Peer-reviewed Journal Articles

Coumel, M*., Hardy, S. M.,* & Messenger, K. (in press). The art of conversation: How do we communicate successfully? Frontiers for Young Minds *Shared first authorship (PDF) 

Hardy, S. M., Segaert, K., & Wheeldon, L. (2021). Age-related effects on lexical, but not syntactic, processes during sentence production.  Language, Cognition and Neuroscience [Early online release]. DOI: 10.1080/23273798.2021.1948081  (PDF)

Corresponding OSF project: https://osf.io/rwav9/ 

Hardy, S. M., Wheeldon, L., Segaert, K. (2020). Structural priming is determined by global syntax rather than internal phrasal structure: Evidence from young and older adults. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 46(4), 720-740. DOI: 10.1037/xlm0000754 (PDF)

Corresponding OSF project: https://osf.io/8y5jx/

Hardy, S. M., Segaert, K., & Wheeldon, L. (2020). Healthy ageing and sentence production: Disrupted lexical access in the context of intact syntactic planning. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 257. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00257 (PDF)

Corresponding OSF project: https://osf.io/wp7dr/

Messenger, K. Hardy, S. M., & Coumel, M. (2020). An exemplar model should be able to explain all syntactic priming phenomena: Commentary on Ambridge (2020).  First Language, 40(5-6), 616-620. DOI: 10.1177/0142723720904479 (PDF)

Hardy, S. M., Messenger, K., & Maylor, E. A. (2017). Aging and syntactic representations: Evidence of preserved syntactic priming and lexical boost. Psychology and Aging, 32(6), 588-596. DOI: 10.1037/pag0000180 (PDF)

 Hardy, S. M., Jensen, O., Wheeldon, L., Mazaheri, A., Segaert, K. (submitted). Modulation in alpha band activity reflects syntax composition: An MEG study of minimal syntactic binding. Undergoing peer review at Journal of Neuroscience. Pre-Print: biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.07.09.451797v1 (PDF)

 Corresponding OSF project: https://osf.io/6zxsm/

Hardy, S. M., Ushioda, E., & Messenger, K. (2020). Syntactic priming as learning in children and bilingual speakers. OSF Preregistration, https://osf.io/n8gxz

Hardy, S. M., Jensen, O., Wheeldon, L., Mazaheri, A., & Segaert, K. (2019). Building language: Investigating the neural processes involved in syntactic binding using MEG. OSF Preregistration, https://osf.io/ntszu

• Hardy, S. M. (2021). Improved data visualisation in R. Workshop delivered to R-Ladies Coventry (online).
• Hardy, S. M. (2020). Sentence production across the lifespan: Insights from syntactic priming. Psycholinguistics Coffee Group, School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, University of Edinburgh, UK (online).
• Hardy, S. M. (2019). Sentence production during healthy ageing (the other end of development!). Language Development Department, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
• Hardy, S. M., Wheeldon, L., & Segaert, K. (2019). Structural priming is determined by global syntax rather than internal phrase structure: Evidence from young and older adults. Presented at Experimental Psychology Society (EPS) Meeting, London, UK.
• Hardy, S. M. (2019). Using MEG to investigate the neural processes involved in language comprehension.  Presented at the Neural Oscillations Away Day, Birmingham, UK.
• Hardy, S. M. (2019). Ageing and sentence production: Evidence of preserved syntactic processing, but disrupted lexical processing. Language and Learning Group, Psychology Department, University of Warwick, UK. [Invited to speak while still a PhD student at the University of Birmingham]
• Hardy, S. M., Segeart, K., & Wheeldon, L. (2018). Investigating sentence planning processes in older adults. Presented at the Psychology Postgraduate Research Event, Birmingham, UK.
• Hardy, S. M., Segeart, K., & Wheeldon, L. (2017). Ageing and sentence production: Effects of syntactic planning and lexical access. Presented at the 23rd Architectures and Mechanisms of Language Processing (AMLaP) conference, Lancaster, UK.
• Messenger, K., & Hardy, S. M. (2017). Exploring the lexical boost to syntactic priming in children and adults. Presented at the 23rd Architectures and Mechanisms of Language Processing (AMLaP) conference, Lancaster, UK.
• Hardy, S. M., & Messenger, K. (2016). Investigating young children’s grammar representations: Evidence of lexically-specific priming effects in language production. Presented at the 19th International Conference in Applied Linguistics, Warwick, UK. *[Awarded the departmental award for the best talk]*
• Hardy, S. M., & Brown, H. (2016). Sleep not required: Evidence of children’s immediate generalisation of novel affixes. Presented at the Warwick Psychology Postgraduate Research Day, Warwick, UK.
• Hardy, S. M. (2015). Do levels of self-esteem and emotional regulation predict Twitter usage? Presented at the 2nd International Conference of Undergraduate Research, Warwick, UK (joint event with Monash University, Melbourne, Australia).

• Hardy, S. M., & Messenger, K. (2021). Moving to live online dialogue: Challenges and successes of interactive two-person tasks with children. BeOnline Conference [online event].
• Hardy, S. M., Jensen, O., Wheeldon, L., Mazaheri, A., & Segaert, K. (2021). Building language: Investigating the neural processes involved in syntactic binding using MEG. Presented at the Experimental Psychology Society (EPS) Meeting [online event]. (Video presentation available here on YouTube)
• Hardy, S. M., Ushioda, E., & Messenger, K. (2020). Syntax acquisition in children and bilingual speakers: A pre-registered (and ongoing) syntactic priming study. Presented at the Many Paths to Language (MPaL) conference [online event].
• Hardy, S. M., Jensen, O., Wheeldon, L., Mazaheri, A., & Segaert, K. (2020). Building language: Investigating the neural processes involved in syntactic binding using MEG. Presented at the Society for the Neurobiology of Language (SNL) conference [online event].
• Hardy, S. M., Wheeldon, L., Segaert, K. (2019). Structural priming is determined by global syntax rather than internal phrase structure: Evidence from young and older adults. Presented at the 25th Architectures and Mechanisms of Language Processing (AMLaP) conference, Moscow, Russia. (PDF available here)
• Hardy, S. M., Segaert, K., & Wheeldon, L. (2019). Age-related disruption in the use of lexical information in sentence production, despite preserved syntactic planning. Presented at the 25th Architectures and Mechanisms of Language Processing (AMLaP) conference, Moscow, Russia.
• Hardy, S. M., Segaert, K., & Wheeldon, L. (2018). Ageing and sentence production: Impaired lexical access in the context of intact syntactic planning. Presenting at the 10th International Workshop on Language Production, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. (PDF available here)
• Hardy, S. M., Segaert, K., & Wheeldon, L. (2018). Ageing and sentence production: Impaired lexical access in the context of intact syntactic planning. Presenting at the Experimental Psychology Society (EPS) Spring Meeting, Leicester, UK.  *[Awarded the EPS President's Commendation for the best poster]* 
• Hardy, S. M., Messenger, K., & Maylor, E. A. (2017). Syntactic priming and lexical boost are identical in young and older adults: Evidence from spoken language production. Presented at the 4th International Conference of Aging and Cognition, Zurich, Switzerland.
• Messenger, K., & Hardy, S. M., (2016). Exploring the lexical boost to syntactic priming in children and adults. Presented at the 41st Boston University Conference on Language Development (BUCLD), Boston, MA.