Susan Somerville
Emeritus Professor,
Emeritus College
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Phone: 480-965-1614
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PSY B224 TEMPE, AZ 85287-1104
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Long Bio
Professor, Department of Psychology (Developmental), College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Education
PhD, Australian National University, 1970
Research Interests
Cognitive development, language acquisition, children's drawings, and cognitive processes in children and adults
Research Projects
Representation of objects in photographs and drawings
Short-term longitudinal study of children's acquisition of expertise
Websites
Research Interests
Cognitive Development
Logical Reasoning
Expertise
Publications
- H Kloos, Susan Somerville. Providing impetus for conceptual change: The effect of organizing the input. Cognitive Development (2001).
- K Kontak, Susan Somerville. Young children's updating and recall of impressions: Effects of informativeness and deception. Journal of Cognition and Development (2001).
Research Activity
- Rikakis,Thanassis*, Akay,Metin, Bedard,Roger Lee, Benin,Mary Holland, Birchfield,David A, Brungart,Jennifer, Campana,Ellen, Campana,Ellen, Candan,Kasim Selcuk, Clark,Douglas B, He,Jiping, Homa,Donald L, Ingalls,Todd Matthew, Isaac,Gwyneira, James,Jodi H, Karam,Lina, Kelliher,Aisling G, Kelliher,Aisling G, Laubichler,Manfred Dietrich, Leanos,John Jota, Mcbeath,Michael, Nelson,Brian Carl, Panchanathan,Sethuraman, Panchanathan,Sethuraman, Presson,Clark Cortelyou, Qian,Gang, Qian,Gang, Rodriguez,Armando A, Santello,Marco, Savenye,Wilhelmina C, Somerville,Susan Clare, Spanias,Andreas Savva, Spanias,Andreas Savva, Steinmetz,Peter Nathan, Sundaram,Hari, Sundaram,Hari, Thornburg,Harvey Devoe, Thornburg,Harvey Devoe. IGERT: An Arts, Sciences, and Engineering Research and Education Initiative for Experimental Media. NSF-EHR(10/1/2005 - 9/30/2012).
- Somerville,Susan Clare*. EDITOR OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT. SOC RESEARCH CHILD DEVELOPMENT(7/1/1993 - 8/31/1996).
- Somerville,Susan Clare*. ASSOCIATE EDITOR OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT. SOC RESEARCH CHILD DEVELOPMENT(6/23/1987 - 12/31/1989).
Presentations
- Kloos, H., and Somerville, Susan C. Mass, Volume and Density: Preschoolers' Sensitivity to Logical Congruence. Society for Research in Child Development, Biennial Meeting (Apr 2003).
- Khalil, S.L., and Somerville, Susan C. Young children's understanding of drawing from observation and from imagination. Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (Apr 2001).
Service
- NSF-Science of Learning Center Proposal, Site Visitor (Member of Group of Site Visitors) (2004 - 2004)
- National Science Foundation, Site Visitor, Science of Learning Center Proposal (2004)
- Oxford University Press, Reviewer of Proposal for Book on Spatial Cognition (2004)