processes and numerical cognition in preschoolers

2013-04-01 to 2014-03-31 | Grant
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (Ottawa, CA)
GRANT_NUMBER: 533819
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Rebecca Merkley via DimensionsWizard

Works (27)

Cross-task consistency and variability in assessing number word knowledge

2024-10-03 | Preprint
Contributors: Pierina Cheung; Rebecca Merkley; Theresa Elise Wege; Sara Jasim; Daniel Ansari
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Risk and Protective Factors for Executive Function in Vulnerable South African Preschool-Age Children

Journal of Cognition
2024-07-18 | Journal article
Contributors: Caylee J. Cook; Steven J. Howard; Hleliwe Makaula; Rebecca Merkley; Mbulelo Mshudulu; Nosibusiso Tshetu; Gaia Scerif; Catherine E. Draper
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Three yellow stars and three red hearts: Can subset-knowers learn number word meanings from multiple exemplars?

2024-05-14 | Preprint
Contributors: Theresa Elise Wege; Rebecca Merkley; Sarah Jasim; Daniel Ansari; Pierina Cheung
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Inadequate Access to Potable Water Impacts Early Childhood Development in Low-Income Areas in Cape Town, South Africa

Annals of Global Health
2023-11-24 | Journal article
Contributors: Caradee Y. Wright; Thandi Kapwata; Caylee Cook; Steven J. Howard; Hleliwe Makaula; Rebecca Merkley; Mbulelo Mshudulu; Nosibusiso Tshetu; Natasha Naidoo; Gaia Scerif et al.
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IDELA paper

2023-06-21 | Preprint
Contributors: Catherine Draper; Caylee Cook; Steven Howard; Hleliwe Makaula; Rebecca Merkley; Mbulelo Mshudulu; Nosibusiso Tshetu; Gaia Scerif
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Orchestrating Numeracy and The Executive: The One Programme

2023-03-07 | Preprint
Contributors: Gaia Scerif; Sylvia Gattas; Zachary Hawes; Steven Howard; Rebecca Merkley; Rosie O'Connor
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Thirty years of the Give-N task: A systematic review, reflections, and recommendations

2022-11-03 | Preprint
Contributors: Theresa Elise Wege; Taeko Bourque; Rebecca Merkley; Pierina Cheung
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What does ‘three’ look like? Analogical reasoning in early number word acquisition

2022-06-29 | Preprint
Contributors: Theresa Elise Wege; Rebecca Merkley; Pierina Cheung; Sara Jasim; Daniel Ansari
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Caregiver perspectives of risk and protective factors influencing early childhood development in low-income, urban settings: a social ecological perspective

2022-01-18 | Preprint
Contributors: Catherine Draper; Caylee Cook; Steven Howard; Hleliwe Makaula; Rebecca Merkley; Mbulelo Mshudulu; Nosibusiso Tshetu; Gaia Scerif
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“We don’t have things for counting”: An exploration of early numeracy skills and home learning experiences of children growing up in poverty in South Africa

2022-01-02 | Preprint
Contributors: Rebecca Merkley; Elizabeth Sernoskie; Caylee Cook; Steven Howard; Catherine Draper; Gaia Scerif
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Integrating numerical cognition research and mathematics education to strengthen the teaching and learning of early number

British Journal of Educational Psychology
2021-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Zachary Hawes; Rebecca Merkley; Christine L. Stager; Daniel Ansari
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Exploring the Implementation of Early Math Assessments in Kindergarten Classrooms: A Research‐Practice Collaboration

Mind, Brain, and Education
2021-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Jennifer A. McDonald; Rebecca Merkley; Jacqueline Mickle; Lisa‐Marie Collimore; Zachary Hawes; Daniel Ansari
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Kindergarteners’ symbolic number abilities predict nonsymbolic number abilities and math achievement in grade 1.

Developmental Psychology
2021-04-25 | Journal article
Contributors: Nathan T. T. Lau; Rebecca Merkley; Paul Tremblay; Samuel Zhang; Stefanie De Jesus; Daniel Ansari
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Exploring the Implementation of Early Math Assessments in Kindergarten Classrooms: A Research-Practice Collaboration

2020-12-02 | Other
Contributors: Jennifer McDonald; Rebecca Merkley; Jacqueline Mickle; Lisa Collimore; Zachary Hawes; Daniel Ansari
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Kindergarteners’ Symbolic Number Abilities Predict Non-Symbolic Number Abilities and Math Achievement in Grade 1

2019-12-24 | Other
Contributors: Nathan TT Lau; Rebecca Merkley; Paul F. Tremblay; Samuel Zheng; Stefanie De Jesus; Daniel Ansari
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Let's Talk About Maths: The Role of Observed “Maths‐Talk” and Maths Provisions in Preschoolers' Numeracy

Mind, Brain, and Education
2019-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Megan von Spreckelsen; Emma Dove; Ilse Coolen; Annelot Mills; Ann Dowker; Kathy Sylva; Daniel Ansari; Rebecca Merkley; Victoria Murphy; Gaia Scerif
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Investigating the visual number form area: a replication study

Royal Society Open Science
2019-10-31 | Journal article
Contributors: Rebecca Merkley; Benjamin Conrad; Gavin Price; Daniel Ansari
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Integrating numerical cognition research and mathematics education to strengthen the teaching and learning of early number

2019-08-27 | Other
Contributors: Zachary Hawes; Rebecca Merkley; Daniel Ansari
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Expert Attention: Attentional allocation depends on the differential development of multisensory number representations

2018-06-16 | Preprint
Contributors: Pawel J Matusz; Rebecca Merkley; Michelle Faure; Gaia Scerif
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Strong causal claims require strong evidence: A commentary on Wang and colleagues.

2017-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Merkley R; Matejko AA; Ansari D
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Rebecca Merkley via Europe PubMed Central
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Electrophysiological markers of newly acquired symbolic numerical representations: the role of magnitude and ordinal information

ZDM - Mathematics Education
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84969920331

Contributors: Merkley, R.; Shimi, A.; Scerif, G.
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Rebecca Merkley via Scopus - Elsevier

Exploring the origins and development of the visual number form area: A functionally specialized and domain-specific region for the processing of number symbols?

Journal of Neuroscience
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84966601926

Contributors: Merkley, R.; Wilkey, E.D.; Matejko, A.A.
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Rebecca Merkley via Scopus - Elsevier

Why numerical symbols count in the development of mathematical skills: Evidence from brain and behavior

Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84966389761

Contributors: Merkley, R.; Ansari, D.
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Rebecca Merkley via Scopus - Elsevier

Continuous visual properties of number influence the formation of novel symbolic representations.

2015 | Journal article
Contributors: Merkley R; Scerif G
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Rebecca Merkley via Europe PubMed Central
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Of Huge Mice and Tiny Elephants: Exploring the Relationship Between Inhibitory Processes and Preschool Math Skills.

2015 | Journal article
Contributors: Merkley R; Thompson J; Scerif G
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Rebecca Merkley via Europe PubMed Central
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Multi-modal distraction: insights from children's limited attention.

2015-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Matusz PJ; Broadbent H; Ferrari J; Forrest B; Merkley R; Scerif G
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Rebecca Merkley via Europe PubMed Central
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Using eye tracking to study numerical cognition: the case of the ratio effect.

2010-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Merkley R; Ansari D
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Peer review (7 reviews for 3 publications/grants)

Review activity for British journal of educational psychology. (3)
Review activity for Cognitive development. (1)
Review activity for Neuropsychology. (3)