Rachel Barr

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Rachel Barr, Ph.D. is on the faculty of Georgetown University. In 2005, Barr became part of the Sesame Beginnings Advisory Board, which included other "national child development and media experts".^

Education includes a Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology, Diploma in Clinical Psychology, and BSc. (Hons) in Psychology, from the University of Otago.

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Barr, R., & Hayne, H. (2003). It’s not what you know it’s who you know: Older siblings facilitate imitation during infancy. International Journal of Early Years Education, 11, 7-21.
Barr, R., Marrott, H., & Rovee-Collier, C. (2003). The role of sensory preconditioning in memory retrieval by preverbal infants. Learning and Behavior, 31, 111-123.
Hayne, H., Barr, R., & Herbert J. (2003). The Effect of Prior Practice on Memory Reactivation and Generalization. Child Development, 74, 1615-1627.
Barr, R. (2002). Imitation as a learning mechanism and research tool: how does imitation interact with other cognitive functions? Peer Commentaries on Stephen C. Want and Paul L. Harris's How do children ape? Applying concepts from the study of non-human primates to the developmental study of 'imitation' in children. Developmental Science, 5, 16-18.
Barr, R., Vieira, A., & Rovee-Collier, C. (2001). Mediated imitation in 6-month-olds: Remembering by association. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 79, 229-252.
Rovee-Collier, C. & Barr, R. (2001). Infant cognition. In H. Pashler (series ed.), Stevens' handbook of experimental psychology (3rd ed.). Vol. 4: Methodology (pp. 693-791). J. Wixted, Vol. Ed. New York: Wiley
Rovee-Collier, C., & Barr, R. (2001). Infant learning and memory. In J.G. Bremner & A. Fogel (Eds.), Blackwell handbook of infant development, (pp. 139-168). Oxford: Blackwell Publishers.
Barr, R., & Hayne, H. (2000). Age-related changes in imitation: Implications for memory development. In C. Rovee-Collier, L. P. Lipsitt, & H. Hayne (Eds.), Progress in infancy research (Vol. 1, pp. 21-67). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
Hayne, H., Boniface, J., & Barr, R. (2000). The development of declarative memory in human infants: Age-related changes in deferred imitation. Behavioral Neuroscience, 114, 77-83.
Barr, R., & Hayne, H. (1999). Developmental changes in imitation from television during infancy. Child Development, 70, 1067-1081.
Hayne, H., MacDonald, S., & Barr, R. (1997). Developmental changes in the specificity of memory over the second year of life. Infant Behavior and Development, 20, 233-245.
Barr, R., Dowden, A., & Hayne, H. (1996). Developmental changes in deferred imitation by 6- to 24-month-old infants. Infant Behavior and Development, 19, 159-171.
Barr, R., & Hayne, H. (1996). The effect of event structure on imitation in infancy: Practice makes perfect? Infant Behavior and Development, 19, 255-259.