Publications 

2010 - Present

  • Hammack, J., Sharma, M., Riera-Gomez, L., Gvirts, H. Z., & Wilcox, T. (2023). When I move, you move: Associations between automatic and person-coded measures of infant-mother synchrony during free-play using virtual in-home data collection. Infant Behavior and Development, 72, 101869. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infbeh.2023.101869
  • Gvirts Provolovski, H. Z., Sharma, M., Gutman, I., Dahan, A., Pan, Y., Stotler, J., & Wilcox, T. (2023). New framework for understanding cross-brain coherence in functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) hyperscanning studies. Journal of Visualized Experiments, e65347. DOI: 10.3791/65347
  • Chan, J. Hyssayeni, M. D., Wilcox, T., & Ghoraani, B. (2023). Exploring the feasibility of tensor decomposition for analysis of fNRIS signals: A comparative study with grand averaging method. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 17, 1180293. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2023.1180293
  • Chan, J., Hssayeni, M.D., Wilcox, T., & Ghoraani, B. (2022). Multidimensional analysis of functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) signal using tucker decomposition. IEEE SMC. 
  • Hawkins, L., Nyman, T., & Wilcox, T. (2021). Infants' recognition of three-dimensional form: Mirror image and structurally distinct objects. Infant and Child development. 
  • Biondi, M., Hirshkowitz, A., Stotler, J. & Wilcox, T. (2021). Cortical activation to social and mechanical stimuli in the infant brain. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience. 
  • Hssayeni, M.D., Wilcox, T., & Ghoraani, B. (2020). Tensor decomposition of functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) signals for pattern discovery of cognitive response in infanst. IEEE EMBC. 
  • Hirkowshowitz, K., Biondi, M., & Wilcox, T. (2017). Cortical responses to shape-from-motion stimuli in the infant. Neurophotonics. Read

  • Biondi, M., Boas, D.A., & Wilcox, T. (2016). On the other hand: Increased cortical activation to human versus mechanical hands in infants. NeuroImage . Read

  • Alexander, G.M., Wilcox, T., Hawkins, L., & Hirshkowitz, A. (2016). Infant Preferences for Sexually Dimorphic Body Traits: Implications for Female-typical Toy Preferences. Frontiers in Psychology. Read

  • Wilcox, T. & Biondi, M. (2016). Functional Activation in the Ventral Object Processing Pathway during the First Year. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience. Read

  • Wilcox, T. & Biondi, M. (2015). Object processing in the infant: Lessons from neuroscience. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. Read

  • Wilcox, T. & Biondi, M. (2015). FNIRS in the Developmental Sciences. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Cognitive Science. Read

  • Wilcox, T., Hirshkowtiz, A., Hawkins, L., & Boas, D.A. (2014). The effect of color priming on infant brain and behavior. NeuroImage, 85, 302-313. Read

  • Woods , R.J., & Wilcox, T. (2013). Posture support improves object individuation in infants. Developmental Psychology , 49, 1413-1424. doi: 10.1037/a0030344 Read

  • Wilcox, T., Stubbs, J.A., Wheeler, L., & Alexander, G.M. (2013). Infants’ scanning of dynamic faces during the first year. Infant Behavior and Development, 36, 513-517. Read

  • Hirshkowitz, A., & Wilcox, T. (2013). Infants’ ability to extract three-dimensional shape from coherent motion. Infant Behavior and Development, 36, 863-872 . Read

  • Brower, T., & Wilcox, T. (2013). Priming infants to use color in an individuation task: Does social context matter? Infant Behavior and Development, 35, 323-327. Read

  • Wilcox, T., Alexander, G.A., Wheeler, L., & Norvell, J. (2012). Sex differences during visual scanning of occlusion events in infants. Developmental Psychology, 48, 1091-1105. Read

  • Alexander, G.A., & Wilcox, T. (2012). Sex differences in early infancy. Child Development Perspectives, 6, 400-406. Read

  • Wilcox., T., Stubbs, J., Hirshkowitz, A., & Boas, D.A. (2012). Object processing and functional organization of the infant cortex. NeuroImage, 62, 1833-1840. Read

  • Brower, T.R., & Wilcox, T. (2012). Shaking things up: Young infants’ use of sound information for object individuation. Infant Behavior and Development, 35, 323-327. Read

  • Wilcox, T., Smith, T.R. , Woods, R. (2011). Priming infants to use pattern information in an object individuation task: The role of comparison. Developmental Psychology, 47, 886-897. Read

  • Woods, R., & Wilcox, T., Armstrong, J., & Alexander, G. (2010). Infants’ tracking of 3-dimensional objects through occlusion. Infant Behavior and Development, 33, 663-671. Read

  • Wilcox, T., & Smith, T.R. (2010). The Development of infants’ use of property-poor sounds to Individuate Objects. Infant Behavior and Development, 33 , 365-700. Read

  • Wilcox, T., Haslup, J., & Boas, D.A. (2010). Dissociation of processing of featural and spatiotemporal information in the infant cortex. NeuroImage, 53, 1256-1263. Read

  • Woods, R., & Wilcox, T. (2010). Co-variation of color and luminance facilitate object individuation in infancy. Developmental Psychology, 46 , 681-690 . Read

2005 – 2009:

  • Wilcox, T., & Woods, R. (2009). Experience primes infants to individuate objects: Illuminating learning mechanisms. In A. Needham & A. Woodward (Eds.), Learning and the Infant Mind (pp. 117-143). NY: Oxford University Press. Read

  • Wilcox, T., Bortfeld, H., Armstrong, J., Woods, R., & Boas, D. (2009). Hemodynamic response to featural and spatiotemporal information in the infant brain. Neuropsychologia, 47, 657-662 . Read

  • Wilcox, T. (2009). Perceptual Development: Visual Object Permanence and Identity. In B. Goldstein (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Perception . Sage Publishers. Read

  • McCurry, S., Wilcox, T., & Woods, R. (2009). Beyond the search barrier: New evidence for object individuation in young infants. Infant Behavior and Development, 32 , 429-436. Read

  • Alexander, G. M., Wilcox, T., & Woods, R. (2009). Sex differences in infants’ visual interest in toys. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 38, 427-433. Read

  • Alexander, G. M., Wilcox, T., & Farmer, M-B. (2009). Hormone-behavior associations in early infancy. Hormones and Behavior, 56, 498-502. Read

  • Wilcox, T., Woods, R., & Chapa, C. (2008). Color-function categories that prime infants to use color information in an object individuation task. Cognitive Psychology, 57, 220-261 . Read

  • Wilcox, T., Bortfeld, H., Woods, R., Wruck, E., & Boas, D. (2008). Hemodynamic response to featural changes in the occipital and inferior temporal cortex in infants: A preliminary methodological exploration. Developmental Science, 11, 361-370. Read

  • Wilcox, T. (2007). Sex differences in infants’ mapping of complex occlusion sequences: Further evidence. Infancy, 12, 1-25. Read

  • Wilcox, T., & Woods, R., Chapa, C., & McCurry, S. (2007). Multisensory exploration and object individuation in infants. Developmental Psychology, 43, 479-495. Read

  • Woods, R., & Wilcox, T. (2006). Infants’ ability to use luminance information to individuate objects. Cognition,99, B43-B52 . Read

  • Wilcox, T., Woods, R., Tuggy, L., & Napoli, R. (2006). Shake, rattle, and…. one or two objects? Infants’ use of sound information to individuate objects. Infancy, 9, 97-123. Read

  • Wilcox, T., Bortfeld, H., Woods, R., Wruck, E., & Boas, D. A. (2005). Using near-infrared spectroscopy to assess neural activation during object processing in infants. Journal of Biomedical Optic, 10, 011010-1 – 011010-9. Read

1998 – 2004:

  • Schweinle, A., & Wilcox, T. (2004). Intermodal perception and physical reasoning in young infants. Infant Behavior and Development, 27, 246-265. Read

  • Wilcox, T., & Chapa, C. (2004). Priming infants to use color and pattern information in an individuation task. Cognition , 90, 265-302. Read

  • Schweinle, A., & Wilcox, T. (2004). Sex differences in infants’ ability to represent complex event sequences. Infancy, 6 , 333-359. Read

  • Wilcox, T. (2003). Event-mapping tasks: Investigating the effects of prior information and event complexity on performance. Infant Behavior and Development , 26, 568-587. Read

  • Wilcox, T., & Schweinle, A. (2003). Infants’ use of speed of motion to individuate objects in occlusion events. Infant Behavior and Development, 26, 253-282 . Read

  • Wilcox, T., Schweinle, A., & Chapa, C. (2003). Object individuation in infancy. In F. Fagan & H. Hayne (Eds.).  Progress in Infancy Research (Vol 3, pp. 193-243).  Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. Read

  • Wilcox, T., & Schweinle, A. (2002). Object individuation and event mapping: Developmental changes in infants’ use of featural information. Developmental Science, 5, 87-105. Read

  • Wilcox, T., & Chapa, C. (2002).  Infants’ reasoning about opaque and transparent occluders in an individuation task.   Cognition, 85, B1-B10. Read

  • Wilcox, T. (2001). Object identity: A developmental perspective. Cahiers de Psychologie Cognitive (Current Psychology of Cognition), 20 , 269-276. Read

  • Wilcox, T.  (1999). Object Individuation:  Infants’ use of shape, size, pattern, and color. Cognition, 72 , 125-166. Read

  • Wilcox, T., & Baillargeon, R (1998b). Object Individuation in young infants: Further evidence with an event monitoring task. Developmental Science, 1 , 127-142. Read Part A ; Read Part B

  • Wilcox, T., & Baillargeon, R. (1998a). Object individuation in infancy: The use of featural information in reasoning about occlusion events. Cognitive Psychology, 37 , 97-155. Read

Prior to 1998:

  • Wilcox, T., Nadel, L., & Rosser, R. (1996). Location memory in healthy preterm and full-term infants. Infant Behavior and Development, 19, 309-323. Read

  • Sell, E., Figueredo, A. J., & Wilcox, T. (1995). Assessment of Preterm Infants’ Behavior (APIB): Confirmatory factor analysis of behavioral constructs. Infant Behavior and Development, 18 , 447 – 457. Read

  • Wilcox, T., Rosser, R., & Nadel, L. (1994). Representation of object location in 6.5-month-old infants. Cognitive Development, 9 , 193-209. Read

  • Wilcox, T., & Kraft, R. (1989). Lateral differences in schematic face encoding during dual-task performance with increasing levels of difficulty. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 68 , 767-778. Read