The new year has just started, and our lab is already busy with several talks this week! Specifically: -Christos will deliver a talk at the Ringvorlesung Multilingual Mind at the…Read More >
New pre-print: Bilingualism and neurodegenerative disorders beyond Alzheimer’s Disease
Voits, T., Pliatsikas, C., Robson, H, Rothman, J.(2019): Beyond Alzheimer’s Disease: Bilingualism and Other Types of Neurodegeneration To access, click here Abstract Bilingualism has been argued to have an impact…Read More >
New paper on bilingualism and Multiple Sclerosis, in Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism
Aveledo, F., Higueras, Y., Marinis, T., Bose, A., Pliatsikas, C., Meldaña-Rivera, A., Martínez-Ginés, M. L., García-Domínguez, J., Lozano-Ros, A., Cuello, J. P. and Goicochea-Briceño, H. (2019) Multiple sclerosis and bilingualism: some initial findings. To appear in Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism. To access, click here…Read More >
Call for Papers: Conference on Multilingualism (COM) 2020 @ the Centre of Literacy and Multilingualism, University of Reading.
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 >
Publication news 2/2: New empirical paper on the differential effects of bilingual language experiences on brain function in NeuroImage
DeLuca, V., Rothman, J., Bialystok, E., & Pliatsikas C. (2019): Duration and extent of bilingual experience modulate neurocognitive outcomes. NeuroImage. To access, click here Abstract: The potential effects of bilingualism on executive control…Read More >
Publication news 1/2: New conceptual review on structural plasticity in the bilingual brain in Language Learning
Pliatsikas, C., DeLuca, V., & Voits, T. (2019): The many shades of bilingualism: language experiences modulate adaptations in brain structure. To appear in Language Learning To access, click here Abstract: Recent years…Read More >
Updates on upcoming conference presentations
Our lab has a busy but exciting time ahead, as we are due to give seven presentations in several upcoming conferences! Specifically: -Conference on Multilingualism 2019, September 1st-3rd, Leiden, The…Read More >
Our lab at ISB12 in Edmonton… and an announcement!
I am honoured to have been elected the new chair of the International Symposium on Bilingualism, at the latest business meeting that took place in Edmonton, Canada, last June. The…Read More >
New methodological preprint on examining the effects of language experiences on white matter plasticity
Luk, G. & Pliatsikas, C. (2019): Using Diffusion Tensor Imaging to examine brain structural plasticity and language experience To access, click here Abstract: Recent advances in neuroimaging methods have led…Read More >
Our lab at the International Symposium of Bilingualism, Edmonton, Canada #ISB12
Our lab has five presentations in the upcoming ISB, to take place between the 24th and 28th of Jun. Specifically: Tuesday, June 25th: Poster 119: Voits, T,. Robson, H., Rothman,…Read More >