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Forward to the book by Beth Benedict, Bilingual Deaf and Hearing Families, Narrative Interviews Petitto, L.A., (2012)
Forward to the book by Beth Benedict, Bilingual Deaf and Hearing Families, Narrative Interviews.
VL2
VL2’s first ASL Assessment ToolKit Workshop Petitto, L.A. (2012)
VL2’s first ASL Assessment ToolKit Workshop. News and Notables. Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center. Gallaudet University. Electronic publication.
VL2
The VL2 Newsletter. Petitto, L.A., (Since 2012 and on-going)
Petitto was the Science Director, and, separately, the Co-PI of the NSF-Gallaudet Science of Learning Center, Visual Language and Visual Learning, VL2; Thomas Allen, Co-PI. Petitto was lead author of The VL2 Newsletter articles and/or sole author on many articles as needed; additionally, Petitto served as the Senior Editor for all VL2 Newsletter issues.
Unpublished study abstract: Study of categorical discrimination in 18 Rhesus Monkeys following from infants’ categorical discrimination of soundless phonetic units in Baker, Golinkoff, and Petitto (2006). Groh, J., Cohen, Y., and Petitto, L.A. (2007).
Study of categorical discrimination in 18 Rhesus Monkeys following from infants’ categorical discrimination of soundless phonetic units in Baker, Golinkoff, and Petitto (2006).  Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H.
New findings from Educational Neuroscience on Bilingual Brains
New findings from Educational Neuroscience on Bilingual Brains, Scientific Brains, and the Educated Mind Petitto, L.A. and Dunbar, K.N. (2004, Unpublished distributed monograph)
"New findings from Educational Neuroscience on Bilingual Brains, Scientific Brains, and the Educated Mind." Building Usable Knowledge in Mind, Brain, & Education Conference. Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. October 6, 2004
The power of babble, the biology of... Baby talk
The power of babble, the biology of... Baby talk Petitto, L.A. (2003, December)
The power of babble, the biology of... Baby talk. Discover Science, Technology, and Medicine. 30-32
Revolutions in Contemporary Education Petitto, L.A. (2001)
Revolutions in Contemporary Education. Harvard University Magazine Education Review,  XLV (1), 20.
American study reaveals how innate rhythms in children become gestures and language
American study reaveals how innate rhythms in children become gestures and language Piattelli-Palmarini, M. (2001, September 6)
"American study reveals how innate rhythms in children become gestures and language." Nursery Rhymes.
The Langauge Instinct: How the Mind Creates Langauge Petitto, L.A. (1994)
Review of the book The language instinct: How the mind creates language. McGill News Quarterly, 74(3), 27.
Deaf People in Canada: A Look at Their Sign Language and Culture Petitto, L.A. (1987)
Deaf people in Canada: A look at their sign language and culture. In Parker (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Deaf People and Deafness, New York: McGraw-Hill.
From Gesture to Symbol: The Relationship Between Form and Meaning in the Acquisition of Personal Pronouns in American Sign Language Petitto, L.A. (1986)
From gesture to symbol: The relationship between form and meaning in the acquisition of personal pronouns in American Sign Language. Bloomington: Indiana University Linguistics Club Press. Published Dissertation.