Neumann, Y., Epstein, B., & Shafer, V. (2016). Electrophysiological indices of brain activity to content and function words in discourse. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 51(5), 546-555.

Epstein, B. (2016). Five heads are better than one: Preliminary results of team-based learning in a communication disorders graduate course. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 51(1), 44-60.

Epstein, B., Shafer, V. L., Melara, R., & Schwartz R. G. (2014). Can children with SLI detect cognitive conflict? Behavioral and electrophysiological evidence. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 57, 1453-1467.

Neumann, Y., Epstein, B., Yu, Y. H., Benasich, A. A., & Shafer, V. (2014). An electrophysiological investigation of discourse coherence in healthy adults. Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics, 28(11), 812-825.

Epstein, B., Hestvik, A., Shafer, V. L., & Schwartz, R. G. (2013). ERPs reveal atypical processing of subject vs. object wh-questions in children with specific language impairment. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 48(4), 351-365.

Fortunato-Tavares, T., de Andrade, C., Befi-Lopes, D. M., Hestvik, A., Epstein, B., Tornyova, L., & Schwartz, R. (2012). Syntactic structural assignment in Brazilian Portuguese-speaking children with specific language impairment. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 55, 1097-1111.

Tropper (Epstein), B., Hestvik, A., Shafer, V. L., & Schwartz, R. G. (2008). The processing of subject and object wh-questions in children with specific language impairment: An ERP study. Boston University Conference on Language Development (BUCLD) Proceedings 32.

Epstein, B. (in press). Psychometrics for speech and language assessment: Principles and pitfalls. In C. Stein and R. Fabus (Eds.) A guide to clinical assessment and professional report writing in speech-language pathology (2nd ed.). SLACK Inc.

Epstein, B., & Schwartz, R. G. (in press). Neurobiology of child language disorders. In R. G. Schwartz (Ed.) The handbook of child language disorders (2nd ed.). Psychology Press: NY.

Works in Progress

Hestvik, A., Epstein, B., Shafer, V., & Schwartz, R. G. (under revision). Event-related brain potentials reveal delayed syntactic prediction mechanism in specific language impairment.

Epstein, B., & Shafer, V. L. (in preparation). The error-related negativity as an index of error monitoring in 7-12 year-old typically developing children.

Abstracts

Epstein, B. Five heads are better than one: Preliminary results of team-based learning in a communication disorders graduate course. Turning the TaBLes: Team-Based Learning Conference at Brooklyn College, New York, June, 2014.

Neumann, Y., Epstein, B., Yu, Y., Benasich, A., & Shafer, V. An Electrophysiological Investigation of the Lateral Anterior Positivity: Clinical Implications. Abstract accepted for a poster presentation at the International Neuropsychological Society Mid-Year Meeting, Jerusalem, Israel, July, 2014.

Neumann, Y., Epstein, B., & Shafer, V. Content vs. Function Words: An Electrophysiological Investigation of Discourse Processing. Abstract accepted for a poster presentation at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Orlando, FL, November, 2014.

Epstein, B., Houy, J., & Goodman, S. Error detection and compensation by typical children and children with specific language impairment. Abstract accepted for a poster presentation at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Atlanta, GA, November, 2012.

Epstein, B., Houy, J., & Goodman, S. Are children with SLI deficient in error monitoring? Abstract for a poster presentation at the New York State Speech-Language-Hearing Association (NYSSLHA) Annual Convention, April, 2012.

Schwartz, R. G., Fortunato-Tavares, T., Hestvik, A., Epstein, B., & Tornyova, L. Eye-Tracking Studies of Structural Assignment and Working Memory in Specific Language Impairment. Abstract for a poster presentation at the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Biennial Meeting, March-April, 2011.

Epstein, B., Anaya, A., Shafer, V. L., & Schwartz, R. G. Can SLI children detect cognitive conflict? Behavioral vs. electrophysiological evidence. Abstract for a poster presentation at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Philadelphia, PA, November, 2010.

Schwartz, R. G., Tavares, T., Hestvik, A., Tropper (Epstein), B., & Tornyova, L. Structural Assignment in SLI: Group Patterns and Individual Differences for Predicates and Reflexives. City University of London Child Language Seminar, London, June 2010.

Tropper (Epstein), B., Shafer, V. L., & Schwartz, R. G. Electrophysiological evidence of deficient cognitive control in children with specific language impairment. Abstract for a poster presentation at the 30th Annual Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Madison, WI, June, 2009.

Tropper (Epstein), B., Shafer, V. L., & Schwartz, R. G. Electrophysiological evidence of deficient cognitive control in children with specific language impairment. Abstract for a poster presentation at the 15th International Congress on Event-Related Potentials of the Brain, Bloomington, IA, April, 2009.

Fortunato, T., Hestvik, A., Tropper (Epstein), B., & Schwartz, R. G. Eye-tracking studies of structural assignment in children with specific language impairment. Abstract for a seminar presentation at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Chicago, IL, November, 2008.

Tropper (Epstein), B., Marton, K., Russo Victorino, K., Shafer, V., & Schwartz, R. G. Research on executive functions in children with SLI. Abstract for a seminar presentation at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Chicago, IL, November, 2008.

Tropper (Epstein), B., Sylvia, L., & Schwartz, R. G. Updating working memory with auditory and visual information in children with SLI. Abstract for a poster presentation at the International Association for the Study of Child Language, Edinburgh, Scotland, July-August, 2008.

Tropper (Epstein), B., Hestvik, A., Shafer, V., & Schwartz, R. G. Electrophysiological evidence of a working memory deficit in children with specific language impairment. Abstract for a paper presentation at the International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics Association, Istanbul, Turkey, June, 2008.

Tropper (Epstein), B., Sylvia, L., & Schwartz, R. G. Auditory and visual working memory in children with specific language impairment. Abstract for a poster presentation at the New York State Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Saratoga Springs, NY, April, 2008.

Tropper (Epstein), B., Hestvik, A., Neumann, Y., Yu, H., Shafer, V., & Schwartz, R. ERP studies of sentence processing in children with specific language impairment. Seminar presentation at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Boston, MA, November, 2007.

Tropper (Epstein), B., Hestvik, A., Shafer, V., & Schwartz, R. G. ERP evidence for impaired processing of wh-questions in children with SLI. Poster presentation at the Boston University Conference on Language Development, November, 2007.

Tropper (Epstein), B., Hestvik, A., Shafer, V., & Schwartz, R. G. Child-adult differences in the working memory left anterior negativity. Poster presentation at the Development and Analysis of Neural Systems Supporting Language, New York, NY, October, 2007.

Tropper (Epstein), B., Hestvik, A., Shafer, V., & Schwartz, R. G. The processing of object and subject wh-questions in children with specific language impairment: An ERP study. Poster presentation at the 28th Annual Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Madison, WI, June, 2007.

Hestvik, A., Schwartz, R. G., Shafer, V., Neumann, Y., Yu, H., & Tropper (Epstein), B. Brain responses to contextually ungrammatical verb inflection in adults, typically developing children, and children with Specific Language Impairment. Poster presentation at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, New York, NY, May, 2007.

Hestvik, A., Tropper (Epstein), B., Schwartz, R., Shafer, V., & Tornyova, L. ERP measure of gap-filling in children with and without specific language impairment. Poster presentation at the CUNY Conference on Human Sentence Processing, San Diego, CA, March, 2007.

Hestvik, A., Schwartz, R. G., Shafer, V., Neumann, Y., Rinker, T., Yu, H., & Tropper (Epstein), B. Event-related potentials to ungrammatical verb inflection in children and adults. Poster presentation at the Boston University Conference on Language Development, November, 2006.