Alexis McCraw

CV
Email: [email protected]


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Papers
​Kinder, K. T., Heim, H. L. R., Parker, J., Lowery, K., McCraw, A., Eddings, R. N., Defenderfer, J., Sullivan, J., & Buss, A. T. (2022). Systematic review of fNIRS studies reveals inconsistent chromophore reporting practices. Neurophotonics, 9(4), 040601. [pdf]

McCraw, A., Sullivan, J., Lowery, K., Eddings, R., Heim, H.R., Buss, A.T. (2024). Dynamic Field Theory of Executive Function: Identifying Early Neurocognitive Markers. SRCD Monographs, 89(3).mccraw_etal_2024.pdf 

Spencer, J. P., Buss, A. T., McCraw, A. R., Johns, E., & Samuelson, L. K. (2025). Integrating attention,
working memory, and word learning in a dynamic field theory of executive function
development: Moving beyond the ‘component’ view of executive function. Developmental
Review, 75, 101182. spencer_etal_2025-compressed.pdf

Talks

McCraw, A. & Buss, A.T. (March 2024). Mind over material: Neural mechanisms of attention in novel-noun generalization. Selected for a symposium presented at Cognitive Developmental Society, Pasadena, CA.
Posters

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Cognitive Development Society Conference, 2026: Assessing selective

​dimensional attention ability using the Triad Classification task


Lancaster International Conference on Infant and Early Childhood

Development, 2025: All Fun and Games: Using a Matching Task to Enhance 3-

Year-Olds' Performance on the DCCS Task


Vision Sciences Society Conference, 2023: Neural

Mechanisms of Surface Feature Labeling in Early

Childhood


Jean Piaget Society Conference, 2023: Mind over Material:

Shifting 3-Year-Olds Away from a Shape Bias and

​towards a Material One
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Society for Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy

Conference, 2023: Systematic Review of fNIRS studies

Reveals Inconsistent Data Reporting Practices