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Welcome to the Brain, Language and Bilingualism lab (BLaB)!
We are a cognitive neuroscience lab based in the Department of Psychology at the University of Cambridge. We aim to understand the cognitive and neural mechanisms that allow us to use and comprehend language; and to explore how these mechanisms may have evolved. We also aim to understand how our brains adapt to the requirements of learning and using more than one language.
Lab News
01/2026 NEW PAPER
Our new review paper synthesizes evidence linking atypical cortical tracking of auditory information in dyslexia, language development, and neurocognitive mechanisms of adaptive and resilient speech comprehension
Klimovich-Gray A, Bozic M, Molinaro N, Lallier M (2026). Dyslexia: a window into the cortical mechanisms of adaptive speech analysis. Trends in Neurosciences. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tins.2025.12.004
12/2025 NEW PREPRINT
Our new paper investigates how language usage shapes selective attention in bilingualism
Theron-Grimaldi S, Schwarz J, Alex P, Bozic M (Preprint). Language usage modulates the neural mechanisms of selective attention in bilinguals. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.11.26.690745
10/2025 NEW PAPER
Our new paper investigates how comparative language framing impacts behavioural choices
Oehlenschläger Turner S, Buttle L, van der Linden S, Skylark W, Bozic M (2025) 'More' yields more: The influence of comparative language framing and prior beliefs on engagement with health-related news. Applied Cognitive Psychology. 39:e70118. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.70118
08/2025 NEW PAPER
This research tests how linguistic labels facilitate visual processing, and discusses the implications this may have had for language evolution
Scott J, Foley R, Bozic M (2025). Labelling and Iconicity Facilitate Visual Perception and Categorisation. Language and Cognition, 17, e68. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/langcog.2025.10023
06/2025 NEW PAPER
In this paper we investigated the processing of complex words in German, to establish the variables that influence the processing morphological complexity
Bozic M, Smolka E, Alex P, McManus F, Schwarz J (2025). UNDER-STANDING the Effects of Semantic Transparency, Affix Type and Task on Processing of Complex German Words. Language, Cognition and Neuroscience. 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/23273798.2025.2522269
04/2025 NEW DOCTOR
Many congratulations to Jamie for passing his PhD viva!
04/2025 NEW PAPER
Check out our new paper that summarises fMRI findings on the neural processing and representation of morphologically complex words
Bozic M, Schwarz J (2025). The use of fMRI in research on language morphology. In Nesi H & Milin P (Eds). International Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics, 3rd Edition. Reference Module in Social Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-95504-1.00743-2