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Peer-Reviewed Articles

Year Author(s) Title Journal DOI/Link
2026 Marshall, D. A., Dal Ben, R., Currie, G. R., Yeung, R. S. M., Vastert, S. J., Wulffraat, N., Swart, J. F., & Benseler, S. (on behalf of UCAN CAN-DU) Work productivity and activity impairment in patients under 18 with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA): The international UCAN CAN-DU prospective study Arthritis Research & Therapy, 28(1), 106 Link
2024 ManyBabies Consortium, with Dal Ben, R. and 20+ others A Unified Approach to Demographic Data Collection for Research with Young Children Across Diverse Cultures Developmental Psychology, 60(2), 211–227 Link
2023 Dal Ben, R., Prequero, I. T., Souza, D. H., & Hay, J. Speech segmentation and cross-situational word learning in parallel with Brazilian-Portuguese speakers Open Mind, 7, 510–533 Link
2023 Gonzalez, A. M., Dal Ben, R., Killam, H., & Byers-Heinlein, K. Word learning in 14-month-old monolinguals and bilinguals: Challenges and methodological opportunities Language Development Research, 3(1), 277–317 Link
2023 /L+/ Team, with Dal Ben, R. and 20+ others Towards Diversifying Early Language Development Research: First Truly Global International Summer/Winter School on Language Acquisition (/L+/) 2021 Journal of Cognition and Development Link
2023 ManyBabies Consortium, with Dal Ben, R. and 20+ others Validation of an open source, remote web-based, eye-tracking method (WebGazer) for research in early childhood Infancy, 29(3), 31–55 Link
2023 Dal Ben, R. SHINE_color: controlling low-level properties of colorful images MethodsX, 11, 102377 Link
2022 Dal Ben, R., Souza, D. H., & Hay, J. Combining statistics: The effects of phonotactics on cross-situational word learning Psychology: Research and Review, 35, 30 Link
2022 Dal Ben, R., Killam, H., Pour Iliaei, S., & Byers-Heinlein, K. Bilingualism affects infant cognition: Insights from new and open data Open Mind, 6, 88–117 Link
2022 Dal Ben, R., Brouillard, M., Gonzalez-Barrero, A. M., Killam, H., Kremin, L. V., Quirk, E., Sander-Montant, A., Schott, E., Tsui, R. K., & Byers-Heinlein, K. How open science can benefit bilingualism research: A lesson in six tales Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 1–8 Link
2022 Visser, I., … Dal Ben, R. and 26+ others Improving the generalizability of infant psychological research: The ManyBabies model (Commentary) Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 45, e35 Link
2021 Dal Ben, R., Souza, D. H., & Hay, J. When statistics collide: The use of transitional and phonotactic probability cues to word boundaries by Brazilian-Portuguese adults Memory & Cognition, 49, 1300–1310 Link

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Conference Presentations

Year Author(s) Title Conference Location
2026 Prequero, I. T., Ravijts, L., Vernaillen, B., Dal Ben, R., Souza, D. H., & Bogaerts, L. Assessing neural signatures of statistical learning: A meta-analysis of EEG/MEG studies Interdisciplinary Advances in Statistical Learning San Sebastián, Spain
2025 Prequero, I. T., Dal Ben, R., & Souza, D. H. Conflicting statistics may hinder speech segmentation: Preliminary results from Brazilian-Portuguese native speakers Dutch Society for Brain and Cognition Winter Conference Egmond aan Zee, The Netherlands
2025 Prequero, I. T., Dal Ben, R., & Souza, D. H. Tracking statistical learning in the brain: A narrative review of recent studies Neurocog Brussels, Belgium
2025 Fuhrmann, A. C., Marshall, D. A., Dal Ben, R., Currie, G. R., Yeung, R. S. M., Vastert, S. J., et al. Using a caregiving-specific patient-reported outcome measure to assess the impact of childhood arthritis on parental quality of life EuroQol North American Regional Meeting & APERSU 10th Anniversary Canmore, Alberta, Canada
2025 Fuhrmann, A. C., Marshall, D. A., Dal Ben, R., Currie, G. R., Yeung, R. S. M., Vastert, S. J., et al. The impact of caring for juvenile idiopathic arthritis patients on caregivers’ quality of life ISPOR Montréal, Quebec, Canada
2025 Dal Ben, R., Prequero, I., & Souza, D. H. Neural entrainment to artificial continuous speech with Brazilian-Portuguese native speakers SRCD 2025 Biennial Meeting Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
2025 Dal Ben, R., Morin, G., & Gonzalez-Barrero, A. Social communication skills of school-age children: A look at bilingualism SRCD 2025 Biennial Meeting Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
2025 Marshall, D. A., Fuhrmann, A. C., Dal Ben, R., Currie, G. R., Yeung, R. S. M., Vastert, S. J., et al. What is the impact of caregiving on quality of life for parents of children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis? The UCAN CAN-DU and CURE International Perspective Study Canadian Rheumatology Association Annual Scientific Meeting Calgary, Alberta, Canada
2025 Marshall, D. A., Dal Ben, R., Currie, G. R., Yeung, R. S. M., Vastert, S. J., Wulffraat, N. M., et al. How does juvenile idiopathic arthritis affect the employment and usual activities of adolescents? The UCAN CAN-DU and CURE International Prospective Study Canadian Rheumatology Association Annual Scientific Meeting Calgary, Alberta, Canada
2025 Marshall, D. A., Dal Ben, R., Currie, G. R., Yeung, R. S. M., Vastert, S. J., Kip, M. M., et al. How does juvenile idiopathic arthritis affect the work and usual activities of parent caregivers? The UCAN CAN-DU and CURE International Prospective Study Canadian Rheumatology Association Annual Scientific Meeting Calgary, Alberta, Canada
2025 Prequero, I. T., Dal Ben, R., Vilà-Balló, A., & Souza, D. H. O papel de dicas estatísticas na segmentação de fala: integrando medidas comportamentais e eletrofisiológicas Simpósio: Realizações e impactos do INCT-ECCE de 2017–2025 São Paulo, Brazil
2024 Marshall, D. A., Dal Ben, R., Currie, G., Vastert, S., Yeung, R., Kip, M., Swart, J., & Benseler, S. (on behalf of UCAN CAN-DU and CURE Consortium) Burden of childhood arthritis: Work productivity loss and activity impairment of parents and caregivers ISPOR Europe Barcelona, Spain
2023 Gonzalez-Barrero, A., Byers-Heinlein, K., Dal Ben, R., & Bolibaugh, C. Open science practices in bilingualism research: Insights and lessons from diverse experiences 14th International Symposium on Bilingualism Sydney, Australia
2023 Dal Ben, R. An open phonotactic and orthotactic probabilities calculator Ambrose Research Conference Calgary, Canada
2022 Prequero, I. T., Dal Ben, R., & Souza, D. H. O papel de regularidades estatísticas na segmentação de fala e mapeamento simultâneo com estímulos visuais: um procedimento go/no-go 52ª Reunião Anual da Sociedade Brasileira de Psicologia Brazil
2022 Dal Ben, R., Killam, H., Pour Iliaei, S., & Byers-Heinlein, K. Bilingualism affects infant cognition: Insights from new and open data International Conference on Infant Studies Ottawa, Canada
2022 /L+/ Team, with Garcia, R., … Dal Ben, R., and 22+ others Western biases in infant research: The state of the field and strategies for change International Conference on Infant Studies Ottawa, Canada
2022 Dal Ben, R. Speech segmentation and cross-situational word learning in parallel Oncovo–Proncovo: Rumos do INCT-ECCE Conference São Carlos, Brazil
2022 ManyBabies Consortium, with Yuen, F., … Dal Ben, R., and 20+ others Validation of an open source, web-based eye-tracking method (WebGazer) for research on cognitive development Cognitive Development Society Biennial Conference Madison, USA
2022 Dal Ben, R. Adjacent probabilities: Do we track statistics to learn new words? Ambrose Research Conference Calgary, Canada
2020 Prequero, I. T., Dal Ben, R., & Souza, D. H. O uso de medidas eletrofisiológicas na pesquisa sobre aprendizagem estatística na aquisição de linguagem: uma revisão sistemática 50ª Reunião Anual da Sociedade Brasileira de Psicologia Online event, Brazil

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Working Papers

Year Author(s) Title Status Link
ManyBabies Consortium, with Dal Ben, R. and 200+ others ManyBabies5: A large-scale investigation of the proposed shift from familiarity preference to novelty preference in infant looking time (Nature Human Behaviour) Stage 1 Registered Report (under review) PsyArXiv
Delefrati, V. R. T., Tardem, M. F., Dal Ben, R., & Hübner, M. M. C. The Emergence of Mands and Tacts in Children with ASD: A conceptual replication In preparation

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