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Jago, Lana S., Alcock, Katie, Meints, Kerstin, Pine, Julian M. and Rowland, Caroline F. (2023) Language outcomes from the UK-CDI Project: can risk factors, vocabulary skills and gesture scores in infancy predict later language disorders or concern for language development? Frontiers in Psychology, 14 . ISSN 1664-1078

Brelsford, Victoria, Dimolareva, Mirena, Rowan, Elise, Meints, Kerstin and Gee, Nancy (2022) Can dog-assisted and relaxation interventions boost spatial ability in children with and without special educational needs? A longitudinal, randomized controlled trial. Frontiers in Pediatrics . ISSN 2296-2360

Meints, Kerstin, Brelsford, Victoria, Dimolareva, Mirena, Marechal, Laetitia, Pennington, Kyla, Rowan, Elise and Gee, Nancy (2022) Can dogs reduce stress levels in school children? effects of dog-assisted interventions on salivary cortisol in children with and without special educational needs using randomized controlled trials. PLoS ONE, 17 (6). e0269333. ISSN none

Brelsford, Victoria, Dimolareva, Mirena, Gee, Nancy and Meints, Kerstin (2020) Best Practice Standards in Animal-Assisted Interventions: How the LEAD Risk Assessment Tool Can Help. Animals, 10 (6). ISSN 2076-2615

Purewal, Rebecca, Christley, Robert, Kordas, Katarzyna, Joinson, Carol, Meints, Kerstin, Gee, Nancy and Westgarth, Carri (2019) Socio-demographic factors associated with pet ownership amongst adolescents from a UK birth cohort. BMC Veterinary Research, 15 (1). ISSN 1746-6148

Meints, Kerstin, Brelsford, Victoria and De Keuster, Tiny (2018) Teaching Children and Parents to Understand Dog Signaling. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 5 . p. 257. ISSN 2297-1769

Dimolareva, Mirena, Gee, Nancy, Pfeffer, Karen, Marechal, Laetitia, Pennington, Kyla and Meints, Kerstin (2018) Measuring Cortisol in the Classroom with School-Aged Children—A Systematic Review and Recommendations. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15 (5). p. 1025. ISSN 1661-7827

Brelsford, Victoria, Meints, Kerstin, Gee, Nancy and Pfeffer, Karen (2017) Animal-assisted interventions in the classroom: a systematic review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 14 (7). p. 669. ISSN 1660-4601

Syrnyk, Corinne and Meints, Kerstin (2017) Bye-bye mummy: word comprehension in 9-month-old infants. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 35 (2). pp. 202-217. ISSN 0261-510X

Marechal, Laetitia, Levy, Xandria, Meints, Kerstin and Majolo, Bonaventura (2017) Experience-based human perception of facial expressions in Barbary macaques (Macaca sylvanus). PeerJ, 5 . e3413. ISSN 2167-8359

Purewal, Rebecca, Christley, Robert, Kordas, Katarzyna, Joinson, Carol, Meints, Kerstin, Gee, Nancy, Westgarth, Carri, UNSPECIFIED and UNSPECIFIED (2017) Companion animals and child/adolescent development: a systematic review of the evidence. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 14 (3). p. 234. ISSN 1660-4601

Anderson, Sophie and Meints, Kerstin (2016) The effects of equine-assisted activities on the social functioning in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 46 (10). pp. 3344-3352. ISSN 0162-3257

Borgi, Marta, Cogliati-Dezza, Irene, Brelsford, Victoria, Meints, Kerstin and Cirulli, Francesca (2014) Baby schema in human and animal faces induces cuteness perception and gaze allocation in children. Frontiers in Psychology, 5 . p. 411. ISSN 1664-1078

Syrnyk, C. and Meints, Kerstin (2012) A response to ‘Regarding “Syrnyk, C. and Meints, K., 2012, Fishy fishes: the typicality of object stimuli used to assess children’s language in the ReynellDevelopment Language Scales – III. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 47(4), 437–450”’. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 47 (6). pp. 753-755. ISSN 1368-2822

Syrnyk, Corinne and Meints, Kerstin (2012) Fishy fishes: the typicality of object stimuli used to assess children’s language in the Reynell Development Language Scales-III. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 47 (4). pp. 437-450. ISSN 1368-2822

Racca, Anais, Guo, Kun, Meints, Kerstin and Mills, Daniel (2012) Reading faces: differential lateral gaze bias in processing canine and human facial expressions in dogs and 4-year-old children. Plos One, 7 (4). e36076. ISSN 1932-6203

Meints, K., Allen, K. and Watson, C. (2010) Atypical face-scan patterns in children misinterpreting dogs facial expressions evidence from eye-tracking. Injury Prevention, 16 (Supple). A173-A173. ISSN 1353-8047

Meints, K., De Keuster, T. and Butcher, R. (2010) How to prevent dog bite injuries? The blue dog. Injury Prevention, 16 (Supple). A171-A172. ISSN 1353-8047

Meints, K., Syrnyk, C. and De Keuster, T. (2010) Why do children get bitten in the face? Injury Prevention, 16 (Supple). A172-A173. ISSN 1353-8047

De Keuster, T., Meints, K. and Butcher, R. (2010) The blue dog project: the development of a dog bite prevention programme aimed at young children. Injury Prevention, 16 (Supple). A169-A169. ISSN 1353-8047

Racca, Anaïs, Amadei, Eleonora, Ligout, Séverine, Guo, Kun, Meints, Kerstin and Mills, Daniel (2010) Discrimination of human and dog faces and inversion responses in domestic dogs (Canis familiaris). Animal Cognition, 13 (3). pp. 525-533. ISSN 1435-9448

Chan, A., Meints, Kerstin, Lieven, E. and Tomasello, M. (2010) Young children's comprehension of English SVO word order revisited: testing the same children in act-out and intermodal preferential looking tasks. Cognitive Development, 25 (1). pp. 30-45. ISSN 0885-2014

Meints, Kerstin and Keuster, Tiny de (2009) Don’t kiss a sleeping dog: the first assessment of "The Blue Dog" bite prevention program. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 34 (10). pp. 1084-1090. ISSN 0146-8693

Corriveau, Kathleen H., Meints, Kerstin and Harris, Paul L. (2009) Early tracking of informant accuracy and inaccuracy. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 27 (2). pp. 331-342. ISSN 0261-510X

Guo, Kun, Mills, Daniel, Meints, Kerstin, Hall, Charlotte and Hall, Sophie (2009) Left gaze bias in humans, rhesus monkeys and domestic dogs. Animal Cognition, 12 (3). pp. 409-418. ISSN 1435-9448

Meints, Kerstin, Plunkett, Kim and Harris, Paul (2008) Eating apples and houseplants: typicality constraints on thematic roles in early verb learning. Language and Cognitive Processes, 23 (3). pp. 434-463. ISSN 1464-0732

Meints, Kerstin, Plunkett, Kim, Harris, Paul L. and Dimmock, Debbie (2004) The cow on the high street: effects of background context on early naming. Cognitive Development, 19 (3). pp. 275-290. ISSN 0885-2014

Meints, Kerstin (2003) To get or to be? Use and acquisition of get- versus be- passives: evidence from children and adults. Current Issues in Linguistic Theory: Motivation in Language: Studies in honor of Günter Radden, 243 . pp. 123-150. ISSN 0304-0763

Meints, Kerstin, Plunkett, Kim, Harris, Paul L. and Dimmock, Debbie (2002) What is 'on' and 'under' for 15-, 18- and 24-month- olds? Typicality effects in early comprehension of spatial prepositions. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 20 (1). pp. 113-130. ISSN 0261-510X

Southgate, Victoria and Meints, Kerstin (2001) Typicality, naming, and category membership in young children. Cognitive Linguistics, 11 (1-2). pp. 5-16. ISSN 0936-5907

Meints, Kerstin, Plunkett, Kim and Harris, Paul L. (1999) When does an ostrich become a bird? The role of typicality in early word comprehension. Developmental Psychology, 35 (4). pp. 1072-1078. ISSN 0012-1649

Book Section

Meints, Kerstin (2017) Children and dogs: risks and effective dog bite prevention. In: Dog bites: a multidisciplinary perspective. 5M, Sheffield, pp. 390-403. ISBN 9781910455616

Meints, Kerstin, Brelsford, Victoria, Gee, Nancy and Fine, Aubrey (2017) Animals in education settings. In: How animals help students learn: research and practice for educators and mental health professionals. Routledge, New York, pp. 12-26. ISBN 9781138648647

Meints, Kerstin (1995) Prototypes and the acquisition of the English passive. In: Perspectives on cognitive neuroscience. New Bulgarian University, Sofia, pp. 67-77. ISBN UNSPECIFIED

Conference or Workshop contribution

Just, Janine, Alcock, Katie, Meints, Kerstin and Rowland, Caroline (2015) The effect of age on the composition of the first 10 words: evidence from the UK-CDI. In: Child Language Symposium 2015, 20 - 21 July 2015, University of Warwick.

Meints, Kerstin, Syrnyk, Corinne, de Keuster, Tiny and Just, Janine (2014) Children‘s facial proximity behaviour: a risk factor for facial bites? In: ISAZ 2014, 19 - 22 July 2014, Vienna.

Meints, Kerstin and Just, Janine (2014) Growl or no growl? Differences in children's interpretation of dogs' distress signalling. In: ISAZ 2014, 19 - 22 July 2014, Vienna.

Meints, Kerstin, Brelsford, Victoria, Just, Janine and de Keuster, Tiny (2014) How children and parents interpret dogs’ body language. In: ISAZ 2014, 19 - 22 July 2014, Vienna.

Meints, Kerstin (2014) How children and parents (mis)interpret dogs' body language: a longitudinal study. In: International Canine and Feline Science Forums, 14 - 18 July 2014, University of Lincoln.

Book or Monograph

Alcock, Katie, Meints, Kerstin and Rowland, Caroline, eds. (2020) The UK Communicative Development Inventories: Words and Gestures. J&R Press, UK. ISBN 978-1-907826-40-5

Meints, Kerstin (1999) Typizitätseffekte im Erwerb des englischen Passivs: Eine empirische Untersuchung. Deutscher Universitäts-Verlag, Germany. ISBN 3824443597, 9783824443598

Dataset

Meints, Kerstin (2022) Can dogs reduce stress levels in school children? Effects of dog-assisted interventions on salivary cortisol in children with and without special educational needs using randomised controlled trials - Cortisol data sets. [Dataset]