Recent Publications
(Please note that Dr. Ramani has previously published under the name G. Balaraman).
Ramani, G.B. (2012). The influence of a playful, child-directed context on preschool children’s peer cooperation. Merrill Palmer Quarterly, 58, 159-190.
Ramani, G. B., & Siegler, R. S. (2011). Reducing the gap in numerical knowledge between low- and middle-income preschoolers. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 32, 146-159.
Siegler, R.S. & Ramani, G.B (2011). Improving low-income children’s number sense. In S. Dehaene and E.M. Brannon (Eds.), Space, Time and Number in the Brain: Searching for the Foundations of Mathematical Thought (Attention and Performance). (pp. 343-354). London: Academic Press.
Brownell, C.A., Nichols, S., Svetlova, M., Zerwas, S. & Ramani, G.B. (2010). The head bone’s connected to the neck bone: When do toddlers represent their own body topography? Child Development, 81, 797-810.
Ramani, G.B., Brownell, C.A., & Campbell, S.A. (2010). Positive and negative peer interaction in 3- and 4-year-olds in relation to regulation and dysregulation. Journal of Genetic Psychology, 171(3), 218-250.
Siegler, R. S., & Ramani, G. B. (2009). Playing linear number board games - but not circular ones - improves low-income preschoolers' numerical understanding. Journal of Educational Psychology, 101, 545-560.
Ramani, G. B., & Siegler, R. S. (2008). Promoting broad and stable improvements in low-income children's numerical knowledge through playing number board games. Child Development, 79, 375-394.
Siegler, R.S. & Ramani, G.B. (2008). Playing board games promotes low-income children’s numerical development. Developmental Science, 11(5), 655-661.
Brownell, C.A., Zerwas, S., & Ramani, G.B. (2007). “So big”: The development of body self-awareness in toddlers. Child Development, 78(5), 1426-1440.
Brownell, C. A., Ramani, G. B., & Zerwas, S. (2006). Becoming a social partner with peers: Cooperation and social understanding in one- and two-year-olds. Child Development, 77(4), 803-821.
Siegler, R. S. & Ramani, G. (2006). Early development of estimation skills. APS Observer, 19(5), 34.
Zerwas, S., Balaraman, G., & Brownell, C.A. (2004). Constructing an understanding of mind with peers. (Invited commentary). Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 27(1),130.
Cassidy, K., Werner, R., Rourke, M., Zubernis, L., & Balaraman, G. (2003). The relationship between psychological understanding and positive social behavior. Social Development, 12(2), 198-221.
Brownell, C.A., Zerwas, S., & Balaraman, G. (2002). Peers, cooperative play, and the development of empathy in children. (Invited commentary). Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 25(1), 28-29.
