I recently did a podcast interview as part of the SciLang Global Podcast series, where I talk with Agnieszka Dutkowska-Zuk (Lancaster University) about bilingualism, cognition and the brain. It can…Read More >
ISB workshop on advanced statistical methods- screencasts available!
Our recent online satellite workshop to the International Symposium of Bilingualism 2023 (ISB14) at Macquarie University, Australia, provided a practical introduction to frequentist and Bayesian mixed-effects models, and generalised additive…Read More >
New paper on hippocampal adaptations in bilingual patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment, in Bilingualism, Language and Cognition
Voits, T., Rothman, J., Calabria, M., Robson, H., Aguirre, N., Cattaneo, G., Costumero, V., Hernández, M., Juncadella Puig, M., Marín-Marín, L., Suades, A., Costa, A., Pliatsikas, C. (2023) Hippocampal adaptations…Read More >
New paper on the non-linear effects of bilingualism on subcortical brain volumes, in Scientific Reports
Kořenář, M., Treffers-Daller, J., & Pliatsikas, C. (2023): Dynamic effects of bilingualism on brain structure map onto general principles of experience-based neuroplasticity. Scientific Reports, 13, 3428 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-30326-3 To access,…Read More >
New paper on the effects of diglossia and bilingualism on the executive functions of older adults, in Bilingualism, Language and Cognition
Alrwaita, N., Houston-Price, C., Meteyard, L., Voits, T., & Pliatsikas, C. (2023): Executive functions are modulated by the context of dual language use: comparing diglossic, bilingual and monolingual older adults….Read More >
New paper alert! The effect of diglossia on executive functions in adult speakers of Arabic, in Languages
Alrwaita, N., Houston-Price, C., Meteyard, L., & Pliatsikas, C. (2022): Is there an effect of diglossia on executive functions? An investigation on adult diglossic speakers of Arabic. Languages, 7(4), 312;…Read More >
Join our lab! PhD studentships at the University of Reading
The School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences at the University of Reading is inviting applicants for PhD studentships in language sciences. Research in the Bilingualism in the Brain lab…Read More >
New paper on the effects of diglossia and bidialectalism on cognition, in Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism
Alrwaita, N., Houston-Price, C., & Pliatsikas, C. (2022): The effects on cognition of using two variants of one language: Evidence from bidialectalism and diglossia. Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism. DOI: 10.1075/lab.21044.alr…Read More >
New preprint: The Multipic dataset with picture naming norms in 32 languages
Duñabeitia, JA., Baciero, A., Antoniou, K., Antoniou, M., Ataman, E., Baus, C., Ben-Shachar, M., Can Çağlar, O., Chromý, J., Comesaña, M., Filip, M., Filipović Đurđević, D., Gillon Dowens, M., Hatzidaki,…Read More >
New paper on the dynamic effects of immersive bilingualism on brain structure, in Frontiers in Psychology
Marín-Marín, L., Costumero, V., Ávila, C., & Pliatsikas, C. (2022): Dynamic effects of immersive bilingualism on cortical and subcortical grey matter volumes. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.886222 To access,…Read More >