Professor Carmel Houston-Price
- Head of School
Areas of interest
- Language acquisition, especially vocabulary development
- Learning and the formation of preferences in childhood, especially food preferences.
Teaching
Developmental psychology, cognition and learning.Research centres and groups
- Language, Development & Ageing
- Centre for Literacy & Multilingualism.
Academic qualifications
- Graduate Certificate in Tertiary Education Management, University of Melbourne, 2017
- Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, 2015
- DPhil in Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, 2002
- BSc (first class) in Psychology, Royal Holloway, University of London, 1998.
Websites/blogs
Professor Carmel Houston-PricePublications
- Mason-Apps, E. , Stojanovik, V. , Houston-Price, C. , Seager, E. , Buckley, S. (2020) Do infants with Down syndrome show an early receptive language advantage?. Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research , 63 (2). pp. 585-598. ISSN: 1558-9102 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1044/2019_JSLHR-19-00157
- Houston-Price, C. , Owen, L. , Kennedy, O. , Hill, C. (2019) Parents’ experiences of introducing toddlers to fruits and vegetables through repeated exposure, with and without prior visual familiarization to foods: evidence from daily diaries. Food Quality and Preference , 71 pp. 291-300. ISSN: 0950-3293 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2018.08.003
- Mason-Apps, E. , Stojanovik, V. , Houston-Price, C. , Buckley, S. (2018) Longitudinal predictors of early language in infants with Down syndrome: a preliminary study. Research in Developmental Disabilities , 81 pp. 37-51. ISSN: 0891-4222 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2017.12.021
- Mura Paroche, M. , Caton, S. , Vereijken, C. , Weenen, H. , Houston-Price, C. (2017) How infants and young children learn about food: a systematic review. Frontiers in Psychology , 8 ISSN: 1664-1078 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01046
- Houston-Price, C. , Howe, J. , Lintern, N. (2014) Once upon a time, there was a fabulous funambulist: What children learn about the “high-level” vocabulary they encounter while listening to stories. Frontiers in Psychology , 5 pp. 1-14. ISSN: 1664-1078 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00075
- Heath, P. , Houston-Price, C. , Kennedy, O. (2014) Let’s look at leeks! Picture books increase toddlers’ willingness to look at, taste and consume unfamiliar vegetables. Frontiers in Psychology , 5 (191). pp. 1-11. ISSN: 1664-1078 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00191
- Houston-Price, C. and Law, B. (2013) How experiences with words supply all the tools in the toddler’s word-learning toolbox. In: Gogate, L. and Hollich, G. , (eds.) Theoretical and Computational Models of Word Learning: Trends in Psychology and Artificial Intelligence. Information Science Reference (an imprint of IGI Global) , Hershey, PA. pp. 81-108. ISBN: 9781466629738 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2973-8.ch004
- Mason-Apps, E. , Stojanovik, V. , Houston-Price, C. (2011) Early word segmentation in typically developing infants and infants with Down syndrome: a preliminary study.
- Mather, E. , Schafer, G. , Houston-Price, C. (2011) The impact of novel labels on visual processing during infancy. British Journal of Developmental Psychology , 29 (4). pp. 783-805. ISSN: 0261-510X | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1348/2044-835X.002008
- Houston-Price, C. , Goddard, K. , Seclier, C. , Grant, S. , Reid, C. , Boyden, L. , Williams, R. (2011) Tracking speakers’ false beliefs: is theory of mind available earlier for word learning?. Developmental Science , 14 (4). pp. 623-634. ISSN: 1363-755X | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7687.2010.01003.x
- Houston-Price, . , Burton, . , Hickinson, . , Inett, . , Moore, . , Salmon, . , Shiba, . (2009) Picture book exposure elicits positive visual preferences in toddlers. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology , 104 (1). pp. 89-104. ISSN: 0022-0965 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2009.04.001
- Farran, . , Brown, . , Houston-Price, . , Cole, . , Karmiloff-Smith, . (2006) Atypical perception in Williams syndrome.
- Farran, . , Brown, . , Houston-Price, . , Cole, . , Karmiloff-Smith, . (2005) The development of perceptual grouping in infancy [poster].
- Houston-Price, . , Plunkett, . , Duffy, . (2005) Cues infants use to learn the meanings of words.
- Houston-Price, . , Plunkett, . , Duffy, . , Mather, . , Schafer, . (2005) Co-variation as a cue to words' meanings.
- Houston-Price, . , Sakkalou, . , Mather, . , Szlarek, . (2005) The accuracy of parental vocabulary report using the CDI [poster].
- Saxton, . , Houston-Price, . , Dawson, . (2005) The prompt hypothesis: clarification requests as corrective input for grammatical errors. Applied Psycholinguistics , 26 (3). pp. 393-414. ISSN: 1469-1817 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0142716405050228
- Houston-Price, . (2004) Infants' use of cues to word meaning.
- Houston-Price, . and Nakai, . (2004) Response to commentaries by Leslie B. Cohen and Alan Slater. Infant and Child Development , 13 (4). pp. 357-359. ISSN: 1522-7227 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/icd.381
- Towse, J. and Houston-Price, C. (2001) Reflections on the concept of the central executive. In: Andrade, J. , (eds.) Working memory in perspective. Psychology Press , Hove. pp 325. ISBN: 9780415211987
- Towse, J. and Houston-Price, C. (2001) Combining representations in working memory: A brief report. British Journal of Developmental Psychology , 19 (3). pp. 319-324. ISSN: 0261-510X | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1348/026151001166100