Our lab was recently interviewed by Bilingualism Matters@Reading. Toms, Vince and I had the opportunity to talk about our work and our findings, and also provide a small demonstration of…Read More >
New publication on working memory in older age, in the Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
Pliatsikas, C., Veríssimo, J., Babcock, L., Pullman, M.Y., Dana G.A., Weinstein, M., Goldman, N., & Ullman, M.T. (2018): Working memory in older adults declines with age, but is modulated by sex…Read More >
Our lab at the SNL 2018 conference
We are very happy to have been informed that our lab will be represented with four presentations at the upcoming Society for the Neurobiology of Language conference! These are (click…Read More >
Invited talk by Dina Mehmedbegovic
Today our lab hosted Dr Dina Mehmedbegovic from Institute of Education (UCL). Dr Mehmedbegovic discussed the processes that lead to “language hierarchies” in education- for example, why in countries like the United…Read More >
New PhD opportunity in our lab!
Our lab is part of MultiMind, an EU-funded international multidisciplinary and multisectorial training network on multilingualism. MutliMind has now advertised 15 fully-funded 3-year PhDs across its beneficiary institutions, to commence in Autumn…Read More >
Our new MRI study on bilingualism and ageing is underway!
Only three days after we first advertised it, today we scanned our first participant for Toms Voits’ new study on bilingualism and its effects on the brain! If you are…Read More >
Participants needed for MRI study! Do you want a picture of your brain?
We are looking for participants for an MRI study! Are you or a friend/relative more than 50 years old? Interested in high-definition image of your/their brain? This is an opportunity…Read More >
New publication on stuttering in Human Brain Mapping
Connally, E., Ward, D., Pliatsikas, C., Finnegan, S., Boyles, R., Jenkinson, M. & Watkins, K. (2018): Separation of trait and state in stuttering. Human Brain Mapping, doi: 10.1002/hbm.24063 To access, click here Abstract Stuttering…Read More >
New book chapter on Critical Periods in Second Language Acquisition
DeLuca, V., Miller, D., Pliatsikas, C. and Rothman, J. (in press) Brain adaptations and neurological indices of processing in adult Second Language Acquisition: challenges for the Critical Period Hypothesis. To…Read More >
New students in our lab!
Our lab is growing! We have some new recruits: -Eleanor Luckock is a PhD student based in University of Reading Malaysia (first supervisors: Prof. Carmel Houston-Price and Dr Rachel Pye). Her…Read More >