Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Qualifications
2007 - PhD, Boston University
2000 - MA, Boston University
1994 - BA, Palacky University, Czech Republic
Visiting and Research Positions
2016-2019 Researcher, Psychology, PPLS, University of Edinburgh (PI: Dr Hugh Rabagliati)
2012-2016 Researcher, LEL, PPLS, University of Edinburgh (PI: Dr Mits Ota)
2009-2011 Researcher, LEL, PPLS, University of Edinburgh (PI: Prof Simon Kirby)
Research Interests
child language development, word learning, acquisition of reference, morpho-syntax, theory of mind, child-directed speech, corpus research, research design, preferential looking
Teaching
2009 - Queen Margaret University, Visiting Lecturer, Bilingual Child Language Development
2005-2007 - University of Edinburgh, Lecturer, Language Acquisition
First Language Acquisition, Second Language Acquisition, Developmental Syntax, Psychology of Language Learning, Language and Cognition (topics on Child Language Development), Linguistics 1 (Topics on First Language Acquisition), Maturational Constraints on Language Development.
Administrative Roles
On-going roles and activities:
2015 - Organizer, DevLing Talks, PPLS
2012 - Member, Edinburgh Laboratory for Language Development (ELfLanD) and WeeScience, PPLS
2005 - Member, Developmental Linguistics Research Group, PPLS
2012 - Research Panel Member, Elsevier Innovation Panel
Former roles:
2006 - Programme Director, Developmental Linguistics, PPLS
2005-2008 - Editor, Child Language Bulletin, Newsletter of the International Association for the Study of Child Langauge (IASCL)
Websites
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Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on psychosocial factors, health, and lifestyle in Scottish octogenarians: The Lothian Birth Cohort 1936 Study
Taylor, A., Page, D., Okely, J., Corley, J., Welstead, M., Skarabela, B., Redmond, P., Russ, T. & Cox, S. R., 17 Jun 2021, In: PLoS ONE.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Home garden use during COVID-19: Associations with physical and mental wellbeing in older adults
Corley, J., Okely, J. A., Taylor, A. M., Page, D., Welstead, M., Skarabela, B., Redmond, P., Cox, S. R. & Russ, T. C., Feb 2021, In: Journal of Environmental Psychology. 73, p. 1-8 101545.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Change in physical activity, sleep quality, and psychosocial variables during COVID-19 lockdown: Evidence from the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936
Okely, J. A., Corley, J., Welstead, M., Taylor, A. M., Page, D., Skarabela, B., Redmond, P., Cox, S. R. & Russ, T. C., 30 Dec 2020, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18, 1, 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Quantifying sources of variability in infancy research using the infant-directed speech preference
The ManyBabies Consortium, Ota, M., Rabagliati, H. & Skarabela, B., 16 Mar 2020, In: Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Daxing with a Dax: The relationship between artifactfunction polysemy and the design stance
Wehry, J., Rabagliati, H., Skarabela, B., Saouri, A. & Srinivasan, M., 17 Oct 2019.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review
Activities
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Child Language Symposium
Mitsuhiko Ota (Presenter) & Barbora Skarabela (Contributor)
25 Jun 2018Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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Two-year-olds but not younger children comprehend ‘it’ in ambiguous contexts
Barbora Skarabela (Invited speaker) & Mitsuhiko Ota (Contributor)
5 Apr 2017Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Research Conference Day
Barbora Skarabela (Invited speaker)
25 Jan 2016Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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Annual Bookbug Conference
Barbora Skarabela (Invited speaker)
17 Mar 2016Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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Arts from the start inspiration day: Closing the gap. Starcatchers' Workshop.
Barbora Skarabela (Invited speaker)
30 Apr 2016Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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A naturalistic study of joint attention and linguistic production
Scott-Phillips, T. & Skarabela, B.
British Academy & Learned & Prof Socs
1/04/10 → …
Project: Research
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RSE International Exchange Programme- Dr Filip Smolik
27/09/15 → 6/10/15
Project: Other (Non-Funded/Miscellaneous)
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Datasets
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Edinburgh infant language corpus
Ota, M. (Creator), Skarabela, B. (Creator), Davies-Jenkins, N. (Creator) & Fazekas, J. (Creator), University of Edinburgh, 3 Mar 2016
DOI: 10.7488/08968ca5-97ed-474b-9904-79c942f8b7f1
Dataset