Publications
Peer reviewed papers
Morett, L. M., O’Hearn, K., Lynn, A. S., Luna, B., & Ghuman, A. S. (2016). Altered gesture and speech production in ASD detract from in-person communicative quality. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. (PDF)
Morett, L. M. (2015). How the hands cue the mind: effects of iconicity and enactment on sign language acquisition. Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 27, 251-276. (PDF)
Morett, L. M., & Chang, L. Y. (2015). Emphasizing sound and meaning in tonal language acquisition: a gesture training study. Language, Cognition and Neuroscience, 30, 347-353. (PDF)
Morett, L. M. (2014). When hands speak louder than words: the role of gesture in the communication, encoding, and recall of a novel second language. The Modern Language Journal, 98, 834-853. (PDF)
Morett, L. M., & MacWhinney, B. (2013). Syntactic transfer in English-speaking Spanish learners. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 16, 132-151. (PDF)
Morett, L. M., Clegg, B. A., Blalock, L. D., & Mong, H. M. (2009). Applying multimedia learning theory to map learning and driving navigation. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology & Behaviour, 12, 40-49. (PDF)
Morett, L. M. (in revision). In hand and in mind: Gesture’s internal and external effects on L2 word learning.
Morett, L. M. (under review). The power of an image: Images enhance L2 word learning more than glosses.
Morett, L. M. & Fraundorf, S. H. (in preparation). Contrasting contrastive pitch accent and beat gesture.