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StaffRachel MayberryLanguage Development
University of California, San Diego
 Rachel I. Mayberry investigates critical period effects on language development and processing with the goal of constructing a model of language comprehension that takes into account the factors of experience in early life and sensory-motor modality. She studies first- and second-language acquisition of signed and spoken languages begun at varying ages and asks whether and how this affects language processing and reading proficiency in adulthood using ASL (American sign Language), LSQ (Langue des signes québécoise), English and French. She is also fascinated by the gesture used by children and adults as they speak spontaneously and thinks that the study of gesture can reveal a great deal about the structure and processing of language and thought.
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