Professor
Linda B. Smith
Indiana University
Psychologist; Educator
Area
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Specialty
Psychological Sciences
Elected
2007
Produced a formal theory of perceptual category development unifying developmental and adult research. Developed a model of linguistic effects on attention, having broad implications for developmental process and language disorders. Applied formal dynamical systems theory to the study of perception and action in infancy, highlighted in her influential co-authored book.
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