Debra Jared

Dr. Debra Jared

Cognitive, Developmental and Brain Sciences

Email: djjared@uwo.ca
Office: WIRB 5150
Tel: 519-661-2111 ext. 84631

  • Bio

  • Publications

  • Research

Biographical Information

Dr. Jared has been a faculty member in the department of Psychology for over 30 years. She is currently a PI in the Cognitive, Developmental and Brain Sciences Area. Prior to joining Western, Dr. Jared obtained her PhD from McGill with Dr. Mark Seidenberg, and then completed postdoctoral research with Dr. Betty Ann Levy at McMaster University and Dr. Keith Rayner and Dr. Judy Kroll in Massachusetts. Her research has been continuously funded by NSERC Discovery Grants while Western. Dr. Jared served on the NSERC Discovery Grants Evaluation panel for three years and was Chair of the Cognitive Science section in 2022-23. In the early 2000s she led a multi-site longitudinal study on reading development in children in French Immersion which was funded by the Canadian Language and Literacy Research Network. Dr. Jared has served as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Memory and Language and for Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, and she has provided reviews of manuscripts for over 50 other scientific journals. Dr. Jared is a Fellow of the Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour, and Cognitive Science and a Fellow of the Psychonomic Society.

Selected Publications

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Pan, X., & Jared, D. (2021). Cross-language activation of culture-specific features in Chinese-English bilinguals. Journal of Cultural Cognitive Science, 5, 325-344.

Pan, X., Xiong, A., Jouravlev, O., & Jared, D. (2021). Conceptual representations in bicultural bilinguals: An ERP approach. Bilingualism: Language & Cognition, 24, 932-944.

Vingron, N., Palma, P., Gullifer, J., Whitford, V., Friesen, D., Jared, D., & Titone, D. (2021). What are the modulators of cross-language syntactic activation during natural reading? Frontiers in Communication: Language Sciences,6, 597701. doi: 10.3389/fcomm.2021.597701

Yang, H., Jared, D., Perera, M., & Lupker, S. J. (2021). Is letter position encoding when reading in L2 affected by the nature of position coding used when bilinguals read in their L1? Memory & Cognition, 49, 771-786.

Jared, D., & Pandolfo, A. (2021). The effect of speaker age on the perception of ironic insults. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology: Special Issue in Honour of Albert Katz, 75, 146-154.

Matsuki, E., Hino, Y., & Jared, D. (2021). Understanding semantic accents in Japanese-English bilinguals: A feature-based approach. Bilingualism: Language & Cognition, 24, 137-153.

Pan, X., & Jared, D. (2021). Effects of Chinese word structure on object perception in Chinese-English bilinguals: Evidence from an ERP visual oddball paradigm. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 24, 111-123.

Spinelli, G., Forti, L., & Jared, D. (2021). Learning to assign stress in a second language: The role of second language vocabulary size and transfer from the native language in second-language readers of Italian. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 24, 124-136.

Friesen, D., Ward, W., Bohnet, J., Cormier, P., & Jared, D. (2020). Early activation of cross-language meaning from phonology during sentence processing. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 46, 1754-1767.

Pan, X., & Jared, D. (2020). Effects of Chinese word structure on object categorization in Chinese-English bilinguals. Language and Cognition, 12, 468-500.

Jouravlev, O., & Jared, D. (2020). Native language processing is influenced by L2-to-L1 translation ambiguity. Language, Cognition, and Neuroscience, 35, 310-329.

Friesen, D., Whitford, V., Titone, D., & Jared, D. (2020). The impact of individual differences on cross-language activation of meaning by phonology. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 23, 323-343.

Tiv, M., Gonnerman, L., Whitford, L., Friesen, D., Jared, D., & Titone, D. (2019). Figuring out how verb-particle constructions are understood during L1 and L2 reading. Frontiers in Psychology: Language Sciences, 10, 1733.

Jouravlev, O., Taikh, A., & Jared, D. (2018). Effects of lexical ambiguity on perception: A test of the label feedback hypothesis using a visual oddball paradigm. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 44,1842-1855.

Jouravlev, O., & Jared, D. (2018). Cross-script orthographic and phonological preview benefits. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 71, 11-19.

Jared, D. & Bainbridge, S. (2017). Reading homophone puns: Evidence from eye tracking. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology, 71, 3-13.

Jared, D., & O’Donnell, K. (2017). Skilled adult readers activate the meanings of high-frequency words using phonology: Evidence from eye tracking. Memory & Cognition, 43, 334-346.

Jared, D., Jouravlev, O., & Joanisse, M. F. (2017). The effect of semantic transparency on the processing of morphologically derived words: Evidence from decision latencies and event-related potentials. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, & Cognition, 43, 422-450.

Burt, J. S., & Jared, D. (2016). The role of lexical expertise in reading homophones. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 69, 1302-1321.

Jared, D., Ashby, J., Agauas, S. J., & Levy, B. A. (2016). Phonological activation of word meanings in Grade 5 readers. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, & Cognition, 42, 524-541.

Jared, D. (2015). What is the theory? Comment on Paap, Johnson, and Sawi (2015): Bilingual advantages in executive functioning either do not exist or are restricted to very specific and undetermined circumstances. Cortex, 73, 361-363.

Jared, D. (2015). Literacy and literacy development in bilinguals. In A. Pollatsek & R. Treiman (eds.), Handbook of reading. New York: Oxford University Press.

Ando, E., Matsuki, K., Sheridan, H., & Jared, D. (2015). The locus of Katakana-English masked phonological priming effects. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 18, 101-117.

Friesen, D. C., Jared, D., & Haigh, C. A. (2014). Phonological processing dynamics in bilingual word naming. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology, 68, 179-193.

Ando, E., Jared, D., Nakayama, M., & Hino, Y. (2014). Cross-script phonological priming with Kanji primes and English targets. Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 26, 858-870.

Jouravlev, O., Lupker, S. J., & Jared, D. (2014). Cross-language phonological activation: Evidence from masked onset priming and ERPs. Brain and Language, 134, 11-22.

Jouravlev, O., & Jared, D. (2014). Reading Russian-English homographs in sentence contexts: Evidence from ERPs. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 17, 153-168.

Hino, Y., Kusunose, Y., Lupker, S., & Jared, D. (2013). The processing advantage and disadvantage for homophones in lexical decision tasks. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, & Cognition, 39, 529-551.

Jared, D., Poh, R., & Paivio, A. (2013). L1 and L2 picture naming in Mandarin-English bilinguals: A test of bilingual dual coding theory. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 16, 383-396.

Jared, D., Cormier, P., Levy, B. A., & Wade-Woolley, L. (2013). Discrimination of English and French orthographic patterns by biliterate children. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 114, 469-488.

Newman, R. L, Jared, D., & Haigh, C. A. (2012). Does phonology play a role when skilled readers read high-frequency words? Evidence from ERPs. Language and Cognitive Processes, 27, 1361-1384 . Available on-line from: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01690965.2011.603932

Jared, D., Cormier, P., Levy, B. A., & Wade-Woolley, L. (2012). Cross-language activation of phonology in young bilingual readers. Reading and Writing, 25, 1327-1343. Available on-line from: http://www.springerlink.com/content/p74810l658176443/

Friesen, D. C., & Jared, D. (2012). Cross-language phonological activation of meaning: Evidence from category verification. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 15, 145-156.

Jared, D., & Kroll, J. F. (2011). Cognitive processes in bilingual reading. In P. McCardle, J. Ren, & O. Tzeng (Eds.), Dyslexia across languages: Orthography and the brain-gene-behavior link (pp. 262-280). Baltimore: Brookes Publishing.

Jared, D., Cormier, P., Levy, B. A., & Wade-Woolley, L. (2011). Early predictors of biliteracy development in children in French Immersion: A four-year longitudinal study. Journal of Educational Psychology, 103, 119-139.

Haigh, C., & Jared, D. (2008). Phonological priming effects in bilinguals. In V. C. Mueller-Gathercole (Ed.), Proceedings of the International Conference on Models of Interaction in Bilinguals. Bangor, Wales: ESRC Centre for Research on Bilingualism in Theory & Practice at Bangor University. Available from http://bilingualism.bangor.ac.uk/conference/index_talks.php.en.

Jared, D., Haigh, C., & Friesen, D. (2008). Cross-language phonological activation in bilingual word naming. In V. C. Mueller-Gathercole (Ed.), Proceedings of the International Conference on Models of Interaction in Bilinguals. Bangor, Wales: ESRC Centre for Research on Bilingualism in Theory & Practice at Bangor University. Available from http://bilingualism.bangor.ac.uk/conference/index_talks.php.en.

Genesee, F., & Jared, D. (2008). Literacy development in early French Immersion programs. Canadian Psychology, 49, 140-147.

Jared, D. (2008). Large-scale literacy assessments of French Immersion students. Encyclopedia of language and literacy development (pp. 1-8). London, ON: Canadian Language and Literacy Research Network. Retrieved March 26, 2008 from http://literacyencyclopedia.ca/index.php?fa=items.show&topicId=238

Jared, D. (2008). Assessment of reading ability in French Immersion students. Encyclopedia of language and literacy development (pp. 1-7). London, ON: Canadian Language and Literacy Research Network. Retrieved March 26, 2008 from http://literacyencyclopedia.ca/index.php?fa=items.show&topicId=239

Friesen, D., & Jared, D. (2007). Cross-language text- and word-level transfer effects in bilingual text processing. Memory & Cognition, 35, 1542-1556.

Haigh, C. A., & Jared, D. (2007). The activation of phonological representations by bilinguals while reading silently: Evidence from interlingual homophones. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory & Cognition, 33, 623-644.

Levy, B. A., Gong, Z., Hessels, S., Evans, M. A., & Jared, D. (2006). Understanding print: Early reading development and the contributions of home literacy experiences. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 93, 63-93.

Chateau, D. & Jared, D. (2003). Spelling-sound consistency effects in disyllabic word naming. Journal of Memory and Language, 48, 255-280.

Jared, D., & Szucs, C. (2002). Phonological activation in bilinguals: Evidence from interlingual homograph naming. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 5, 225-239.

Jared, D. (2002). Spelling-sound consistency and regularity effects in word naming. Journal of Memory and Language, 46, 723-750.

Chateau, D., Knudsen, E. V., & Jared, D. (2002). Masked priming of prefixes and the influence of spelling-meaning consistency. Brain and Language, 81, 587-600.

Jared, D., McRae, K., & Seidenberg, M. S. (2002). The basis of consistency effects in word naming. In G. T. M. Altmann (Ed.), Psycholinguistics: Critical concepts, Vol II (pp. 638-679). London: Routledge. (Reprinted from Journal of Memory and Language, 1990, 29, 687-715).

Jared, D., & Kroll, J. F. (2001). Do bilinguals activate phonological representations in one or both of their languages when naming words? Journal of Memory and Language, 44, 2-31.

Pexman, P. M., Lupker, S. J., & Jared, D. (2001). Homophone effects in lexical decision. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, & Cognition, 27, 139-156.

Chateau, D., & Jared, D. (2000). Exposure to print and word recognition processes. Memory & Cognition, 28, 143-153.

Jared, D., Levy, B. A., & Rayner, K. (1999). The role of phonology in the activation of word meanings during reading: Evidence from proofreading and eye movements. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 128, 219-264.

Jared, D. (1997). Evidence that strategy effects in word naming reflect changes in output timing rather than changes in processing route. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 23, 1424-1438.

Jared, D. (1997). Spelling-sound consistency affects the naming of high-frequency words. Journal of Memory and Language, 36, 505-529.

Jared, D., & Seidenberg, M. S. (1991). Does word identification proceed from spelling to sound to meaning? Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 120, 358-394.

Jared, D., McRae, K., & Seidenberg, M. S. (1990). The basis of consistency effects in word naming. Journal of Memory and Language, 29, 687-715.

McRae, K., Jared, D., & Seidenberg, M. S. (1990). On the roles of frequency and lexical access in word naming. Journal of Memory and Language, 29, 43-65.

Jared, D., & Seidenberg, M. S. (1990). Naming multisyllabic words. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 16, 92-105.

Butler, B. E., Jared, D., & Hains, S. (1984). Reading skill and the use of orthographic knowledge by mature readers. Psychological Research, 46, 337-353.

Research

Dr. Jared’s research investigates how we process language. One focus of her research is on word recognition processes in monolingual English speakers. Studies examined how readers compute the sounds of words from print, and the role that phonology plays in activating word meanings. This research demonstrated that readers pick up on the statistical properties of language and provided strong evidence for connectionist models of word recognition. Other research investigated the processing of complex words, such as words with multiple syllables or morphemes. A second focus of Dr. Jared’s research is on bilingualism. Her research has demonstrated that the two languages of a bilingual interact when reading in just one language, and that when individuals know two languages, the culture- and language-specific associations they acquire in their first language influence the ways they interpret words in their second language. Bilinguals have been studied who know English and either French, Chinese, Russian, Japanese, Malay, Italian, Korean, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Arabic, or Spanish. Her research program uses behavioural tasks, eye tracking, and ERP. Although most studies investigate language processing in adults, several have tested children. A major project examined Kindergarten predictors of later English and French reading ability in children in French Immersion.

Graduate Students

Current: Maz Mohamed (MSc-2019)

Graduated: Dan Chateau (MA-1996, PhD-2001), Deanna Friesen (MA-2004, PhD-2009), Erin Knudsen (MA-1996, PhD-2001), Corinne Haigh (MA-2002, PhD-2007), Eriko (Ando) Matsuki (MSc-2012, PhD-2018), Xuan Pan (PhD-2019), Daniel Trinh (MSc-2008,PhD-2014), Michelle Waese (MSc-2006), Laura Westmaas (MSc-2010).