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Research Affiliations

Psychonomic Society
Society for Research in Child Development
American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Research Interests

• Cognitive Development
• Developmental Disabilities
• Down Syndrome and Language
• Down Syndrome and Wayfinding
• Variations in Spatial Ability Performance

Selected Publications

        Yang, Y, Himmelberger, Z.M., Robinson, A.T., Davis, M., Conners, F. & Merrill, E.C. (2021). Everyday memory in people with Down syndrome. Brain Sciences, 11 (5). 551.

        Himmelberger, Z. M., Merrill, E. C., Conners, F. A., Roskos, B., Yang, Y., & Robinson, T. (2020). The acquisition of survey knowledge by individuals with Down syndrome. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 14. https://doi-org.libdata.lib.ua.edu/10.3389/fnhum.2020.00256
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        Conners, F., Tungate, A.S., Abbeduto, L., Merrill, E.C., & Faught, G. (2018). Growth and decline in language and phonological memory over two years among adolescents with Down syndrome, American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 103-118.
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        Yang, Y., Faught, G.G., & Merrill, E.C. (2017). Parent reports of wayfinding by their children with Down syndrome. Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, doi: 10.3109/13668250.2017.1284309

         Merrill, E., Yang, Y., Roskos, B., Steele, S.(2016). Sex differences in using spatial and verbal abilities Influence route learning performance in a virtual environment: A comparison of 6- to 12-year old boys and girls . Frontiers in Psychology: Developmental Psychology, 7(Article 258) 1-17 

          Yang, Y., Conners, F.A., & Merrill, E.C. (2014). Visuo-spatial Ability in Individuals with Down Syndrome: Is it Really a Strength? Research in Developmental Disabilities, 35, 1473 – 1500.