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Welcome to the Brain, Language & Bilingualism Lab!

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

05/2026 BILINGUALISM MATTERS SYMPOSIUM

Our lab was present at the Bilingualism Matters Symposium 2026 in Milan with two oral presentations and one poster.

 

04/2026 CAMBRIDGE SCIENCE FESTIVAL

Our lab took part in the Family Weekend of the Cambridge Science Festival, where we showcased some of our research on the bilingual brain. Thank you to all the families who stopped by to chat with us! 

 

01/2026 NEW PAPER

In this review paper, we synthesize 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  

This work 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