Christos Pliatsikas
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Professor
- School Director of Academic Tutoring
- Steering Committee and incoming director of the Centre for Literacy and Multilingualism (CeLM).
Areas of interest
My research is on experience-based neuroplasticity, with a primary focus on the effects of bi-/multilingualism on brain structure and function, investigated with behavioural and neuroimaging (functional and structural) methods.
My research interests include:
- Are brain structure and function, and cognition, affected by learning additional languages?
- How are these effects modulated by the individual experiences of the language learner?
- How do these effects interact with typical brain development and ageing, and what are the implications for age- or disease- related neurodegeneration?
- Are there particular effects on the brain and/or cognition caused by language situations like diglossia, digraphia and biliteracy?
Research centres and groups
- External Affiliate Researcher of Centro de Investigación Nebrija en Cognición, Universidad Nebrija, Spain
- Centre for Integrative Neuroscience and Neurodynamics (CINN), University of Reading
- Centre for Literacy and Multilingualism (CeLM), University of Reading
Academic qualifications
- Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education (PGCHE), University of Kent
- PhD in Clinical Language Sciences, University of Reading
- MSc in Clinical Neurosciences, Institute of Neurology, UCL, London
- BSc in Psychology, Pantion University, Athens, Greece.
Awards and honours
- Fellow of the Centre for Advanced Studies
- Norwegian Academy of Sciences and Letters
Professional bodies/affiliations
- Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy