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Understanding early learning in an evolving digital media landscape
Choi, K.
Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 12(4), 476–479 (2023)

TaleMate: Collaborating with voice agents for parent-child joint reading experiences
Vargas-Diaz, D., Karunaratna, S., Kim, J., Lee, S.W., & Choi, K.
Adjunct Proceedings of the 36th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, 1–3 (2023)

A child-robot musical theater afterschool program for promoting STEAM education: A case study and guidelines
Dong, J., Choi, K., Yu, S., Lee, Y., Kim, J., Vajir, D., Hains, C., Newbill, P, Wyatt, A., Upthegrove, T. & Jeon, M.
International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction, 1-17 (2023)

Preschoolers’ attention to and learning from on-screen characters that vary by effort and efficiency: An eye-tracking study
Choi, K., Schlesinger, M. A., Franchak, J. M, & Richert, R. A.
Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 1011172 (2022)

The impact of touchscreen interactivity on U.S. toddlers’ selective attention and learning from digital media
Kirkorian, H. L., Choi, K., Etta, R., & Yoo, S. H.
Journal of Children and Media, 16(2), 188-204 (2022)

Robot musical theater for climate change education
Lee, Y., Wyatt, A., Dong, J., Upthegrove, T., Hale, B., Lyles, C. H., Choi, K., Kim, J., Yu, S., Vajir, D., Newbill, P., & Jeon, M.
Proceedings of the 2022 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (2022)

Sesame Street: Beyond 50
Choi, K.
Journal of Children and Media, 15(4), 597-603 (2021)

Preschoolers’ beliefs about media technologies: The role of family income
Macias, C., & Choi, K.
Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies, 1-13 (2021)

Attempting to break the fourth wall: Young children’s action errors with screen media
Rosengren, K., Kirkorian, H. L., Choi, K., Jiang, M. J., Raimer, C., Tolkin, E., & Sartin-Tarm, A.
Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies, 1-16 (2021)

Why do parents use screen media with toddlers? The role of child temperament and parenting stress in early screen use
Shin, E., Choi, K., Resor, J., & Smith, C. L.
Infant Behavior and Development, 64, 101595 (2021)

Touchscreens for whom? Working memory and age moderate the impact of contingency on toddlers’ transfer from video
Choi, K., Kirkorian, H. L., & Pempek, T. A.
Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 621372 (2021)

Drawing across media: A cross-sectional experiment on preschoolers’ drawings produced using traditional versus electronic mediums
Kirkorian, H. L., Travers, B., Jiang, M., Choi, K., Rosengren K. S., Pavalko P., & Tolkin, E.
Developmental Psychology, 56(1), 28-39 (2020)

Observing child-led exploration improves parents’ causal inferences
Choi, K., Grados, M., & Bonawitz, E.
Proceedings of the 41th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (2019)

American parents’ active engagement mediates the impact of background television on toddlers’ play
Kirkorian, H. L., Choi, K., & Anderson, D. R.
Journal of Children and Media, 13(4), 377-394 (2019)

Understanding the transfer deficit: Contextual mismatch, proactive interference, and working memory affect toddlers’ video-based transfer
Choi, K., Kirkorian, H. L., & Pempek, T. A.
Child Development, 89(4), 1378-1393 (2018)

Knowing how to fold ‘em: Paper folding across early childhood
Travers, B. G., Kirkorian, H. L., Jiang, M. J., Choi, K., Rosengren, K. S., Pavalko, P., & Jobin, P.
Journal of Motor Learning and Development, 6(1), 147-166 (2018)

Preschoolers are more likely to direct questions to adults than to other children (or selves) during spontaneous conversational acts
Choi, K., Lapidow, E., Austin, J., Shafto, P. & Bonawitz, E.
Proceedings of the 40th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (2018)

Associations between toddlers’ naturalistic media exposure and observed learning from screens
Kirkorian, H. L., & Choi, K.
Infancy, 22(2), 271-277 (2017)

The role of online processing in young children’s ability to learn from interactive and noninteractive media
Kirkorian, H. L., Pempek, T. A., & Choi, K.
R. Barr & D. Linebarger (Eds.) Media exposure during infancy and early childhood (2017)

Touch or watch to learn? Toddlers’ object retrieval using contingent and noncontingent video
Choi, K., & Kirkorian, H. L.
Psychological Science, 27 (5), 726-736 (2016)

Toddlers’ word learning from contingent and noncontingent video on touch screens
Kirkorian, H. L., & Choi, K.
Child Development, 87 (2), 405-413 (2016)