Michal Korenar
michalkorenar.bsky.social
Michal Korenar
@michalkorenar.bsky.social
bilingualism + creativity in the brain | Assistant Professor at University of Amsterdam | research on dementia in bilinguals at Alzheimer Centre Amsterdam
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Thrilled to share that our paper “Mapping semantic networks to Dutch word embeddings as a diagnostic tool for cognitive decline” has been accepted for publication at #EMNLP2025 (Main) 🎉

A huge thanks to my co-authors (and supervisors): @michalkorenar.bsky.social and Jelke Bloem
August 23, 2025 at 11:13 AM
🍽️✨ Team Dutch Linguistics just turned dinner into a live grammar slam: is bitterballen an NP, a mood, or both? Verdict: 😋✅
What Dutch food-word should be in every sentence? Tell us below! ❤️ if it’s stroopwafel, 🔄 if it’s bitterballen—convince us!
#DutchLinguistics @uvahumanities.bsky.social
May 25, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Duw je een man van de brug om 5 levens te redden?☠️🚂

Het klinkt simpel… tot je de vraag echt krijgt.

Deelnemers voor een korte vragenlijst met morele dilemma’s gezocht.

±10 min | op je telefoon of laptop
NL als moedertaal, EN als L2

Durf jij het aan?
uva.fra1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
May 7, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Abstract submissions for the Learning and Plasticity 2025 conference are open! Deadline December 2nd. lapmeeting.fi
* Dates: April 6-9, 2025
* Special Theme: Interventions to promote cognition and well-being
* Keynote speakers: Daphne Bavelier, Martin Lövdén, Tiia Ngandu
November 23, 2024 at 8:50 AM
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Doing #bilingualism or #multilingualism research and wondering which lang background measure to use?

We examined if #language solidarity biased self-evaluation accuracy. doi.org/nrvz

Bottom line: %use self-evals were less biased than value-laden (how good am I?) self-evals.

%use wins, to us!
Self-evaluations and the language of the beholder: objective performance and language solidarity predict L2 and L1 self-evaluations in bilingual adults - Cognitive Research: Principles and Implication...
People are often asked to self-evaluate their abilities, and these evaluations may not always reflect objective reality. Here, we investigated this issue for bilingual adults’ self-evaluations of lang...
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November 13, 2024 at 2:22 PM
KOŘENÁŘ - that’s the actual spelling of my surname. I don't often use the diacritics, but I embraced them at the meeting of Czech scientists in the Netherlands organised by czexpats.org/en/%F0%9F%94... Meeting minds across disciplines was exhilarating - the highlight wasn’t just the Ř😝
February 22, 2024 at 12:20 AM
🧠 Exciting News! Our latest paper in the journal Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, delves into how speaking two, three, and four languages can transform the brain! Check these exciting results ⬇️

doi.org/10.1017/S136...
Subcortical restructuring as a function of multilingualism: Insights from monolinguals, bilinguals, ...
Subcortical restructuring as a function of multilingualism: Insights from monolinguals, bilinguals, trilinguals and quadrilinguals
doi.org
January 3, 2024 at 11:00 AM
📚 JUST IN: Explore our new book chapter summarising the latest research on *SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION AND NEUROPLASTICIY*
Embark on a journey through the fascinating world of brain changes in L2 learners.
Authored with Christos Pliatsikas

#bilingualism #multilingualism #neurolinguistics #SLA
Second Language Acquisition and Neuroplasticity | 18 | Insights from t
Learning a second language (L2) has been shown to trigger structural brain adaptations. However, available evidence has reported effects in various brain
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December 31, 2023 at 10:30 AM
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Filosoof Jean Wagemans is benoemd tot hoogleraar Cognitie, communicatie en argumentatie. Hij zal zich richten op de cognitieve aspecten van persuasieve communicatie en argumentatie. 'Menselijke communicatie is zo veranderd dat een innovatieve aanpak nodig is.' www.uva.nl/shared-conte...
Jean Wagemans benoemd tot hoogleraar Cognitie, Communicatie en Argumentatie
Jean Wagemans is benoemd tot hoogleraar Cognitie, Communicatie en Argumentatie aan de Faculteit der Geesteswetenschappen van de Universiteit van Amsterdam (UvA). Hij zal zich richten op de cognitieve ...
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November 1, 2023 at 2:37 PM