Dr. Zack is a postdoctoral fellow working with Dr. Andrew Meltzoff. Before coming to the Institute, she earned a Ph.D. in developmental psychology at Georgetown University, working with Rachel Barr. Dr. Zack’s research interests focus on infant imitation from 2-dimensional sources such as television, books, and computers. She investigates infants’ ability to transfer actions from 2D images to 3-dimensional objects in the real world. She is also interested in the role social information plays in transfer of learning between 2D and 3D during infancy.
Publications:
Fidler, A., Zack, E., & Barr, R. (2010). Television viewing patterns in 6- to 18-month-olds: The role of caregiver-infant interactional quality. Infancy, 2, 176-196.
Barr, R., Lauricella, A., Zack, E., & Calvert, S. L. (2010). Infant and early childhood exposure to adult-directed and child-directed television programming: Relations with cognitive skills at age four. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 56(1), 21-48.
Zack, E., Barr, R., Gerhardstein, P., Dickerson, K., & Meltzoff, A. N. (2009). Infant imitation from television using novel touch screen technology. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 27(1), 13-26.
Barr, R., Zack, E., Garcia, A., & Muentener, P. (2008). Infants' attention and responsiveness to television increases with prior exposure and parental interaction. Infancy, 13(1), 30-56.
Tamis-LeMonda, C. S., Adolph, K. E., Dimitropoulou, K. A., & Zack, E. (2007). 'No! Don't! Stop!': Mothers' words for impending danger. Parenting: Science and Practice, 7(1), 1-25.
