Herbert, Jane S.

Top Publications

Year	Title
2015	Timely sleep facilitates declarative memory consolidation in infants Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA
2017	What paves the way to conventional language? The predictive value of babble, pointing, and socioeconomic status Published in Child Development
2018	Efficacy of Maternal Choline Supplementation During Pregnancy in Mitigating Adverse Effects of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure on Growth and Cognitive Function: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial Published in Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Research Areas

Research Overview

A/Prof Herbert is a researcher in the School of Psychology at the University of Wollongong. She is the director of the Wollongong Infant Learning Lab and leads the Family, Learning, and Interaction research theme at Early Start. She leads an Early Years international research network as part of the University Global Partnership Network.

A/Prof Herbert's research considers how maturation and environmental experiences impact on the child’s developing brain and cognitive abilities, and on parent-child interactions. Her current research examines the impact of motor development on infant memory abilities and problem solving, and the impact of the Home Learning Environment on early numeracy abilities. In addition to conducting basic experimental research, she also works within multidisciplinary and international research teams on topics related to maternal and child health behaviours, how parents seek and share information in the digital world, and on medical education programmes for children and families.

Geographic Focus

Australia Country

Available as Research Supervisor

Available for Collaborative Projects

Head Of

Family, Learning and Interaction (FLINT) Research at Early Start Theme Leader
Wollongong Infant Learning Lab Director

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2019	Sleep-dependent selective imitation in infants Published In Journal of Sleep Research Volume 28 Pages e12777-1 - e12777-8 ISSN 0962-1105 Altmetric
2018	Changes in infant visual attention when observing repeated actions Published In Infant Behavior and Development Volume 50 Pages 189 - 197 ISSN 0163-6383 Altmetric
2018	Efficacy of Maternal Choline Supplementation During Pregnancy in Mitigating Adverse Effects of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure on Growth and Cognitive Function: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial Published In Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research Volume 42 Pages 1327 - 1341 Altmetric
2018	There’s a reason your child wants to read the same book over and over again Published In The Conversation Volume 2 November Pages 1 - 4
2017	What paves the way to conventional language? The predictive value of babble, pointing, and socioeconomic status Published In Child Development Volume 88 Pages 156 - 166 ISSN 0009-3920 Altmetric
2016	Gist extraction and sleep in 12-month-old infants Published In Neurobiology of Learning and Memory Volume 134 Pages 216 - 220 ISSN 1074-7427 Altmetric
2016	Naps promote flexible memory retrieval in 12-month-old infants Published In Developmental Psychobiology Volume 58 Pages 866 - 874 ISSN 0012-1630 Altmetric
2016	The relationship between prior night's sleep and measures of infant imitation Published In Developmental Psychobiology Volume 58 Pages 450 - 461 ISSN 0012-1630 Altmetric
2016	The role of verbal labels on flexible memory retrieval at 12-months of age Published In Infant Behavior and Development Volume 45 Pages 11 - 17 ISSN 0163-6383 Altmetric
2015	Educating the younger child with type 1 diabetes: a review of the literature Published In Pediatric Diabetes Volume 16 Pages 88 - 88 ISSN 1399-543X Altmetric
2015	Junior KICk-OFF – developing formal structured diabetes education within an informal learning environment for children aged 4-11 years Published In Pediatric Diabetes Volume 16 Pages 87 - 88 ISSN 1399-543X Altmetric
2015	Sleep after learning enhances flexibility of memory retrieval in 12-month-old infants Published In Developmental Psychobiology Volume 57 Pages 872 - 873 ISSN 0012-1630 Altmetric
2015	Timely sleep facilitates declarative memory consolidation in infants Published In Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA Volume 112 Pages 1625 - 1629 ISSN 1091-6490 Altmetric
2014	Infant and adult visual attention during an imitation demonstration Published In Developmental Psychobiology Volume 56 Pages 770 - 782 ISSN 0012-1630 Altmetric
2014	Infant face interest is associated with voice information and maternal psychological health Published In Infant Behavior and Development Volume 37 Pages 597 - 605 ISSN 0163-6383 Altmetric
2013	Eye tracking infants: investigating the role of attention during learning on recognition memory Published In Scandinavian Journal of Psychology Volume 54 Pages 14 - 19 ISSN 1467-9450 Altmetric
2013	Infant interest in their mother's face is associated with maternal psychological health Published In Infant Behavior and Development Volume 36 Pages 686 - 693 ISSN 0163-6383 Altmetric
2013	Recent advances in early memory development: research on typical and atypical children Published In Scandinavian Journal of Psychology Volume 54 Pages 1 - 3 ISSN 1467-9450 Altmetric
2013	Supporting early vocabulary development: what sort of responsiveness matters Published In IEEE Transactions on Autonomous Mental Development Volume 5 Pages 240 - 248 ISSN 1943-0604 Altmetric
2012	Can gestures reveal more than words? Examining memory in preschoolers Published In Developmental Psychobiology Volume 54 Pages 755 - 755 ISSN 0012-1630 Altmetric
2012	Exploring patterns of visual attention during learning Published In Developmental Psychobiology Volume 54 Pages 769 - 769 ISSN 0012-1630 Altmetric
2012	Selective imitation in 6-month-olds: the role of the social and physical context Published In Infant Behavior and Development Volume 35 Pages 509 - 512 ISSN 0163-6383 Altmetric
2011	Do voices and previous experiences mediate infant attention to faces? Published In Developmental Psychobiology Volume 53 Pages 767 - 767 ISSN 0012-1630 Altmetric
2011	Experience prevents the emergence of the other race effect during infancy Published In Developmental Psychobiology Volume 53 Pages 750 - 751 ISSN 0012-1630 Altmetric
2011	Infant imitation from televised peer and adult models Published In Infancy Volume 16 Pages 113 - 136 ISSN 1525-0008 Altmetric
2011	Perceptual training prevents the emergence of the other race effect during infancy Published In PLoS One Volume 6 Pages e19858-1 - e19858-5 ISSN 1932-6203 Altmetric
2011	The effect of language cues on infants' representational flexibility in a deferred imitation task Published In Infant Behavior and Development Volume 34 Pages 632 - 635 ISSN 0163-6383 Altmetric
2011	Visual recognition memory across contexts Published In Developmental Science Volume 14 Pages 136 - 147 ISSN 1363-755X Altmetric
2010	The role of demonstrator familiarity and language cues on infant imitation from television Published In Infant Behavior and Development Volume 33 Pages 168 - 175 ISSN 0163-6383 Altmetric

Chapter

Year	Title
2014	The development of children’s scepticism about advertising Published In Advertising to Children: New Issues and New Media Publisher London, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan Pages 38 - 19 ISBN 9780230252028 Altmetric
2010	Ontogeny of multiple memory systems: eyeblink conditioning in rodents and humans Published In Oxford Handbook of Developmental Behavioral Neuroscience Publisher New York, United States: Oxford University Press Pages 501 - 526 ISBN 9780195314731 Altmetric

Conference Paper

Year	Title
2015	An RCT to test the causal role of caregiver contingent talk in the language learning of high and low SES infants Published In 2015 Biennial Meeting for the Society for Research in Child Development
2015	The role of caregiver responsiveness in early language development: evidence from video and LENA™ recordings Published In 2015 Biennial Meeting for the Society for Research in Child Development
2014	Does prior sleep facilitate the encoding of new information in 6- and 12-month-olds? Published In International Conference for Infant Studies
2014	Infant sleep and maternal well-being: associations at 6 and 12 months after birth Published In International Conference for Infant Studies
2014	Naps enhance declarative memory in 6- and 12-month-old infants Published In International Conference for Infant Studies
2014	The relation between caregiver contingent talk, SES and language learning: an intervention study Published In International Conference for Infant Studies
2013	Pre-linguistic predictors of early vocabulary development Published In 2013 Biennial Meeting for the Society for Research in Child Development
2013	Pre-linguistic vocal and gestural predictors of conventional word learning Published In BCCCD 2013 Budapest CEU Conference on Cognitive Development Program and Abstracts Pages 164 - 165
2013	Supporting early vocabulary development: what sort of responsiveness matters? Published In BCCCD 2013 Budapest CEU Conference on Cognitive Development Program and Abstracts Pages 165 - 166
2012	Are we looking at the same thing? Eye-tracking infants and adults during an imitation demonstration Published In 18th International Conference on Infant Studies (ICIS)
2012	Explaining individual differences in early vocabulary development: a longitudinal study from 9 to 18 months Published In 18th International Conference on Infant Studies (ICIS)
2012	Where do infants look? Eye-tracking an imitation demonstration Published In 2012 British Psychological Society Developmental Section Annual Conference
2011	Are infant looking patterns during learning related to their memory performance? Published In 2011 Biennial Meeting for the Society for Research in Child Development
2011	Why don't young infants generalise memory across contexts? Published In 5th International Conference on Memory ICOM-5 Abstracts Pages 169 - 169
2010	Age and experience related changes in infants’ imitation from peer and adult models Published In XVII International Conference for Infant Studies
2010	Are two heads better than one? The impact of demonstrators on early imitation Published In XVII International Conference for Infant Studies
2010	The relationship between infant interest in mother and stranger faces, bonding and maternal psychological health: an experimental study Published In Society for Reproductive and Infant Psychology conference

Investigator On

Year	Title
2018 - 2020	Ready, steady, go: Infant motor development and cognition Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
2016	While you were sleeping: nap-dependent emotional memory processing in infants Awarded by: Marsden Fund (Royal Society of New Zealand) Funding Scheme: Grant

Available as Research Supervisor

Potential Supervision Topics

I am happy to supervise doctorate and master research on topics related to well-being during pregnancy, parent-infant interactions, early learning and memory, infant cognition, the home learning environment, and parenting and child development in a digital world.

Teaching Activities

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Degree	Research Title	Advisee
Doctor of Philosophy	Social Factors and Schizotypy	Mison, Erin
Doctor of Philosophy (Clinical Psychology)	Maternal Wellbeing and Attachment During Pregnancy and the Early Postpartum Period	McNamara, Josie
Doctor of Philosophy (Clinical Psychology)	Maternal Anxiety, Parent-Child Interactions, and the Development of Early Numeracy Skill.	Baltoski, Meagan
Doctor of Philosophy (Clinical Psychology)	`Remember the Time¿.¿: Parent-child Reminiscing and Associations with Psychopathology	Russell, Sophie

Education And Training

Doctor of Philosophy in Developmental Psychology, University of Otago, Psychology 1997 - 1999
B.A. in Psychology, University of Otago, Psychology, with Honours (distinction) 1992 - 1996

Orcid Id

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8762-4531 (confirmed)

Top Publications

Year	Title
2015	Timely sleep facilitates declarative memory consolidation in infants Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA
2017	What paves the way to conventional language? The predictive value of babble, pointing, and socioeconomic status Published in Child Development
2018	Efficacy of Maternal Choline Supplementation During Pregnancy in Mitigating Adverse Effects of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure on Growth and Cognitive Function: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial Published in Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Research Areas

Research Overview

A/Prof Herbert is a researcher in the School of Psychology at the University of Wollongong. She is the director of the Wollongong Infant Learning Lab and leads the Family, Learning, and Interaction research theme at Early Start. She leads an Early Years international research network as part of the University Global Partnership Network.

A/Prof Herbert's research considers how maturation and environmental experiences impact on the child’s developing brain and cognitive abilities, and on parent-child interactions. Her current research examines the impact of motor development on infant memory abilities and problem solving, and the impact of the Home Learning Environment on early numeracy abilities. In addition to conducting basic experimental research, she also works within multidisciplinary and international research teams on topics related to maternal and child health behaviours, how parents seek and share information in the digital world, and on medical education programmes for children and families.

Geographic Focus

Australia Country

Head Of

Family, Learning and Interaction (FLINT) Research at Early Start Theme Leader
Wollongong Infant Learning Lab Director

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2019	Sleep-dependent selective imitation in infants Published In Journal of Sleep Research Volume 28 Pages e12777-1 - e12777-8 ISSN 0962-1105 Altmetric
2018	Changes in infant visual attention when observing repeated actions Published In Infant Behavior and Development Volume 50 Pages 189 - 197 ISSN 0163-6383 Altmetric
2018	Efficacy of Maternal Choline Supplementation During Pregnancy in Mitigating Adverse Effects of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure on Growth and Cognitive Function: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial Published In Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research Volume 42 Pages 1327 - 1341 Altmetric
2018	There’s a reason your child wants to read the same book over and over again Published In The Conversation Volume 2 November Pages 1 - 4
2017	What paves the way to conventional language? The predictive value of babble, pointing, and socioeconomic status Published In Child Development Volume 88 Pages 156 - 166 ISSN 0009-3920 Altmetric
2016	Gist extraction and sleep in 12-month-old infants Published In Neurobiology of Learning and Memory Volume 134 Pages 216 - 220 ISSN 1074-7427 Altmetric
2016	Naps promote flexible memory retrieval in 12-month-old infants Published In Developmental Psychobiology Volume 58 Pages 866 - 874 ISSN 0012-1630 Altmetric
2016	The relationship between prior night's sleep and measures of infant imitation Published In Developmental Psychobiology Volume 58 Pages 450 - 461 ISSN 0012-1630 Altmetric
2016	The role of verbal labels on flexible memory retrieval at 12-months of age Published In Infant Behavior and Development Volume 45 Pages 11 - 17 ISSN 0163-6383 Altmetric
2015	Educating the younger child with type 1 diabetes: a review of the literature Published In Pediatric Diabetes Volume 16 Pages 88 - 88 ISSN 1399-543X Altmetric
2015	Junior KICk-OFF – developing formal structured diabetes education within an informal learning environment for children aged 4-11 years Published In Pediatric Diabetes Volume 16 Pages 87 - 88 ISSN 1399-543X Altmetric
2015	Sleep after learning enhances flexibility of memory retrieval in 12-month-old infants Published In Developmental Psychobiology Volume 57 Pages 872 - 873 ISSN 0012-1630 Altmetric
2015	Timely sleep facilitates declarative memory consolidation in infants Published In Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA Volume 112 Pages 1625 - 1629 ISSN 1091-6490 Altmetric
2014	Infant and adult visual attention during an imitation demonstration Published In Developmental Psychobiology Volume 56 Pages 770 - 782 ISSN 0012-1630 Altmetric
2014	Infant face interest is associated with voice information and maternal psychological health Published In Infant Behavior and Development Volume 37 Pages 597 - 605 ISSN 0163-6383 Altmetric
2013	Eye tracking infants: investigating the role of attention during learning on recognition memory Published In Scandinavian Journal of Psychology Volume 54 Pages 14 - 19 ISSN 1467-9450 Altmetric
2013	Infant interest in their mother's face is associated with maternal psychological health Published In Infant Behavior and Development Volume 36 Pages 686 - 693 ISSN 0163-6383 Altmetric
2013	Recent advances in early memory development: research on typical and atypical children Published In Scandinavian Journal of Psychology Volume 54 Pages 1 - 3 ISSN 1467-9450 Altmetric
2013	Supporting early vocabulary development: what sort of responsiveness matters Published In IEEE Transactions on Autonomous Mental Development Volume 5 Pages 240 - 248 ISSN 1943-0604 Altmetric
2012	Can gestures reveal more than words? Examining memory in preschoolers Published In Developmental Psychobiology Volume 54 Pages 755 - 755 ISSN 0012-1630 Altmetric
2012	Exploring patterns of visual attention during learning Published In Developmental Psychobiology Volume 54 Pages 769 - 769 ISSN 0012-1630 Altmetric
2012	Selective imitation in 6-month-olds: the role of the social and physical context Published In Infant Behavior and Development Volume 35 Pages 509 - 512 ISSN 0163-6383 Altmetric
2011	Do voices and previous experiences mediate infant attention to faces? Published In Developmental Psychobiology Volume 53 Pages 767 - 767 ISSN 0012-1630 Altmetric
2011	Experience prevents the emergence of the other race effect during infancy Published In Developmental Psychobiology Volume 53 Pages 750 - 751 ISSN 0012-1630 Altmetric
2011	Infant imitation from televised peer and adult models Published In Infancy Volume 16 Pages 113 - 136 ISSN 1525-0008 Altmetric
2011	Perceptual training prevents the emergence of the other race effect during infancy Published In PLoS One Volume 6 Pages e19858-1 - e19858-5 ISSN 1932-6203 Altmetric
2011	The effect of language cues on infants' representational flexibility in a deferred imitation task Published In Infant Behavior and Development Volume 34 Pages 632 - 635 ISSN 0163-6383 Altmetric
2011	Visual recognition memory across contexts Published In Developmental Science Volume 14 Pages 136 - 147 ISSN 1363-755X Altmetric
2010	The role of demonstrator familiarity and language cues on infant imitation from television Published In Infant Behavior and Development Volume 33 Pages 168 - 175 ISSN 0163-6383 Altmetric

Chapter

Year	Title
2014	The development of children’s scepticism about advertising Published In Advertising to Children: New Issues and New Media Publisher London, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan Pages 38 - 19 ISBN 9780230252028 Altmetric
2010	Ontogeny of multiple memory systems: eyeblink conditioning in rodents and humans Published In Oxford Handbook of Developmental Behavioral Neuroscience Publisher New York, United States: Oxford University Press Pages 501 - 526 ISBN 9780195314731 Altmetric

Conference Paper

Year	Title
2015	An RCT to test the causal role of caregiver contingent talk in the language learning of high and low SES infants Published In 2015 Biennial Meeting for the Society for Research in Child Development
2015	The role of caregiver responsiveness in early language development: evidence from video and LENA™ recordings Published In 2015 Biennial Meeting for the Society for Research in Child Development
2014	Does prior sleep facilitate the encoding of new information in 6- and 12-month-olds? Published In International Conference for Infant Studies
2014	Infant sleep and maternal well-being: associations at 6 and 12 months after birth Published In International Conference for Infant Studies
2014	Naps enhance declarative memory in 6- and 12-month-old infants Published In International Conference for Infant Studies
2014	The relation between caregiver contingent talk, SES and language learning: an intervention study Published In International Conference for Infant Studies
2013	Pre-linguistic predictors of early vocabulary development Published In 2013 Biennial Meeting for the Society for Research in Child Development
2013	Pre-linguistic vocal and gestural predictors of conventional word learning Published In BCCCD 2013 Budapest CEU Conference on Cognitive Development Program and Abstracts Pages 164 - 165
2013	Supporting early vocabulary development: what sort of responsiveness matters? Published In BCCCD 2013 Budapest CEU Conference on Cognitive Development Program and Abstracts Pages 165 - 166
2012	Are we looking at the same thing? Eye-tracking infants and adults during an imitation demonstration Published In 18th International Conference on Infant Studies (ICIS)
2012	Explaining individual differences in early vocabulary development: a longitudinal study from 9 to 18 months Published In 18th International Conference on Infant Studies (ICIS)
2012	Where do infants look? Eye-tracking an imitation demonstration Published In 2012 British Psychological Society Developmental Section Annual Conference
2011	Are infant looking patterns during learning related to their memory performance? Published In 2011 Biennial Meeting for the Society for Research in Child Development
2011	Why don't young infants generalise memory across contexts? Published In 5th International Conference on Memory ICOM-5 Abstracts Pages 169 - 169
2010	Age and experience related changes in infants’ imitation from peer and adult models Published In XVII International Conference for Infant Studies
2010	Are two heads better than one? The impact of demonstrators on early imitation Published In XVII International Conference for Infant Studies
2010	The relationship between infant interest in mother and stranger faces, bonding and maternal psychological health: an experimental study Published In Society for Reproductive and Infant Psychology conference

Investigator On

Year	Title
2018 - 2020	Ready, steady, go: Infant motor development and cognition Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
2016	While you were sleeping: nap-dependent emotional memory processing in infants Awarded by: Marsden Fund (Royal Society of New Zealand) Funding Scheme: Grant

Potential Supervision Topics

I am happy to supervise doctorate and master research on topics related to well-being during pregnancy, parent-infant interactions, early learning and memory, infant cognition, the home learning environment, and parenting and child development in a digital world.

Teaching Activities

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Degree	Research Title	Advisee
Doctor of Philosophy	Social Factors and Schizotypy	Mison, Erin
Doctor of Philosophy (Clinical Psychology)	Maternal Wellbeing and Attachment During Pregnancy and the Early Postpartum Period	McNamara, Josie
Doctor of Philosophy (Clinical Psychology)	Maternal Anxiety, Parent-Child Interactions, and the Development of Early Numeracy Skill.	Baltoski, Meagan
Doctor of Philosophy (Clinical Psychology)	`Remember the Time¿.¿: Parent-child Reminiscing and Associations with Psychopathology	Russell, Sophie

Education And Training

Doctor of Philosophy in Developmental Psychology, University of Otago, Psychology 1997 - 1999
B.A. in Psychology, University of Otago, Psychology, with Honours (distinction) 1992 - 1996

Orcid Id

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8762-4531 (confirmed)

Overview

Top Publications

Research Areas

Research Overview

Geographic Focus

Available as Research Supervisor

Affiliation

Available for Collaborative Projects

Head Of

Publications

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Chapter

Conference Paper

Funding

Investigator On

Supervision

Available as Research Supervisor

Potential Supervision Topics

Teaching Activities

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Background

Education And Training

Identity

Orcid Id

Overview

Top Publications

Research Areas

Research Overview

Geographic Focus

Affiliation

Head Of

Publications

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Chapter

Conference Paper

Funding

Investigator On

Supervision

Potential Supervision Topics

Teaching Activities

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Background

Education And Training

Identity

Orcid Id

Visualisations

Research Areas

Geographic Focus