Tashauna L Blankenship

Biographic Data

ID5762043
NAMETashauna L Blankenship
GIVEN NAMESTashauna L
FAMILY NAMEBlankenship
SIGNATUREBLANKENSHIP T L
AFFILIATIONSDepartment of Psychology, University of Massachusetts , Boston, Massachusetts
ORCID0000-0002-6649-8732
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS2
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR2
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
H-INDEX0

  • “Plan chunking” expands 3-year-olds' ability to complete multiple-step plans

    Open AccessTashauna L Blankenship, Melissa M KibbeARTICLEChild Development2023

    The ability to use knowledge to guide the completion of goals is a critical cognitive skill, but 3-year-olds struggle to complete goals that require multiple steps. This study asked whether 3-year-olds could benefit from “plan chunking” to complete multistep goals. Thirty-two U.S. children (range = 35.75–46.59 months; 18 girls; 9 white, 3 mixed race, 20 unknown; tested between July 2020 and April 2021) were asked to complete “treasure maps,” retr…

  • Development of multiple object tracking via multifocal attention

    Open AccessTashauna L Blankenship, Roger W Strong et al.ARTICLEDevelopmental Psychology2020

    Multifocal attention is the ability to simultaneously attend to multiple objects, and is critical for typical functioning. Although adults are able to use multifocal attention, little is known about the development of this ability. In two experiments, we investigated multifocal attention in 6-8-year-old children and adults using a child-friendly, computerized multiple object tracking task designed to encourage the use of multifocal attention. We …