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Dr. Lynne Baker-Ward

Research Interests

understanding the processes through which children come to interpret, remember, and share their salient personal experiences, children's testimony

Recent Publications

  • Ornstein, P. A., Baker-Ward, L., Gordon, B. N., Pelphrey, K. A., Tyler, C. S. & Gramzow, E. (in press).  The influence or prior knowledge and repeated questioning on children’s long-term retention of a pediatric examination.  Developmental Psychology.
  • Cain, W. J., Eaton, K. L., Baker-Ward, L., & Yen, G.  (in press). Facilitating low-income children’s narrative performance through interviewer elaborative style and reporting condition.  Submitted to Discourse Processes.
  • Baker-Ward, L., Eaton, K. L., & Banks, J. B.  (2005).  Young Soccer Players’ Reports of a Tournament Win or Loss:  Different Emotions, Different Narratives.  Journal of Cognition and Development, 6(4), 507-527.
  • Fivush, R., & Baker-Ward, L.  (2005).  The search for meaning: Developmental perspectives on internal state language in autobiographical memory.  [Introduction to the special issue on internal state language in autobiographical memory.]  Journal of Cognition and Development, 6(4), 455-462.
  • Cain, W. J., Baker-Ward, L., & Eaton, K. L.  (2005).  A face in the crowd: The influences of familiarity and delay on preschoolers’ recognition.  Psychology, Crime & Law.
  • Myers, J., Gramzow, E., Ornstein, P. A., Wagner, L., Gordon, B. N., & Baker-Ward, L. (2003).  Children's memory of a physical examination: A comparison of recall and recognition assessment protocols.  International Journal of Behavior and Development, 27, 66-73.
  • Baker-Ward, L., & Ornstein, P. A.  (2002).  Cognitive underpinnings.  In H. Westcott, G. Davies, & R. Bull (Eds.), Children's testimony in context: A handbook of psychological research and forensic practice (Chapter 2, pp. 21-37).  New York: Wiley. 
  • Burgwyn-Bailes, E., Baker-Ward, L., Gordon, B. N.,  & Ornstein, P. A.  (2001). Children’s memory for a minor medical emergency procedure after one year:  Individual differences in recall and suggestibility.  Applied Cognitive Psychology, 15, 1-24.
  • Gordon, B. N., Baker-Ward. L., & Ornstein, P. A. (2001).  Children’s Testimony:  Review of Research on Memory for Past Experiences.  Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 4, 157-181.