Publications

Journal Articles

• Maheshwari, U. & Barner, D. (in press). Back to reality: Children’s early temporal reasoning applies to real but not hypothetical events. Child Development. [psyarxiv]

• Maheshwari, U. & Barner, D. (2026). Exact numerical reasoning in blind children and adults. Cognition, 267, 106351. [published] [psyarxiv] [PDF]

• Maheshwari, U. & Barner, D. (2025). Twice upon a time: Children use syntax to learn the meanings of yesterday and tomorrow. Developmental Science, 28(2), e13600. [published] [psyarxiv] [PDF]

• Abreu-Mendoza, R. A., Barner, D., Boni, I.,… Maheshwari, U., … & Gunderson, E. (Stage 1: accepted in-principle). ManyNumbers 1: A multi-lab international study of early number knowledge. Developmental Science. [psyarxiv]

Book Chapters and Open Access Resources

• Van Hedger, S. C. & Maheshwari, U. (2025). Language and music in the brain: Balancing domain-specific and domain-general mechanisms. In E. Andrews & S. Kiran. (eds). The Cambridge Handbook of Language and Brain. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 459 - 498. [book]

• Campbell, N., Barr, L., Bovin, J.,… Maheshwari, U. … & Barrette-Ng, I. (2022). Uncovering the hidden curriculum. eCampusOntario Special Collections. [website] [DSpace]

Manuscripts Under Review

• Maheshwari, U. & Barner, D. (under review). One, Two, Three, Four… What’s More? Successor relations, not mappings to approximate magnitudes, support learning the later-greater principle.

• Maheshwari, U., Sullivan, J., & Barner, D. (under review). Counting without end: A cross-linguistic exploration of infinity beliefs in English and Hindi learners.

• Yu, Y., Boni, I., Cheung, P.,… Maheshwari, U., … & Barner, D. (under review). ManyNumbers 3: A multi-lab study of demographic correlates of early number knowledge.

• Maheshwari, U. & Barner, D. (under review). Cross Linguistic Factors in Early Numerical Development.