Lynn K. Perry

Lynn K. Perry is a Professor in the Department of Psychology (Developmental area) at the University of Miami, affiliated with the College of Arts and Sciences. She leads the Object and Word Learning (OWL) Lab, investigating how language and cognition interact across development in children and adults, with a focus on populations with hearing loss, autism, and developmental delays. Her work employs behavioral experiments, eye-tracking, automated data collection (e.g., LENA), and computational methods to study real-time learning processes.

Research interests include iconicity in language, novel noun generalization, and the impact of bilingualism on executive function and autism symptoms. Perry collaborates with institutions like the UM Debbie Institute on projects like predicting literacy outcomes in children with hearing loss. She has published extensively in Developmental Science, Autism Research, and Physical Review E, emphasizing ethical considerations in digital data use and scalable classroom interaction analysis.

Grants and sponsored research involve projects on preschool language environments, automated social behavior measurement, and multilingualism effects. Perry's lab uses innovative technologies like first-person cameras and Ubisense tracking to quantify social communication patterns in natural settings. Collaborators include experts in computational linguistics, speech pathology, and developmental neuroscience.