Publications

• Plebanek, D. J. & James, K. H. (2022).  Why handwriting is good for your brain. Frontiers for Young Minds, 10, 1-7. 

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• Vinci-Booher, S., Caron, B., Bullock, D., James, K. H., & Pestilli, F. (2022). Development of white matter tracts between and within the dorsal and ventral streams. Brain Structure and Function, 227(4), 1457-1477.

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• Vinci-Booher, S. & James, K. H. (2022). The effects of handwriting on brain development. To appear in: Handbook of Visual-motor skills, Handwriting, and Spelling: Theory, Research, and Practice. (Eds: Yanyan Ye, Tomohiro Inoue, Ur’s Maurer & Catherine McBride). Routledge Press.
• James, K. H. (2022). The embodiment of letter perception: The importance of handwriting in early childhood. In S.L. Macrine and J.B. Fugate (Eds.) Movement Matters: How Embodied Cognition Informs Teaching and Learning (pp. 55-77). Cambridge, MA; MIT Press.

• Vinci-Booher, S. & James, K. H. (2021). Protracted neural development of dorsal motor systems during handwriting and the relation to early literacy skills. Frontiers In Psychology: Language, 12.

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• Munoz-Rubke, F., Will, R., Hawes, Z., & James, K. H. (2021). Enhancing spatial skills through mechanical problem solving. Learning and Instruction, 75, 101496.

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• Vinci-Booher, S., James, T. W., & James, K. H. (2021). Visual-motor contingency during symbol production contributes to short-term changes in the functional connectivity during symbol perception and long-term gains in symbol recognition. NeuroImage, 227, 117554.

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• Plebanek, D. J., & James, K. H. (2021). The Effects of Frequency, Variability, and Co-occurrence on Category Formation in Neural Systems. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 1-16.

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• Plebanek, D. J., & James, K. H. (2021). Category structure guides the formation of neural representations. Experimental Brain Research, 239(5), 1667-1684.

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• Butler, A. J., James, T., Pavisian, B., & James, K. H. (2021). Neural differences in expert guitarists during over-learned non-standard visuomotor mapping of abstract versus concrete information. Neuroscience Letters, 750, 135624.

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• Vinci-Booher, S., & James, K. H. (2020a). Ecological validity of experimental set-up affects parietal involvement during letter production. Neuroscience Letters, 731, 134920.

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• Vinci-Booher, S., & James, K. H. (2020b). Visual experiences during letter production contribute to the development of the neural systems supporting letter perception. Developmental Science, 23(5), 1-17.

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• Merritt, E., Swain, S. N., Vinci-Booher, S., & James, K. H. (2020). Constraining stroke order during manual symbol learning hinders subsequent recognition in children under 4 1/2 years. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 500.

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• James, K. H. & Berninger, V.  (2019). Brain research shows why handwriting should be taught in the computer age. Learning Difficulties Australia Bulletin, 51,1, 25-30.

• Vinci-Booher, S., Cheng, H., & James, K. H.  (2019).  An analysis of the brain systems involved with producing letters by hand.  Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 31(1), 138-154.

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• James, K. H. & Vinci-Booher, S. (2019). Visual experiences during letter production contribute to the development of the neural systems supporting letter perception. Journal of Vision, 19(10), 5-5. 
• Wakefield, E. M., Congdon, E. L., Novack, M. A., Goldin-Meadow, S., & James, K. H. (2019). Learning math by hand: The neural effects of gesture-based instruction in 8-year-old children. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 81(7), 2343-2353.

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• Munoz-Rubke, F., Olson, D., Will, R., & James, K. H. (2018). Functional fixedness in tool use: Learning modality, limitations and individual differences. Acta Psychologia, 190, 11–26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2018.06.006 

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• Zemlock, D., Vinci-Booher, S., & James, K. H.  (2018). Visual-motor symbol production facilitates letter recognition in young children.  Reading and Writing. 31, 1255-1271

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• Vinci-Booher, S., Sturgeon, J., James, T., & James, K. H.  (2018). The MRItab: An MR-compatible touchscreen with video-display. Journal of Neuroscience: Methods, 306, 10-18.

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• Wakefield, E. M., Hall, C., James, K. H., & Goldin-Meadow, S. (2018). Gesture for generalization: Gesture facilitates flexible learning of words for actions on objects. Developmental Science. doi:10.1111/desc.1265 https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/desc.12656 

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• Munoz-Rubke, F., Kafadar, K., & James, K. H. (2018). A new statistical model for analyzing rating scale data pertaining to word meaning. Psychological Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-017-0864-8

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• James, K. H. (2017). The importance of handwriting experience on the development of the literate brain. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 26,6, 502-508. https://doi.org/10.1177/0963721417709821

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• James, K. H. & Kersey, A. (2017). Dorsal stream function in the young child: an fMRI investigation of visually guided action.Developmental Science Dev Sci. 2017;00:e12546. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.12546

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• James, K. H., Vinci-Booher, S., & Munoz-Rabke, F. (2017).  Sensorimotor learning and brain plasticity. In The Handbook of Multimodal-Multisensory Interfaces: ACM Books, Morgan Clayfield. USA. 

• *Li, J.X. & James K.H. (2016). Handwriting generates variable visual input to facilitate symbol learning. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. 145(3):298-313. doi:10.1037/xge0000134.

• American Psychological Association Spotlight Paper, May 2016 

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• Vinci-Booher, S., James, T. W., & James, K. H. (2016).  Visual-motor functional connectivity in preschool children emerges after handwriting experience. Trends in Neuroscience and Education. 5(3).107-120. doi: doi.org/10.1016/j.tine.2016.07.006 

• Vinci-Booher, S. & James, K. H. (2016). Neural substrates of sensorimotor processes: Letter writing and letter perception. Journal of Neurophysiology, 115(1), 1-4. doi: 10.1152/jn.01042.2014

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• Jao, R. J., James, T. W., & James, K. H. (2015). Crossmodal enhancement in the LOC for visuohaptic object recognition over development. Neuropsychologia, 77, 76-89.  doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2015.08.008.

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• Latinus, M., Love, S. A., Rossi, A., Parada, F. J., Huang, L., Conty L, George, N., James, K. H., & Puce, A. (2015). Social decisions affect neural activity to perceived dynamic gaze.  Social Cognitive & Affective Neuroscience 10(11), 1557-1567. doi:10.1093/scan/nsv049   PMID: 25925272

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• Wakefield, E. M. & James, K. H. (2015). Effects of learning with gesture on children’s understanding of a new language concept. Developmental Psychology51(8), 1105-1114. doi:10.1037/a0039471

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• James, K. H., Jao, R. J. & Berninger, V. (2015). The development of multi-leveled writing brain systems: brain lessons for writing instruction. In MacArthur, C. A., Graham, S., & Fitzgerald, J. (Eds.), Handbook of writing research, 2^ndedition. New York: Guilford.  
• James, K. H., Jones, S. S., Swain, S., Pereira, A., & Smith, L. B. (2014). Some views are better than others: Evidence for a visual bias in object views self-generated by toddlers. Developmental Science,17(3), 338-351. doi:10.1111/desc.12124 NIHMS 518867.

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• James, K. H., Jones, S. S., Smith, L. B., & Swain, S. N. (2014). Young children’s self-generated object views and object recognition. Journal of Cognition and Development: Official Journal of the Cognitive Development Society, 15(3), 393–401. doi.org/10.1080/15248372.2012.749481

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• Jao, R. J., James, T. W., & James, K. H. (2014). Multisensory convergence of visual and haptic object preference across development. Neuropsychologia, 56, 381–392. doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2014.02.009   NIHMS 573317

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• Smith, L. B., Street, S., Jones, S. S., & James, K. H. (2014). Using the axis of elongation to align shapes: Developmental changes between 18 and 24 months of age. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology,123, 15-35.doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2014.01.009  NIHMS 577438

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• Butler, A. J. & James, K. H. (2013). Active learning of novel sound-producing objects: Motor reactivation and enhancement of visuo-motor connectivity. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 25, 203-218.   doi:10.1162/jocn_a_00284

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• Kersey, A. J. & James, K. H. (2013).  Brian activation patterns resulting from learning letter forms through active self-production and passive observation in young children. Frontiers in Psychology, 4(567), 10-3389. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00567   NIHMS 629654.

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• James, T. W. & James, K. H. (2013). Expert individuation of objects increases activation in the fusiform face area of children. NeuroImage, 67, 182-192.  doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.11.007   

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• Wakefield, E. M. James, T. W. & James, K. H. (2013). The neural correlates of gesture processing across human development. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 30, 58-76.   doi:10.1080/02643294.2013.794777
• James, K. H. & Engelhardt, L. (2012).  The effects of handwriting experience on functional brain development in pre-literate children. Trends in Neuroscience and Education, 1, 32-42.   doi.org/10.1016/j.tine.2012.08.001    NIHMS 629881 *most cited article for that year for that journal.

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• Motz, B. A., James, K. H. & Busey, T. A. (2012). The lateralizer: A tool for students to explore the divided brain. Advances in Physiology Education, 36(3). doi: 10.1152/advan.00060.2012

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• Wakefield, E. M. & James, K. H. (2011). Effects of sensori-motor learning on melody processing across development. Cognition, Brain & Behavior, 15(4), 505-534. NIHMS 629890.

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• James, K. H. & Bose, P. (2011). Self-generated actions during learning objects and sounds create sensori-motor systems in the developing brain. Cognition, Brain & Behavior, 15(4), 485-503. NIHMS 629882.

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• Butler, A. J. & James, K. H. (2011). Cross-modal versus within-modal recall: Differences in behavioral and brain responses. Behavioral Brain Research, 224, 387-396. doi:10.1016/j.bbr.2011.06.017

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• Butler, A. J., James, T. W. & James, K. H. (2011). Enhanced multisensory integration and motor reactivation after active motor learning of audiovisual associations. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 23(11), 3515-3528.doi:10.1162/jocn_a_00015

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• James, T. W., VanDerKlok, R. M., Stevenson, R. A., & James, K. H. (2011). Multisensory perception of action in posterior temporal cortex. Neuropsychologia, 49, 108-114. doi:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2010.10.030

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• James, T. W., Stevenson, R. A, Kim, S., VanDerKlok, R. M. & James, K. H. (2011). Shape from sound: Evidence for a shape operator in the lateral occipital cortex.  Neuropsychologia, 49, 1807-1815. doi:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2010.10.030

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• James, K. H., & Swain, S. N. (2011). Only self-generated actions create sensori-motor systems in the developing brain. Developmental Science, 14(4), 673-687.  doi:10.1111/j.1467-7687.2010.01011.x  NIHMS 629884.

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• Street, S., James, K. H., Jones, S. & Smith, L. B. (2011). Vision for action in toddlers: The posting task. Child Development, 82(6), 2083-2094. doi:10.1111/j.14678624.2011.01655.x NIHMS 321290.

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• Butler, A. J. & James, K. H. (2010). The neural correlates of attempting to suppress negative versus neutral memories. Cognitive and Affective Behavioral Neuroscience, 10, 182-194. doi:10.3758/CABN.10.2.182

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• James, K. H. (2010). Sensori-motor experience leads to changes in visual processing in the developing brain. Developmental Science, 13(2), 279-288. doi:10.1111/j.1467-7687.2009.00883.x   NIHMS 629888.

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• James, K. H. & Mauoene, J. (2010). Auditory verb perception recruits motor systems in the developing brain: an fMRI investigation. Developmental Science, 12(6), F26-F34.  doi:10.1111/j.1467-7687.2009.00919.x

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• Periera, A. F., James, K. H., Jones, S. S. & Smith, L. B. (2010). Early biases and developmental changes in self-generated object views. Journal of Vision, 10(11): 22. doi: 10.1167/10.11.22   NIHMS 273211.

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• James, K. H. & Gauthier, I. (2009).  When writing impairs reading: Letter perception’s susceptibility to motor interference. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 138, 416-43. doi:10.1037/a0015836

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• James, K. H. & Atwood, T. (2009). The role of sensorimotor learning in the perception of letter-like forms: Tracking the causes of neural specialization for letters. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 26(1), 91-110.  doi:10.1080/02643290802425914

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• Wong, A. C-N., Jobard, G., James, T. W., James, K. H., Gauthier, I. (2009). Expertise with characters in alphabetic and non-alphabetic writing system engage the same occipito-temporal area. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 26, 111-127.

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• James, K. H., Wong, C-N, & Jobard, G. (2009).  The case for letter expertise. Perceptual Expertise: Bridging Brain and Behavior, Gauthier, I, Bub, D. & Tarr, M. J. (Eds.) Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195309607.003.0011 
• Foss, A. H, Altschuler, E.L. & James, K. H. (2007).  Neural correlates of the Pythagorean ratio rules. Neuroreport, 18,1521-1525. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195309607.001.0001

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• James, K. H. & Gauthier, I. (2006).  Letter processing automatically recruits a sensory-motor brain network. Neuropsychologia, 44, 2937-2949. doi:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2006.06.026

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• James, K. H., James, T. W., Jobard, G., Wong, C-N., & Gauthier, I. (2005). Letter processing in the visual system: Different activation patterns for single letters and strings. Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience, 5(4), 452-466. doi: 10.3758/cabn.5.4.452

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• EDIT James, T. W., Humphrey, G. K., James, K. H. & Goodale, M. A. (2005) Do visual and tactile object representations share the same neural substrate? M.A. Heller and S. Ballesteros (Eds.), Touch and blindness: psychology and neuroscience. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. MISSING FILE 
• James, K. H., Humphrey, G. K., Vilis, T., Baddour, R., Corrie, B. & Goodale, M. A. (2002). “Active” and “passive” learning of three-dimensional object structure within an immersive virtual reality environment.  Behavioral Research Methods, Instruments and Computers, 34(3), 383-390.  doi:10.3758/BF03195466 

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• James, K. H., Humphrey, G. K. & Goodale, M. A. (2001).  Manipulating and recognizing virtual objects: Where the action is. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology, 55(2), 111-120. doi:10.1037/h0087358

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• Harman, K. L., Humphrey, G. K. & Goodale, M. A. (1999).  Active manual control of object views facilitates visual recognition. Current Biology, 9 (22), 1315-1318. doi:10.1016/S0960-9822(00)80053-6

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• Harman, K. L. & Humphrey, G. K. (1999).  Encoding ‘regular’ and ‘random’ sequences of views of novel, three-dimensional objects. Perception, 28, 601-615. doi:10.1068/p2924   

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