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Pliatsikas, C. and Marinis, T. (2020) Online psycholinguistic methods in second language acquisition research. In: Chapelle, C. A. (ed.) The Concise Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics. Wiley. ISBN 9781119147367

DeLuca, V., Miller, D., Pliatsikas, C. and Rothman, J. (2019) Brain adaptations and neurological indices of processing in adult Second Language Acquisition: challenges for the Critical Period Hypothesis. In: Schweiter, J. W. (ed.) The Handbook of the Neuroscience of Multilingualism. Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 192-218. ISBN 9781119387701 (In Press)

Pliatsikas, C. (2019) Multilingualism and brain plasticity. In: Schwieter, J. W. (ed.) The handbook of the neuroscience of multilingualism. Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 9781119387701 (In Press)

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Pliatsikas, C. and Chondrogianni, V. (2015) Learning a non-native language in a naturalistic environment: insights from behavioural and neuroimaging research. Frontiers in Psychology.