Olga Kepinska

In preparation/Under review

  1. Kepinska, O., Altenmüller, E., Ávila, C., Bak, T. H., Balboni, I., Berthele, R., Beukes, K., Bittner, N., Boyd, L. A., Costumero, V., Cox, S., Cui, A.-X., Davydova, T., Gold, C. E., Gollan, T. H., Green, D. W., Hermiston, N., Ipser, J., James, C. E., … Golestani, N., ENIGMA-Language working group. (in preparation). Is knowing more languages linked to a younger brain? A multi-site investigation into the relationship between multilingualism and brain age. [preregistration]
  2. Rampinini, A., Kepinska, O., Balboni, I., Farrés-Franch, M., Zatorre, R., & Golestani, N. (under review). The sound of structure: fMRI reveals affective and cognitive mechanisms in coherent and disorganised music. [preprint]
  3. Mohammed, A., Rampinini, A., Balboni, I.,  Berthele, R., Golestani, N. & Kepinska, O. (under review) Multilingualism and Working Memory: The Role of Formal vs. Informal Language Learning. [preprint]
  4. Balboni, I., Kepinska, O., Berthele, R., Golestani, N. (under review) Dyslexia in Bilinguals: a PRISMA Systematic Review. [preprint]
  5. Caballero, J.*, Kepinska, O.*, Vukovic, N., Voeten, C., Hoeft, F. (in preparation). Multilingualism and development of phonological skills in kindergartners. [preregistration] [*joint first authors]

Stage 1 registered reports

  1. Licata, A., Kepinska, O., Berthele, R., Golestani, N., Borghesani, V. (accepted). Mapping multiple forms to many meanings: the effect of cross-linguistic colexification on multilingual semantic knowledge, Registered Report (Stage 1). Bilingualism: Language and Cognition

Articles in peer-reviewed journals

  1. Kepinska, O., Bouhali, F., Degano, G., Berthele, R., Tanaka, H., Hoeft, F., Golestani, N. (2026). Intergenerational transmission of the structure of the auditory cortex and reading skills. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 79, 101702. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2026.101702 [preprint] [PDF]
  2. Marks, R. A., Bouhali, F., Sun, X., Caballero, J. F., Kepinska, O., Uchikoshi, Y., Beltz, A., Kovelman, I., & Hoeft, F. (2026). Functional Connectivity Fingerprints of Emerging Reading Skill in the First Months of Schooling. Developmental Science, 29(2), e70142. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.70142 [preprint] [PDF] 
  3. Balboni, I., Rampinini, A., Kepinska, O., Berthele, R., & Golestani, N. (2025). Brain activation for language and its relationship to cognitive and linguistic measures. Cerebral Cortex, 35(8), bhaf231. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhaf231 [PDF]
  4. Kepinska, O., Dalboni da Rocha, J., Tuerk, C., Hervais-Adelman, A., Bouhali, F., Green, D.W., Price, C.J., & Golestani, N. (2025). Auditory cortex anatomy reflects multilingual phonological experience. eLife, 12, RP90269. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.90269 [PDF]
  5. Rampinini, A., Balboni, I., Kepinska, O., Berthele, R., & Golestani, N. (2025). NEBULA101: An open dataset for the study of language aptitude in behaviour, brain structure and function. Scientific Data, 12(1), 19. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-04357-y [PDF]
  6. Ramoser, C., Fischer, A., Caspers, J., Schiller, N. O., Golestani, N., Kepinska, O. (2025). Language aptitude is related to the anatomy of the transverse temporal gyri. Brain Structure and Function, 230(1), 14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00429-024-02883-4 [PDF]
  7. Golshani, S., Kepinska, O., Gholami, H., Golestani, N. (2024) Neuroanatomy, episodic memory and inhibitory control of persian-kurdish simultaneous bilinguals. Scientific Reports 14, 29151. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-79955-2 [PDF]
  8. Cui, A.-X., Kraeutner, S.N., Kepinska, O., Motamed Yeganeh, N., Hermiston, N., Werker, J.F., Boyd, L.A. (2024). Musical Sophistication and Multilingualism: Effects on Arcuate Fasciculus Characteristics. Human Brain Mapping 45, e70035. https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.70035. [PDF]
  9. Dalboni da Rocha, J.L., Kepinska, O., Schneider, P., Benner, J., Schneider, L., Golestani, N. (2023). Multivariate Concavity Amplitude Index (MCAI) for characterizing Heschl’s gyrus shape. Neuroimage 272, 120052. http://10.1016/j.neuroimage.2023.120052. [PDF]
  10. Kepinska, O., Caballero, J., Oliver, M., Marks, R.A., Haft, S.L., Zekelman, L., Kovelman, I., Uchikoshi, Y., Hoeft, F. (2023). Language combinations of multilinguals are reflected in their first-language knowledge and processing. Scientific Reports, 13, 1947. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-27952-2. [PDF] [preprint] [preregistration]
  11. De Cat, C., Kašćelan, D., Prévost, P., Serratrice, L., Tuller, L., Unsworth, S., The Q-BEx Consortium (2023). How to quantify bilingual experience? Findings from a Delphi consensus survey. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition 26, 112–124. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1366728922000359. [PDF]
  12. Jones, C., Collin, E., Kepinska, O., Hancock, R., Caballero, J.N., Zekelman, L., Vandermosten, M., Hoeft, F., (2021). Auditory Processing of Non-speech Stimuli by Children in Dual-Language Immersion Programs. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.687651. [PDF]
  13. Li, H., Kepinska, O., Caballero, J.N., Zekelman, L., Marks, R.A., Uchikoshi, Y., Kovelman, I., Hoeft, F., (2021). Decoding the role of the cerebellum in the early stages of reading acquisition. Cortex, 141, 262–279. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2021.02.033. [PDF]
  14. Hennessey, E-M., Kepinska, O., Haft, S.L., Chan, M., Sunshine, I., Jones, C., Hancock, R., Hoeft, F., (2020), Hair cortisol and dehydroepiandrosterone concentrations: associations with executive function in early childhood. Biological Psychology, 155, 107946. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2020.107946. [PDF]
  15. Marks, R.A., Kovelman, I., Kepinska, O., Oliver, M., Xia, Z., Haft, S.L., Zekelman, L., Uchikoshi, Y., Hancock, R., Hoeft, F., (2019). Spoken language proficiency predicts print-speech convergence in beginning readers. NeuroImage 116021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.116021. [PDF]
  16. Haft, S. L., Kepinska, O., Caballero, J. N., Carreiras, M., & Hoeft, F. (2019). Attentional fluctuations, cognitive flexibility, and bilingualism in kindergarteners. Behavioral Sciences, 9(5), 58. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs9050058. [PDF]
  17. Struys, E., Surmont, J., Van de Craen, P., Kepinska, O., Van den Noort, M., (2019). Bilingual language control across modalities. Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism 9, 542–568, https://doi.org/10.1075/lab.17020.str. [PDF]
  18. Struys, E., Woumans, E., Nour, S., Kepinska, O., Van Den Noort, M., (2019). A domain-general monitoring account of language switching in recognition tasks: Evidence for adaptive control. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition 22, 606–623. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1366728918000342. [PDF]
  19. Kepinska, O., de Rover, M., Caspers, J., & Schiller, N. O. (2018) Connectivity of the hippocampus and Broca’s area during acquisition of a novel grammar. NeuroImage, 165, 1-100. [PDF]
  20. Kepinska, O., Pereda, E., Caspers, J., & Schiller, N. O. (2017) Neural oscillatory mechanisms during novel grammar learning underlying language analytical abilities. Brain and Language, 175, 99-110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandl/2017.10.003. [PDF]
  21. Kepinska, O., Lakke, E. A. J. F., Dutton, E. M., Caspers, J., & Schiller, N. O. (2017) The perisylvian language network and language analytical abilities. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 144, 96-101. [PDF]
  22. Kepinska, O., de Rover, M., Caspers, J., & Schiller, N. O. (2017) On neural correlates of individual differences in novel grammar learning: An fMRI study. Neuropsychologia, 98, 156–168. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2016.06.014. [PDF]
  23. Kepinska, O., de Rover, M., Caspers, J., & Schiller, N. O. (2017) Whole-brain functional connectivity during acquisition of novel grammar: distinct functional networks depend on language learning abilities. Behavioural Brain Research, 320, 333–346. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2016.12.015. [PDF]
  24. Kepinska, O., & Schiller, N. O. (2016) Possible neural oscillatory mechanisms underlying learning. Cognitive Neuroscience, 1–2. http://doi:10.1080/17588928.2016.1205578. [PDF]

Peer-reviewed conference proceedings

  1. Sitar, A., Kepinska O., Bignardi, G.,  Golestani, N. (2023) Heritability of Heschl’s Gyrus. In E. Delgado Mas, et al., (eds.) Proceedings of the MEi: CogSci Conference (Comenius University Bratislava), p. 62.
  2. Kepinska, O. & Struys, E. (2012) Neural correlates of language aptitude during a lexical semantic categorization task. In Botinis & Antonis (eds.) Proceedings of the International Conference of Experimental Linguistics ExLing 2012, pp.73-76.
  3. Kepinska O. & Caspers, J. (2012) Invloed van T1-klemtoonsystematiek op de klemtoonproductie in NT2. In: Bossers B. (Ed.) Vakwerk 8, Achtergronden van de NT2-lespraktijk. Amsterdam: Beroepsvereniging van docenten Nederlands als Tweede Taal. 57-72.
  4. Caspers, J. & Kepinska, O. (2011) The influence of word-level prosodic structure of the mother tongue on production of word stress in Dutch as a second language. In W.S. Lee & E. Zee (eds.) Proceedings of the 17th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, 420-423.
  5. Kepinska, O. & Maron, A. (2006) Kognitywny wizerunek uniwersytetu. Na podstawie badania ankietowego wśród studentów UWr [Cognitive image of the University. Based on a students’ survey at the University of Wrocław], Kultura i Historia (ISSN 1642-9826) nr 10/2006.

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