Publications

The research our unit builds upon:

  • Achaa-Amankwaa, P., Kushnereva, E., Miksch, H., Stumme, J., Heim, S., & Ebersbach, M. (2023). Bi- and multilingualism is associated with function-specific advantages in cognitive performance of older adults. Scientific Reports, 13, Article 16912. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-43961-7
  • Cholewa, J., Neitzel, I., Bürsgens, A., & Günther, T. (2019). Online-processing of grammatical gender in noun-phrase decoding: An eye-tracking study with monolingual German 3rd and 4th graders. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, Article 2586. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02586
  • Declerck, M., & Koch, I. (2023). The concept of inhibition in bilingual control. Psychological Review, 130(4), 953–976. https://doi.org/10.1037/rev0000367
  • Günther, T., Kirschenkern, A., Mayer, A., Steinke, F., & Cholewa, J. (2023). The development of predictive gender processing strategies during noun phrase decoding: An eye-tracking study with German 5- to 10-year-old children. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 66(10), 3907–3924. https://doi.org/10.1044/2023_JSLHR-23-00100
  • Heim, S., Stumme, J., Bittner, N., Jockwitz, C., Amunts, K., & Caspers, S. (2019). Bilingualism and “brain reserve”: A matter of age. Neurobiology of Aging, 81, 157–165. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2019.05.021
  • Koch, I., Declerck, M., Petersen, G., Rister, D., Scharke, W., & Philipp, A. M. (2024). Reassessing the role of language dominance in n-2 language repetition costs as a marker of inhibition in multilingual language switching. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 50(9), 1516–1528. https://doi.org/10.1037/xlm0001333
  • Koch, I., Sánchez, L. M., Koch, C., Roembke, T. C., Philipp, A. M., & Declerck, M. (2026). Persistence of situational language balance in bilingual switching: Evidence from carryover of proactive language control. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1366728925100874
  • Peitz, K., Bittner, N., Heim, S., & Caspers, S. (2025). Bilingualism and “brain reserve” in subregions of the hippocampal formation. GeroScience, 47(3), 4935–4954. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11357-025-01639-0
  • Peitz, K., Stumme, J., Jockwitz, C., Bittner, N., Caspers, S., & Heim, S. (2023). The influence of bilingualism on gray matter volume in the course of aging: A longitudinal study. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 15, Article 1193283. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2023.1193283
  • Philipp, A. M., & Koch, I. (2026). Multilingualism and multimodality: Modality-specific effects in language switching. In J. W. Schwieter & J.-M. Dewaele (Eds.), Multilingualism: Foundations and the state of the interdisciplinary art (pp. 31–69). Bloomsbury.
  • Philipp, A. M., Syndicus, M., & Declerck, M. (2024). Reversed asymmetrical switch costs in voluntary language switching: Evidence from typed responses. International Journal of Bilingualism, 28(5), 1053–1064. https://doi.org/10.1177/13670069231204232
  • Reverberi, C., Kuhlen, A., Abutalebi, J., Greulich, R. S., Costa, A., Seyed-Allaei, S., & Haynes, J. D. (2015). Language control in bilinguals: Intention to speak vs. execution of speech. Brain and Language, 144, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandl.2015.03.004
  • Reverberi, C., Kuhlen, A. K., Seyed-Allaei, S., Greulich, R. S., Costa, A., Abutalebi, J., & Haynes, J.-D. (2018). The neural basis of free language choice in bilingual speakers: Disentangling language choice and language execution. NeuroImage, 177, 108–116. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.05.025
  • Roembke, T. C., Koch, I., & Philipp, A. M. (2024a). Language switching when writing: The role of phonological and orthographic overlap. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 77(4), 873–892. https://doi.org/10.1177/17470218231183706
  • Roembke, T. C., Koch, I., & Philipp, A. M. (2024b). What makes a cognate? Implications for research on bilingualism. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 27(5), 1023–1028. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1366728924000233
  • Simonetti, M. E., Koch, I., & Roembke, T. C. (2025). How do multiple meanings affect word learning and remapping? Memory & Cognition, 53(7), 2197–2216. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421-025-01706-z