J. Steven Reznick, Ph.D.

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J. Steven Reznick, Ph.D. is a Professor of Psychology at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill. Dr. Reznick also holds appointments at the Center for Developmental Science, the Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities, and the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute. Dr. Reznick received his BA from UNC Chapel Hill, his MA from Wake Forest University and his PhD from the University of Colorado, Boulder. His primary scientific contributions have been in the domain of infant cognitive development, covering topics such as working memory, attention, and word comprehension. He is also known for his collaboration on the MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventories and various other measurement tools. Dr. Reznick engages in research on infant development and how it is affected by influences such as nutrition and environmental pollution. He also studies atypical development and developmental disabilities through his ongoing collaborations with colleagues who are conducting prospective longitudinal research during infancy (e.g., a prospective study of Fragile-X Syndrome, development of the First Years Inventory used to identify infants who are at risk for an eventual diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder, treatments for obesity). His local service includes serving as the Director of the Research Registry Core of the Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Research Center, and he is Co-Director of the Frank Porter Graham Institute’s Behavioral Research/Audiovisual Media Core. His national service includes founding the Cognitive Development Society, serving on the editorial boards of many scientific journals, and serving many administrative roles for the Society for Research in Child Development.
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