{"id":1865,"date":"2022-02-22T08:30:59","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T08:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/christos-lab\/?page_id=1865"},"modified":"2024-11-20T06:17:52","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T06:17:52","slug":"students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/christos-lab\/students\/","title":{"rendered":"Students & Alumni"},"content":{"rendered":"
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If you are interested in pursuing a PhD in our lab, feel free to email at c.pliatsikas[at]reading.ac.uk<\/em><\/h1>\n<\/header>\n
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PhD Supervision<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Current PhD student:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Xinyu Liu<\/strong>. 2024-present. Project: “The long-term effects of bilingualism on the ageing brain<\/em>”<\/p>\n

Alumni (with links to current academic positions when available):<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alex Sheehan<\/strong>.<\/a> 2021-2024. Project \u201cThere is no \u2018off\u2019 switch: exploring bilingualism\u2019s impact on brain function and cognition as a continuously experienced cognitive challenge<\/em>\u201d. Funded by an ESRC South East Network for Social Sciences PhD Studentship<\/p>\n

Dr Jia\u2019en Yee<\/strong>. 2018-2022 . Project: \u201cEffects of Orthographic transparency on brain connectivity, structure and language processing<\/em>\u201d. Funded by the European Union\u2019s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme<\/p>\n

Dr Najla Alrwaita<\/strong><\/a>. 2018-2021. Project: \u201cThe Effects of Diglossia on Cognition: Evidence from Executive Functions<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr Michal Ko\u0159en\u00e1\u0159<\/strong><\/a>. 2018-2021 . Project: \u201cBilingualism sculpts the core of the brain: an investigation of experience-dependent neuroplasticity induced by the variable use of two languages<\/em>\u201d. Funded by the European Union\u2019s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme<\/p>\n

Dr Varun Arunachalam Chandran<\/strong><\/a>. 2017-2021. Project :\u00a0\u201cInvestigating the neural correlates of autistic traits using a dimensional approach<\/em>\u201c. Funded by a Felix Scholarship<\/p>\n

Dr Toms Voits<\/strong><\/a>. 2017-2020. Project:\u00a0\u201cBilingualism as a neuroprotective factor in ageing: Insights from healthy and clinical populations\u201d.\u00a0<\/em>Funded by\u00a0a University of Reading Anniversary PhD studentship<\/p>\n

Dr Eleanor Luckock<\/strong>. 2015-2020. Project:\u00a0\u201cThe influence of a multilingual environment on word learning in children and adults\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Dr Vincent DeLuca<\/strong><\/a>. 2015-2018. Project: \u201cBilingualism Effects in Brain Structure and Language Processing: An (f)MRI methodology\u201d.\u00a0<\/em>Funded by a University of Reading International PhD studentship<\/p>\n

Undergraduate and postgraduate project supervision<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

2023\/2024<\/strong><\/p>\n

MSc dissertations:<\/span><\/p>\n

Jessica McGUire (tbc)<\/p>\n

Emily Dawson<\/p>\n

Lauen Hill<\/p>\n

2022\/2023<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

MSc dissertations:<\/span><\/p>\n

Shruti Gupta: Bilingualism and Language Processing- Exploring the effects of bilingualism on language-specific areas in the brain<\/p>\n

Jahavni Bajaj: A systematic review on the cognitive and neural implications of being a bimodal bilingual<\/p>\n

Student on research placement:<\/span><\/p>\n

Shruti Gupta<\/p>\n

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2021\/2022<\/strong><\/p>\n

MSc dissertations:<\/span><\/p>\n

Emma Northover: “Does the quantified bilingual experience predict creativity as measures of divergent and convergent thinking?”<\/em><\/p>\n

Eden Rendell: “Bilingualism and creativity. Does an advantage only occur in thosw who code-switch frequently?<\/em>”<\/p>\n

2020\/2021<\/strong><\/p>\n

MSc dissertations:<\/span><\/p>\n

Pauline Kaplicz: “The effects of bilingualsm on the volumes of the hippocampus and the amygdala in ageing bilinguals<\/em>”<\/p>\n

Lian Hawkins: “Bilingual experience and the ageing brain-An investigation into the effects of frequency of use of a second language on the volumes of the caudate nucleus. globus pallidus and putamen<\/em>”<\/p>\n

Fatima Shab: “Perspective Taking Task-The Effect of Diglossia in Children on Task Accuracy<\/em>”<\/p>\n

Evangelos Nikiforos Kyrmizakis: “The impact of bilingualism and use of the second language in episodic and working memory in older adults<\/em>”<\/p>\n

BSc dissertations:<\/span><\/p>\n

Sophie Aubrey: “An investigation into the effects of bilingualism on the volume of the thalamus in the ageing brain”<\/em><\/p>\n

Rachael Scott: “The effects of bilingualism on the structure of the nucleus accumbens in ageing bilinguals”<\/em><\/p>\n

Anna Czoch:\u00a0“Effects of the bilingual experience on volumes of amygdalae in older adults”<\/em><\/p>\n

Nia Lloyd Jones: “The effect of bilignualism on executive function”<\/em><\/p>\n

Rebecca Rushton:\u00a0“The effect of bilingualism on executive function using age, duration and frequency of use of a second language as modulating factors”<\/em><\/p>\n

2019\/2020<\/strong><\/p>\n

BSc dissertations:<\/span><\/p>\n

Queenie Lam & Ho Kwok: \u201cWill the experience and the number of languages spoken affect creativity?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Rachel Monnin:\u00a0\u201cThe effect of bilingualism on executive functioning with age, frequency and duration of use of a second language as predictors\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Laura Lomax:\u00a0\u201cEffect of language experience on visuo-spatial cognitive abilities\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

MSc dissertations:<\/span><\/p>\n

Rachel Sanders:\u00a0\u201cThe effects of bilingual experience on executive control\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Alex Sheehan: \u201cThe effect of bilingualism on white matter integrity and executive function performance\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Student on research placement:<\/span><\/p>\n

Sarah Jad (MSc)<\/p>\n

2018\/2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

MSc dissertations:<\/span><\/p>\n

James Philip:\u00a0\u201cAn investigation of source code as a second language that restructures the brain. A voxel-based morphometry study\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Ninette O\u2019Mara:\u00a0\u201cThe structural effects of bilingualism on the putamen of lifelong elderly bilinguals: an MRI study\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Sindhu Menon Rajan:\u00a0\u201cThe effects of bilingualism on the volume of caudate nucleus in the healthy ageing brain\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

BSc dissertations:<\/span><\/p>\n

Sheikha Al Hamdani\u00a0 & Lubna Zulkifli:\u00a0\u201cSuppression of first language when encounter second language in non-native English speakers\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Tahmina Aktar:\u00a0\u201cThe effects of the degree of bilignualism (or bilingual experiences) on executive functions and attention\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Student on research placement:<\/span><\/p>\n

Chelsea Sporle (BSc)<\/p>\n

2017\/2018<\/strong><\/p>\n

MSc dissertation:<\/span><\/p>\n

Holly Davies:\u00a0\u201cThe comparative effects of bilingualism and trilingualism on grey matter density in language-associated cortex\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

BSc dissertations:<\/span><\/p>\n

Corinne Cheah & Cheryl Gan: \u201cProcessing of morphologically complex words in English-Mandarin bilinguals\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Louise Carter & Emma Samson: \u201cThe effects of bilingualism during cognitive testing\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Students on research placement:<\/span><\/p>\n

Einas Alharbi (MSc), Lilia Adamou (BSc)<\/p>\n

2016\/2017<\/strong><\/p>\n

MSc dissertations:<\/span><\/p>\n

Deena Husain Saleh Marshad Falah Alomari.\u00a0\u201cBilingualism advantage on inhibitory control in Arabic\/English bilinguals as compared to English monolinguals in the Global-Local task\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

BSc dissertations:<\/span><\/p>\n

Bethan Taylor &\u00a0Rachel Willis:\u00a0\u201cThe Cognitive Advantage of Bilingualism on Inhibition in the Global-Local Executive Function Task for Welsh-English and English Individuals.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Abigail Morley:\u00a0\u201cThe effects of bilingualism and socioeconomic status on perspective-taking abilities\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n

Amy Clarke:\u00a0\u201cUsing the NIH Toolbox to investigate cognition in Epilepsy: a case-control design\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Students on research placement:<\/span><\/p>\n

Nanette Naude (MSc),\u00a0Cheryl Shu Wern Gan (BSc),\u00a0Wafa Islam (BSc).<\/p>\n

2015\/2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

MSc dissertations:<\/span><\/p>\n

Eleni Konstandopoulou.\u00a0\u201cBilingualism: Its effects on brain structure and cognition\u201d<\/em>. Project funded by a Franklin Grant from the American Philosophical Society.<\/p>\n

Candice Harry.\u00a0\u201cComparing native English processing of inflection and derivation\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

2014\/2015<\/strong><\/p>\n

MSc dissertation:<\/span><\/p>\n

Jennifer Lau.\u00a0\u201cInvestigating the differences between abstract, emotion, and action-related verbs: A transcranial magnetic stimulation study\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

BSc dissertations:<\/span><\/p>\n

Luke Pascoe.\u00a0\u201cResearching the abstractness of English verbs: A behavioural analysis\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Tiffany Jackson:\u00a0\u201cImpact of Working Memory Capacity on Syntactic Preferences in Non-Native English Speakers\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Canhan Hua:\u00a0\u201cThe effects of speed on syntactic preferences in native speakers\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Adam Foord:\u00a0\u201cHidden Syntactic Dependencies within Language\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Jared Checketts:\u00a0\u201cName that object: A psycholinguistic experiment\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

2013\/2014<\/strong><\/p>\n

BSc dissertations:<\/span><\/p>\n

Leanne Kirkwoood:\u00a0\u201cEffects of Regularity and Priming on Inflected Verb Type Forms: An Interaction\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Ishita Chowdhury:\u00a0\u201cMorphological Processing of Regular and Irregular Past<\/em>
\nTense in L2 learners of English\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Rowena Bicknell:\u00a0\u201cIs the ERP correlate of familiarity under voluntary control?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Josh Cable:\u00a0\u201cActive Suppression of Memory Recollection\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Declan Greenhalgh:\u00a0\u201cERP Evidence for Trained Recollection Avoidance\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Ben Steward:\u00a0\u201cAn Event-Related Potential Study of Memory Intrusions\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

2012\/2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

MSc\u00a0dissertation:<\/span><\/p>\n

Elisavet Moschopoulou.\u00a0\u201cThe effects of naturalistic exposure to a second language on the structure of the brain\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Student on placement:<\/span><\/p>\n

Francesca Allerton (BSc)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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