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Patricia Deevy

Psychology · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Established · publishing since 1998
Language Development and DisordersReading and Literacy DevelopmentNeurobiology of Language and BilingualismChild and Animal Learning DevelopmentStuttering Research and Treatment

Publications

63

Citations

2,066

Est. group size

~4

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

29

Publishing since 1998

Research summary
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Patricia Deevy studies how children learn new words and grammar, with a particular focus on children with developmental language disorder (a condition that affects language learning without other clear causes). Her recent work examines whether 'retrieval practice' - actively recalling newly learned words rather than just repeating or restudying them - helps these children (and typically developing peers) learn and remember vocabulary, including nouns, verbs, and adjectives. Some studies also use brain-based measures (event-related brain potentials) to look at how children process newly learned words.

Developmental language disorderWord and grammar learning in childrenRetrieval practice and memory for learningNeural correlates of language processing in childrenLanguage intervention methods

Publication output has been relatively steady but modest over the last decade, with small yearly counts (mostly 1-6 papers) and no strong upward or downward trend.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 1.8/year recently
2017: 7 publications7172018: 3 publications182019: 3 publications192020: 2 publications202021: 6 publications212022: 1 publication222023: 2 publications232024: 4 publications242025: 1 publication252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research×19
  • Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders×2
  • Autism & Developmental Language Impairments×2
  • American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology×2
  • Journal of Communication Disorders×2
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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