HANDS Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles and Book Chapters
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Working Papers
Nelson, E.L., **Rodriguez, V., *Karimi, A., & *Contino, K. (In Preparation). The AHEMD-IS as a tool for predicting outcomes across developmental domains: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
*Long, K.L., Nelson, E.L., & Stephens, D.P. (In Preparation). Work as joy: Parental perspectives on factors affecting employment for emerging adults with Down syndrome.
*Karimi, A., *Contino, K., Poznanski, B., Flores, H., Hart, K., & Nelson, E.L. (In Preparation). Deficits in fine motor skills among preschoolers with externalizing behavior problems predict delays in school readiness.
*Contino, K., & Nelson, E.L. (In Preparation). Infants’ manipulation complexity is influenced by object affordances.
Nelson, E.L., *Karimi, A., & *Contino, K. (In Preparation). When does handedness stabilize? A new look at preschoolers with LCGA.
Nelson, E.L., Weiss, D.J. & **Shoukry, C.V. (In Preparation). Motor planning in Colombian spider monkeys (Ateles fusciceps rufiventris) : A test of the morphological constraint hypothesis.
Nelson, E.L., Short, A.D., *Long, K.L., *Karimi, A., Daunhauer, L.A., Diamond, S., & Needham, A.W. (Submitted). Parents report greater fine motor independence in children with Down syndrome who have a consistent hand preference.
*Long, K.L., *Karimi, A., **Mini, A., Stephens, D.P., & Nelson, E.L. (In Revision). The meaning of adulthood for emerging adults with Down syndrome: Parent perspectives on relevant skills.
Michel, G.F., Babik, I., Nelson, E.L., Ferre, C.L., Campbell, J.M., & Marcinowski, E.C. (In Revision). Development of lateralized functions during infancy and early childhood. In P. Corballis & C. Papagno (Eds.), Cerebral Asymmetries . Elsevier.
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
Nelson, E.L. (2024). The future of comparative cognition: Answering developmental questions with big team science . Comparative Cognition & Behavior Reviews, 19 , 79-83. https://doi.org/10.3819/CCBR.2024.190022
Nelson, E.L., *Taylor, M.A., **del Valle, A., **Pavon, N. (2024). Reach-to-grasp kinematic signatures in Colombian spider monkeys (Ateles fusciceps rufiventris) . Journal of Comparative Psychology, 138 (1), 56-67. https://doi.org/10.1037/com0000355.
*Taylor, M.A., Coxe, S., & Nelson, E.L. (2024). Early object skill supports growth in role-differentiated bimanual manipulation in infants . Infant Behavior & Development , 74, 101925. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infbeh.2024.101925
*Contino, K., Campbell, J.M., Marcinowski, E.C., Michel, G.F., Ramos, M., Coxe, S., Hayes, T., & Nelson, E.L. (2023). Hand preference trajectories as predictors of language outcomes above and beyond SES: Infant patterns explain more variance than toddler patterns at 5 years of age . Infant and Child Development, e2468. https://doi.org/10.1002/ICD.2468
*Karimi, A., & Nelson, E.L. (2023). Motor-language links in children with Down syndrome: A scoping review to revisit the literature with a developmental cascades lens . Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1275325. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1275325. Contribution to Research Topic Cognitive-Motor Development and Its Consequences in Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders .
Nelson, E.L., & *Karimi, A. (2023). Systematic review: The development of behavioral laterality across the first year of life in nonhuman primates . Symmetry, 15 (7), 1335. https://doi.org/10.3390/sym15071335. Contribution to Special Issue Early Laterality in Behaviour and Brain . *Selected as the cover image for the July 2023 issue* .
Needham, A.W., & Nelson, E.L. (2023). How babies use their hands to learn about objects: Exploration, reach-to-grasp, manipulation, and tool use . WIREs Cognitive Science, 14 (6), e1661. https://doi.org/10.1002/wcs.1661.
Vingerhoets, G., Verhelst, H., Gerrits, R., Badcock, N., Bishop, D.V.M., Carey, D., ... & LICI consortium, including E. Nelson. (2023). Laterality indices consensus initiative (LICI): A Delphi expert survey report on recommendations to record, assess, and report asymmetry in human behavioural and brain research . Laterality, 28 (2-3), 122-191. https://doi.org/10.1080/1357650X.2023.2199963.
Marcinowski, E.C., Nelson, E.L., Campbell, J.M., & Michel, G.F. (2023). Early, concurrent, and consistent hand preferences predict stacking in toddlerhood . Developmental Psychobiology, 65 (5), e22397. https://doi.org/10.1002/dev.22397.
Nelson, E.L. (2022). Developmental cascades as a framework for primate handedness . Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 16, 1063348. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2022.1063348. Contribution to Research Topic Expert Opinion in Environmental and Genetic Factors Impacting Functional Brain Lateralization in Development and Evolution .
Nelson, E.L. (2022). Insights into human and nonhuman primate handedness from measuring both hands . Current Directions in Psychological Science, 31 (2), 154-161. https://doi.org/10.1177/09637214211062876.
*Gonzalez, S.L., Nelson, E.L. (2021). Factor analysis of the Home Handedness Questionnaire: Unimanual and role differentiated bimanual manipulation as separate dimensions of handedness . Applied Neuropsychology: Adult, 28 (2), 173-184. https://doi.org/10.1080/23279095.2019.1611578.
*Boeving, E.R., Rodrigues, M.A., Nelson, E.L. (2020). Network analysis as a tool to understand social development in spider monkeys . American Journal of Primatology , e23182. Contribution to Joint Issue of Developmental Psychobiology and American Journal of Primatology Psychobiological Development in Primates .
Nelson, E.L., *Gonzalez, S.L. (2020). Measuring infant handedness reliably from reaching: A systematic review . Laterality, 25 (4), 430-454. https://doi.org/10.1080/1357650X.2020.1726367.
*Gonzalez, S.L., Campbell, J.M., Marcinowski, E.C., Michel, G.F., Coxe, S., Nelson, E.L. (2020). Preschool language ability is predicted by toddler hand preference trajectories . Developmental Psychology, 56 (4), 699-709. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0000900.
*Gonzalez, S.L., **Alvarez, V., Nelson, E.L. (2019). Do gross and fine motor skills differentially contribute to language outcomes?: A systematic review . Frontiers in Psychology , 10: 2670. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02670. Contribution to Research Topic Understanding Trajectories and Promoting Change from Early to Complex Skills in Typical and Atypical Development: A Cross-Population Approach .
Nelson, E.L. *Gonzalez, S.L., El-Asmar, J.M., Ziade, M.F., Abu-Rustum, R.S. (2019). The Home Handedness Questionnaire: Pilot data from preschoolers . Laterality, 24 (4), 482-503. https://doi.org/10.1080/1357650X.2018.1543313.
Marcinowski, E.C., Nelson, E.L., Campbell, J.M., Michel, G.F. (2019). The development of object construction from infancy through toddlerhood . Infancy, 24 (3), 368-391. https://doi.org/10.1111/infa.12284.
*Gonzalez, S.L., Nelson, E.L. (2018). Measuring Spanish comprehension in infants from mixed Hispanic communities using the IDHC: A preliminary study on 16-month-olds . Behavioral Sciences, 8 (12), 117. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs8120117.
*Boeving, E.R., Nelson, E.L. (2018). Social risk dissociates social network structure across lateralized behaviors in spider monkeys . Symmetry, 10 (9), 390. https://doi.org/10.3390/sym10090390. Contribution to Special Issue: Left Versus Right Asymmetries of Brain and Behaviour .
[Reprinted 2019 in L.J. Rogers (Ed.), Left Versus Right Asymmetries of Brain and Behaviour (pp. 11-19). Basel, Switzerland: MDPI Books. https://doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-03921-693-2.]
Nelson, E.L., Berthier, N.E., Konidaris, G.D. (2018). Handedness and reach-to-place kinematics in adults: Left-handers are not reversed right-handers. Journal of Motor Behavior, 50 (4), 381-391. https://doi.org/10.1080/0022895.2017.1363698.
Nelson, E.L., **Kendall, G.A. (2018). Goal-directed tail use in Colombian spider monkeys (Ateles fusciceps rufiventris) is highly lateralized. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 132 (1), 40-47. https://doi.org/10.1037/com0000094. *Layperson summary on Kudos Research Showcase *
Nelson, E.L., *Gonzalez, S.L., Coxe, S., Campbell, J.M., Marcinowski, E.C., Michel, G.F. (2017). Toddler hand preference trajectories predict 3-year language outcome. Developmental Psychobiology, 59 (7), 876-887. https://doi.org/10.1002/dev.21560. *Layperson summary on Kudos Research Showcase *
*Boeving, E.R., *Belnap, S.C., Nelson, E.L. (2017). Embraces are lateralized in spider monkeys (Ateles fusciceps rufiventris) . American Journal of Primatology , 79:e22654. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.22654.
Michel, G.F., Campbell, J.M., Marcinowski, E.C., Nelson, E.L., Babik, I. (2016). Infant hand preference and the development of cognitive abilities. Frontiers in Psychology , 7:410. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00410. Contribution to the Research Topic Motor skills and their Foundational Role for Perceptual, Social, and Cognitive Development . *Research Topic Top 10 Finalist for Frontiers Spotlight Award*
[Reprinted 2017 in P. Hauf & K. Libertus (Eds.), Motor Skills and Their Foundational Role for Perceptual, Social, and Cognitive Development (pp. 10-15). Lausanne: Frontiers Media. https://doi.org/10.3389/978-2-88945-159-3.]
*Gonzalez, S.L., Reeb-Sutherland, B.C., Nelson, E.L. (2016). Quantifying motor experience in the infant brain: EEG coherence, power and mu desynchronization. Frontiers in Psychology , 7:216. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00216. Contribution to the Research Topic Motor skills and their Foundational Role for Perceptual, Social, and Cognitive Development . *Research Topic Top 10 Finalist for Frontiers Spotlight Award*
[Reprinted 2017 in P. Hauf & K. Libertus (Eds.), Motor Skills and Their Foundational Role for Perceptual, Social, and Cognitive Development (pp. 278-283). Lausanne: Frontiers Media. https://doi.org/10.3389/978-2-88945-159-3.]
Nelson, E.L., *Boeving, E.R. (2015). Precise digit use increases the expression of handedness in Colombian spider monkeys (Ateles fusciceps rufiventris). American Journal of Primatology, 77, 1253-1262. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.22478. *Layperson summary on Kudos Research Showcase *
*Gonzalez, S.L., Nelson, E.L. (2015). Addressing the gap: A blueprint for studying bimanual hand preference in infants. Frontiers in Psychology, 6:560. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00560. Contribution to the Research Topic Hand and Touch: Evolution, Ability and Preference .
*Boeving, E.R., Lacreuse, A., Hopkins, W.D., Phillips, K.A., Novak, M.A., Nelson, E.L. (2015). Handedness influences intermanual transfer in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) but not rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) . Experimental Brain Research, 233 , 829-837. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-014-4158-8.
Nelson, E.L., **Figueroa, A., **Albright, S.N., **Gonzalez, M.F. (2015). Evaluating handedness measures in spider monkeys. Animal Cognition, 18 (1), 345-353. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-014-0805-5.
Nelson, E.L., Konidaris, G.D., Berthier, N.E. (2014). Hand preference status and reach kinematics in infants. Infant Behavior and Development, 37 (4), 615-623. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infbeh.2014.08.013.
Nelson, E.L., Campbell, J.M., Michel, G.F. (2014). Early handedness in infancy predicts language ability in toddlers. Developmental Psychology, 50 , 809-814. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0033803.
Michel, G.F., Babik, I., Nelson, E.L., Campbell, J.M., Marcinowski, E.C. (2013). How the development of handedness could contribute to the development of language. Developmental Psychobiology, 55 , 608-620. https://doi.org/10.1002/dev.21121.
Nelson, E.L., Campbell, J.M., Michel, G.F. (2013). Unimanual to bimanual: Tracking the development of handedness from 6 to 24 months. Infant Behavior and Development, 36 (2), 181-188. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infbeh.2013.01.009. *Elsevier Highly Cited Research Award December 2016*
Nelson, E.L., Konidaris, G.D., Berthier, N.E., Braun, M.C., Novak, M.F.S.X., Suomi, S.J., Novak, M.A. (2012). Kinematics of reaching and implications for handedness in rhesus monkey infants. Developmental Psychobiology, 54 , 460-467. https://doi.org/10.1002/dev.20604.
Nelson, E.L., Berthier, N.E., Metevier, C.M., Novak, M.A. (2011). Evidence for motor planning in monkeys: Rhesus macaques select efficient grips when transporting spoons. Developmental Science, 14 , 822-831. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7687.2010.01030.x.
Nelson, E.L., Emery, M.S., Babcock, S.M., Novak, M.F.S.X., Suomi, S.J., Novak, M.A. (2011). Head orientation and handedness trajectory in rhesus monkey infants (Macaca mulatta) . Developmental Psychobiology, 53 , 246-255. https://doi.org/10.1002/dev.20517. *Selected as the 2011 Hennessy-Smotherman-Wiley Best Student Paper*
Nelson, E.L., O'Karma, J.M., Ruperti, F.S., Novak, M.A. (2009). Laterality in semi-free-ranging black and white ruffed lemurs (Varecia variegata variegata) : Head-tilt correlates with hand use during feeding. American Journal of Primatology, 71 , 1032-1040. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.20746.
Hopkins, W., Cantalupo, C., Freeman, H., Russell, J., Kachin, M., Nelson, E. (2005). Chimpanzees are right-handed when recording bouts of hand use. Laterality, 10 (2), 121-130. https://doi.org/10.1080/13576500342000347.
Invited Refereed Book Chapters
Nelson, E.L., **Alvarez, J., **Jimenez, B., & **Padron, K. (2022). State of the field: Developmental primate cognition . In B.L. Schwartz & M.J. Beran (Eds.), Primate Cognitive Studies (pp. 88-114). New York: Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108955836.005.
Needham, A.W., Nelson, E.L., Short, A.D., Daunhauer, L.A., & Fidler, D.J. (2021). The emergence of fine motor skills in children with Down syndrome . In: R.M. Hodapp & D.J. Fidler (Eds.), International Review of Research in Developmental Disabilities, 60, 113-151. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.irrdd.2021.08.002.
Michel, G.F., Babik, I., Nelson, E.L., Marcinowski, E.C., Campbell, J.M. (2018). Evolution and development of handedness: An evo-devo approach . In: G.S. Forrester, W.D. Hopkins, K. Hurdy, & A. Lindell, Eds., Progress in Brain Research (Vol. 238), Cerebral Lateralization and Cognition: Evolutionary and Developmental Investigations of Behavioral Biases (pp. 347-376). Cambridge, MA: Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.pbr.2018.06.007.
Michel, G.F., Marcinowski, E.C., Babik, I., Campbell, J.M., Nelson, E.L. (2015). An interdisciplinary biopsychosocial perspective on psychological development. In S.D. Calkins (Ed.), Handbook of Infant Development: Biopsychosocial Perspectives (pp. 427-446). Guilford Publications.
Michel, G.F., Nelson, E.L., Babik, I., Campbell, J.M., Marcinowski, E.C. (2013). Multiple trajectories in the developmental psychobiology of human handedness. In R.M. Lerner & J.B. Benson (Eds.), Advances in Child Development and Behavior, 45: Embodiment and Epigenesis: Theoretical and Methodological Issues in Understanding the Role of Biology within the Relational Developmental System Part B: Ontogenetic Dimensions (pp. 227-260). Elsevier: Academic Press.
Published Instruments
Nelson, E.L., Campbell, J.M., Michel, G.F. (2013). Role-Differentiated Bimanual Manipulation (RDBM) Handedness Assessment. PsycTESTS Dataset. https://doi.org/10.1037/t22653-000.
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