Leah Marshall
Undergraduate Student, Cognitive Science
| Email: | leahmarshall@cmail.carleton.ca |
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Leah is a first year M. Cog. Sc. student, supervised by Dr. Rebecca Merkley. She got started in the lab in her undergraduate degree, through an independent study with Dr. Rebecca Merkley, examining bilingual children’s early number learning. Leah spent the summers of 2024 and 2025 in the lab under NSERC undergraduate student research awards, supervised by Dr. Jo-Anne LeFevre. Leah completed her honours thesis under Dr. Rebecca Merkley and Dr. Jo-Anne LeFevre. Her honours thesis examined quantity recognition in young children, she is especially concerned with fingers as a representation of number. Leah plans to study number gestures further in her Master’s degree.
Research interests:
- Mathematical cognition
- Numeracy development
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Bilingualism
- Number gestures
- Cardinality
- Quantity Recognition
- Place Value
Leah is a research assistant with the AIM Collective, hosting and organizing the AIM Collective Conversations webinar series.