Lewis P. Lipsitt, Ph.D.

Research Professor of Psychology, Brown University Professor

Emeritus of Psychology, Medical Science, and Human Development

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Areas of Expertise:

• Infant behavior and development
• Crib death
• Adolescent suicide
• Developmental factors in learning disabilities

Other Areas of Interest:

• Longitudinal studies of risk-taking behaviors

Recent Publications:

1. Lipsitt, L.P. (1997). Fetal preludes to infancy. Review of J.P. Lecanuet, W.P. Fifer, N.A. Krasnegor, and W.P. Smotherman (Eds.), Fetal development: A psychobiological perspective (Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum, 1995). Contemporary Psychology 42: 795-796.
2. Satz, P., Buka, S., Lipsitt, L.P., Seldman, L. (1998). The long-term prognosis of learning disabled children: A review of studies (1954-1993). In B.K. Shapiro, P.J. Accardo and A.J. Capute (Eds.) Specific reading disability: A view of the spectrum. Timonium, MD: York Press.
3. Kennedy, C.M. and Lipsitt L.P. (1998). Risk-taking in pre-school children. Journal of Pediatric Nursing 13: 77-84.
   

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