Language, Cognition and Development Lab

Journal Articles

• Benavides-Varela, S. & Mehler, J (2014) Verbal Positional Memory in 7-months-olds. Child Development (doi: 10.1111/cdev.12291; Article first published online: 30 AUG 2014)[pdf]


• Benavides-Varela, S. & Mehler, J (in press) Verbal Positional Memory in 7-months-olds. Child Development.[pdf]


• Guellaï, B., Langus, A. & Nespor, M. (2014).Prosody in the hands of the speaker. In I. Berent and S. Goldin-Meadow (eds.) Language by mouth and by hand. Frontiers in Psychology, Vol. 5, n. 00700 (DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00700).[pdf]


• Gómez, D. M., Berent, I., Benavides-Varela, S., Bion, R. A. H., Cattarossi, L., Nespor, M., & Mehler, J. (2014). Language universals at birth. PNAS, 111 (16), 5837-5841.[pdf]


• Gervain, J., Sebastian-Galles, N., Diaz, B., Laka, I., Mazuka, R., Yamane, N., Nespor, M. & Mehler, J. (2013) Frequency cues word order in adults: cross-linguistic evidence. Frontiers in Language Sciences, 4 (00689). (doi=10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00689)[pdf]


• Benavides-Varela, S., Hochmann, J.R., Macagno, F., Nespor, M., & Mehler, J. (2012) Newborns' brain activity signals the origin of word memories, PNAS, 109(44), 17908-17913.[pdf]


• Benavides-Varela, S., Gomez, D. M., Macagno,F., Bion, R.A.H., Peretz, I., Mehler, J. (2011) Memory in the Neonate Brain, PLoS ONE, 6(11), e27497 [pdf]


• Hochmann, J.-R., Benavides, S., Nespor, M. & Mehler, J. (2011) Consonants and Vowels: different roles in early language acquisition, Developmental Science, pp.1445-1458. [pdf]


• Peña, M., Mehler, J. & Nespor, M. (2011) The Role of Audiovisual Processing in Early Conceptual Development, Psychological Science, 22(11), 1419-1421. [pdf]


• Benavides-Varela, S., Gómez, D.M., & Mehler, J. (2011). Studying neonates’ language and memory capacities with functional near-infrared spectroscopy. Frontiers in Psychology, 2:64 (doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00064). [pdf]


• Bion, R.A.H., Benavides-Varela, S., & Nespor, M. (2011) Acoustic markers of prominence influence infants' and adults' segmentation of speech sequences. Language and Speech,54 (1), 123-140.[pdf]


• Gervain, J., Mehler, J., Werker, J.F., Nelson, C.A., Csibra, G., Lloyd-Fox, S., Shukla, M. & Aslin, R.N. (2011) Near-infrared spectroscopy: A report from the McDonnell infant methodology consortium. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 1 (1), 22-46. [pdf]


• Gómez, D.M., Bion, R.A.H., & Mehler, J. (2011). The word segmentation process as revealed by click detection. Language and Cognitive Processes, 26(2), 212-223.[pdf]


• Gervain, J. & Mehler, J. (2011). Speech Perception and Language Acquisition in the First Year of Life. Annual Review of PsychologyVol.61, pp.191-218. [pdf]


• Hochmann, J-R., Endress A.D., & Mehler, J. (2010). Word frequency as a cue to identify function words in infancy. Cognition, 115, 444-457. [pdf]


• Endress, A.D. & Mehler, J. (2010). Perceptual Constraints in Phonotactic Learning. Journal of Experimental Psychology: HP&P. Vol. 36(1), 235-250. [pdf]


• Peña, M., Pittaluga, E. & Mehler, J. (2010) Language acquisition in premature and full-term infants. PNAS 107(8), 3823-3828. [pdf]


• Endress, A.D. & Mehler, J. (2009). Primitive Computations in Speech Processing. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 2187-2209. [pdf]


• Kovacs, A. M. & Mehler, J. (2009) Flexible Learning of Multiple Speech Structures in Bilingual Infants. Science 325, 611-612. [pdf]


• Endress, A.D., Nespor, M. & Mehler, J.(2009) Perceptual and Memory Constraints on Language Acquisition. Trends in Cognitive Science13(8), 348-353. [pdf]


• Kovacs, A. M. and Mehler, J. (2009) Cognitive gains in 7-month-old bilingual infants. PNAS, 106(2), 6556-6560. [pdf]


• Endress, A.D., Mehler, J. (2009) The surprising power of statistical learning: When fragment knowledge leads to false memories of unheard words. Journal of Memory and Language, 60, pp. 351-367. [pdf]


• Gervain, J. Nespor, M., Mazuka, R., Horie, R., Mehler J. (2008) Bootstrapping word order in prelexical infants: a Japanese-Italian cross-linguistic study. Cognitive Psychology,Vol 57(1), pp. 56-74. [pdf]


• Mehler, J., Nespor, M., Peña, M.(2008) What Infants Know and What they Have to Learn about Language. European Review, Vol. 16, n. 4, pp. 429-444. [pdf]


• Gervain, J., Macagno, F., Cogoi, S., Peña, M., Mehler, J. (2008) The neonate brain detects speech structure. PNAS, Vol. 105, n.37, pp. 14222-14227. [pdf]


• Toro, J.M., Bonatti, L.L., Nespor, M., Mehler, J. (2008). Finding words and rules in a speech stream: functional differences between vowels and consonants. Psychological Science, Vol. 19(2),pp.137-144. [pdf]


• Hochmann, J.R., Azadpour, M. Mehler J. (2008) Do humans really learn AnBn rtificial grammars from exemplars? Cognitive Science, 32, pp. 1021-1036. [pdf]


• Endress, A.D., Dehaene-Lambertz, G., Mehler, J. (2007) Perceptual Constraints and the Learnability of Simple Grammars. Cognition, vol.105, issue 3, pp. 577-614. [pdf]


• Bonatti, L., Peña, M., Nespor, M., Mehler, J.(2007) On Consonants, Vowels, Chickens, and Eggs. Psychological Science, 18 (10), pp.924-5 [pdf]


• Shukla M., Nespor M., Mehler J. (2007) . An interaction between prosody and statistics in the segmentation of fluent speech. Cognitive Psychology. 54 (1), pp. 1-32. [pdf]


• Bonatti LL., Peña M., Nespor M., Mehler J. (2006) . How to hit Scylla without avoiding Charybdis : comment on Perruchet, Tyler, Galland, and Peereman. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. 135 (2), pp. 314-326. [pdf]


• Mehler J., Peña M., Nespor M., Bonatti L. (2006) . The soul of language does not use statistics: reflections on vowels and consonants. Cortex. 42 (6), pp. 846-854. [pdf]


• Endress, A.D., Scholl, B.J., Mehler, J. (2005). The role of salience in the extraction of algebraic rules. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. 134 (3), pp. 406-419. [pdf]


• Aslin R. N. J. Mehler, (2005) Near-infrared spectroscopy for functional studies of brain activity in human infants: promise, prospects, and challenges. Journal of Biomedical Optics 10: 1, 011009, (1-3) [pdf]


• Bonatti, L., Frot E., Mehler, J. (2005). What face inversion does to infants' counting abilities. Psychological Science, Vol. 16, Number 7, July 2005, : pp. 506 - 510. [pdf]


• Bonatti, L., Peña, M., Nespor, M., Mehler, J. (2005). Linguistic Constraints on Statistical Computations: The Role of Consonants and Vowels in Continuous Speech Processing. Psychological Science, Vol. 16, Number 6, June 2005. : pp. 451 - 459. [pdf]


• Tincoff, R., Hauser, M., Tsao, F., Spaepen, G., Ramus, F., J. Mehler (2005) The role of speech rhythm in language dicricmination: further tests with a non-human primate. Developmental Science, (1), pp.26-35. [pdf]


• Christophe, A., Peperkamp, S., Pallier, C., Block, E., Mehler, J. (2004). Phonological phrase boundaries constrain lexical access: I. Adult data. Journal of Memory and Language, vol.51, (4), November 2004. pp.523-547. [pdf]


• Dupoux, E., Kouider, S., Mehler, J. (2003). Unattended lexical activation? Explorations using dichotic priming. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Prformance, 29, pp. 172-184.[pdf]


• Peña, M., Maki, A., Kovačić, D., Dehaene-Lambertz, G., Koizumi, H., Bouquet, F., Mehler, J. (2003) Sounds and Silence: An optical topography study of language recognition at birth. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 100 (20): pp. 11702-5. [pdf]


• Nespor, M., Peña, M., Mehler, J. (2003) On the different Roles of Vowels and Consonants in Speech Processing and Language Acquisition, Lingue & Linguaggio, (2),pp.203-229. [pdf]


• Dupoux, E., Kouider, S., Mehler, J. (2003) Lexical access without attention? Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 29 (1),pp. 172-184. [pdf]


• Pallier, C., Dehaene, S., Poline, J.-B., LeBihan, D., Argenti, A.-M., Dupoux, E., Mehler, J. (2003). Brain imaging of language plasticity in adopted adults: can a second language replace the first? Cerebral Cortex, 13,pp.155-162. [pdf]


• Peña, M., Bonatti, L., Nespor, M., Mehler J. (2002). Signal-Driven Computations in Speech Processing, Science, 298, pp. 604-607. [pdf]


• Bonatti, L., Frot, E., Zangl, R., Mehler, J. (2002) The Human First Hypothesis: Identification of conspecifics and individuation of objects in the young infant. Cognitive Psychology, 44, pp.388-426. [pdf]


• Peretz, I., Zatorre, R., Mehler, J., Hada, P., Penhune, V. G., Jutras, B. (2001). Congenial Amusia : A Disorder of Fine-Grained Pitch Discrimination. Neuron, 33,pp. 1-20. [pdf]


• Christophe, A., Mehler, J., Sebastian-Gallos, N. (2001). Perception of prosodic boundary correlates by newborn infants. Infancy, 2, pp. 385-394. [pdf]


• Dupoux, E., Pallier, C., Kakehi, K., Mehler, J. (2001) New evidence for prelexical phonological processing in word recognition. Language and Cognitive Processing, 16 (5/6), pp. 491-505. [pdf]


• LeClec', G., Dehaene, S., Cohen, L., Mehler, J., Dupoux, E., Poline, J. B.,Lehericy, S., van Moortele, P. F., LeBihan, D. (2000) Distinct cortical areas for names of numbers and body parts independent of language and input modality. Neuro Image.12, pp. 381-391. [pdf]


• Ramus, F., Hauser, M. D., Miller, C., Morris, D., Mehler, J. (2000) Language discrimination by human newborns and by cotton-top tamarin monkeys. Science, 288, pp. 340-351. [pdf]


• Peperkamp, S., Mehler, J. (1999). Spoken and signed language : A unique underlying system ? Language and Speech, 42, pp. 333-346. [pdf]


• Ramus, F., Nespor, M., Mehler, J. (1999). Correlates of linguistic rhythm in the speech signal. Cognition, 73, 3,pp. 265-292. [pdf]


• Dupoux, E., Kakehi, K., Hirose, Y., Pallier, C., Mehler, J. (1999). Epenthetic vowels in Japanese: A perceptual illusion? Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance,25 (6);pp. 1568-1578. [pdf]


• Ramus, F., Mehler (1999) Language identification with suprasegmental cues : A study based on speech resynthesis.Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 105, pp. 512-521. [pdf]


• Perani, D., Paulesu, E., Sebastian-Gallos, N., Dupoux, E., Dehaene, S., Bettinardi, V., Cappa, S. F., Fazio, F., Mehler, J. (1998) The bilingual brain: Proficiency and age of acquisition of the second language. Brain, 121,pp. 1841-1852. [pdf]


• Bachoud-Levi, A-C., Cohen L., Dupoux, E., Mehler. (1998)Where is the length effect? A cross linguistic study. Journal of Memory and Language, 39, pp. 331-346. [pdf]


• Pallier, C., Sebastian, N., Dupoux, E., Christophe, A., Mehler, J. (1998) Perceptual adjustment to time-compressed speech: a cross-linguistic study. Memory & Cognition, 26, pp. 844-851. [pdf]


• Paulesu, E., Mehler, J. M. (1998) Right on in sign language . Nature - News and Views392, pp.233-234. [pdf]


• Nazzi, T., Bertoncini, J. Mehler, J. (1998). Language Discrimination by Newborns: Toward an Understanding of the Role of Rhythm Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 24,pp. 1-11. [pdf]


• van Ooyen, B., Bertoncini, J., Sansavini, A., Mehler, J. (1997)Do weak syllables count for newborns? Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 102, pp. 3735-3741. [pdf]


• Koechlin, E., Dehaene, S., Mehler, J. (1997) Numerical transformations in five month old human infants. Mathematical Cognition, 2, pp. 89-104. [pdf]


• Dehaene, S., Dupoux, E., Mehler, J., Cohen, L., Perani, D., van de Moortele, P. F., Leherici, S., Le Bihan, D. (1997) Anatomical Variability in the representation of first and second Languages, Neuroreport, 17, pp. 3809-3815. [pdf]


• Pallier, C., Christophe, A., Mehler, J. (1997) Language-specific listening. Trends in Cognitive Science, 1, pp. 129-132. [pdf]


• Dupoux, E., Pallier, C., Sebastian, N., Mehler, J. (1997) A destressing  deafness in French? Journal of Memory and Language, 36,(3), pp. 406-421. [pdf]


• Fazio, F., Perani, D., Dehaene, S., Grassi, F., Cohen, L., Cappa, S. F., Dupoux, E., Mehler (1997) Brain processing of native and foreign languages. Human Brain Mapping Supplement, 583.


• Perani, D., Dehaene, S., Grassi, F., Cohen, L., Cappa, S. F., Dupoux, E., Fazio, F., Mehler, J. (1996) Brain processing of native and foreign languages. NeuroReport, 7,pp. 2439-2444. [pdf]


• Mehler, J., Pallier, C., Christophe, A. (1996) Psychologie Cognitive et Acquisition des Langues. Medecine Sciences, 12, pp. 94-99. [pdf]


• Deheane, S., Tzourio, N., Frak, V., Raynaud, L., Cohen, L. , Mehler, J., Mazoyer, B. (1996) Cerebral activations during number multiplication and comparison: A PET study. Neuropsychologia, 34, pp. 1097-1106. [pdf]


• Cohen, L., Mehler, J. (1996) Click Monitoring Revisted: An On-Line Study of Sentence Comprehension. Memory & Cognition, 24, pp. 94-102. [pdf]


• Bertoncini, J., Floccia, C., Nazzi, T., Mehler, J. (1995) Morae and Syllables: Rythmical Basis of Speech Representations in Neonates. Language and Speech, 38,pp. 311-329.[pdf]


• Mehler, J., Bertoncini, J., Dupoux, E., Pallier, C. (1994) The Role of Suprasegmentals in Speech Perception and Acquisition. Dokkyo International Review, 7,pp. 338-343.[pdf]


• Mehler, J., Christophe, A. (1994) Language in the Infant's Mind. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (Biological Section), 346, pp. 13-20. [pdf]


• Mehler, J. (1994) A Few Words About Cognition. Cognitive Studies, 1, pp. 8-9.


• Mehler, J. Editorial. (1994) Cognition, 50,pp.1-6.[pdf]


• Christophe, A., Dupoux, E., Bertoncini, J., Mehler, J. (1994) Do Infants Perceive Word Boundaries? An Empirical Approach to the Bootstrapping Problem for Lexical Acquisition.Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 95, pp.1570-1580. [pdf]


• Mehler, J., Dupoux, E., Pallier, C., Dehaene-Lambertz, G. (1994) Cross-Linguistic Approaches to Speech Processing? Current Opinionsin Neurobiology, 4,pp.171-176.[pdf]


• Mazoyer, B. M., Dehaene, S., Tzourio, N., Frak, V., Murayama, N., Cohen, L., Levrier, O., Salamon, G., Syrota, A., Mehler, J. (1993) The Cortical Representation of Speech. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 32, pp.373-389.[pdf]


• Otake, T., Hatano, G., Cutler, A., Mehler,J. (1993) Mora Or Syllable? Speech Segmentation in Japanese. Journal of Memory and Language, 32, pp.258-278.


• Bijeljac-Babic, R., Bertoncini, J., Mehler, J. (1993) How Do Four-Day-Old Infants Categorize Multisyllabic Utterances? Developmental Psychology, 29, pp.711-723.[pdf]


• Pallier, C., Sebastian y Galles, N., Felguera, T., Christophe, A., Mehler, J. (1993) Attentional Allocation Within the Syllabic Structure of Spoken Words. Journal of Memory and Language, 32, pp.373-389.


• Cutler, A., Mehler, J. (1993) The Periodicity Bias. Journal of Phonetics, 21,pp.103-108. [pdf]


• Cutler, A., Mehler, J., Norris, D., Segui, J. (1992) The Monolingual Nature of Speech Segmentation by Bilinguals. Cognitive Psychology, 24, pp.381-410. [pdf]


• Dehaene, S., Mehler, J. (1992) Cross-Linguistic Regularities in the Frequency of Number Words. Cognition, 43, 1,pp.1-29. [pdf]


• Sebastian, N., Dupoux, E., Segui, J., Mehler, J. (1992) Contrasting Syllabic Effects in Catalan and Spanish : The Role of Stress. Journal of Memory and Language, 31,pp.18-32. [pdf]


• Segui, J., Sebastian-Galles, N., Mehler, J. (1991) Estructura Fonologica y Percepcion del Habla. Revista Argentina de Linguistica, 7, pp.89-107.


• Christophe, A., Pallier, C., Bertoncini, J., Mehler, J.(1991) A la Recherche d'Une Unite: Segmentation et Traitement de la Parole, L'Annee Psychologique, 91,pp.59-86. [pdf]


• Dupoux, E., Mehler, J. (1990) Monitoring the Lexicon with Normal and Compressed Speech : Frequency Effects and the Prelexical Code. Journal of Memory and Language, 29,pp.316-335. [pdf]


• Jusczyk, P. W., Bertoncini, J., Bijeljac-Babic, R., Kennedy, L., Mehler, J. (1990). The Role of Attention in Speech Perception by Young Infants. Cognitive Development, 5,pp.265-286. [pdf]


• Dehaene, S., Dupoux, E., Mehler, J. (1990). Is Numerical Comparison Digital ? Analogical and Symbolic Effects in Two-Digit Number Comparison. Journal of Experimental Psychology : Human Perception and Performance, 16,pp.626-641. [pdf]


• Mehler, J., Cutler, A. (1990) Psycholinguistic Implications of Phonological Diversity Among Languages. Golem, 1, pp. 119-134.[pdf]


• Morais, J., Content, A., Cary, L, Mehler, J., Segui, J. (1989). Syllabic Segmentation and Literacy. Language and Cognitive Processes, 4, pp.57-67. [pdf]


• Cutler, A., Mehler, J., Norris, D., Segui, J. (1989). Limits on Bilingualism. Nature, 340, pp.229-230. [pdf]


• Bertoncini, J., Morais, J., Bijeljac-Babic, R., McAdams, S., Peretz, I., Mehler, J. (1989). Dichotic Perception and Laterality in Neonates. Brain And Language, 37, pp.591-605. [pdf]


• Pinker, S., Mehler, J. (Eds.) (1988) Connectionism and Symbol Systems, Cognition, 28,pp.1-2.


• Mehler, J., Jusczyk, P., Lambertz, G., Halsted, N., Bertoncini, J., Amiel-Tison, C. (1988). A Precursor of Language Acquisition in Young Infants, Cognition, 29, pp.143-178. [pdf]


• Nespoulous, J.-L., Dordain, M., Perron, C., Ska, B., Bub, D., Caplan, D., Mehler, J., Roch Lecours, A. (1988). Agrammatism in Sentence Production without Comprehension Deficits : Reduced Availability of Syntactic Structures And/Or of Grammatical Morphemes ? A Case Study, Brain and Language, 33,pp.273-295. [pdf]


• Bertoncini, J., Bijeljac-Babic, R., Jusczyk, P. W., Kennedy, L., Mehler, J. (1988). An Investigation of Young Infants' Perceptual Representations of Speech Sounds, Journal of Experimental Psychology : General, 117,pp.21-33. [pdf]


• Lecours, A. R., Mehler, J., Parente, M. A. (1988). Illiteracy and Brain Damage - 3. A Contribution to the Study of Speech and Language Disorders in Illiterates with Unilateral Brain Damage (Initial Testing), Neuropsychologia, 26, pp.575-589. [pdf]


• Mehler, J., Bertoncini, J. (1988). Development - A Question of Properties, Not Change ? Revue Internationale de Sciences Sociales, UNESCO. (Also In French, Spanish & Arabic), 115,pp.121-135.


• Mehler, J., Dupoux, E. (1987). De la Psychologie e la Science Cognitive, Le Debat, 47, pp.65-87. [pdf]


• Lecours, A. R., Mehler, J., Parente, M. A. (1987). Illiteracy and Brain Damage - 2. Manifestations of Unilateral Neglect in Testing "Auditory Comprehension" With Iconographic Materials, Brain and Cognition, 6, pp.243-266. [pdf]


• Bertoncini, J., Babic-Bijeljac, R., Blumstein, S., Mehler, J. (1987). Discrimination by Neonates of Very Short CVs, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 82, pp.31-37. [pdf]


• Cutler, A., Mehler, J., Norris, D., Segui, J. (1987). Phoneme Identification and the Lexicon, Cognitive Psychology, 19,pp.141-177.[pdf]


• Lecours, A. R., Mehler, J., Parente, M. A. (1987). Illiteracy and Brain Damage - 1. Aphasia Testing in Culturally Contrasted Populations, Neuropsychologia, 25,pp.231-245. [pdf]


• Mehler, J., Lambertz, G., Jusczyk, P. W., Amiel-Tison, C. (1987). Discrimination de la Langue Maternelle par le Nouveau-Ne, C. R. Academie des Sciences de Paris, 303, 15, pp.637-640.[pdf]


• Segui, U., Frauenfelder, U., Laine, C., Mehler, J. (1987). The Word Frequency Effect for Open-and-Closed Class Items, Cognitive Neuropsychology, 4,pp.33-44. [pdf]


• Segui, J., Mehler, J. (1986). Psicologia Cognitiva y Percepcion del Lenguaje : Contribucion al Estudio Experimental del Habla, Revista Argentina de Linguistica, 2, pp.317-342. [pdf]


• Mehler, J. (1986). Review of Philip Lieberman's The Biology and Evolution of Language, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 80,pp.1558-1560.[pdf]


• Cutler, A., Mehler, J., Norris, D., Segui, J. (1986). The Syllable's Differing Role in the Segmentation of French and English, Journal of Memory and Language, 25, pp.385-400. [pdf]


• Lecours, A. R., Mehler, J., Parente, M. A . (1985). Au Pied de la Lettre, Union Medicale du Canada, 114 (12), pp.1020-1026.[pdf]


• Mehler, J., Bertoncini, J. (1984). La Recherche sur L'Etat Initial: Quelques Reflexions, Neuropsychiatrie de L'enfance et de L'adolescence, 32, pp.497-510. [pdf]


• Mehler, J., Morton, J., Jusczyk, P. (1984). On Reducing Language to Biology, Cognitive Neuropsychology, 1,pp.83-116. [pdf]


• Cutler, A., Mehler, J., Norris, D., Segui, J. (1983). A Language-Specific Comprehension Strategy, Nature, 304, pp.159-160. [pdf]


• Frauenfelder, U., Dommergues, J. Y., Mehler, J., Segui, J.(1982). L'integration Perceptive des Phrases : Aspects Syntaxiques et Semantiques, Bulletin de Psychologie, 356,pp.893-902.


• Segui, J., Mehler, J., Frauenfelder, U. Morton, J. (1982). The Word Frequency Effect on Lexical Access, Neuropsychologia,20, 6, pp.615-627. [pdf]


• Segui, J., Frauenfelder, U., Mehler, J. (1981). Phoneme Monitoring, Syllable Monitoring and Lexical Access, British Journal of Psychology, 72,pp.471-477. [pdf]


• Mehler, J., Franck, S. (1981). Editorial, Tenth Anniversary Volume, Cognition, 10, 1, 5. [pdf]


• Mehler, J. (1981). The Role of Syllables in Speech Processing: Infant and Adult Data, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, B 295,pp.333-352. [pdf]


• Mehler, J., Dommergues, J. Y., Frauenfelder, U., Segui, J.(1981). The Syllable's Role in Speech Segmentation, Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 20, pp.298-305. [pdf]


• Mehler, J., Bertoncini, J. (1981). Syllables as Units in Infant Perception, Infant Behavior and Development, 4,pp.271-284. [pdf]


• Mehler, J., Bertoncini, J. (1981). Quelques Remarques a Propos de la Perception Chez le Nouveau-Ne, Revue du Praticien, Tome XXXI, N 5, pp.387-396. [pdf]


• Frauenfelder, U., Segui, J., Mehler, J. (1980). Monitoring Around the Relative Clause, Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 19,pp. 328-337.


• Mehler, J. (1979). Quand la Science du Comportement Devient Psychologie de la Connaissance, La Recherche, 10, 100.


• Dommergues, J. Y., Frauenfelder, U., Mehler, J., Segui, J. (1978/79). L'Integration Perceptive des Phrases, Bulletin de Psychologie, 32, pp.893-902. [pdf]


• Mehler, J., Bertoncini, J., Barriere, M., Jassik-Gerschenfeld, D. (1978). Infant Recognition of Mother's Voice, Perception, 7, pp.491-497. [pdf]


• Mehler, J. (1978). La Perception des Stimuli Acoustiques Verbaux et Non Verbaux Chez les Jeunes Enfants, La Recherche, 88,pp.324-330.


• Mehler, J., Carey, P., Segui, J. (1978). Tails of Words: Monitoring Ambiguity, Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 17,pp.29-35. [pdf]


• Mehler, J., Pittet, M., Segui, J. (1978). Strategies for Sentence Perception, Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 7, 1,pp. 3-16. [pdf]


• Mehler, J. (1976). Psychologie et Psychanalyse : Quelques Remarques, Revue Francaise de Psychanalyse, 4, pp.605-622. [pdf]


• Mehler, J., Bever, T. G., Franck, S. (1976). Editorial, Cognition, 4, pp.7-12. [pdf]


• Mehler, J., Barriere, M., Jassik-Gerschenfeld, D. (1976). Reconnaissance de la Voix Maternelle par le Nourrisson, La Recherche, 7,pp.786-788. [pdf]


• Mehler, J., Bever, T. G. (1975). Reason and Un-Reason, Cognition, 3, pp.83-92.[pdf]


• Mehler, J., Bever, T. G. (1973). Editorial, Cognition, 2, pp.7-11.[pdf]


• Mehler, J., Bever, T. G. (1972). Editorial, Cognition, 1, pp.9-10[pdf]


• Mehler, J., Bardies, B. de (1971). Psycholinguistique, Messages et Codage Verbal : Deuxieme Partie : Etudes sur le Rappel de Phrases, L'Annee Psychologique,pp.547-581.[pdf]


• Mehler, J., Muchnik, M. (1971). Puede una Pseudofilosofia Aclarar el Concepto de Pseudociencia ? Ciencia Nueva,12,pp.47-49.


• Carey, P., Mehler, J., Bever, T. G. (1970). Judgingthe Veracity of Ambiguous Sentences, Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 9,pp.243-254. [pdf]


• Bardies, B. de Mehler, J. (1969). Psycholinguistique, Messages et Codage Verbal I : L'Acquisition du Langage, L'Annee Psychologique, 69,pp.562-598. [pdf]


• Mehler, J., Carey, P. (1969). De la Structure Profonde et de la Structure de Surface Dans la Perception des Phrases, Langages, 16,pp.106-110. [pdf]


• Mehler, J. (1969). Introduction, Langages, 16,epp.3 - 15. [pdf]


• Mehler, J. (Ed.) (1969). Psycholinguistique et Grammaire Generative, Langages, 16.


• Mehler, J. (1968). La Grammaire Generative a-t-elle une Realite Psychologique ? Psychologie Francaise, XIII, pp.137-156. [pdf]


• Mehler, J., Bever, T. G. (1968). Quantification, Conservation and Nativism, Science, 162, pp.979-981. [pdf]


• Bever, T. G., Mehler, J., Epstein, J. (1968). What Children Do in Spite of What They Know, Science, 162, pp.979-981. [pdf]


• Mehler, J., Bever, T. G. (1968). The Study of Competence in Cognitive Psychology, International Journal of Psychology, 3,pp.273-280. [pdf]


• Mehler, J. (1968). The Genesis of Language, Psychology Today, 1, p.18. [pdf]


• Mehler, J., Carey, P. (1968). The Interaction of Veracity and Syntax in the Processing of Sentences, Perception & Psychophysics, 3,pp.109-111. [pdf]


• Mehler, J.Bever, T. G. (1967). Cognitive Capacity of Very Young Children, Science, 158,pp.141-142. [pdf]


• Mehler, J., Carey, P. (1967). The Role of Surface and Base Structure in the Perception Of Sentences, Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 6, pp.335-338. [pdf]


• Mehler, J., Bever, T. G., Carey, P. (1967). What We Look At When We Read, Perception & Psychophysics, 2,pp.213-218. [pdf]


• Mehler, J. Miller, G. A. (1964). Retroactive Interference in the Recall of Simple Sentences, British Journal of Psychology, 55, pp.295-301. [pdf]


• Mehler, J. (1963). Some Effects of Grammatical Transformations on The Recall Of English Sentences, Journal Of Verbal Learning And Verbal Behavior, 2, 346-351. Processing, Science, 298,pp.604-607. [pdf]

Books and Book Chapters

• Mehler, J. (2013) Some issues in current language acquisition research. In: M. Sanz, Itziar Laka & M.K. Tanenhaus (Eds.), Language Down the Garden Path. The Cognitive and Biological Basis for Linguistic Structures, Oxford University Press, 348-359.


• Hochmann, J-R. & Mehler, J. (2012) Recent findings about language acquisition. In: M. Piattelli-Palmarini, & R.C. Berwick (Eds.), Rich Languages from Poor Inputs, Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, 107-114.


• Shukla M., Gervain J., Mehler J. and Nespor M. (2012) Linguistic Constraints on Statistical Learning in Early Language Acquisition. In Rebuschat P., Williams J.N. (Eds) Statistical Learning and Language Acquisition, Berlin: De Gruyter / Mouton, 171-202[pdf]


• Nespor, M., Shukla, M. and Mehler, J. (2011) Stress-timed vs. syllable timed languages. In: M. van Oostendorp, C. J. Ewen, E. Hume & K. Rice (Eds.), The Blackwell Companion to Phonology, Wiley-Blackwell, 1147-1159.[pdf]


• Mehler, J. & Christophe, A. (1995) Maturation and Learning of Language in the First Year of Life.In M. S. Gazzaniga (Ed) The Cognitive Neurosciences. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 943-953.[pdf]


• Mehler, J. & Franck. S. (Eds.) (1995) Cognition on Cognition. Cambridge, Ma.: MIT Press.


• Mehler, J. & Franck, S. (1995) Building COGNITION. In J. Mehler and S. Franck (Eds.) Cognition on Cognition. Cambridge: MIT Press, 7-11.


• Mehler, J., Bertoncini, J., Dupoux, E. & Pallier,C. (1996) The Role Suprasegmentals in Speech Perception and Acquisition. In T.Otake & A. Cutler (Eds.)Phonological Structure and Language Processing - Cross-Linguistic Studies, Speech Research 12, Berlin: Mouton/De Gruyter.


• Mehler, J., Dehaene-Lambertz, G., Dupoux, E. & Nazzi, T. (1996) Coping with Linguistic Diversity: The Infant?s Viewpoint.. In J.Morgan and K. Demuth (Eds.) Signal to Syntax. Hillsdale, NJ:LEA, 101-116..


• Mehler, J. (1996) The Renaissance of Psycholinguistics. In W. Levelt (Ed) Bressanonce Revisited.Nijmegen: Max Planck Publications, 1-6.


• Mehler, J. et Ramus, F. (1997) La psychologie cognitive peut-elle contribuer a' l'etude du raisonnement moral?J. P. Changeux (Ed.)Universalisme ethique, diversite culturelle et education.Paris: Editions Odile Jacob, 119-136


• Mehler, J., Pallier, C. & Christophe, A. (1998) Language and Cognition. In M. Sabourin, F. M. I. Craik & M. Robert (Eds) Cognitive and Biological Aspects (Vol. 1 Proceedings of the XXVIth International Congress of Psychology), Hove, Essex: Psychology Press., 381-398.


• Mehler, J., Pallier, C. & Christophe, A. (1998) Langage et Cognition. In Y. Christen, L. Collet & M-T Droy-Lefaix (Eds.), Rencontres IPSEN en ORL, Tome 2. Paris: IPSEN, 1-16.


• Dupoux, E. & Mehler, J. (1999) Non-Developmental Studies of Development: Examples from Newborn Research, Bilingualism and Brain Imaging. In C. Rovee-Collier, L. P. Lipsitt & Harlene Hayne (Eds.) Advances in Infancy Research, Volume 12, Stamford: Ablex Publishing Corp, 375-406.[pdf]


• Mehler, J., Christophe, A., & Ramus, F. (2000) How infants acquire language: some preliminary observations. In: A. Marantz, Y. Miyashita, & W. O'Neil (Eds.), Image, Language, Brain: Papers from the first Mind-Brain Articulation Project syposium. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, pp.51-75. [pdf]


• Mehler, J. & Christophe, A. (2000) Acquisition of language: Infant and adult data In M. S. Gazzaniga (Ed.), The Cognitive Neurosciences, 2nd Edition, Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 897-908.[pdf]


• Ramus, F. & Mehler, J.(2002) In praise of functional psychology: Dismissing the skeptics. In S. M. Kosslyn, A. M. Galaburda & Y. Christen (Eds.), Languages of the brain. Cambridge, Ma.: Harvard University Press, pp 166-178.


• Dehaene-Lambertz, G., Mehler, J. & Pena, M. (2002) Cerebral bases of language acquisition.In A. F. Kalverboer & A. Gramsbergen (Eds) Brain and behaviour in human develomvent. Dordrecht: Kluwer, pp 939-966.[pdf]


• Mehler, J. & Dupoux, E. (2002) Naitre Humain (Second Edition). Paris: Editions Odile Jacob.


• Mehler, J., N. Sebastian Galles e M. Nespor (2004) Biological foundations of language: language acquisition, cues for parameter setting and the bilingual infant. In M. Gazzaniga (ed.) The New Cognitive Neurosciences III. Cambridge, MA. MIT Press, pp.825-836.[pdf]


• Mehler, J. & Nespor, M. (2004) Linguistic rhythm and the development oflanguage. In A. Belletti & L. Rizzi (Eds.) Structures and Beyond : The Cartography of Syntactic Structures. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Pages 213-221.[pdf]


• Nespor, M., Gervain J. & Mehler, J. (2005). What do we learn when we acquire a grammar? In: H. Broekhuis, N. Corver, J. Koster, R. Huybregts and U. Kleinhenz (eds.) Organizing Grammar. Linguistic Studies for Henk van Riemsdijk. Berlin / New York. Mouton de Gruyter, pp. 466-473.


• Mehler, J. & Dupoux, E. (2006) Naitre Humain (3rd Edition). Paris: Editions Odile Jacob


• Mehler J., Nespor, M., Gervain, J., Endress, A.D. & Shukla, M., (2007) Mechanisms of language acquisition: imaging and behavioral evidence, In: C. A. Nelson & M. Luciana (Eds.): Handbook of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. Cambridge, Mass.: MITPress. [pdf]


• Mehler J., Endress A.D., Gervain J., & Nespor M., (2008) From Perception to Grammar, In: A.D. Friederici & G. Thierry (Eds.): Early Language Development: Bridging Brain and Behaviour (Trends in Language Acquisition Research), TiLAR 5, John Benjamins Publishing Company, pp. 191-213. [pdf]


• Mehler, J., Nespor, M., & Pena, M. (2008) Why is language unique to humans? In J.Pomerantz (Eds), Topics in Integrative Neuroscience: From Cells to Cognition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 206-237. [pdf]


• Mehler, J., Nespor M.. & Pena, M. (2008) Why is language unique to Humans? In J. Pomerantz (Ed.) Topics in Integrative Neuroscience: From Cells to Cognition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 206-237.


• Nespor, M., Mehler, J. and Pena, M. (2008) Perche' solo gli esseri umani parlano? Controversie sui meccanismi di acquisizione del linguaggio. In: M. Piccolino (Ed.) Controversie nelle neuroscienze. Bollati-Boringhieri, pp 319-356 [pdf]