Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Temple University
Neurocognitive Development (Using ERPs) and Language

Email: mjm053000@utdallas.edu
Phone: 214-905-3163
Office: A.102

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Research Interests

My research integrates three different areas of psychology: neurocognitive development, language acquisition and conceptual development. I am currently investigating the neurological correlates of children's understanding of complex words (love, hate, freedom, heaven) and how these change with development. Further I am interested in the development of verb concepts, which generally are more abstract and difficult than noun concepts, using electrophysiological measures, specifically Event Related Potentials or ERPs.

Recent publications

Maguire, M.J., Hirsh-Pasek, K., and Golinkoff, R.M. (in press). A unified theory of verb learning: Putting verbs in context. In K. Hirsh-Pasek and R. M. Golinkoff (Eds.). Action meets word: How children learn verbs. New York : Oxford University Press.

Molfese, D. L., Fonaryova-Key, A., Maguire, M.J., Dove, G., and Molfese, V. J. (2005). Event-related evoked potentials (ERPs) in speech perception. In D. Pisoni (Ed.), Handbook of speech perception. Oxford : Blackwell Publishers.

Fonaryova-Key, A., Dove, G., and Maguire, M.J. (2005). Linking brainwaves to the brain: An ERP component primer. Developmental Neuropsychology 27, 183-216.