Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Overview
I use computational and empirical techniques to explore how babies and toddlers learn their first words and sentences, and how this is affected by what they see and feel in the world around them. I'm also interested in how children's real-world, curiosity-driven exploration of the learning environment affects early language acquisition.
More information and a full publication list can be found at www.katietwomey.com.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy, Understanding early word learning: An investigation of fast and slow mapping, University of Sussex
Award Date: 16 Jun 2013
Areas of expertise
- BF Psychology
- Language Development
- Curiosity
- Computational Modelling
- Cognitive Development
Research Beacons, Institutes and Platforms
- Digital Futures
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Research output
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Bigger Versus Smaller: Children's Understanding of Size Comparison Words Becomes More Precise With Age
Ferry, A., Corcoran, M., Williams, E., Curtis, S., Gale, C. & Twomey, K., 27 Feb 2025, In: Child Development. 96, 2, p. 492-507Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Caregivers as Experimenters: Reducing Unfamiliarity Helps Shy Children Learn Words
Hilton, M., Twomey, K. & Westermann, G., 16 Sept 2024, In: Infancy.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Initial evaluation of the TALES (technology and literacy engagement after stroke) programme targeting functional literacy and social engagement in people with aphasia after stroke
Cetinkaya, B., Twomey, K. & Conroy, P., 4 Mar 2024, In: Aphasiology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The limits of curiosity? New evidence for the roles of metacognitive abilities and curiosity in learning
Chen, X., Twomey, K. & Westermann, G., 15 Nov 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Metacognition and Learning. 20, 1Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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What difficulties do children learning English in addition to another language experience with English Oral Language? A systematic review.
Lester, N., Twomey, K. & Theakston, A., 30 Jul 2024, In: Language Learning Journal.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access
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Autism@Manchester
Bond, C. (Researcher), Garg, S. (Researcher), Gowen, E. (Researcher), Green, J. (Researcher), Humphrey, N. (Researcher), Lamb, J. (Researcher), Leadbitter, K. (Researcher), Miyan, J. (Researcher), Parmar, K. (Researcher), Sturrock, A. (Researcher), Wan, M. (Researcher), Leonard, S. (Researcher), Walter, F. (Researcher), Twomey, K. (Researcher), Greco, C. (Researcher), Poliakoff, E. (Researcher), Birtwell, K. (Researcher), Brown, L. (Researcher), Rowland, C. (Researcher), Gorman, L. (PI) & Gillibrand, S. (PI)
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Project: Research
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RAI: Centre for Robotics and Artificial Intelligence
Cangelosi, A. (PI), Lennox, B. (PI), Weightman, A. (CoI), Dennis, L. (CoI), Dixon, C. (CoI), Fisher, M. (CoI), Herrmann, G. (CoI), Dickson, A. (CoI), Lanzon, A. (CoI), Stancu, A. (CoI), Miller, A. (CoI), Freitas, A. (CoI), Nini, A. (CoI), Voronkov, A. (CoI), Brass, A. (CoI), Vijayaraghavan, A. (CoI), Parslew, B. (CoI), crowther, W. (CoI), Grieve, B. (CoI), Adorno, B. (CoI), Jay, C. (CoI), Wang, C. C. L. (CoI), Todd, C. (CoI), Soutis, C. (CoI), Arsene, C. (CoI), Dresner, D. (CoI), Barrett, E. (CoI), Gowen, E. (CoI), Arvin, F. (CoI), Podd, F. (CoI), Brown, G. (CoI), Reger, G. (CoI), Cooper, G. (CoI), Mairs, H. (CoI), Yin, H. (CoI), Kinloch, I. (CoI), Eleftheriou, I. (CoI), Li, J. (CoI), Carrasco Gomez, J. (CoI), Ainsworth, J. (CoI), Sinha, J. (CoI), Ozanyan, K. (CoI), Smith, K. (CoI), Twomey, K. (CoI), Margetts, L. (CoI), Ren, L. (CoI), Zhang, L. (CoI), Cordeiro, L. (CoI), Rattray, M. (PI), Bissett, M. (CoI), Elliot, M. (CoI), Alvarez, M. (CoI), Luján, M. (CoI), Nabawy BSc, MSc, PhD, MRAeS, SMAIAA, FHEA, M. (CoI), Peek, N. (CoI), Marjanovic, O. (CoI), Dorn, O. (CoI), Dudek, P. (CoI), Green, P. (CoI), Connolly, P. (CoI), Da Silva Bartolo, P. J. (CoI), Gardner, P. (CoI), Martin, P. (CoI), Potluri, P. (CoI), Curtis, R. (CoI), Schmidt, R. (CoI), Banach, R. (CoI), Batista-Navarro, R. T. (CoI), Kaski, S. (CoI), Midson, S. (CoI), Watson, S. (CoI), Holm, S. (CoI), Furber, S. (CoI), Schlegel, V. (CoI), Mirihanage, W. (CoI), Mansell, W. (CoI), Pan, W. (CoI), Sampson, W. (CoI), Sellers, W. (CoI), Yang, W. (CoI), Cai, P. (CoI), Sun, Y. (CoI), Alharthi, A. (Researcher), Macario Rojas, A. (Researcher), Serhan, B. (Researcher), Yu, C. (Researcher), Abara, D. (Researcher), Lopez Pulgarin, E. (Researcher), Faruq, F. (Researcher), Tavella, F. (Researcher), Semeraro, F. (Researcher), Liu, G. (Researcher), Fang, G. (Researcher), Niu, H. (Researcher), Taylor, H. (PI), Zhu, H. (PGR student), Collenette, J. (Researcher), Amano, K. (Researcher), Lo, K. C. J. (PGR student), Raggioli, L. (Researcher), Romeo, M. (Researcher), Ruocco, M. (PGR student), Ghaffari Saadat, M. (Researcher), Walmsley, M. (Researcher), Mubarik, A. (Researcher), Vinanzi, S. (Researcher), Su, Y.-H. (PGR student), McAleese, H. (PGR student), Stringer, P. (PGR student), Stoican, R. (PGR student), Ye, R. (PGR student), Kurawa, S. S. (PGR student), Zhang, T. (PGR student), Krywonos, W. (PGR student), Xu, Y. (PGR student), Tian, Y. (PGR student), Henderson, A. (Technical team), Morley, D. (Support team), Tallentire, J. (Support team), Smith, J. (Support team), Hawthornthwaite, S. (Support team), Carlson, J. (Support team) & Baniqued, P. D. (Researcher)
Project: Research
Prizes
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Curiosity-based learning: An empirical view
Twomey, K. (Recipient), 2015
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Social responsibliiity contributor of the year
Twomey, K. (Recipient), 31 Aug 2022
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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Modelling approaches to understanding infant development (symposium)
Twomey, K. (Speaker)
8 Jul 2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk › Research
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Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust Speech and Language Therapy Professional Forum
Twomey, K. (Participant)
27 Nov 2019Activity: Participating in or organising event(s) › Participating in a conference, workshop, exhibition, performance, inquiry, course etc › Research
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ESRC Festival of Social Science 2019
Twomey, K. (Participant)
6 Nov 2019Activity: Participating in or organising event(s) › Participating in a conference, workshop, exhibition, performance, inquiry, course etc › Research
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Nuffield Research Placement Scheme celebration event
Twomey, K. (Chair)
5 Nov 2019Activity: Participating in or organising event(s) › Participating in a conference, workshop, exhibition, performance, inquiry, course etc › Research
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Autistica Autism and Artificial Intelligence Summit
Twomey, K. (Participant)
13 Oct 2019 → 14 Oct 2019Activity: Participating in or organising event(s) › Participating in a conference, workshop, exhibition, performance, inquiry, course etc › Research
Datasets
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International Centre for Language and Communicative Development: All the right noises: Background variability helps early word learning, 2014-2016.
Twomey, K. (Creator), Ma, L. (Creator) & Westermann, G. (Creator), UK Data Service, 2021
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International Centre for Language and Communicative Development: Learned labels shape pre-speech infants’ object representations, 2014-2015
Twomey, K. (Creator) & Westermann, G. (Creator), UK Data Service, 2021
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Curiosity-based learning in infants: a neurocomputational approach, experimental data
Twomey, K. (Creator) & Westermann, G. (Creator), UK Data Service, 30 Apr 2015
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Evidence for systematicity in infant and toddler curiosity-driven learning 2017-2018
Twomey, K. (Creator), Malem, B. (Creator), Dunn, K. (Creator) & Westermann, G. (Creator), UK Data Service, 24 May 2019
Dataset
Press/Media
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Talking to your baby – is there a ‘right’ way?
1/01/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Blogs and social media
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