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Rhiannon Luyster

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Emerson College

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School of Communication

Communication Sciences & Disorders

Rhiannon Luyster is currently serving as a Communication Sciences & Disorders Professor at Emerson College.

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autism child development language development child language neurodevelopmental disorders behavioral sciences developmental psychology linguistics pediatrics cognitive science developmental psychopathology developmental disorders atypical language development child psychology cognitive development psycholinguistics communication disorders early childhood development speech communication applied developmental psychology language learning autism spectrum disorders autism spectrum disorder cognitive neuroscience early childhood hearing research speechlanguage pathology social-emotional development emotional development language comprehension syndromic autism language assessment experimental child psychology language disorders emotional responses adolescent psychology nonverbal communication neurodiversity social attention young children emotional face processing early institutionalization word learning developmental cognitive neuroscience neuroscience of aging affective neuroscience neuropsychopharmacology social communication disorder neural science embryonic development neonatology attachment theory speech science neuropsychological functioning emotion regulation neuropsychiatry human cognition adolescence developmental disabilities caregivers cultural psychology neologisms language science verbal interactions creativity assessment visibility foreign language acquisition communicative development lexical acquisition mechanisms research review language impairment developmental trajectories early-risk markers neural measures first years typical development

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Inquiry and Innovation: Considering Curiosity and Creativity in Autism. Acta Psychologica (2026)

autismpsychological sciencecreativity assessmentneurodevelopmental disorderspsychologycuriositycognitive science

Quantifying Question Asking in Young Autistic Children: Exploring the Role of Context. Seminars in Speech and Language (2026)

communication disordersautismdevelopmental disordersneurodevelopmental disorderschild psychologychild languagelanguagechild development

An Autistic “Linguatype”? Neologisms, New Words, and New Insights. Autism Research (2025)

autismlinguisticspsycholinguisticslanguage developmentneologismsneurodiversitygeneral linguisticsnew wordslanguage sciencechild languagelanguage

Personal Pronoun Comprehension in Addressed and Non-Addressed Situations in Autistic and Nonautistic Preschoolers. Journal of Cognition and Development (2025)

atypical language developmentautismlinguisticspersonal pronoun comprehensionpsycholinguisticslanguage developmentspecial educationdevelopmental disordersnonautistic preschoolersneurodevelopmental disorderschild languagenon-addressed situationslanguage

Quality of Remotely-Collected Gaze Data in Autistic and Nonspectrum Children. Language Development Research (2025)

autismlanguage developmentneurodiversitychild languageeye trackingneurodevelopmental disorderscognitive sciencelanguage

Do Focused Interests Support Word Learning? a Study With Autistic and Nonautistic Children. Autism Research (2024)

S. ArunachalamA. SteeleT. PelletierR. Luyster

child languagebehavioral sciencesword learningautism

Remote Infant Studies of Early Learning (Rise): Scalable Online Replications of Key Findings in Infant Cognitive Development.. Developmental Psychology (2024)

Elena J TenenbaumCaitlin StoneMy H VuMadeleine HareKristen R GilyardSudha ArunachalamElika BergelsonSomer L BishopMichael C FrankJ Kiley HamlinMelissa Kline StruhlRebecca J LandaCasey Lew-WilliamsMelissa E LibertusRhiannon J LuysterJulie MarkantMaura Sabatos-DeVitoStephen J SheinkopfJennifer B WagnerKayle ParkAnna I SoderlingAshleigh K WatermanJordan N GrapelAmit BermanoYotam ErelShafali Jeste

early childhoodearly learningearly childhood developmentinfant cognitive developmentchild developmentcognitive developmentlanguage developmentremote infant studieskey findingspsychologydevelopmental psychology

Frequency, Form and Function of Dyadic Questions in Asd. Communication Disorders Quarterly (2023)

speech communicationpsychiatryintellectual disabilityautismdevelopmental disordersneurodevelopmental disordersinterpersonal communicationcommunication disorders

Conventions for Unconventional Language: Revisiting a Framework for Spoken Language Features in Autism. Autism & Developmental Language Impairments (2022)

Rhiannon J LuysterEmily ZaneLisa Wisman Weil

developmental biologyatypical language developmentautismlanguage developmentdevelopmental psychopathologyunconventional languagebehavioral sciencesspoken language featuresrehabilitationdevelopmental psychology

Frequency, Form, and Function of Dyadic Questions in Children With Autism: A Childes Corpus Study. Communication Disorders Quarterly (2022)

Rhiannon LuysterIsabella LeiwantSudha Arunachalam

childes corpus studyautismlinguisticscommunicationdyadic questions

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Rhiannon Luyster

Professor

Emerson College

Affiliations

School of Communication

Communication Sciences & Disorders

Rhiannon Luyster is currently serving as a Communication Sciences & Disorders Professor at Emerson College.

Honors

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Experiences

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Emerson College

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Inquiry and Innovation: Considering Curiosity and Creativity in Autism. Acta Psychologica (2026)

autismpsychological sciencecreativity assessmentneurodevelopmental disorderspsychologycuriositycognitive science

Quantifying Question Asking in Young Autistic Children: Exploring the Role of Context. Seminars in Speech and Language (2026)

communication disordersautismdevelopmental disordersneurodevelopmental disorderschild psychologychild languagelanguagechild development

An Autistic “Linguatype”? Neologisms, New Words, and New Insights. Autism Research (2025)

autismlinguisticspsycholinguisticslanguage developmentneologismsneurodiversitygeneral linguisticsnew wordslanguage sciencechild languagelanguage

Personal Pronoun Comprehension in Addressed and Non-Addressed Situations in Autistic and Nonautistic Preschoolers. Journal of Cognition and Development (2025)

Quality of Remotely-Collected Gaze Data in Autistic and Nonspectrum Children. Language Development Research (2025)

autismlanguage developmentneurodiversitychild languageeye trackingneurodevelopmental disorderscognitive sciencelanguage

Do Focused Interests Support Word Learning? a Study With Autistic and Nonautistic Children. Autism Research (2024)

S. ArunachalamA. SteeleT. PelletierR. Luyster

child languagebehavioral sciencesword learningautism

Remote Infant Studies of Early Learning (Rise): Scalable Online Replications of Key Findings in Infant Cognitive Development.. Developmental Psychology (2024)

Frequency, Form and Function of Dyadic Questions in Asd. Communication Disorders Quarterly (2023)

speech communicationpsychiatryintellectual disabilityautismdevelopmental disordersneurodevelopmental disordersinterpersonal communicationcommunication disorders

Conventions for Unconventional Language: Revisiting a Framework for Spoken Language Features in Autism. Autism & Developmental Language Impairments (2022)

Rhiannon J LuysterEmily ZaneLisa Wisman Weil

Frequency, Form, and Function of Dyadic Questions in Children With Autism: A Childes Corpus Study. Communication Disorders Quarterly (2022)

Rhiannon LuysterIsabella LeiwantSudha Arunachalam

childes corpus studyautismlinguisticscommunicationdyadic questions

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