28.1881, Confs: Neuroling, Psycholing/UK

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LINGUIST List: Vol-28-1881. Thu Apr 20 2017. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 28.1881, Confs: Neuroling, Psycholing/UK

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Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2017 15:48:32
From: Christos Pliatsikas [c.pliatsikas at reading.ac.uk]
Subject: Bi-/Multilingualism and the Declining Brain: Current Evidence and Future Directions

 
Bi-/Multilingualism and the Declining Brain: Current Evidence and Future Directions 

Date: 21-Jun-2017 - 21-Jun-2017 
Location: Reading, United Kingdom 
Contact: Christos Pliatsikas 
Contact Email: c.pliatsikas at reading.ac.uk 
Meeting URL: https://christoslab.wordpress.com/bilingual_brain/ 

Linguistic Field(s): Neurolinguistics; Psycholinguistics 

Meeting Description: 

The Centre for Literacy and Multilingualism (CeLM) at the University of
Reading is hosting a day workshop titled: ''Bi-/Multilingualism and the
Declining Brain: Current evidence and future directions''.

This event will look into contemporary suggestions about the neuroprotective
effects of bi-/multilingualism against brain decline in clinical populations.
It will bring together early career and established researchers in the fields
of second language acquisition and cognitive/clinical neuroscience, and will
comprise a state-of-the-art snapshot in the field, as well as discuss
potential future directions for research.

This free event is part of the Centre for Literacy and Multilingualism (CeLM)
2017 week, and is co-funded by the Centre for Literacy and Multilingualism
(CeLM), the Centre for Integrative Neuroscience and Neurodynamics (CINN), and
the European Second Language Association (EuroSLA).

For full details, visit the workshop webpage here:
https://christoslab.wordpress.com/bilingual_brain/

Keynote Speakers: 

- Dr Thomas Bak, University of Edinburgh
- Dr Aileen Ho, University of Reading

Discussant: 

- Professor David Green, University College London

For informal enquiries,please use the following form:
https://christoslab.wordpress.com/contact_form/
 

Program:

9:20-9:30:
Workshop opening

9:30-10:00:
Keynote: Aileen Ho (University of Reading)
Parkinson’s or Pākinson-byō?

10:30-11:00:
Woumans, Evy (Ghent University)
Bilingualism elicits a four to five year delay in Alzheimer’s symptoms

11:00-11:30:
Calabria, Marco, et al. (Center for Brain and Cognition, Pompeu Fabra
University)
Does active bilingualism act as a compensatory mechanism against cognitive
decline?

11:30-12:00:
Pastoriza-Domínguez, Patricia (Universitat de Barcelona)
Mild Cognitive Impairment in Catalan/Spanish Bilinguals and Monolinguals: a
Preliminary Discussion

12:00-12:30:
Calabria, Marco, et al. (Center for Brain and Cognition, Pompeu Fabra
University)
Semantic control in multilingualism: insights from semantic dementia

13:30-14:30:
Keynote: Thomas Bak (University of Edinburgh)
Sex, drugs and bilingualism – opportunities and dangers

14:30-15:00:
Massa, Emilie, et al. (Université Toulouse Jean Jaurès)
Age-related effects on language control and executive control: behavioural and
electrophysiological data

15:00-15:30:
Filippi, Roberto (UCL Institute of Education)
The effects of a multi-linguistic experience across the lifespan: a
developmental, neuroconstructivist approach

15:30-16:00:
Aveledo, Fraibet, et al. (University of Reading)
Language impairments in multiple sclerosis and effects of bilingualism: a
pilot study

Early career researcher presentations:

16:30-17:00:
D’Souza, Dean (UCL): Raising bilingual children: the effects of bilingual
environments on infant cognitive development

17:00-17:30:
Antoniou, Mark & Wright, Sarah (MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and
Development, Western Sydney University, Australia)
Future directions for uncovering the mechanism underlying language learning
related brain advantages

17:30-18:30:
Roundtable discussion chaired by David Green (UCL) to identify future research
agendas, challenges in conducting multidisciplinary research, and research
needs for early career researchers.

Posters by early career and established researchers will be presented
throughout in the coffee/lunch space to enable discussion/interaction with a
larger number of researchers.





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