DebiRoberson,Biography DebiRobersonobtainedherPhDattheUniversityofLondonin1999.ShejoinedtheDepartmentatEssexin2000.Sheisinterestedinallareasofcross-culturaldifferencesandsimilaritiesincognitioninchildrenandadultsandconductsfieldworkinNamibia,China,PapuaNewGuinea,SouthKoreaandEgypt.

Therelationshipbetweenlanguageandthought Thedevelopmentofcategorizationinchildren Categorizationofcolors,faceidentityandfacialexpressions Categoricalperception

Samuel,S.,Roehr-Brakin,K.&Roberson,D.(inpress)“Shesays,hesays”:Doesthesexofaninstructorinteractwiththegrammatical genderoftargetsinaperspective-takingtask?InternationalJournalofBilingualism. Chen,Q.,Roberson,D.,Liang,X,Lei,Y.&Li,H,(2014)Accessingtheasymmetricalrepresentationsofcausalrelationsandhierarchicalrelationsinsemanticmemory,JournalofCognitivePsychology,26,559-570. Gendron,M.,Roberson,D.,vanderVyver,J.M.,&Barrett,L.F(2014).Perceptionsofemotionfromfacialexpressionsarenotculturallyuniversal:Evidencefromaremoteculture.Emotion,14,251-262. Gendron,M.,Roberson,D.,vanderVyver,J.M.&Barrett,L.F.(2014)CulturalRelativityinPerceivingEmotionFromVocalizations.PsychologicalScience,DOI:10.1177/0956797613517239. Hu,Z.,Hanley,J.R.,Liu,Q,Zhang,R.,&Roberson,D.,(2014)Aconflict-basedmodelofcolorcategoricalperception:Evidencefromaprimingstudy.PsychonomicBulletin&Review,(inpress). Zhang,R.,Hu,Z.,Roberson,D.,Zhang,L.,Li,H.,&Liu,Q.(2013).Neuralprocessesunderlyingthe‘‘same’’-‘‘different’’judgmentoftwosimultaneouslypresentedobjects-anEEGstudy.PLoSONE,8(12):e81737. Roberson,D.,Kikutani,M.,Döge,P.,Whitaker,L.&Majid,A.(2012)Whenlessismore:whattheadditionofsunglassesormaskstofacesrevealsaboutthedevelopmentoffacialexpressionprocessing.Cognition,125,195-206. Roberson,D.(2012)Doweseetheworldthroughthet(a)intedlensoflanguage.InvitedChapterin:AdvancesinCultureandPsychology,Chapter1,Volume2,MicheleGelfand,CYChiu,andYing-YiHong,Editors.Oxford,USA:OxfordUniversityPress. Hanley,J.R.&Roberson,D(2011)Categoricalperceptioneffectsreflectdifferencesintypicalityonwithin-categoytrials.PsychonomicBulletin&Review,18,355-363 Kikutani,M.,Roberson,D.&Hanley,J.R.(2011)Categoricalperceptionforunfamiliarfaces:effectofcovertandovertfacelearning.PsychologicalScience,18,865-872. Ramos,S.D.&Roberson,D(2011)Whatconstrainsgrammaticalgendereffectsonsemanticjudgments?EvidencefromPortuguese.JournalofCognitivePsychology,23,102-111. Roberson,D.,Damjanovic,L.&Kikutani,M.(2010)Showandtell:theroleoflanguageincategorizingfacialexpressionofemotion.EmotionReview.2,255-260. Damjanovic,LRoberson,D.,Athanasopoulos,P.,Kasai,C.&Dyson,M.(2010)Searchingforhappinessacrosscultures.JournalofCognitionandCulture,10,85-107. Roberson,D.,Hanley,J.R.,&Pak,H.S.(2009)ThresholdsforcolourdiscriminationinEnglishandKoreanspeakers.Cognition,112,482-487. Roberson,D.(2009)Colorinmind,cultureandlanguage.In:Schaller,M.,Norenzayan,A.,Heine,S.H.,Yamagishi,T.&Kameda,T.(Eds.)Evolution,CultureandtheHumanMind,167-184.Hove::PsychologyPress. Agrillo,C.&Roberson,D.(2009)Colourlanguageandcolourcognition:BrownandLennebergrevisited.VisualCognition,17,412-430 Roberson,D.&Hanley,J.R.(2009)Relativelyspeaking:whatistherelationshipbetweenlanguageandthoughtinthecolordomain?Glimpse,2:3,68-77 Roberson,D.&Hanley,J.R.(2009).Onlyhalfright:CommentonRegier&Kay.TrendsinCognitiveSciences,13,500. Goldstein,J.,Davidoff,J.&Roberson,D.(2009)Knowingcolortermsenhancesrecognition:FurtherevidencefromEnglishandHimba.JournalofExperimentalChildPsychology,102,219-238. Roberson,D.,Pak,H.S.&Hanley,J.R.(2008)Categoricalperceptionofcolourintheleftandrightvisualfieldisverballymediated:EvidencefromKorean.Cognition,107,752-762. Kikutani,M.,Roberson,D.&Hanley,J.R.(2008)What'sinthename?CategoricalPerceptionofunfamiliarfacescanoccurthroughlabelling.PsychonomicBulletin&Review,15,787-794 Roberson,D.&Hanley,J.R.(2007)Colorcategoriesvarywithlanguageafterall.CurrentBiology,17,605-606. Heaton,P.,Ludlow,A.&Roberson,D.(2008)Whenlessismore:poordiscriminationbutgoodcolourmemoryinAutism.ResearchinAutismSpectrumDisorders,2,147-156. Pak,H.S.&Roberson,D.(2009)UniqueHueJudgmentinDifferentLanguages:AComparisonofKoreanandEnglish,JournalofCognitiveScience,10,21-40. Roberson,D.&Pak,H.S.(2009)CategoricalPerceptionofColorisRestrictedtotheRightVisualFieldinKoreanSpeakersWhoMaintainCentralFixation.JournalofCognitiveScience,10,41-51. Roberson,D.&Hanley,J.R.(Forthcoming)Relativelyspeaking;Anaccountoftherelationshipbetweenlanguageandthoughtinthecolordomain.B.Malt&P.Wolff(Eds)."WordsandtheWorld:Howwordscapturehumanexperience".OxfordUniversityPress. Hanley,J.R.&Roberson,D.(2008).Doinfantsseecolorsdifferently?ScientificAmericanMindandBrain. Jameson,K.A.,Bimler,D.,Dedrick,D.&Roberson,D.(2007)."ConsideringthePrevalenceoftheStimulusErrorinColorNamingResearch."JournalofCognition&Culture,7,124-142 Roberson,D.,Damjanovic,L.&Pilling,M(2007)CategoricalPerceptionofFacialExpressions:Evidencefora'CategoryAdjustment'model.Memory&Cognition,35,1814-1829. O'Hanlon,C.G.&Roberson,D.(2007)Whatconstrainschildren'slearningofnovelshapeterms?JournalofExperimentalChildPsychology,97,138-148. O'Hanlon,C.G.&Roberson,D.(2006)LearninginContext:Linguisticandattentionalconstraintsonchildren'scolortermlearning.JournalofExperimentalChildPsychology,94,275-300. Russo,R.,Whittuck,D.,Roberson,D.,Dutton,K,.Georgiou,G.&Fox,E.(2006)Mood-congruentfree-recallbiasisnotinanxiousindividualsisnotaconsequenceofresponsebias.Memory,14,393-399. Roberson,D.(2005)Colorcategoriesareculturallydiverseincognitionaswellasinlanguage.Cross-CulturalResearch,39,56-71. Roberson,D.,Davidoff,J.,Davies,I.&Shapiro,L.(2005)Colourcategories:Evidencefortheculturalrelativityhypothesis.CognitivePsychology,50,378-411. Roberson,D.,Davies,I.R.L.,Corbett,G.&Vandervyver,M.(2005)Freesortingofcolorsacrosscultures:Arethereuniversalgroundsforgrouping?JournalofCognitionandCulture,5,349-386. Roberson,D.,Davidoff,J.,Davies,I.R.L.&Shapiro,L.R.(2004)TheDevelopmentofColorCategoriesinTwolanguages:alongitudinalstudy.JournalofExperimentalPsychology:General,133,554-571. Davidoff,J.&Roberson,D.(2004)Preservedthematicandimpairedtaxonomiccategorisation:Acasestudy.Language&CognitiveProcesses,19,137-174. Roberson,D.,DaviesI.&Davidoff,J.(2002)Colourcategoriesarenotuniversal:Replicationsandnewevidence.InB.Saunders&J.vanBrakel(Eds.)Theories,technologies,instrumentalitiesofcolor: Davidoff,J.&Roberson,D.(2002)Developmentofanimalrecognition:Adifferencebetweenpartsandwholes.JournalofExperimentalChildPsychology81,217-234. Roberson,D.,Davidoff,J.&Shapiro,L.(2002)Squaringthecircle:Theculturalrelativityofgoodshape.JournalofCognitionandCulture,2,29-53 Roberson,D.,DaviesI.&Davidoff,J.(2000)Colourcategoriesarenotuniversal:ReplicationsandnewevidencefromaStone-ageculture.JournalofExperimentalPsychology:General,129,369-398. Roberson,D.&Davidoff,J.(2000)Thecategoricalperceptionofcoloursandfacialexpressions:Theeffectofverbalinterference.Memory&Cognition,28,977-986. Roberson,D.,Davidoff,J.&Braisby,N.(1999)Similarityandcategorisation:Neuropsychologicalevidenceforadissociationinexplicitcategorisationtasks.Cognition71,1-42. Davidoff,J.,Davies,I.&Roberson,D.(1999)Colourcategoriesofastone-agetribe.Nature398,203-204&402,604-604. RussoR,PattersonN,RobersonD,StevensonN,UpwardJ.(1996)Emotionalvalueofinformationanditsrelevanceintheinterpretationofhomophonesinanxiety.Cognition&Emotion,10,213-220.