Dr. Alexandra Karousou
Associated Researcher
Cognitive Development
Education and Human Development
Rostocker Straße 6
D-60323
Frankfurt am Main
Curriculum Vitae
since 2019 | Associated Researcher at DIPF | Member of IDeA Center |
since 2014 | Assistant Professor of Cognitive and Language Development, Democritus University of Thrace (Greece), Dept. of Education Sciences in the Early Years |
2014 – 2016 | Lecturer of Cognitive Psychology and Language Development. Democritus University of Thrace (Greece), Dept. of Education Sciences in Early Childhood |
2010 – 2013 | Adjunct Lecturer of Cognitive and Developmental Psychology. Democritus University of Thrace (Greece), Dept. of Education Sciences in Early Childhood |
2008 – 2010 | Adjunct Lecturer of Cognitive Psychology, Developmental Psychology, and Language Development. University of Hertfordshire / IST. B.Sc in Psychology |
2005 – 2008 | Post-doctoral researcher. University of Athens (Greece). Dept. of Early Childhood Education |
2003 – 2005 | Adjunct Lecturer of Cognitive Psy. Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain). University College Cardenal Cisneros. School of Psychology |
2003 | PhD Psychology, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain), School of Psychology, Dept. of Experimental Psychology and Cognitive Processes |
Research Interests
- Early communication and language development
- Early evaluation and prediction of language development
- Phonological working memory and language development
Publications
Indicative publications (peer-reviewed)
- Mokaiti, F., & Karousou, A. (2020). The relationship between preschoolers’ vocabulary development and their psychosocial profile. Psychology: The Journal of the Hellenic Psychological Society, 25, Special Issue: Developmental Psychology, Applications, and Implications.
- Karousou, Α., & Nerantzaki, T. (2020). Phonological memory training and its effect on second language vocabulary development. Second Language Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/0267658319898514
- López Ornat, S., Karousou, A., Gallego, C., Camero Fernández, R., & Martín L. (2018). Pupillary Measures of the Cognitive Effort in Auditory Novel Word Processing and Short-Term Retention. Frontiers in Psychology, 9, 2248. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02248
- Karousou, Α. (2017). Language evaluation in infants, toddlers and preschool children. In: Ο. Palikara & Α. Ralli (Eds.). Developmental Language Disorder: delimitation, evaluation, and intervention. Athens: Gutenberg
- Κarousou, Α., & Petrogiannis, K. (2017). Communication Development Report [CDR]: A parent-report instrument for the early screening of communication and language development in Greek-speaking infants and toddlers. Psychology: The Journal of the Hellenic Psychological Society, 21(4), 395-420.
- Karousou, Α., Koutsiouki, Μ. & Triantafyllidou, Α. (2015). «Quick Incidental Learning» and consolidation of novel words in early primary school children. Research in Education, 5, 1-16.
- Karousou, Α., & Nikolaidou, Κ. (2015). Parents as informants of their children’s communication and language skills: concurrent validity of the Communication Development Report (CDR). Research in Education, 4, 30-53.
- Karousou, Α. (2015). Phonological short-term memory measurement in Greek-speaking children aged 2 to 4 years: data on its relationship with language development. Preschool & Primary School Education, 3, 117-135.
- Karousou, A., & Petrogiannis, K. (2014). Communication Development Report - Scales for the early screening of communication and language development in children aged 8-30 months: Pilot data and basic psychometric properties. Preschool & Primary School Education, 2, 83-114.
- Karousou, A. (2014). Learning the form of the words: The process in its complexity. Ιn N. Caparrós & R. Cruz Roche (Eds.). El viaje a la Complejidad [Travel to Complexity] (Vol. 4, pp. 342-251). Madrid: Biblioteca Nueva.
- Karousou, A., & López Ornat (2013). Prespeech vocalizations and the emergence of speech: a study of 1005 Spanish children. Spanish Journal of Psychology, 16. E32.
Psychometric Tools
- Karousou, A., & Petrogiannis, K. (in press). Communication Development Report: evaluation of communication and language development in infants and toddlers.
- López Ornat, S., Gallego, C., Gallo P., Karousou, A., Mariscal, S., Martínez, M. (2005). MacArthur Inventarios del Desarrollo Comunicativo. Madrid: TEA Ediciones. ISBN: SBN: 84-7174-820-7.
last modified
Jan 15, 2021