Nancie Im-Bolter
Associate Professor

Research interests:

My research interests focus on language and its relationship with other domains of functioning in both normal

and atypical development.  This is a broad research area that includes different types of language (e.g., structural,

pragmatic), cognitive (e.g., working memory, inhibition), and social cognitive (e.g., theory of mind) functions.  My

research involves a diverse population of children, including those with normal development as well as children

with a range of disorders or exceptionalities, including psychiatric disorders, learning disabilities and language

impairments.   I am currently investigating the cognitive, social cognitive and social emotional characteristics of

children with language impairment in an attempt to determine the underlying mechanisms of this disorder.  A

second line of inquiry involves understanding how language is used as a tool for the representation/internalization

of life experiences, and for affect regulation and adaptive functioning.  Although most of my research involves

children my interest in the relationship between language and cognition is across the life span of development.

 
Teaching

PSYC 4570H-A FA OSH:        Language Impairment

PSYC 4570H-A FA PTBO:       Language Impairment

Selected publications

Cohen, N. J., Vallance, D. D., Barwick, M., Im, N., Menna, R., Horodezky, N., & Isaacson, L. (2000).  The

   interface between attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and language impairment: An examination of

   language, achievement, and cognitive processing. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 41(3),353-362.

Im-Bolter, N., Johnson, J., & Pascual‑Leone, J. (2006) Processing limitations in children with specific language

   impairment: The role of executive function. Child Development, 77, 1822‑1841.

Vallance, D. D., Im, N., & Cohen, N. J. (1999). Discourse deficits associated with language impairments and

   with psychiatric disorder. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 40(5), 693-704.