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Reiko Mazuka CV

Research Professor in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
Psychology & Neuroscience
Duke Box 90085, Durham, NC 27708-0085
323 Soc-Psych, Durham, NC
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Overview


Language acquisition and psycholinguistics. In particular, she is interested in the development and consequences of acquiring very different types of languages. The research has taken a cross-linguistic approach between English and Japanese, and her current research involves the following three areas: (1) study of sentence comprehension strategies by adult and child speakers of Japanese and English; (2) cross- linguistic study of infants' speech perception; and (3) influence of acquiring language specific categories on cognition.

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Research Professor in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience · 2013 - Present Psychology & Neuroscience, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

Recent Publications


Early influence of language experience in non-native speech perception: Discrimination of three-way Thai stop contrasts by Korean and Japanese infants.

Journal Article Infant behavior & development · March 2025 Young infants' remarkable ability to discriminate non-native phoneme contrasts played a critical role in shaping the tenets of the perceptual narrowing hypothesis: early on, infants are sensitive to most phoneme categories, including those not used in thei ... Full text Cite

Lack of early sensitivity and gradual emergence of native phoneme categories: A pattern from underrepresented language learners.

Journal Article Developmental science · September 2024 Perceptual narrowing of speech perception supposes that young infants can discriminate most speech sounds early in life. During the second half of the first year, infants' phonetic sensitivity is attuned to their native phonology. However, supporting evide ... Full text Cite

Ethical and epistemic costs of a lack of geographical and cultural diversity in developmental science.

Journal Article Developmental psychology · September 2024 Increasing geographical and cultural diversity in research participation has been a key priority for psychological researchers. In this article, we track changes in participant diversity in developmental science over the past decade. These analyses reveal ... Full text Cite
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Recent Grants


Learning to Pay Attention to Language Related Visual Cues

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by RIKEN Brain Science Institute · 2009 - 2023

Doctoral Dissertation Research: Young Children's use of Prosody in Disambiguating Sentences: The Case of Korean Children

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2002 - 2003

Sentence Processing in Japanese and English

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) · 1994 - 2001

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Education, Training & Certifications


Cornell University · 1990 Ph.D.
University of Edinburgh (United Kingdom) · 1984 M.S.