University of Alberta


Faculty of Arts Faculty of Science

Department of Psychology
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Elena Nicoladis
  • Associate Professor
  • Area: Developmental Science
  • Office: BS-P261
  • Phone: 780-492-1758
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Teaching
  • Psyco 223 - Lifespan Developmental Psychology
  • Psyco 323 - Infant and Child Development
  • Psyco 423 - Gesture Development
Research Interests
  • Language Development in Bilingual Children. Compounding and Morphological Acquisition in Children. Gesture and Thought.
Selected Publications
  • Marentette, P. & Nicoladis, E. (2011). Preschoolers' interpretations of gesture: Label or action associate? Cognition, 121, 386-399.
  • Nagpal, J., Nicoladis, E., & Marentette, P. (2011). Does proficiency or task difficulty explain bilinguals' gesture? International Journal of Bilingualism, 15, 205-214.
  • Nicoladis, E., Pika, S., & Marentette, P. (2010). Are number gestures easier than number words for preschoolers? Cognitive Development, 25, 247-261.
  • Chan, W. H. & Nicoladis, E. (2010). Predicting two Mandarin-English bilingual children's first 50 words: Effects of frequency and relative exposure in the input. International Journal of Bilingualism, 14, 1-34.
  • Nicoladis, E., Rose, A., & Foursha-Stevenson, C. (2009). Talking for speaking and cross-linguistic transfer in preschool bilingual children. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 13, 345-370.