Yee, J., Kořenář, M., Sheehan, A. & Pliatsikas, C. (2024): Subcortical malleability as a result of cognitively challenging experiences: the case of bi-/multilingualism. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 59, 101438….Read More >
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Our lab at the International Symposium on Bilingual and L2 Processing in Adults and Children (ISBPAC)
A couple of weeks ago we had the opportunity to talk about our work at the ISBPAC conference, that was held at Swansea University, UK. We received plenty of useful…Read More >
See you next week at the International Symposium on Bilingual and L2 Processing in Adults and Children (ISBPAC)!
Our lab will be present at the next ISBPAC, which takes place in Swansea, Wales, with three presentations, all taking place on Friday the 24th of May: 9:00-10:00: Plenary talk-Christos…Read More >
The Multipic dataset is growing with naming norms in its 33rd language!
We are thrilled to announce that Multipic has been normed in its 33rd language, Cantonese! The new norms have been published as part of the following paper, which you can…Read More >
New paper on subcortical brain adaptations in multilinguals, in Bilingualism: Language and Cognition
Yee, J., Yap, NT., Kořenář, M., Saddy, D., & Pliatsikas, C. (2023): Subcortical restructuring as a function of multilingualism: Insights from monolinguals, bilinguals, trilinguals and quadrilinguals. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition…Read More >
PhD Studentships in Psychology and 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 Psychology and Language Sciences. Language research in the school covers psycholinguistics…Read More >
Introducing the Language Working Group of the ENIGMA international consortium
ENIGMA-Language (ENIGMA-LANG) is a new working group aiming to focus on the neurobiology of language, one of the most fundamental traits of our species, in order to investigate associations between brain…Read More >
New paper on structural adaptations in the brain of interpreters and translators, in Ampersand
Kořenář, M., Treffers-Daller, J., & Pliatsikas, C. (2023): Brain structure adapts dynamically to highly demanding bilingual experiences: insights from interpreters and translators. Ampersand. DOI: 10.1016/j.amper.2023.100148 To access, click here Abstract…Read More >
New podcast on bilingualism and the brain!
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 >