PhD, FRSC

Maurer, C., & Maurer, D. Pretty Ugly: Why we like some songs, faces, foods, plays, pictures, poems, etc., and dislike others. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2019.

Maurer, D., & Maurer, C. The World of the Newborn . New York: Basic Books, 1988; London: Viking, 1989; Penguin, 1990; Franco Muzzio, 1991 (Italian translation); Soshiba, 1992 (Japanese translation); Wydawnictwo Naukowe, 1994 (Polish translation); Hanwoolim, 1994 (Korean translation); Commonwealth Publishing, 1998 (Chinese translation). Won the book award of the American Psychological Association.

Maurer, D., & Maurer C. The origins and development of aethetics. Philosophical Transactions B of the Royal Society. In press.

Stanley, B.M., Chen, Y-C, Maurer, D., Lewis, T.L., Shore, D.I. Developmental changes in audiotactile event perception. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 2023;230;105629.

Asare, A.O, Maurer, D., Wong, A.M.F., Saunders, N., & Ungar, W.J. Cost-effectiveness of Universal School- and Community-Based Vision Testing Strategies to Detect Amblyopia in Children in Ontario, Canada. JAMA Network Open. 2023;6(1):e2249384. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.49384

Matthews, C., Maurer, D., & Mondloch, C. Recognizing facial identity: Prolonged development during infancy and childhood. In K. Cohen Kadosh (Ed.), Handbook of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 2022. Oxford University Press. doi:https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198827474.013.7

Mitchell, D., & Maurer, D. Critical periods in vision revisited. Annual Review of Vision Science, 8, 291-321.

Han, S., Chen, Y., Maurer, D., Shore, D.I., Stanley, B.M., & Alais, D.. The development of audio-visual temporal precision precedes its rapid recalibration Scientific Reports, 2022. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-25392-y

Asare, A., Wong, A., Maurer, D., Kulandaivelu, Y., Saunders, N., & Ungar, W.J. Economic evaluations of vision screening to detect amblyopia and refractive errors in children: a systematic review. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 2021. doi: 0.17269/s41997-021-00572-x.

Feng, Y., Collignon, O., Maurer, D., Yao, K., & Gao, X. Brief Postnatal Visual Deprivation Triggers Long-Lasting Interactive Structural and Functional Reorganization of the Human Cortex. Front Med (Lausanne),, 2021, 8, 752021. doi:10.3389/fmed.2021.752021

Asare, A.O., Maurer, D., Wong, A.M.F., Ungar, W. J., & Saunders, N. Socioeconomic Status and Vision Care Services in Ontario, Canada: A Population-Based Cohort Study. The Journal of Pediatrics, 2021. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2021.10.020.

Maurer, D., Visual development. In J. Lockman & C. Tamis-Lemonda (Eds.), Cambridge Handbook of Infant Development, 2020, 157-185.

Nishimura, M., Wong, A., Dimaris, H., & Maurer, D. Feasibility of a school-based vision screening program to detect undiagnosed visual problems in kindergarten children in Ontario. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2020, 192(29), E822-E831. CMAJ 2020 July 20;192:E822-31. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.191085

Maurer, D., Ghloum, J.K., Gibson, L.C., Watson, M.R., Chen, L.M., Akins, K., Enns, J.T., Hensch, T.K., & Werker, J.F. Reduced perceptual narrowing in synesthesia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2020. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1914668117.

Mathewson, K.J., Maurer, D., Mondloch, C.J., Saigal, S., Van Lieshout, R.J., & Schmidt, L.A. Visual configural processing in adults born at extremely low birth weight. Developmental Science, 2019, e12890. doi: 10.1111/desc.12890.

Nishimura, M., Wong, A., Cohen, A., Thorpe, K.E. & Maurer, D. Choosing appropriate tools and referral criteria for visual screening of 4- and 5-year-old children in Canada: a quantitative analysis. British Medical Journal Open, 2019;9 :e032138. doi:10.1136/ bmjopen-2019-032138.

Asare, A.O., Wong, A., Maurer, D., & Nishimura, M. Access to vision services by vulnerable populations in Canada: A scoping review. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 2019, 30, 6-27.

Stanley, B., Chen, Y-C., Lewis, T.L., Maurer, D., & Shore, D. Developmental changes in the perception of audiotactile simultaneity. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2019, 183, 208-221.

Chen, Y.C., Lewis, T.L., Shore, D.L., Spence, C., & Maurer, D. Developmental changes in the perception of visuotactile simultaneity. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2018, 173, 304-317.

Robbins, R., Lewis, T.L., & Maurer, D. The relationship between discrimination and memory for spacing and feature changes in houses. Journal of General Psychology, 2018, 145(2), 153-169.

Maurer, D., & McKee, S. Classification and diversity of amblyopia. Visual Neuroscience, 2018, 35, E12.doi:10,1017/S0952523817000190.

Gao, X., Lahat, A., Maurer, D., Savoy, C., Van Lieshout, R.J., Boyle, M.H., Saigal, S., & Schmidt, L. Sensitivity to facial expressions among extremely low birth weight survivors in their 30s. Developmental Psychobiology, 2017,59(8), 1051-1057.

Chen, Y.C., Lewis, T.L., Shore, D.I., & Maurer, D. Early binocular input is critical for the development of audiovisual but not visuotactile simultaneity perception. Current Biology, 2017, 27(4): 583-589.

Segalowitz, S., Sternin, A., Lewis, T., Dywan, J., & Maurer, D. Electrophysiological evidence of altered visual processing in adults who experienced visual deprivation during infancy. Developmental Psychobiology, 2017, 59(3): 375-389.

Maurer, D. Critical periods re-examined: Evidence from children treated for dense cataracts. Cognitive Development, 2017, 42, 27-36.

Chen, Y.C., Maurer, D., Lewis, T.L., Spence, C., & Shore, D.I. Central-peripheral differences in audiovisual and visuotactile event perception. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 2017, 79(8),2552-2563.

Maurer, D. & Lewis, T.L. Visual Systems. In R. Gibb & B. Kolb (Eds.), The Neurobiology of Brain and Behavioral Development London: Academic Press, 2017. 213-233.

de Heering, A., Dormal, G., Pellard, M., Lewis, T., Maurer, D., & Collignon, O. A brief period of postnatal visual deprivation alters the balance between auditory and visual attention Current Biology, 2016, 26, 3101-3105.

Rhodes, G., Nishimura, M., de Heering, A., Jeffery, L., & Maurer, D. Reduced adaptability, but no fundamental disruption, of norm-based face coding following early visual deprivation from congenital cataracts. Developmental Science , 2016, May;20(3).

Hadad, B.S., Maurer, D., & Lewis, T.L. The role of early visual input in the development of contour interpolation: the case of subjective contours. Developmental Science 2017, 20(3).

Maurer, D. How the baby learns to see. Donald O. Hebb lecture, Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour, & Cognitive Science, Ottawa, June 2015. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology, 2016, 70, 195-200.

Vingilis-Jaremko, L., Maurer, D., Rhodes, G., & Jeffery, L. The influence of averageness on adults' perception of attractiveness: The effect of early visual deprivation. Perception, 2016, 45, 1399-1411.

Gibson, L.C., & Maurer, D. Development of SNARC and distance effects and their relation to mathematical and visuospatial abilities. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2016, 150, 301-313.

Chen, Y.C., Shore, D.I., Lewis, T.L., & Maurer, D. The development of the perception of audiovisual simultaneity. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2016, 146, 17-33.

Hadad, B., Maurer, D., & Lewis, T. Developmental trends in interpolation and its spatial constraints: A comparison of subjective and occluded contours. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 2015, 77(4):1307-20. doi: 10.3758/s13414-015-0840-6.

Vida, M., & Maurer, D. A comparison of spatial frequency turning for judgments of eye gaze and facial identity. Vision Research, 2015, 112:45-54. doi: 10.1016/j.visres.2015.04.018. Epub 2015 May 14.

Gao, X., Maurer, D, Y Wilson, H. The PCA learning effect: an emerging correlate of face memory during childhood. Cognition, 2015, 143:101-7. doi: 10.1016/j.cognition.2015.06.011. Epub 2015 Jun 28.

Collignon, O., Dormal,G., de Heering, A., Lepore, F., Lewis, T.L., & Maurer, D. Long-lasting crossmodal cortical reorganization triggered by brief postnatal visual deprivation. Current Biology, 2015, 18:2379-83. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.07.036. Epub 2015 Aug 20.

Hadad, B., Schwartz, S., Maurer, D., & Lewis, T.L. Motion perception: a review of developmental changes and the role of early visual experience. Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, 2015, 9:49. doi: 10.3389/fnint.2015.00049. eCollection 2015. Review.

Maurer, D. What atypical adults can teach us about development. Infancy, 2015, 20, 587-600.

Walsh, J. A., Maurer, D., Vida, M. D., Rhodes, G., Jeffrey, L. & Rutherford, M.D. Norm-based coding of facial identity in adults with autism spectrum disorder. Vision Research, 2015, 108, 33-40.

de Heering, A., Bracovic, A., & Maurer, D. Starting school improves preschoolers' ability to discriminate child faces. Ecological Psychology, 2014, 26, 16-29. 10.1080/10407413.2014.874866. [special issue in honour of Herbert Pick]

Grady, C., Mondloch, C.J., Lewis, T.L., & Maurer, D. Early visual deprivation from congenital cataracts disrupts activity and functional connectivity in the face network. Neuropsychologia, 2014, 57, 122-139. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2014.03.005.

Vida, M. D., Wilson, H. R., & Maurer, D. Bandwidths for the perception of head orientation decrease during childhood. Vision Research, 2014, 98, 72-82.

de Heering, A., & Maurer, D. Face memory deficits in patients deprived of visual input by bilateral congenital cataracts. Developmental Psychobiology, 2014, 56, 96-108.

Maurer, D., & Werker, J. Perceptual narrowing during infancy: A comparison of language and faces. Developmental Psychobiology, 2014, 56, 154-178.

Vingilis-Jaremko, L., Maurer, D., & Gao, X. The influence of averageness on attractiveness judgments: No own-age or own-sex advantage among children attending single-sex schools. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2014, 120, 1-16.

Maurer, D., & Lewis, T.L. Sensitive Periods in Visual Development. In P. Zelazo, (Ed.), Oxford Handbook of Developmental Psychology, Vol. 1, Oxford University Press, 2014. 202-236.

Jeon, S.T., Maurer, D., & Lewis, T.L. Developmental mechanisms underlying improved contrast thresholds for discriminations of orientation signals embedded in noise. Frontiers in Psychology, 2014, 5, 977. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00977.

Maurer, D., & Lewis, T.L. Human visual plasticity: Lessons from children treated for congenital cataracts. In J.K.E. Stevens, & L.R. Harris (Eds), Plasticity in Sensory Systems, Cambridge University Press, 2013. 75-93.

Gao, X., Maurer, D., & Nishimura, M. Altered Representation of Facial Expressions after Early Visual Deprivation. Frontiers in Psychology, 2013, 4, 878.

Vida, M., Maurer, D., Calder, A.,Rhodes, G., Walsh, J., Pachai, M., & Rutherford, M. The influences of face inversion and facial expression on sensitivity to eye contact in high-functioning adults with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2013, 43, 2536-2548.

Vingilis-Jaremko, L., & Maurer, D. The influence of symmetry on children's judgments of facial attractiveness. Perception, 2013, 42, 302-320.

Spector, F. & Maurer, D. Early sound symbolism for vowel sounds. i-Perception, 2013, 4, 329-241.

Vida, M., & Maurer, D. I see what you're saying: voice signals influence children's judgements of eye gaze. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2013, 116, 609-624.

Gao, X., Chiesa, J., Maurer, D., & Schmidt. L. A new approach to measuring individual differences in sensitivity to facial expressions: Influence of temperamental shyness and sociability. Frontiers in Personality Science and Individual Differences, 2013, doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00026.

Maurer, D., Gibson, L., & Spector, F. Synesthesia in infancy and very young children. In J. Simner & E. Hubbard (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Syaesthesia, Oxford University Press, 2013.

Vingilis-Jaremko, L., & Maurer, D. The influence of averageness on children's judgments of facial attractiveness. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2013, 115, 624-639.

de Heering, A., & Maurer, D. The effect of spatial frequency on perceptual learning of inverted faces. Vision Research, 2013, 86, 107-114.

Mondloch, C.J., Segalowitz, S.J., Lewis, T.L., Dywan, J., Le Grand, R., & Maurer, D The effect of early visual deprivation on the development of face detection. Developmental Science, 2013, 16, 728-742.

Mondloch, C.J., Lewis, T.L., Levin, A.V., & Maurer, D. Infant face preferences after binocular visual deprivation. International Journal of Behavioural Development, 2013, 37, 148-153.

de Heering, A., Wallis, J., & Maurer, D. The composite face effect resists abnormal face detection. Perception, 2012, 41, 707-716.

Spector, F., & Maurer, D. Making sense of scents: The colour and texture of odors. Seeing & Perceiving, 2012, 25, 655-677.

Jeon, S.T., Maurer, D., & Lewis, T.L. The Effect of Video Game Training on the Vision of Adults with Bilateral Deprivation Amblyopia. Seeing and Perceiving, 2012, 25, 493-520.

Vida, M., & Maurer, D. The development of fine-grained sensitivity to eye contact after 6 years of age. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2012, 112, 243-256.

Hadad, B., Maurer, D., & Lewis, T.L. Sparing of sensitivity to biological motion but not of global motion after early visual deprivation. Developmental Science, 2012, 15, 474-481.

Maurer, D. & Hensch, T. Amblyopia: Background to the special issue on recent advances in stroke recovery: Implications for understanding developmental changes in brain plasticity and possible treatments for amblyopia. Developmental Psychobiology, 2012, 54, 224-238.

Maurer, D., Gibson, L., & Spector, F. Infant synaesthesia: New insights into the development of multisensory perception In A. Bremner, D. Lewkowisz, & C. Spence (Eds.), Multisensory Development, Oxford University Press. 2012, 229-250.

Robbins, R., Maurer, D., Hatry, A., Anzures, G., & Mondloch, C.J. Developmental Science, 2012, 15, 194-203. Effects of normal visual experience on the development of opposing aftereffects for upright and inverted faces. Developmental Science, 2012, 15, 194-203.

Vida, M. & Maurer, D. Gradual improvement in fine-grained sensitivity to triadic gaze after 6 years of age. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2012, 11, 299-318.

de Heering, A., Rossion, B., & Maurer, D. Developmental changes in face recognition during childhood: Evidence from upright and inverted faces. Cognitive Development, 2012, 27, 17-27.

Maurer, D. Preface to special issue on Recent Advances in Stroke Recovery, Developmental Psychobiology, 2012, 54, 223.

de Heering, A., & Maurer, D. Face memory deficits in patients deprived of visual input by bilateral congenital cataracts. Developmental Psychobiology, 2012, 56, 1, 96-108.

Hadad, B., Maurer, D., & Lewis, T.L. Long trajectory for the development of sensitivity to global and biological motion. Developmental Science, 2011, 14, 1330-1339.

Armstrong, V., Maurer, D., Ellemberg, D., & Lewis, T.L. Sensitivity to first- and second-order drifting gratings in 3-month-old infants. i-Perception, 2011, 2, 440-457.

Maurer, D., & Mondloch, C. Sensitive periods in face perception. In A. Calder, G. Rhodes, J. Haxby, & M. Johnson (Ed.), Handbook of Face Perception. Oxford University Press, 2011, 779-797.

Nishimura, M., Robertson, C., & Maurer, D. Effect of adaptor duration on 8-year-olds' facial identity aftereffects suggests adult-like plasticity of the face norm. Vision Research, 2011, 51, 1216-1222.

Gao, X., & Maurer, D.. A comparison of spatial frequency tuning for the recognition of facial identity and facial expressions in adults and children. Vision Research, 2011, 51, 508-519.

Robbins, R.A., Shergill, Y., Maurer, D., & Lewis, T. L. Development of sensitivity to spacing versus feature changes in pictures of houses: Evidence for slow development of a general speccing detection mechanism? Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2011, 109, 371-382.

Spector, F., & Maurer, D. The colours of the alphabet: Naturally-biased associations between shape and colour. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 2011, 17, 484-495.

Robbins, R.A., Nishimura, M., Mondloch, C.J., Lewis, T.L. & Maurer, D. Deficits in sensitivity to spacing after early visual deprivation in humans: A comparison of human faces, monkey faces, and houses. Developmental Psychobiology, 2010, 52, 775-781.

Ellemberg, D., Lewis, T.L., Maurer, D., Lee, B., Ledgeway, T., Guilemot, J.-P., & Lepore, F. The effect of displacement on sensitivity to first- and second-order global motion in 5-year-olds and adults. Seeing & Perceiving, 2010, 23, 517-532.

Patel, A., Maurer, D., & Lewis, T.L. The development of spatial frequency discrimination. Journal of Vision, 2010, 10, 1-10.

Mondloch, C.J., Elms, N., Maurer, D., Rhodes, G., Hayward, W., Tanaka, J., & Zhou, G. Processes underlying the cross-race effect: Holistic, featural, and relational processing of own- and other-race faces. Perception, 2010, 39, 1065-1085.

Jeon, S.T., Hamid, J., Maurer, D., & Lewis, T.L. Developmental changes during childhood in single letter acuity and its crowding by surrounding contours. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2010, 107, 423-437.

Hadad, B., Maurer, D., & Lewis, T.L. The development of contour interpolation: Evidence from subjective contours. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2010, 106, 163-176.

Gao, X. & Maurer, D. A happy story: Developmental changes in children's sensitivity to facial expressions of varying intensity. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2010, 107, 67-86.

Mondloch, C.J., Le Grand, R., & Maurer, D. Development of expertise in face recognition. In I.Gauthier, M. J.Tarr, & Daniel Bub (Eds.), Perceptual Expertise/Bridging Brain and Behavior, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010, 67-106.

Hadad, B., Maurer, D., & Lewis, T.L. The effects of spatial proximity and collinearity on contour integration in adults and children. Vision Research, 2010, 50, 772-778.

Gao, X., Maurer, D., & Nishimura, M. Similarities and differences in the perceptual structure of facial expressions in children and adults. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2010, 105, 98-115.

Spector, F., & Maurer, D. Cross-modal transfer. In B. Goldstein (Ed.), Sage Encylopedia of Perception, 2010, 337-338.

Mondloch, C., Robbins, R., & Maurer, D. Discrimination of facial features by adults, 10-year-olds and cataract-reversal patients. Perception, 2010, 39, 184-194.

Werker, J., Maurer, D., & Yoshida, K. Perceptual attunement and acculturation. In M. Bornstein (Ed.)., Handbook of Cross-Cultural Developmental Science. New York: Psychology Press: 2010. 89-125.

Armstrong, V., Lewis, T.L., & Maurer, D. Sensitivity to first- and second-order motion and form in children and adults. Vision Research, 2009, 49, 2774-2781.

Lewis, T.L. & Maurer, D. Effects of early pattern deprivation on visual development. Optometry and Vision Science, 2009, 86, 640-646.

Taylor, N.M., Jakobson, L.S., Maurer, D., & Lewis, T.L. Differential vulnerability of global motion, global form, and biological motion processing in full-term and preterm children. Neuropsychologia, 2009, 47, 2766-2778.

Rhodes, G., Ewing, L, Hayward, W., Maurer, D., Mondloch, J., & Tanaka, J. Contact and other-race effects in configural and component processing of faces. British Journal of Psychology, 2009, 100, 717-728.

Nishimura, M., Maurer, D., & Gao, X. Exploring children's face-space: A multidimenstional scaling analysis of the mental representation of facial identity . Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2009, 103, 355-375

Gao, X., & Maurer, D. Influence of intensity on children's sensitivity to ha, sad, and fearful facial expressions . Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, (2009); doi:10.1016/j.jecp.2008.11.002

Spector, F., & Maurer, D. Synesthesia: A new aoach to understanding the development of perception . Developmental Psychology, 2009, 45, 175-189.

Cooper, P., & Maurer, D. The influence of recent experience on perceptions of attractiveness . Perception, 2008, 37, 1216-1226.

Mondloch, C., & Maurer, D. The effect of face orientation on holistic processing . Perception, 2008, 37, 1175-1186.

Spector, F., & Maurer, D The color of Os: Naturally-biased associations between shape and color. Perception, 2008, 37, 841-847.

Nishimura, M., Rutherford, M.D., & Maurer, D. Converging evidence of configural processing of faces in high-functioning adults with autism spectrum disorders. Visual Cognition, 2008, 7, 859-891.

Nishimura, M., Maurer, D., Jeffrey, L., Pellicano, E., & Rhodes, G. Fitting the child's mind to the world: Adaptive norm-based coding of facial identity in 8-year-olds. Developmental Science, 2008, 11, 620-627.

Maurer, D., Lewis, T.L., & Mondloch, C. Plasticity of the Visual System. In C. A. Nelson & M. Luciana (Eds.), Handbook of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, (2nd edition). Boston: 2008. 415-437.

Nishimura, M., & Maurer, D. The effect of categorization on sensitivity to second-order relations in novel objects. Perception, 2008, 7, 584-601.

Maurer, D., Mondloch, C.J., & Lewis, T.L. Effects of early visual deprivation on perceptual and cognitive development. In C. von Hofsten & K. Rosander (Eds.), Progress in Brain Research, Vol. 164, Elsevier: 2007. 87-104.

Mondloch, C., Pathman, T., Maurer, D., Le Grand, R., & de Schonen, S. The composite face effect in six-year-old children: Evidence of adult-like holistic face processing. Visual Cognition, 2007, 15, 564-577.

Lewis, T.L., Kingdom, A., Ellemberg, D., & Maurer, D. Orientation discrimination in 5-year-olds and adults tested with luminance-modulated and contrast-modulated gratings . Journal of Vision, 2007, 7, 1-11.

Maurer, D., O'Craven, K., Le Grand, R., Mondloch, C., Springer, M., Lewis, T., & Grady, C. Neural correlates of processing facial identity based on features versus their spacing. Neuropsychologia, 2007, 45, 1438-1451.

Maurer, D., Mondloch, C.J., & Lewis, T.L. Sleeper effects. Developmental Science, 2007, 10, 40-47.

Maurer, D., & Mondloch, C. The infant as synaesthete? In M. Johnson & Y. Munakata (Eds.), Attention & Performance XX1: Process of Change in Brain and Cognitive Development, Oxford: 2006. 449-471.

Mondloch, C.J., Maurer, D., & Ahola, S. Becoming a face expert. Psychological Science, 2006, 17, 930-934.

Maurer, D., Ellemberg, D., & Lewis, T.L. Repeated measures of contrast sensitivity reveal limits to visual plasticity after early binocular deprivation in humans. Neuropsychologia, 2006, 44, 2104-2112.

Le Grand, R., Cooper, P.A., Mondloch, C.J., Lewis, T.L., Sagiv, N., de Gelder, B., & Maurer, D. What aspects of face processing are imparied in developmental prosopagnosia? Brain and Cognition, 2006, 61, 139-158.

Cooper, P.A., Geldart, S.S., Mondloch, C.J., & Maurer, D. Developmental changes in perceptions of attractiveness: A role for experience? Developmental Science, 2006, 9, 530-543.

Freire, A., Lewis, T.L., Maurer, D., & Blake, R. The development of sensitivity to biological motion in noise. Perception, 2006, 35, 647-657.

Maurer, D., Pathman, T., & Mondloch, C.J. The shape of boubas: Sound-shape correspondences in toddlers and adults. Developmental Science, 2006, 9, 316-322.

Mondloch, C.J., Leis, A., & Maurer, D. Recognizing the face of Johnny, Suzy, and Me: Insensitivity to the spacing among features at four years of age. Child Development, 2006, 77, 234-243.

Ellemberg, D., Lewis, T.L., Defina, N., Maurer, D., Brent, H.P., Guillemot, J-P., & Lepore, F. Greater losses in sensitivity to second-order local motion than to first-order local motion after early visual deprivation in human. Vision Research, 2005, 45, 2877-2884.

MacKay, T. L., Jakobson, L.S., Ellemberg, D., Lewis, T.L., Maurer, D., & Casiro. Deficits in the processing of local and global motion in very low birthweight children. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 2005, 43, 1738-1748.

Ahmed, I., Lewis, T.L., Ellemberg, D., & Maurer, D. Discrimination of speed in 5-year-olds and adults: Are children up to speed? Vision Research, 2005, 45, 2129-2135.

Maurer, D., Lewis, T.L. & Mondloch, C. Missing sight: Consequences for visual cognitive development. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 2005, 9, 144-151.

Lewis, T.L., & Maurer, D. Multiple sensitive periods in human visual development: Evidence from visually deprived children. Developmental Psychobiology, 2005, 46, 163-183.

Maurer, D. Introduction to the special issue on critical periods re-examined: Evidence from human sensory development. Developmental Psychobiology, 2005, 46, 155.

Mondloch, C., & Maurer, D. Do small white balls squeak? Pitch-object correspondences in young children. Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience, 2004, 4, 133-136.

Mondloch, C.J., Dobson, K.S., Parson, J., & Maurer, D. Why 8-year-olds can't tell the difference between Steve Martin and Paul Newman: Factors contributing to the slow development of sensitivity to the spacing of facial features. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2004, 89, 159-181.

Ellemberg, D., Lewis, T.L., Dirks, M., Maurer, D., Ledgway, T., Guillemot, J.-P., & Lepore, F. Putting order into the development of sensitivity to global motion. Vision Research, 2004, 44, 2403-2411.

Maurer, D., & Mondloch, C. Neonatal synesthesia: A re-evaluation. In L. Robertson & N. Sagiv (Eds.), Attention on Synesthesia: Cognition, Development and Neuroscience, Oxford University Press, 2004. 193-213.

Le Grand, R., Mondloch, C., Maurer, D., & Brent, H. Impairment in holistic face processing following early visual deprivation. Psychological Science, 2004, 15, 762-768.

Lewis, T., Ellemberg, D., Maurer, D., Dirks, M., Wilkinson, F., & Wilson, H. A window on the normal development of sensitivity to global form in Glass patterns. Perception, 2004, 33, 409-418.

Mondloch, C., Le Grand, R., & Maurer, D. Early visual experience is necessary for the development of some—but not all—aspects of face processing. In O. Pascalis & A. Slater (Eds.), The Development of Face Processing in Infancy and Early Childhood: Current Perspectives. New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2003. 99-117.

Ellemberg, D., Lewis, T.L., Meghji, K.S., Maurer, D., Guillemot, J.-P., & Lepore, F. Comparison of sensitivity to first- and second-order local motion in 5-year-olds and adults. Spatial Vision, 2003, 16, 419-428.

Le Grand, R., Mondloch, C., Maurer, D. & Brent, H. Expert face processing requires visual input to the right hemisphere during infancy. Nature Neuroscience, 2003, 6, 1108-1112. Suementary information. Brain Star Award of the Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction (CIHR)

Mondloch, C., Geldart, S., Maurer, D., & Le Grand, R. Developmental changes in face processing skills. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2003, 86, 67-84.

Ellemberg, D., Lavoie, K., Lewis, T.L., Maurer, D., Lepore, F., & Guillemot, J.P. Longer VEP latencies and slower reaction times to the onset of second order motion than to the onset of first order motion. Vision Research, 2003, 43, 651-658.

Mondloch, C., Geldart, S., Maurer, D., de Schonen, S. Developmental changes in the processing of hierarchical shapes continue into adolescence. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2003, 84, 20-40.

Geldart, S., Mondloch, C., Maurer, D., de Schonen, S., & Brent, H. The effects of early visual deprivation on the development of face processing. Developmental Science, 2002, 5, 490-501.

Maurer, D., Le Grand, R., & Mondloch, C. The many faces of configural processing. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 2002, 6, 255-260.

Mondloch, C., Le Grand, R., & Maurer, D. Configural face processing develops more slowly than featural face processing. Perception, 2002, 31, 553-566.

Lewis, T.L., Ellemberg, D., Maurer, D., Wilkinson, F., Wilson, H.R., Dirks, M., & Brent, H.P. Sensitivity to global form in glass patterns after early visual deprivation in humans. Vision Research, 2002, 42, 939-948.

Ellemberg, D., Lewis, T.L., Maurer, D., Brar, S., & Brent, H.P. Better perception of global motion after monocular than after binocular deprivation. Vision Research, 2002, 42, 169-179.

De Haan, M., Johnson, M., Maurer, D., & Perrett, D. Recognition of individual faces and average face prototypes by 1- and 3-month-old infants. Cognitive Development, 2001, 16, 659-678.

Ellemberg, D., Lewis, T.L., Maurer, D., & Brent, H.P. The role of visual input in setting up spatial filters in the human visual system. Proceedings of The Society for Imaging Science and Technology, PICS 2001: Image Processing, Image Quality, Image Capture Systems Conference, Imaging Science and Technology, Springfield, VA 2001, 421-425.

Le Grand, R., Mondloch, C., Maurer, D., & Brent, H.P. Early visual experience and face processing. Nature, 2001, 410, 890. Correction: 2001, 412, 786.

Maurer, D., & Lewis, T.L Visual acuity: the role of visual input in inducing postnatal change. Clinical Neuroscience Research, 2001, 1, 239-247.

Goldberg, M., Maurer, D., Lewis, T.L., & Brent, H.P. The influence of binocular visual deprivation on the development of visual-spatial attention. Developmental Neuropsychology, 2001, 19, 53-81.

Goldberg,M., Maurer, D., & Lewis, T.L. Developmental changes in attention: the effects of endogenous cueing and of distractors. Developmental Science, 2001, 4, 209-219.

Maurer, D., & Lewis, T. Visual Acuity and Spatial Contrast Sensitivity: Normal Development and Underlying Mechanisms. In C. Nelson & M. Luciana (Eds.), Handbook of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 2001. 237-250.

Ellemberg, D., Lewis, T.L., Maurer, D., & Brent, H.P. Influence of monocular deprivation during infancy on the later development of spatial and temporal vision. Vision Research, 2000, 40, 3283-3295. Brain Star Award of the Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction (CIHR)

Walker, R., Mannan, S., Maurer, D., Pambakian, A.L.M., & Kennard, C. The oculomotor distractor effect in normal and hemianopic vision. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B Biological Science, 2000, 267, 431-438.

Lewis, T.L., Maurer, D., Chung, J.Y.Y., Holmes-Shannon, R., & Van Schaik, C.S. The development of symmetrical OKN in infants: Quantification based on OKN acuity for nasalward versus temporalward motion. Vision Research, 1999, 40, 445-453.

Ellemberg, D., Lewis, T.L., Maurer, D., Liu, C.H., & Brent, H.P. Spatial and temporal vision in patients treated for bilateral congenital cataracts. Vision Research,1999, 39, 3480-3489.

Geldart, S., Maurer, D., & Henderson, H. Effects of the height of the internal features of faces on adults' aesthetic ratings and 5-month-olds' looking times. Perception, 1999, 28, 839-850.

Maurer, D., Lewis,T.L., Brent, H.P., & Levin, A.V. Rapid improvement in the acuity of infants after visual input. Science, 1999, 286, 108-110.

Ellemberg, D., Lewis, T.L., Liu, C.H., & Maurer, D. Development of spatial and temporal vision during childhood. Vision Research,1999, 39, 2325-2333.

Maurer, D., Stager, C., & Mondloch, C. Cross-modal transfer of shape is difficult to demonstrate in 1-month-olds. Child Development,1999, 70, 1047-1057.

Geldart, S., Maurer, D., & Carney, K. Effects of eye size on adults' aesthetic ratings of faces and 5-month-olds' looking times. Perception, 1999, 28, 361-374.

Mondloch, C.J., Lewis, T.L., Budreau, D.R., Maurer, D., Dannemiller, J.L., Stephens, B.R., & Kleiner K.A. Face perception during early infancy. Psychological Science, 1999, 10, 419-422.

Mondloch, C.J., Lewis, T.L., Maurer, D., & Levin, A.V. The effects of visual experience on face preferences during infancy. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Technical Report, 1998, No.98.4.

Maurer, D., & Lewis, T. Overt orienting toward peripheral stimuli: Normal development and underlying mechanisms. In J. Richards (Ed.), Eye movements, Attention and Development. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum, 1998. 51-102.

Maurer, D., Nnubia, N., & Lewis, T.L.The effect of sucking on babies' orienting toward peripheral visual stimuli. Infant Behavior and Development, 1997, 20, 397-404.

Goldberg, M.C., Maurer, D., & Lewis, T. L. Influence of a central stimulus on infants' visual fields. Infant Behavior and Development, 1997, 20, 359-370. .

Bowering, E., Maurer, D., Lewis, T.L., & Brent, H.P. Constriction of the visual field of children after early visual deprivation. Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology & Strabismus, 1997, 34, 347-356 .

Maurer, D., & Mondloch, C. Synesthesia: A stage of normal infancy? In S. Masin (Ed.), Proceedings of the 12th meeting of the International Society for Psychophysics, Padua, October 1996. 107-112.

Bowering, E., Maurer, D., Lewis, T.L., Brent, H.P., & Riedel, P. The visual field in childhood: Normal development and the influence of deprivation. Developmental Cognitice Neuroscience Technical Report No. 96.1, 1996.

Lewis, T.L. Maurer, D., & Brent, H.P. The development of grating acuity in children treated for unilateral or bilateral congenital cataract. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 1995, 36, 2080-2095.

Lewis, T.L., Reed, M.J., Maurer, D., Wyngaarden, P.A., & Brent, H.P. An evaluation of acuity card procedures. Clinical Vision Sciences, 1993, 8, 591-602.

Maurer, D., & Lewis, T.L. Visual outcomes in infant cataract. In K.Simons (Ed.), Early Visual Development: Normal and Abnormal . New York: Oxford University Press, 1993. 454-484.

Bowering, E.R., Maurer, D., Lewis, T.L., & Brent, H.P. Sensitivity in the nasal and temporal hemifields in children treated for cataract. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 1993, 34, 3501-3509.

Maurer, D. Neonatal synesthesia: Implications for the processing of speech and faces. In de Boysson-Bardies, B., Jusczyk, P., MacNeilage, P., Morton, J., & deSchonen, S. (Eds.), Developmental Neurocognition: Speech and Face Processing in the First Year of Life . Dordrecht: Kluver, 1993. 109-124.

Tytla, M., Lewis, T., Maurer, D., & Brent, H. Stereopsis following congenital cataract. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 1993, 34, 1767-1773.

Harris, L., Lewis, T.L., & Maurer, D. Brainstem and cortical contributions to the generation of horizontal optokinetic eye movements in humans. Visual Neuroscience, 1993, 10, 247-259.

Lewis, T.L., Maurer, D., Tytla, M.E., Bowering, E.R., & Brent, H.P.Vision in the "good" eye of children treated for unilateral congenital cataract. Ophthalmology, 1992, 99, 1013-1017.

Lewis, T.L., & Maurer, D. The development of temporal and nasal visual fields during infancy. Vision Research, 1992, 32, 903-911.

Lewis, T.L., Maurer, D., Smith, R.J., & Haslip, J.K. The development of symmetrical optokinetic nystagmus during infancy. Clinical Vision Sciences, 1992, 7, 211-218.

Maurer, D., & Lewis, T.L. The development of peripheral vision and its physiological underpinningsi. In M.J. Weiss & P.R. Zelazo (Eds.), Newborn Attention . Norwood, N.J.: Ablex, 1991. 218-255.

Adams, R., Maurer, D. & Cashin, H. The influence of stimulus size on newborns' discrimination of chromatic from achromatic stimuli. Vision Research, 1990, 30, 2023-2030.

Morton, J., Johnson, M., & Maurer, D. On the reasons for newborns' responses to faces. Infant Behavior and Development, 1990, 13, 99-104.

Lewis, T.L., Maurer, D., & Brent, H.P. The development of visual resolution in infants and toddlers tested monocularly with optokinetic nystagmus. Clinical Vision Sciences, 1990, 5, 231-241.

Maurer, D., Lewis, T.L., & Brent, H.P. The effects of deprivation on human visual development: Studies of children treated for cataracts. In F.J Morrison, C.E. Lord, & D.P. Keating (Eds.), Applied Developmental Psychology. Vol. 3. Psychological Development in Infancy . San Diego, CA: Academic Press, 1989. 139-227.

Lewis, T.L., Maurer, D., & Brent, H.P. Optokinetic nystagmus in normal and visually deprived children: Implications for cortical development. Canadian Journal of Psychology, 1989, 43, 121-140.

Maurer, D. First come, first served: Interesting speculations but too many assumptions. Cahiers de Psychologie Cognitive, 1989, 9, 90-96.

Maurer, D., Lewis, T., Cavanagh, P., & Anstis, S.M. A new test of luminous efficiency for babies. Investigative Ophthalmology, 1989, 30, 297-303.

McCormick, C.M. & Maurer, D.M. Unimanual hand preferneces in six-month-olds: Consistency and relation to familial handedness. Infant Behavior & Development, 1988, 11, 21-30.

Tytla, M.E., Maurer, D., Lewis, T.L., & Brent, H.P. Contrast sensitivity in children treated for congenital cataract. Clinical Vision Sciences, 1988, 2, 251-264.

Lewis, T.L., Maurer, D., & Brent, H.P. Effects on perceptual development of visual deprivation during infancy. Ophthalmology Digest, 1987, 2, 21-22 (Abstract).

Anstis, S., Cavanagh, P., Maurer, D., & Lewis, T. Optokinetic technique for measuring infants' responses to color. Aied Optics, 1987, 26, 1510-1516.

Maurer, D., & Adams, R. Emergence of the ability to discriminate a blue from grey at one month of age. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1987, 44, 147-156.

Anstis, S., Cavanagh, P., Maurer, D., Lewis, T., MacLeod, D.A.J., & Mather, G. Computer-generated screening test for color blindness. Color Research and Aication, 1986, 11 (Suement), S63-S66.

Lewis, T.L., & Maurer, D. Preferential looking as a measure of visual resolution in infants and toddlers: A comparison of psychophysical methods. Child Development, 1986, 57, 1062-1075.

Lewis, T.L., Maurer, D., & Brent, H. The effects of visual deprivation during infancy on perceptual development. British Journal of Ophthalmology, 1986, 70, 214-220.

Adams, R., Maurer, D., & Davis, M. Newborns' discrimination of chromatic from achromatic stimuli. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1986, 41, 267-281.

Lewis, T., Maurer, D., & Brent, H. Optokinetic nystagmus in children treated for bilateral cataracts. In R. Groner, G. McConkie, & C. Menz (Eds.), Eye Movements and Human Information Processing . Amsterdam: North Holland, 1985. 85-105.

Lewis, T.L., Maurer, D., & Blackburn, K. The development of young infants' ability to detect stimuli in the nasal visual field. Vision Research, 1985, 25, 943-950.

Maurer, D. Infants' perception of facedness. In T. Field & N. Fox (Eds.), Social Perception in Infancy . Norwood, New Jersey: Ablex, 1985. 73-100.

Adams, R., & Maurer, D. Newborns' detection of contrast. Infant Behavior and Development, 1984, 7, 415-422.

Maurer, D., Lewis, T.L., & Brent, H. Peripheral vision and optokinetic nystagmus in children with unilateral congenital cataract. Behavioural Brain Research, 1983, 10, 151-161.

Maurer, D. The scanning of compound figures by young infants. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1983, 35, 437-448.

Maurer, D., & Young, R. Newborns' following of natural and distorted arrangements of facial features. Infant Behaviour and Development, 1983, 6, 127-131.

Sireteanu, R., & Maurer, D. The development of the kitten's visual field. Vision Research, 1982, 22, 1105-1111.

Boergen, K., Hartmann, C., Maurer, D., Rentschler, I., & Sireteanu, R. Vergleich der fovealen and peripheren Sehscharfe-eine psychophysische Entwicklungsstudie. Fortschritte der Ophthalmologie, 1982, 79, 163-165.

Maurer, D., & Lewis, T. Review of Psychological Development from Infancy: Image to Intention. Edited by M. Bornstein & W. Kessen. Child Development Abstracts and Bibliography, 1981, 55, 72.

Maurer, D., & Lewis, T. The influence of peripheral stimuli on infants' eye movements. In D. Fisher, R. Monty, & J. Senders (Eds.), Eye Movements . Hillsdale, New Jersey: Erlbaum, 1981. 21-29.

Barrera, M., & Maurer D. The perception of facial expressions by the three-month-old. Child Development, 1981, 52, 203-206.

Barrera, M., & Maurer D. Discrimination of strangers by the three-month-old. Child Development, 1981, 52, 558-563.

Barrera, M., & Maurer, D. Recognition of mother's photographed face by the three-month-old infant. Child Development, 1981, 52, 714-716.

Maurer, D., & Barrera, M. Infants' perception of natural and distorted arrangements of a schematic face. Child Development, 1981, 52, 196-202.

Maurer, D., & Martello, M. The discrimination of orientation by young infants. Vision Research, 1980, 20, 201-204.

Lewis, T., & Maurer, D. Central vision in the newborn. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1980, 29, 475-480.

Maurer, D., & Lewis, T. A physiological model of infants' early visual development. Canadian Journal of Psychology, 1979, 33, 232-252.

Maurer, D., Siegel, L., Lewis, T., Kristofferson, M., Barnes, R., & Levy, B. Long-term memory improvement? Child Development, 1979, 50, 106-118.

Maurer, D., & Lewis, T. Peripheral discrimination by three-month-old infants. Child Development, 1979, 50, 276-279.

Lewis, T., Maurer, D., & Kay, D. Newborns' central vision: Whole or hole? Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1978, 26, 193-203.

Maurer, D., & Salapatek, P. Developmental changes in the scanning of faces by young infants. Child Development, 1976, 47, 523-527.

Maurer, D. Infant Visual Perception: Methods of Study. In L. Cohen and P. Salapatek (Eds.), Infant Perception . New York: Academic Press, 1975. 1-76.

Salapatek, P., Haith, M., Maurer, D., & Kessen, W. Error in the corneal-reflection technique: A note on Slater and Findlay. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1972, 14, 493-499.

Levin, G., & Maurer, D. The solution process in children's matching-to-sample. Developmental Psychology, 1969, 1, 679-690.