Alrwaita, N., Meteyard, L., Houston-price, C., & Pliatsikas, C. (2021): Is there an effect of diglossia on cognition? An investigation of the relationship between diglossia and Executive Functions in young…Read More >
Register now: Talk about Multilingualism and the Brain by Jia’en Yee
Don’t miss this talk about bilingualism and brain structure by our lab member Jia’en Yee on the 25th of May at 4 pm (UK time)! To attend this lecture, and…Read More >
New paper on metabolite concentrations in the bilingual brain, in Scientific Reports
Pliatsikas, C., Pereira-Soares, S.M., Voits, T., Deluca, V., & Rothman, J. (2021): Bilingualism is a long-term cognitively challenging experience that modulates metabolite concentrations in the healthy brain. Scientific Reports, 11, 7090….Read More >
Many congratulations to Michal Korenar!
Our own Michal has been awarded the prestigious Fulbright-Masaryk award, part of the Fulbright Scholarships program, to spend six months as a visiting scholar at Roger Beaty’s Cognitive Neuroscience of…Read More >
New preprint: The effects of diglossia and bidialectalism on cognition
Alrwaita, N., Houston-Price, C., & Pliatsikas, C (2020): The effects of using two variants of one language on cognition: Evidence from bidialectalism and diglossia. To access, click here Abstract: The…Read More >
Bilingualism and creativity: talk by Michal Korenar
Last week our own Michal gave a talk on bilingualism and creativity, which was part of the Multilingual Mind lecture series. In this talk he presented some preliminary results from…Read More >
PhD studentships in Language Sciences 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 the language sciences. Research in the school covers work in psycholinguistics…Read More >
Proudly presenting… Dr Toms Voits!
Please join me in congratulating newly minted Dr Toms Voits for having just defended his PhD viva. And did I say that no corrections were required? Congratulations Toms! Given the…Read More >
New pre-print: The effects of bilingualism on the structure of the hippocampus and on memory performance in ageing bilinguals
Voits, T., Robson, H., Rothman, J., & Pliatsikas, C. (2020). The effects of bilingualism on the structure of the hippocampus and on memory performance in ageing bilinguals. To access, click…Read More >
Online Conference on Multilingualism 2020- Register now for free!
The next Conference on Multilingualism 2020 (COM2020) will be hosted by the Centre for Literacy and Multilingualism (CeLM) at the University of Reading (UK) from the 23rd to the 25th of…Read More >