I recently presented my academic research at:

Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition (SARMAC) 2023 Conference in Nagoya, Japan. August 9-12, 2023.

Cognitive Science Society 2023 Conference in Sydney, Australia. July 26-29, 2023.

Johns Hopkins University, Cognitive Science Early Career Colloquium. March 31, 2023.

  • Schechter, R., Chase, P., & Shivaram, A. (2023). Virtual Lab Implementation Model Predicts STEM Future Plans: Insights from Contemporary Science Courses in Higher Education. EdMedia+ Innovate Learning, 6-10. [PDF]

    Hespos, S., & Shivaram, A. (2022). Can a computer think like a baby?. Nature Human Behaviour, 1-1. [PDF]

    Dworak, E.* & Shivaram, A.* (Stage 1 Registered Report, In Principle Acceptance). Modeling student math achievement across countries with machine learning using TIMSS 2019. Infant and Child Development. [OSF]

    * joint first authorship

    Shivaram, A., Chavez, Y., Anderson, E., Fritz, A., Jackson, R, Edwards, L. Powers, S., Libertus, M., & Hespos, S. J. (2021). Brief interventions influence the quantity and quality of caregiver-child conversations in an everyday context. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 2228. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.645788 [PDF]

    Hespos, S., Gentner, D., Anderson, E., & Shivaram, A. (2021). The origins of same/different discrimination in human infants. Current Opinions in Behavioral Sciences, 37, 69-74. DOI: 10.1016/j.cobeha.2020.10.013 [PDF]

    Murphy, A. N., Zheng, Y., Shivaram, A., Vollman, E., & Richland, L. E. (2021). Bias and sensitivity to task constraints in spontaneous relational attention. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 202, 104981. DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2020.104981 [PDF]

  • Shivaram, A., Brundige, E., Guy, L., Hespos, S., & Gentner, D. (2022). Tracing the developmental trajectory of children’s relational learning. Talk presented at Cognitive Science Society, Toronto, Canada.

    Shivaram, A., Youkhanna, M., van Heugten, M., & Hespos, S. (2022). The link between language and cognition in infancy. Talk presented at Cognitive Science Society, Toronto, Canada.

    Shivaram, A., Brundige, E., Guy, L., Hespos, S. J., & Gentner, D. (2022). Examining the developmental trajectory of relational learning in early childhood. Poster presented at Cognitive Development Society Bi-Ennial Conference, Madison, WI. [Poster]

    Shivaram, A., Chavez, Y., Anderson, E., Fritz, A., Jackson, R, Edwards, L. Powers, S., Libertus, M., & Hespos, S. J. (2022). Brief interventions influence the quantity and quality of caregiver-child conversations in an everyday context. Symposium talk presented at SRCD Special Topics Meeting: Learning through Play and Imagination, St. Louis, MO. [Slides]

    Shivaram, A., Youkhanna, M., & Hespos, S. (2021). Can infant looking paradigms transfer to a Zoom platform? Symposium talk presented at the Asia-Pacific Babylab Constellation (ABC), Hybrid Meeting. [Slides]

    Shivaram, A. & Dworak, E. (2021). Modeling student math achievement across countries using TIMSS 2015 and 2019. Poster presented at Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science (SIPS), Virtual Meeting. [Slides]

    Shivaram, A., Anderson, E., Hespos, S. J., & Gentner, D. (2021). Progressively Aligning Multiple Exemplars in Infancy. Poster presented at SRCD 2021: Virtual Biennial Meeting. [Poster]

    Shivaram, A., Anderson, E., Hespos, S. J., & Gentner, D. (2021). When Does one Exemplar Behave Like Many? Poster presented at SRCD 2021: Virtual Bi-Ennial Meeting. [Poster]

    Moore, J. & Shivaram, A. (2020). Exploring Identity: New International Graduate Students Negotiating Race/Place in the US. Talk presented at the 2020 Symposium on World Languages Education.

    Murphy, A., Zheng, Y., Shivaram, A., Vollman, L., & Richland, L. E. (2019). Influence of culture and priming on analogical reasoning performance across development. Poster presented at The Cognitive Development Society Biennial Conference, Louisville, KY.

    Shivaram, A. (2019). Why are we so smart? The origins of abstract thought. Talk presented at the Seven Minutes of Scholarship symposium, Chicago, IL. [Video]

    Mangelsdorf, H. H. & Shivaram, A. (2018). Metaphoric iconicity of gestures in classical Indian dance. Invited talk at the University of Chicago Center in Delhi, India.

    Zheng, Y., Shivaram, A., & Richland, L. E. (2017). The trade-offs of gesture on analogical reasoning and memory for relations. Poster presented at The Cognitive Development Society Bi-Ennial Conference, Portland, OR.

    Shivaram, A., Zheng, Y., & Richland, L. E. (2017). Gesture influences analogical reasoning and its memory. Paper presented at The Second Annual Graduate Student Research Conference, Chicago, IL.