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I have three lines of research: 1) cognitive and brain bases of knowing multiple languages, 2) the processing of creative language, e.g., jokes, proverbs, metaphors, idioms, and 3) gender and race in relation to indicators of professional recognition and visibility in academia.

education and training
selected publications
Academic Articles94
  • Faghihi, N., & Vaid, J. (2023). Reading/writing direction as a source of directional bias in spatial cognition: Possible mechanisms and scope.. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review. 30(3), 843-862.
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  • Vaid, J. (2022). Biscriptality: a neglected construct in the study of bilingualism (Apr, 10.1007/s41809-022-00101-3, 2022). Journal of Cultural Cognitive Science. 6(3), 357-357.
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  • Vaid, J. (2022). Biscriptality: a neglected construct in the study of bilingualism. Journal of Cultural Cognitive Science. 6(2), 135-149.
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  • Vaid, J., Chen, H., & Rao, C. (2022). Biscriptal bilingualism differentially affects segmentation of cross-language homophones: Evidence from Hindi and English users. International Journal of Bilingualism. 26(1), 13-30.
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  • Bazner, K. J., Vaid, J., & Stanley, C. A. (2021). Who is meritorious? Gendered and racialized discourse in named award descriptions in professional societies of higher education. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education. 34(2), 108-124.
Books1
  • Ward, T. B., Smith, S. M., & Vaid, J. (1997). Creative Thought An Investigation of Conceptual Structures and Processes. Amer Psychological Assn.
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Chapters29
  • Bellugi, U., Sabo, H., & Vaid, J. (2022). Spatial Deficits in Children with Williams Syndrome. Spatial Cognition. 273-298. Taylor & Francis.
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  • Vaid, J. (2020). 9 Fair Enough?. Shades of Difference. 148-165. DE GRUYTER.
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  • Obler, L. K., Zatorre, R. J., Galloway, L., & Vaid, J. (2020). Cerebral lateralization in bilinguals: methodological issues. The Bilingualism Reader. 455-466. Taylor & Francis.
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  • Carter-Sowell, A. R., Vaid, J., Stanley, C. A., Petitt, B., & Yennello, S. (2019). Bloom Where You Are Planted: Reflections on Effecting Campus Climate Change To Retain Minoritized Faculty Scholars in STEM Fields. ACS Symposium Series. Growing Diverse STEM Communities: Methodology, Impact, and Evidence. 197-214. American Chemical Society (ACS).
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  • Winfield, L. L., Thomas, G., Watkins, L. M., Wilson-Kennedy, Z. S., Toldson, I. A., Svoronos, P., ... Conway, A. (2019). Preface. ACS Symposium Series. Growing Diverse STEM Communities: Methodology, Impact, and Evidence. ix-xi. American Chemical Society (ACS).
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Conference Papers11
  • Park, H., Dixit, M., Faghihi, N., McNamara, A., & Vaid, J. (2021). Understanding Spatial Abilities and Spatial Strategy under Extreme Visual and Gravitational Environments. Earth and Space 2021. 434-445.
  • Yennello, S., Petitt, B., Stanley, C., & Vaid, J. (2018). Texas A&M University ADVANCE Scholar Program. ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY. 256,
  • Vaid, J., Chen, H., Rhodes, R., & Tosun, S. (2010). Handedness and Hand Used Differentially Affect Object Facing. 676-676.
  • VAID, J., FRENCKMESTRE, C., & BALFOUR, S. (1992). DOES LANGUAGE FIGURE IN NUMERICAL FACT RETRIEVAL. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society. 30(6), 478-478.
Repository Documents / Preprints7
  • Ward, T. B., Chu, A. H., Vaid, J., & Heredia, R. R. (2005). Divergence and overlap in bilingual concept representation.
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  • Vaid, J., & Ramachandran, V. S. (2001). Laughter and humour.
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  • Vaid, J. (1995). Scripts and Literacy. Neuropsychology and Cognition.
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Email
jvaid@tamu.edu
First Name
Jyotsna
Last Name
Vaid
mailing address
Texas A&M University; Psychology; 4235 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-4235
USA