Publications
Kliesch, M., R. Becker, A.Hervais-Adelman (2022). Global and localized network characteristics of the resting brain predict and adapt to foreign language learning in older adults. Scientific reports, 12(1), 1-12.
Kliesch, M., S.E. Pfenninger, M. Wieling, E. Stark, M. Meyer (2021). “Cognitive Benefits of Learning Additional Languages in Old Adulthood? Insights from an Intensive Longitudinal Intervention Study”. Applied Linguistics.
Kliesch, M. & Pfenninger, S.E. (2021). Cognitive and Socio-Affective Predictors of L2 Micro-Development in Late Adulthood: A Longitudinal Intervention Study. Modern Language Journal, 105(1).
Kliesch, M., N. Giroud, S. E. Pfenninger and M. Meyer. (2018) Research on Second Language Acquisition in Old Adulthood: What We Have and What We Need. In D. Gabrys-Barker (ed.). The third age in second language acquisition. Bristol: Multilingual Matters.
Grupo Z (in alphabetical order: Carrillo, D, DIaz, A. Graf, A., Kliesch, M., Meclazcke, G., Strickler, R., Zehnder, D.).”La autorreflexión en el ’Soneto I’ y el ’Salmo XVIII’ de Quevedo (I)”, Versants, 60:3, 2013, 187-199.
Oral Presentations
Cognitive Predictors and Variability of Linear and Non-Linear L2 Trajectories in Third Age Learners (June 2021, Oral Presentation). EuroSLA, virtual conference.
Coherent patterns of ongoing brain oscillations predict the attainment of foreign-language complexity in older learners (October 2020, Poster Presentation). Society for the Neurobiology of Language Conference, virtual conference.
The link between EEG resting-state features and linguistic competence (September 2020, Oral Presentation). Workshop on current advances in neurolinguistics – oscillations, language and the brain. University of Zurich, Switzerland.
EEG Resting-State Indices as Markers of Foreign-Language Aptitude in Older Adults (August 2019, Poster Presentation). Society for the Neurobiology of Language Conference, Helsinki, Finnland.
Computer-assisted language learning in old adulthood: How duolingo can or cannot complement classroom-based learning (May 2019, Oral Presentation). UZH-UNIGE Workshop on Computers in L2 Learning and Assessment, Zurich, Switzerland.
Variation in the third age: A preliminary look at intraindividual differences across L2 learner trajectories (April 2019, Oral Presentation). Workshop ”Intraindividuelle Variation in der Sprache” (Intraindividual Variation in Language), Salzburg, Austria.
Cognition and beta-oscillations at rest predict L2 development in third age (September 2018, Oral Presentation). CoNSALL, Bangor, UK.
Learning a new language in third age: The Role of Cognition and the Aging Brain (May 2018, Poster Presentation). HaBilNet1, Brussels, Belgium.
Nowness and the Limits of Experiencing(October 2016, Oral Presentation). Engelberg Conference 2016, Engelberg, Switzerland.
Learning a new language in old adulthood: A longitudinal study (May 2016, Poster Presentation). MaDoKo 2016 (”Masterstudierenden- und Doktorandinnenkonferenz), Psychology Department, University of Zurich, Switzerland.