Jean Berko Gleason is an American psycholinguist who studies language and is best known for creating the Wug Test. She is considered a pioneer in the study of children’s language and has been called the founder of experimental developmental psycholinguistics. Her research used made-up words to examine whether children understand grammar rules. Much of her professional career was spent at Boston University, where she was a psychology professor from 1975 through 2005.
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