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Arnaud Szmalec

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2026

Measuring the semantic priming effect across many languages

Erin M. BuchananKelly CuccoloTom HeymanNiels van BerkelNicholas A. ColesAishwarya IyerKim PetersA. E. van ’t VeerMaria MontefineseNicholas P. Maxwell et al.

A1 Journal Article in NATURE HUMAN BEHAVIOUR

2025

Ancient language, modern minds : examining the effects of studying Latin in secondary education on language competencies and cognition

Cathy HauspieArnaud SzmalecWouter Duyck

Attentive sublexical speech perception in multilingual adults who stutter : a P300 event-related potential study

Annelien DormeEmma DepuydtKurt EggersEvy WoumansArnaud SzmalecMiet De Letter

Does studying Latin make pupils smarter? Presenting the field of classical language impact studies

Alexandra VereeckMark JanseKatja De HerdtCathy HauspieArnaud SzmalecEvy Woumans

A1 Journal Article in CLASSICAL JOURNAL

Inside the listening brain : an MMN and P300 study on (pre-)attentive sublexical speech perception in multilingual adults who stutter

Annelien DormeEmma DepuydtKurt EggersEvy WoumansArnaud SzmalecMiet De Letter

Language proficiency and study achievement of pupils with dyslexia enrolled in content and language integrated learning (CLIL)

Chloé ParmentierMorgane SimonisLuk Van MenselPhilippe HiligsmannBenoit GalandNathalie LefèvreLaura Ordonez MagroArnaud Szmalec

A1 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BILINGUAL EDUCATION AND BILINGUALISM

Non scholae sed vitae? The cognitive transfer effects of studying classical languages in flemish secondary education

Alexandra VereeckEvy WoumansKatja De HerdtWouter DuyckArnaud Szmalec

Practical considerations for the rapid titration of VNS

Riëm El TahryMaxine DibuéArnaud SzmalecRoshani PatelRyan VernerMassimiliano BoffiniFiras FahoumMichal Tzadok

A2 Journal Article in EPILEPSY & BEHAVIOR REPORTS

Sublexical speech perception and attention networks in bilingual adults who stutter : a behavioral and electrophysiological study

Annelien DormeYana CrielKurt EggersEvy WoumansArnaud SzmalecMiet De Letter

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF FLUENCY DISORDERS

Validation of the children’s international cognitive ability resource (Ch-ICAR)

Merel DutryAlexandra VereeckWouter DuyckEva DerousStijn SchelfhoutArnaud SzmalecEvy WoumansMark SchittekatteDries DebeerNicolas Dirix

A1 Journal Article in BEHAVIOR RESEARCH METHODS

2024

Attentional control and sublexical speech perception in bilingual adults with developmental stuttering

Annelien DormeYana CrielKurt EggersEvy WoumansArnaud SzmalecMiet De Letter

Content and language integrated learning (CLIL) : dual objective, dual gain?

Arnaud SzmalecMorgane SimonisCathy HauspieLaura Ordonez MagroPhilippe HiligsmannLuk Van MenselBenoit Galand

Does studying Latin in secondary education predict study achievement in academic higher education?

Cathy HauspieStijn SchelfhoutNicolas DirixLot FonteyneArnaud SzmalecMark JanseAlexandra VereeckWouter Duyck

A1 Journal Article in LANGUAGE LEARNING

Does studying Latin produce cognitive transfer effects? A cross-sectional and longitudinal approach

Cathy HauspieWouter DuyckStijn SchelfhoutAlexandra VereeckMark JanseArnaud Szmalec

Is studying Latin associated with (non–)linguistic cognitive transfer? A large-scale cross-sectional study

Cathy HauspieWouter DuyckStijn SchelfhoutAlexandra VereeckMark JanseArnaud Szmalec

A1 Journal Article in CONTEMPORARY EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY

Spraakperceptie en aandachtscontrole bij bilinguale volwassen personen die stotteren : een elektrofysiologische en gedragsmatige studie

Annelien DormeYana CrielKurt EggersEvy WoumansArnaud SzmalecMiet De Letter

2023

Attentional abilities of children enrolled in immersion education in French-speaking Belgium

Morgane SimonisBenoit GalandPhilippe HiligsmannArnaud Szmalec

A1 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BILINGUAL EDUCATION AND BILINGUALISM

Cognitive control in bilingual adults with developmental stuttering : a behavioral and electrophysiological study

Annelien DormeYana CrielKurt EggersEvy WoumansArnaud SzmalecMiet De Letter

Cognitive control of speech perception in bilingual adults with developmental stuttering : a behavioral and electrophysiological study

Annelien DormeYana CrielKurt EggersEvy WoumansMiet De LetterArnaud Szmalec

Contribución de la participación en actividades significativas sobre la salud mental en población española durante el confinamiento por COVID-19

Maria Rodriguez-BailónAna Judit Fernández-SolanoLaura Vidaña-MoyaJose Antonio Merchán-BaezaEllen CruytMiet De LetterPeter VlerickPatrick CaldersRobby De PauwKristine Oostra et al.

A1 Journal Article in ANALES DE PSICOLOGIA

Effects of healthy aging and gender on the electrophysiological correlates of semantic sentence comprehension : the development of Dutch normative data

Elissa-Marie CocquytEmma DepuydtPatrick SantensPieter van MierloWouter DuyckArnaud SzmalecMiet De Letter

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF SPEECH LANGUAGE AND HEARING RESEARCH

How does studying Latin in secondary education predict study achievement in academic higher education?

Cathy HauspieStijn SchelfhoutNicolas DirixLot FonteyneMark JanseArnaud SzmalecAlexandra VereeckWouter Duyck

Interactions of gender with predictors of academic achievement

Cathy HauspieStijn SchelfhoutNicolas DirixLot FonteyneArnaud SzmalecWouter Duyck

A1 Journal Article in CONTEMPORARY EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY

The involvement of inhibition in word and sentence reading

Margot De RomArnaud SzmalecMarie Van Reybroeck

A1 Journal Article in READING AND WRITING

The transfer effects of the study of Latin on language competence and cognition : a study in Flemish secondary education

Cathy HauspieWouter DuyckMark JanseArnaud Szmalec

Why Plato needs psychology : proposal for a theoretical framework underpinning research on the cognitive transfer effects of studying classical languages

Alexandra VereeckMark JanseKatja De HerdtArnaud SzmalecCathy HauspieWouter Duyck

A2 Journal Article in PSIHOLOŠKA OBZORJA = HORIZONS OF PSYCHOLOGY

2022

A debate in need of data : report of an empirical study on the cognitive transfer effects of studying classical languages

Alexandra VereeckMark JanseKatja De HerdtArnaud SzmalecCathy HauspieWouter Duyck

Age- and gender-related differences in verbal semantic processing : the development of normative electrophysiological data in the Flemish population

Elissa-Marie CocquytPatrick SantensPieter van MierloWouter DuyckArnaud SzmalecMiet De Letter

A1 Journal Article in LANGUAGE COGNITION AND NEUROSCIENCE

Brain adaptation following various unilateral vocal fold paralysis treatments : a magnetic resonance imaging based longitudinal case series

Marie DedryLaurence DricotVinciane Van ParysDonatienne BoucqueyNicolas DelinteJulie van Lith-BijlArnaud SzmalecYouri MarynGauthier Desuter

A1 Journal Article in FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE

Effects of healthy aging and gender on the electrophysiological correlates of semantic sentence comprehension : the development of Dutch normative data

Elissa-Marie CocquytEmma DepuydtPatrick SantensPieter van MierloWouter DuyckArnaud SzmalecMiet De Letter

Evaluation of the cognitive impact of Flemish CL programmes through electronic pupil assessment

Alexandra VereeckMark JanseKatja De HerdtArnaud SzmalecWouter Duyck

Het effect van leeftijd en geslacht op verbaal-semantische verwerking : de ontwikkeling van elektrofysiologische normen

Elissa-Marie CocquytPatrick SantensPieter van MierloWouter DuyckArnaud SzmalecMiet De Letter

Interactions of gender with predictors of academic achievement

Cathy HauspieStijn SchelfhoutNicolas DirixArnaud SzmalecWouter Duyck

Interactions of gender with predictors of academic achievement

Cathy HauspieStijn SchelfhoutNicolas DirixArnaud SzmalecWouter Duyck

Quick learning of novel vowel-consonant conjunctions within the mature speech production system : a commentary on Dell et al. (2019)

Eleonore SmalleArnaud Szmalec

A1 Journal Article in LANGUAGE COGNITION AND NEUROSCIENCE

Unlocking adults’ implicit statistical learning by cognitive depletion

Eleonore SmalleTatsuya DaikokuArnaud SzmalecWouter DuyckRiikka Möttönen

A1 Journal Article in PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Why study classical languages? Updated portrait of a study option under pressure in light of empirical data on pupil characteristics

Alexandra VereeckMark JanseKatja De HerdtArnaud SzmalecWouter Duyck

2021

Do serial order short-term memory and long-term learning abilities predict spelling skills in school-aged children?

Laura Ordonez MagroSteve MajerusLucie AttoutMartine PonceletEleonore SmalleArnaud Szmalec

A1 Journal Article in COGNITION

Less is more : depleting cognitive resources enhances language learning abilities in adults.

Eleonore SmalleMerel MuylleWouter DuyckArnaud Szmalec

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-GENERAL

Meaningful activities during COVID-19 lockdown and association with mental health in Belgian adults

Ellen CruytPatricia De VriendtMiet De LetterPeter VlerickPatrick CaldersRobby De PauwKristine OostraMaria Rodriguez-BailónArnaud SzmalecJose Antonio Merchán-Baeza et al.

A1 Journal Article in BMC PUBLIC HEALTH

Meaningful activities during COVID-19 lockdown and association with mental health in Belgian adults (vol 21, 622, 2021)

Ellen CruytPatricia De VriendtMiet De LetterPeter VlerickPatrick CaldersRobby De PauwKristine OostraMaria Rodriguez-BailonArnaud SzmalecJose Antonio Merchan-Baeza et al.

Measuring the semantic priming effect across many languages

Erin Michelle BuchananKelly CuccoloTom HeymanNiels van BerkelNicholas Alvaro ColesAishwarya IyerKim Olivia PetersAnna Elisabeth van 't VeerMaria MontefineseNicholas P. Maxwell et al.

Speech fluency in bilinguals who stutter : language proficiency and attentional demands as mediating factors

Evy WoumansLize Van der LindenRobert HartsuikerWouter DuyckCaroline MoerenhoutMarie-Pierre de PartzAurelie PistonoMiet De LetterArnaud Szmalec

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF FLUENCY DISORDERS

The phonological Mismatch Negativity and P300 as diagnostic tools in stroke-related aphasia recovery : a longitudinal multiple case study

Elissa-Marie CocquytNils KnockaertPieter van MierloArnaud SzmalecWouter DuyckPatrick SantensMiet De Letter

A1 Journal Article in APHASIOLOGY

The protective influence of bilingualism on the recovery of phonological input processing in aphasia after stroke

Miet De LetterElissa-Marie CocquytOona CromheeckeYana CrielElien De CockVeerle De HerdtArnaud SzmalecWouter Duyck

A1 Journal Article in FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY

2020

De impact van tweetaligheid op het herstel van fonologisch begrip bij personen met afasie

Miet De LetterElissa-Marie CocquytOona CromheeckeYana CrielElien De CockVeerle De HerdtArnaud SzmalecWouter Duyck

A2 Journal Article in LOGOPEDIE (HERENTALS)

Executive control performance and foreign-language proficiency associated with immersion education in French-speaking Belgium

Morgane SimonisLize Van Der LindenBenoit GalandPhillippe HiligsmannArnaud Szmalec

A1 Journal Article in BILINGUALISM-LANGUAGE AND COGNITION

The contribution of serial order short-term memory and long-term learning to reading acquisition : a longitudinal study

Laura Ordonez MagroSteve MajerusLucie AttoutMartine PonceletEleonore SmalleArnaud Szmalec

A1 Journal Article in DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

The developmental neural substrates of Hebb repetition learning and their link with reading ability

Lucie AttoutLaura Ordonez MagroArnaud SzmalecSteve Majerus

A1 Journal Article in HUMAN BRAIN MAPPING

The white matter architecture underlying semantic processing : a systematic review

Elissa-Marie CocquytEllen LanckmansPieter van MierloWouter DuyckArnaud SzmalecPatrick SantensMiet De Letter

A1 Journal Article in NEUROPSYCHOLOGIA

2019

'Passion' versus 'patience' : the effects of valence and arousal on constructive word recognition

Anne KeverDelphine GrynbergArnaud SzmalecEleonore SmalleNicolas Vermeulen

A1 Journal Article in COGNITION & EMOTION

Age-related differences in auditory semantic priming : the development of normative electrophysiological data in the Dutch population

Elissa-Marie CocquytPatrick SantensPieter van MierloWouter DuyckArnaud SzmalecMiet De Letter

Literacy improves short-term serial recall of spoken verbal but not visuospatial items : evidence from illiterate and literate adults

Eleonore SmalleArnaud SzmalecLouisa BogaertsMike P.A. PageVaishna NarangDeepshikha MisraSusana AraújoNishant LohagunOuroz KhanAnuradha Singh et al.

A1 Journal Article in COGNITION

Phonologically related EEG as a more reliable diagnostic tool in the recovery of aphasia in the different stages after stroke

Miet De LetterElissa-Marie CocquytNils KnockaertPieter van MierloArnaud SzmalecWouter DuyckPatrick Santens

The developmental neural substrates of item and serial order components of verbal working memory

Lucie AttoutLaura Ordonez MagroArnaud SzmalecSteve Majerus

A1 Journal Article in HUMAN BRAIN MAPPING

The involvement of subcortical grey matter in verbal semantic comprehension : a systematic review and meta-analysis of fMRI and PET studies

Elissa-Marie CocquytCamille CofféPieter van MierloWouter DuyckPeter MariënArnaud SzmalecPatrick SantensMiet De Letter

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF NEUROLINGUISTICS

2018

A case study about the interplay between language control and cognitive abilities in bilingual differential aphasia : behavioral and brain correlates

Lize Van der LindenLaurence DricotMiet De LetterWouter DuyckMarie-Pierre de PartzAdrian IvanoiuArnaud Szmalec

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF NEUROLINGUISTICS

Children retain implicitly learned phonological sequences better than adults : a longitudinal study

Eleonore SmalleMike P. A. PageWouter DuyckMartin EdwardsArnaud Szmalec

A1 Journal Article in DEVELOPMENTAL SCIENCE

Cognate effects and cognitive control in patients with parallel and differential bilingual aphasia

Lize Van der LindenNele VerreytMiet De LetterDimitri HemelsoetPeter MariënPatrick SantensMichaël StevensArnaud SzmalecWouter Duyck

A1 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE & COMMUNICATION DISORDERS

Does extreme language control training improve cognitive control? A comparison of professional interpreters, l2 teachers and monolinguals

Lize Van der LindenEowyn Van de PutteEvy WoumansWouter DuyckArnaud Szmalec

A1 Journal Article in FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY

Short-and long-term memory determinants of novel word form learning

Laura Ordonez MagroLucie AttoutSteve MajerusArnaud Szmalec

A1 Journal Article in COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT

2017

Language learning in the adult brain: disrupting the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex facilitates word-form learning

Eleonore SmalleMuriel PanouilleresArnaud SzmalecRiikka Möttönen

A1 Journal Article in SCIENTIFIC REPORTS

The different time course of phonotactic constraint learning in children and adults : evidence from speech errors

Eleonore SmalleMerel MuylleArnaud SzmalecWouter Duyck

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-LEARNING MEMORY AND COGNITION

2016

Can chunk size differences explain developmental changes in lexical learning?

Eleonore SmalleLouisa BogaertsMorgane SimonisWouter DuyckMichael PA PageMartin G EdwardsArnaud Szmalec

A1 Journal Article in FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY

The influence of language switching experience on the bilingual executive control advantage

Nele VerreytEvy WoumansDavy VandelanotteArnaud SzmalecWouter Duyck

A1 Journal Article in BILINGUALISM-LANGUAGE AND COGNITION

The involvement of long-term serial-order memory in reading development: a longitudinal study

Louisa BogaertsArnaud SzmalecMarjolijn De MaeyerMPA PageWouter Duyck

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL CHILD PSYCHOLOGY

2012

Leaving the third dimension: cognitive aftereffects of stereoscopic 3D movies

Klaas BombekeArnaud SzmalecJan Van LooyWouter DuyckMalte Elson

The development of long-term lexical representations through Hebb repetition learning

Arnaud SzmalecMike PA PageWouter Duyck

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF MEMORY AND LANGUAGE

Working memory and (second) language processing

Arnaud SzmalecMarc BrysbaertWouter Duyck

Bookchapter in Memory, language, and bilingualism : theoretical and applied approaches

2011

Control of interference during working memory updating

Arnaud SzmalecFrederick VerbruggenAndré VandierendonckEva Kemps

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-HUMAN PERCEPTION AND PERFORMANCE

Order or dis-order? Impaired hebb learning in dyslexia

Arnaud SzmalecMaaike LonckeMike PageWouter Duyck

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-LEARNING MEMORY AND COGNITION

Progress in spatial working memory research

André VandierendonckArnaud Szmalec

Bookchapter in Spatial working memory

Spatial working memory

2010

Brief reports: are voluntary switches corrected repetitions?

Kimberley VandammeArnaud SzmalecBaptist LiefoogheAndré Vandierendonck

A1 Journal Article in PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY

Secondary generalisation in categorisation: an exemplar-based account

Yves RosseelMaarten De Schryver

A1 Journal Article in PSYCHOLOGICA BELGICA

Working memory and executive control: a festschrift for Andre Vandierendonck

Arnaud SzmalecWouter DuyckWim NotebaertMarc Brysbaert

A1 Journal Article in PSYCHOLOGICA BELGICA

2009

Investigating the role of conflict resolution in memory updating by means of the one-back choice RT task

Arnaud SzmalecJelle DemanetAndré VandierendonckFrederick Verbruggen

A1 Journal Article in Psychological Research

The Hebb repetition effect as a laboratory analogue of novel word learning

Arnaud SzmalecWouter DuyckAndré VandierendonckAriadna Barbera MataMike P.A. Page

A1 Journal Article in QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

The role of structure in age-related increases in visuo-spatial working memory span

Ineke ImboArnaud SzmalecAndré Vandierendonck

A1 Journal Article in Psychologica Belgica

2008

Improving accuracy in detecting acoustic onsets

Wouter DuyckFrederik AnseelArnaud SzmalecPascal MestdaghAntoine TavernierRobert Hartsuiker

A1 Journal Article in Journal of experimental psychology. Human perception and performance

Stimulus ambiguity elicits response conflict

Arnaud SzmalecFrederick VerbruggenAndré VandierendonckWouter De BaeneTom VergutsWim Notebaert

A1 Journal Article in NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS

2007

Estimating the executive demands of a one-back choice reaction time task by means of the selective interference paradigm

Arnaud SzmalecAndré Vandierendonck

A1 Journal Article in QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

Towards a multicomponential view of executive control: the case of response selection

André VandierendonckArnaud SzmalecMaud DeschuyteneerAnn Depoorter

Bookchapter in The cognitive neuroscience of working memory

2005

Functional unity and diversity within executive control: A study by means of parametrical variations of executive involvement in reaction time tasks

Arnaud SzmalecA Vandierendonck

Inhibiting responses when switching: Does it matter?

Frederick VerbruggenBaptist LiefoogheArnaud SzmalecAndré Vandierendonck

A1 Journal Article in EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

Response selection involves executive control: Evidence from the selective interference paradigm

Arnaud SzmalecAndré VandierendonckE KEMPS

A1 Journal Article in MEMORY & COGNITION

Visuo-spatial processing in Parkinson's disease: evidence for diminished visuo-spatial sketch pad and central executive resources

E KEMPSArnaud SzmalecAndré VandierendonckLuc Crevits

A1 Journal Article in PARKINSONISM & RELATED DISORDERS

2004

An asymmetry in the visuo-spatial demands of forward and backward recall in the Corsi blocks task

André VandierendonckArnaud Szmalec

A2 Journal Article in Imagination, Cognition and Personality

Working memory components of the Corsi blocks task

André VandierendonckE KEMPSMC FASTAMEArnaud Szmalec

A1 Journal Article in BRITISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY

2003

Verbal working memory is involved in associative word learning unless visual codes are available

Wouter DuyckArnaud SzmalecEva KempsAndré Vandierendonck

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF MEMORY AND LANGUAGE

2002

Functional dissociation between visual imagery and visual short-term memory.

Eva KempsJ ANDRADEJ MAYArnaud Szmalec

Insensitivity of visual short-term memory to irrelevant visual information.

J ANDRADEEva KempsY WERNIERSJ MAYArnaud Szmalec

A1 Journal Article in QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY. A, HUMAN EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

2001

Visuo-spatial working memory deficits in medicated patients with Parkinson's disease.

Arnaud SzmalecE KEMPSA VANDIERENDONCKLuc Crevits

A2 Journal Article in Annals of the Belgian Psychological Society