Nienke Meulman
Publications
Papers & Manuscripts
Meulman, N., Sprenger, S.A., Schmid, M.S. & Wieling, M. (2023). GAM-based individual differences measures for L2 ERP studies. Research Methods in Applied Linguistics 2 (3), 100079. [link] [pdf]
Meulman, N. (2023). Second language processing: electrophysiological studies and data analysis methods. [Doctoral dissertation, University of Groningen]. UG Repository. [link]
Meulman, N., Wieling, M., Sprenger, S.A., Stowe, L.A. & Schmid, M.S. (2015). Age effects in L2 grammar processing as revealed by ERPs and how (not) to study them. PLoS ONE 10(12), e0143328. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0143328 [link] [pdf]
Bergmann, C., Meulman, N., Stowe, L.A., Sprenger, S.A. & Schmid, M.S. (2015). Prolonged L2 immersion engenders little change in morphosyntactic processing of bilingual natives. Neuroreport 26(17), 1065–1070 [link] [pdf]
Meulman, N., Seton, B.J., Stowe, L.A. & Schmid, M.S. (2015). EEG and Event-Related Brain Potentials. In M.S. Schmid, S.M. Berends, C. Bergmann, S.M. Brouwer, N. Meulman, B.J. Seton, S.A. Sprenger & L.A. Stowe (Ed.), Designing research on bilingual development: Behavioral and neurolinguistic experiments (pp. 81–107). Springer International Publishing. ISBN 978-3-319-11528-3 [link] [pdf]
Meulman, N., Stowe, L. A., Sprenger, S. A., Bresser, M. & Schmid, M. S. (2014). An ERP study on L2 syntax processing: When do learners fail? Frontiers in Psychology 5, 1072. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014 [link] [pdf]
Meulman, N., & Stowe, L.A. (2010). Hoe krijg je ‘ter’ en ‘ten’ onder de knie? Een ERP onderzoek naar de verwerking van de syntactische structuur in vaste uitdrukkingen [How to get the hang of ‘ter’ and ‘ten’? An ERP investigation on the processing of syntactic structure in fixed expressions]. TABU Bulletin 38, 156–169 [pdf]
Presentations
Meulman, N., Sprenger, S.A., Bergmann, C., Wieling, M. & Schmid, M.S. (2017). Perception and production of constructions unique to L2: Assessing grammatical proficiency using multiple measures. Poster presented at the Conference on Multilingualism, November 6-8, Groningen (the Netherlands) [pdf]
Meulman, N., Wieling, M., Sprenger, S.A., Stowe, L.A. & Schmid, M.S. (2014). Age effects in L2 grammar processing as revealed by ERPs and how (not) to study them. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Neurobiology of Language, August 27-29, Amsterdam (the Netherlands) [pdf]
Meulman, N., Stowe, L.A., Sprenger, S.A., Bresser, M. & Schmid, M.S. (2014). Visual vs. auditory stimuli in an ERP investigation of second-language processing. Oral presentation given at the Language and Literacy Development Across the Lifespan meeting, April 9, Groningen (the Netherlands) [pdf]
Meulman, N., Wieling, M., Sprenger, S.A., Stowe, L.A. & Schmid, M.S. (2014). Grammatical Gender Processing in Second Language Learners: Studying Age Effects as Revealed by ERPs. Poster presented at the BCN New Year's Meeting, February 6, Groningen (the Netherlands) — Winner 1st prize BCN poster awards [pdf]
Meulman, N., Stowe, L.A., Bergmann C., Sprenger, S.A. & Schmid, M.S. (2013). Grammatical Gender Processing in Second-Language Learners of German: Evidence from ERPs. Oral presentation given at the Architecture and Mechanisms of Language Processing conference, September 2, Marseille (France) [pdf]
Meulman, N., Stowe, L.A., Sprenger, S.A., Bergmann, C. & Schmid, M.S. (2013). ERPs Reveal Effects of Working Memory Capacity on L2 Grammatical Gender Processing. Poster presented at Workshop on Neurobilingualims, August 26, Groningen (the Netherlands)
Meulman, N., Stowe, L.A. & Schmid, M.S. (2013). L2-learners’ processing of grammatical gender: Evidence from ERP data. Oral presentation given at the department of Biological Psychology and Neuropsychology, March 11, University of Hamburg (Germany)
Meulman, N., Berends, S.M., Bergmann, C., Brouwer, S., Seton, B.J., Sprenger, S.A., Stowe, L.A. & Schmid, M.S (2012). Grammatical Gender Processing in Second Language Learners of German – Evidence from ERPs. Oral presentation given at the symposium on the occasion of the thesis defense of Hanneke Loerts: 'Bilingual language processing', December 5, Groningen (the Netherlands)
Meulman, N., Stowe, L.A. & Schmid, M.S. (2012). Grammatical Gender Processing in Late Second Language Learners of German – Evidence from ERPs. Poster presented at Donders Discussions, October 25-26, Nijmegen (the Netherlands)
Meulman, N. & Stowe, L.A. (2010). An ERP study on syntactic structure in fixed expressions. Poster presented at TABUdag, June 2-4, Groningen (the Netherlands)
Nanetti, L, Renken, R, Kortekaas, R., Zijdewind, I., Meulman, N., Kuiper, A.J., Den Daas, I., De Boer, P. & Ter Horst, G.J. (2010). fMRI-measurable effects of Benzodiazepine on the cognitive brain: preliminary results on Placebo vs Blank. Poster presented at the meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Benelux Chapter, January 18, Utrecht (the Netherlands)
Media coverage
Leren van tweede taal lukt ons uiteindelijk allemaal, Kennislink, June 8, 2023
Geen kritische periode voor leren van tweede taal, Kennislink, February 5, 2016
The best age to learn a second language, The Independent, February 8, 2016
At what age is it easiest to learn a second language? The Conversation, February 8, 2016
Nieuw onderzoek: geen harde leeftijdsgrens voor het leren van grammatica, Genootschap Onze Taal, January 19, 2016
No critical period for learning grammar, University of Groningen, January 18, 2016