OUR 
PUBLICATIONS

UNDER REVIEW & PRE-PRINTS​​​

• Ossmy, O., Han, D., Cheng, M., Bianco, C., Kaplan, B., Adolph, K.E. (in revision). “Where” and “how”: Developmental processes in exploring solutions to problems with hidden demands. Preprint: https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/m7tcr 
   

• Ossmy, O., Mukamel, R. (in revision). Defining functional brain networks using unsupervised density-peak clustering. Preprint: https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/hkrzw
   

• Ossmy, O., Krishna, A., Ghilardi, T., Pope, J., Todorovic, S., Adolph, K.E. (in revision). Computer Vision and Machine Learning Reveal Developmental Changes in Children’s Continuous Real-Time Perceptual-Motor Planning. Preprint: 
   

• Hancock, L., Ossmy, O., (in revision). Using data-driven approach to test the link between physical activity and cognitive skills during aging. Preprint: https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/xq4v7
   

• ​Muszynska, M., Ossmy, O. (in revision). A multivariate analysis links variations in ADHD characteristics to physical reasoning. Preprint: https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/a5geh

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• Muszynska, M., Varma, R., Ossmy, O. (under review). Beyond diagnosis: Why and how to use virtual reality in research on neurodiversity? Preprint: https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/aq3
   

• Dubey, I., Ossmy, O. (under review). Differences Between Humans and Bayesian Models in Adapting Physical Reasoning.
   

• Tariq, M., Ossmy, O., Seghezzi, S. (under review). The Typical Development of Object Manipulation During Infancy: A Review of Research Methodologies.​
   

• Ossmy, O., (under review). Chaos Theory and Child Development: Quantifying Nonlinear Pathways of Growth. 
   

• Sotoodeh, MS., Ossmy, O., Hall, J., Donatti, G., Rowan, H., Forrester, G. (under review). A longitudinal analysis of movement-related features in infants with high and low likelihood for neurodevelopmental conditions.
   

• Planells, H., Serino, G., Ossmy, O. (under review). Which Practice Makes Perfect? The Role of Variability and Agency in Adaptive Problem Solving.
   

• Grandchamp Des Raux, H., Ghilardi, T., Ferre, E.R., Ossmy, O. (under review). Real-time embodied experience affects high-level reasoning.
   

• Chen, C., Peleg, N., Lockman, J., Ossmy, O. (under review). Handwriting as an Embodied Path to Literacy Development: Insights from Logographic Systems.
   

• Alford, A., Longo, M., Ossmy, O. (under review). Beyond Reach and Grasp: The Development of High-Order Planning for Manual Actions in Typically Developing Children.

PUBLISHED ARTICLES​

• Ghilardi, T., Keen, R., Benzaquen, E., Ossmy, O. (in press). Getting the proper grip: A longitudinal study of how infants learn to adapt action plans. Journal of Experimental Psychology
   

• Sotoodeh, MS., Ossmy, O., Hall, J., Donatti, Rowan, H., Forrester, G. (2026). Automatic Pose Estimation in Newborn Infants: Lessons from the Baby Grow Study. Behavior Research Methods, 58(3), 82.
   

• Ghilardi, T., Ossmy, O. (in press). A Pupil-Dilation Technique to Test Developmental Differences in Visual Synchrony During Free Viewing. Methods in Psychology, 100239.
   

• ​Peleg, N., Mcauley, H., Ossmy, O. (2026). Better together: Classroom-based social intervention for spatial skills. Journal of Cognitive Enhancement. p. 1-10.
   

• Cheng, M., Han, D., Haq, M., Ossmy, O. (2026). Physical cognition in altered gravity: Link between sensorimotor and cognitive adaptability. iScience; 29(2)
   

• ​Dexter, M., Grandchamp Des Raux, H., Ossmy, O. (2025). Reasoning Decline During Aging Under Familiar and Unfamiliar Physics. Frontiers in Aging.
   

• Masek, L., Suarez-Rivera, C., Ossmy, O., Tamis-Lemonda, C. (2025). The temporal distribution of speech to infants highlights connections among words. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General.
   

• ​Hascher, S., Ossmy, O., Pontes, H. (2025). Systematic Literature Review on Psychological Treatment Methods for Substance Use Disorder and Food Addiction. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 1-34
   

• Peleg, N., Tolmie, A., Ossmy, O. (2025). A graph-theory approach for testing children’s block construction. in IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning (ICDL)
   

• Muszynska, M., Serino, G., Dalton, R., Pinti, P., Kumar, S., Farran, E., Ossmy, O. (2025). Using virtual reality and psychophysics to test individual differences in embodied cognition in children with ADHD. in IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning (ICDL)   *best BabyObserve award finalist
   

• Ossmy, O., Rowan, H., Sotoodeh, S., Hall, J., Donati, G., Forrester, G. (2025). Frequent, Scalable and Global Use of “Intelligent Onesies” to Quantify Newborns’ Spontaneous Movements in Natural Settings.​ in IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning (ICDL)  *best paper award finalist
   

• Lakner, V., Ossmy, O., Mareschal, D. (2025). Computational modelling of the emergence of gaze following. in IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning (ICDL)
   

• Serino, G., Ossmy, O. (2025). Toward a Causal Science of Early Physical Play? Infancy, 30(4), e70033
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• Grandchamp Des Raux, H., Ghilardi, T., Ossmy, O. (2025). The effects of rewards on trial-and-error learning in school-aged children. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 01650254251321423. 
   

• Ossmy, O., Donati, G., Kaur, A., Sotoodeh, S., Forrester, G. (2025). Towards automatic assessment of atypical early motor development. Brain Research Bulletin, 111311
   

• Golmakani, S., Kaplan, B., Adolph, K. E., Ossmy, O. (2025). Children plan manual actions similarly in directed tasks and in free play. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 250, 106124.
   

• Muszynska, M., Ossmy, O. (2024). The BlockQuest game: Digital behavioral phenotyping of ADHD using embodied serious game in virtual reality. In Joint International Conference on Serious Games. Cham: Springer International Publishing.
   

• Hascher, S., Ossmy, O., Pontes, H. (2024). The Application of Serious Games in Virtual Reality as Intervention for Sugar Addiction. In Joint International Conference on Serious Games. Cham: Springer International Publishing.
   

• Ossmy, O., Han, D., MacAlpine, P., Hoch, J., Stone, P., Adolph, K. E. (2024). Walking and falling: using robot simulations to model the role of errors in infant walking. Developmental Science, e13449.
   

• ​Grandchamp des Raux, H., Ghilardi, T., Soderberg, C., Ossmy, O. (2024). The role of action concepts in physical reasoning: insights from late childhood. Philosophical Transactions B, 379(1911), 20230154.
   

• Cherry, L., Soderberg, C., Haetter, J., Ossmy, O. (2024). Extended reality in STEM: A modernised educational tool for children. Journal of Human Centered Technology, 3(2), 10-20.
   

• Cherry, L., Cheng, M., Ghilardi, T., Ossmy, O. (2024). Automatic real-time hand tracking enhances adolescents' spatial skills by eliminating haptic feedback. In IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning (ICDL), pp. 1-6.
   

• Krishna, A., Kaplan, B. E., Pope, J., Todorovic, S., Adolph, K. E., Ossmy, O. (2024). A computer-vision approach for testing developmental changes in object manipulation. In IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning (ICDL), pp. 1-6.
   

• Han, D., Aziere, N., Ossmy, O., Wang, T., Krishna, A., Shen, R., Wang, H., Todorovic, S., Adolph, K.E. (2024). Infants’ developing environment: Integration of computer vision and human annotation to quantify where infants go, what they touch, and what they see. In IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning (ICDL), pp. 1-8.   * best paper award
   

• Hascher, S., Shuster, A., Mukamel, R., Ossmy, O. (2023). The power of multivariate patterns in identifying EEG correlates of interlimb coupling. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 17.
   

• Dexter, M., Ossmy, O. (2023). The effects of typical ageing on cognitive control: recent advances and future directions. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 15.
   

• Ossmy, O., Kaplan, B., Han, D., Xu, M., Mukamel, R., Adolph, K.E. (2022). Real-time processes in the development of action planning. Current Biology, 32, 1–10.
   

• Ossmy, O., Mansano, L., Frenkel-Toledo, S., Kagan, E., Koren, S., Gilron, R., Reznik, D., Soroker, N., Mukamel, R. (2022). Motor learning in Hemi-Parkinson using VR-manipulated sensory feedback. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, 1-13
   

• Shuster, A., Inzelberg, L., Ossmy, O., Izakson, L., Hanein, Y., Levy, D. (2021). Lie to my face: An electromyography approach to deceptive behavior. Brain and Behavior, e2386
   

• Ossmy, O., Han, D., Kaplan, B., Xu, M., Bianco, C., Mukamel, R., Adolph, K.E. (2021). Children do not distinguish efficient from inefficient actions during observation. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 1-13.
   

• Le, H., Hoch, J., Ossmy, O., Adolph, K., Fern, X., Fern, A. (2021). Modeling infant free play behavior using hidden markov models. In IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning (ICDL), pp. 1-6
   

• Hoch, J.*, Ossmy, O.*, Hasan, S., Cole, W., Adolph, K.E. (2021). “Dancing” together: Infant-mother locomotor synchrony. Child Development, 92(4), 1337-1353. *joint first authorship
   

• Ossmy, O., Adolph, K.E. (2020). Real-time assembly of coordination patterns in human infants. Current Biology, 30, 1-10
   

• Lakertz, Y.*, Ossmy, O.*, Friedmann, N., Mukamel, R., Fried, I. (2021). Single-cell activity in human STG during perception of phonemes is organized according to manner of articulation. NeuroImage, 226, 117499. *joint first authorship
   

• Ossmy, O., Han, D., Cheng, M., Kaplan, B., Adolph, K.E. (2020). Look before you fit: Real-time planning cascade in children and adults. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 189, 104696
   

• Ossmy, O., Mansano, L., Frenkel-Toledo, S., Kagan, E., Koren, S., Gilron, R., Reznik, D., Soroker, N., Mukamel, R. (2020). Motor learning by cross education in Hemi-Parkinson’s disease: Case study of the effects of virtual mirrored sensory feedback. International Conference on Virtual Rehabilitation (ICVR), pp. 1-9
   

• Adolph, K. E., Hoch, J. E., & Ossmy, O. (2020). James Gibson’s ecological approach to locomotion and manipulation: Development and changing affordances. In J. Wagman & J. Blau (Eds.). Perception as information detection: Reflections on Gibson’s ecological approach to visual perception. New York: Taylor & Francis, pp. 248-266
   

• Ossmy, O., Gilmore, R. O., & Adolph, K. E (2019). AutoViDev: A computer-vision framework to enhance and accelerate research in human development. In K. Arai & S. Kapoor (Eds.), Advances in computer vision: CVC 2019. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, 944. Springer.
   

• Karasik, L., Tamis-LeMonda, C.S., Ossmy, O., Adolph, K.E. (2018). The ties that bind: Cradling in Tajikistan. Plos One, 13:e0204428
   

• Ossmy, O., Hoch, J., MacAlpine, P., Hasan, S., Stone, P., Adolph, K.E. (2018).  Variety wins: Soccer-playing robots and infant walking. Frontiers in Neuro-robotics, 12:19
   

• Ossmy, O., Mukamel, R. (2018). Perception as a route for transfer of motor knowledge: Perspectives from human neuroscience. Neuroscience, 382:144-153
   

• Aridan N.*, Ossmy, O.*, Mukamel, R. (2018). EEG mu wave suppression during action observation corresponds with subsequent individual changes in execution. Brain Research, 1691:55-63. *joint first authorship
   

• Ossmy, O., Mukamel, R. (2017). Behavioral and neural effects of congruency of visual feedback during short-term motor learning. NeuroImage, 172:864-873
   

• Ossmy, O., Mukamel, R. (2017). Using virtual reality to transfer motor skill knowledge from one hand to another. Journal of Visualized Experiments: JoVE, (127)
   

• Ossmy, O., Mukamel, R. (2017). Short term motor-skill acquisition improves with size of self-controlled virtual hands. PloS One, 12(1), e0168520
   

• Ossmy, O., Mukamel, R. (2016). Neural network underlying intermanual skill transfer in humans. Cell Reports, 17:2891-2900
   

• Ossmy, O., Mukamel, R. (2016). Activity in superior parietal cortex during training by observation predicts asymmetric learning levels across hands. Scientific Reports, 6:32133
   

• Ossmy, O., Fried, I., Mukamel, R. (2015). Decoding speech perception from single cell activity in humans. NeuroImage, 117:151-159
   

• Reznik, D., Ossmy, O., Mukamel, R. (2015). Enhanced auditory evoked activity to self-generated sounds is mediated by primary and supplementary motor cortices. The Journal of Neuroscience, 35:2173-2180
   

• Ossmy, O., Ben-Shachar, M., Mukamel, R. (2014). Decoding letter position in word reading. Cortex, 59:74-83
   

• Ossmy, O., Moran, R., Pfeffer, T., Tsetsos, K., Usher, M., & Donner, T. H. (2013). The timescale of perceptual evidence integration can be adapted to the environment. Current Biology, 23:981-986
   

• Ossmy, O., Tam, O., Puzis, R., Rokach, L., Inbar, O., & Elovici, Y. (2011). MindDesktop - computer accessibility for severely handicapped. ICEIS. 316-320