| Degree: | Ph.D., 2007, University of Texas at Austin |
| Webpages: | Language and Behavior Cultural Lab | Google Scholar |
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In the Language and Behavior Cultural lab we answer questions about how culture and language influences personality, behavior, and health. In order to answer these questions, we use multiple methodological approaches, including digital recording devices, text analytic tools, and brain measures. |
| Prospective Graduate Students: | Accepting applicants for Fall 2019 semester |
| Students in Research: | See Language and Behavior Cultural Lab |
| Recent News: | See Language and Behavior Cultural Lab |
| Recent Publications: | Publications since 2010, indexed on Google Scholar |
| Representative Publications: | Ikizer, E. G., & Ramírez-Esparza, N. (2017). Bilinguals’ Social Flexibility. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, DOI: 10.1017/S1366728917000414
Rodríguez-Arauz, G., Ramírez-Esparza, N., Boyd, R. & Perez-Brena, N. (2017). Hablo Inglés y Español: Cultural schemas as a function of language. Frontiers in Psychology, Social Psychology 8, DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00885
Ramírez-Esparza, N., García-Sierra, A., & Kuhl, K. P. (2017). The impact of early social interaction on later language development in Spanish-English bilingual infants. Child Development. DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12648
Ramírez-Esparza, N., Chung, K. C., Sierra-Otero, G., & Pennebaker J. W. (2012). Cross-cultural constructions of self-schemas: Americans and Mexicans. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 43, 233-250.
Ramírez-Esparza, N., Mehl, M. R., Alvarez-Bermúdez, J. & Pennebaker, J. W. (2009). Are Mexicans more sociable than Americans? Insights from a Naturalistic Observation Study. Journal of Research in Personality, 43, 1-7.
Mehl, M. R., Vazire, S., Ramírez-Esparza, N., Slatcher, R. B., & Pennebaker, J. W. (2007). Are women really more talkative than men? Science, 317, 82.
Ramírez-Esparza, N., Gosling, S. D., Benet-Martínez, V., Potter, J., & Pennebaker, J. W. (2006). Do bilinguals have two personalities? A special case of cultural frame switching. Journal of Research in Personality, 40, 99-120. |