Melissa Libertus, LRDC Research Scientist, was the focus of the March 2 Institute for Learning's newsletter, answering questions on numeracy and math sense in young children.
March 2, 2021
Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh Department of Psychology
Research Scientist, Learning Research & Development Center
PhD, Duke University
Silver, A. M., Elliott, L., Reynvoet, B., Sasanguie, D., & Libertus, M. E. (2022). Teasing apart the unique contributions of cognitive and affective predictors of math performance. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.
Ren, X., Liu, R., Coutanche, M.N., Fiez, J.A., & Libertus, M.E. (2022) Numerical estrangement and integration between symbolic and non-symbolic numerical information: Task-dependence and its link to math abilities in adults. Cognition, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2022.105067.
Ren, X., Liu, R., Coutanche, M.N. ,Fiez, J.A., & Libertus, M.E. (2022). Numerical estrangement and integration between symbolic and non-symbolic numerical information: Task-dependence and its link to math abilities in adults. Cognition.
Silver, A. M. & Libertus, M. E. (2022). Environmental influences on mathematics performance in early childhood. Nature Reviews Psychology.
Bachman, H.J., Miller, P., Elliott, L., Duong, S., Libertus, M., & Votruba Drzal, E. (2022)Associations among socioeconomic status and preschool-aged children’s, number skills, and spatial skills: The role of executive function, Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, Volume 221.
Melissa Libertus, LRDC Research Scientist, was the focus of the March 2 Institute for Learning's newsletter, answering questions on numeracy and math sense in young children.
March 2, 2021
Jennifer Russell, Professor, Education, and Melissa Libertus, Associate Professor, Psychology were quoted in a February 19 NPR article “Why Kindergarten? Pandemic Disruption Forces Big Questions About U.S. Education System.”
February 19, 2021
Melissa Libertus, Associate Professor, Psychology, is interviewed for the October 22, 2020, Inverse article "Brain Study Reveals How Much of Math Ability is Genetic." Inverse is a digital media company covering topics such as technology, science, and culture for a millennial audience.
October 22, 2020
Kudos to Diana Leyva, Associate Professor, Psychology, and Melissa Libertus, Associate Professor, Psychology for receiving an LRDC 2020 internal grant for their research on “Personalizing Family Routines to Support Three-Year-Olds’ Math Skills.”
May 15, 2020
Melissa Libertus has been elected to the board of the Mathematical Cognition and Learning Society.
January 6, 2020
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