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F.A. (Floor) van den Berg MA

Faculty of Humanities
Capaciteitsgroep Taalwetenschap
Visiting address
  • Spuistraat 134
  • Room number: 4.63
Postal address
  • Postbus 1642
    1000 BP Amsterdam
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  • Profile

    I am a linguist (with a focus on multilingualism and cognition) and postdoctoral researcher in the NWO-awarded project Crossing Language Borders: A Quest for the Human Language Capacity in West Africa and Central America, a collaboration between scholars from the ACLC, the LUCL at Leiden University, and UC San Diego. In this part of the project, we investigate multilinguals' sensitivity to codeswitching/codemixing (CSCM) patterns and how this influences the way they process spoken language, specifically focussing on the multilingual ecologies of Benin (West Africa) and Belize (Central America). 

    I completed my PhD at the Center for Language and Cognition Groningen at the University of Groningen in 2024. During my time there, I was a member and coordinator of the Bilingualism and Aging Lab (PI: Prof. dr. Merel Keijzer).

    I'm generally interested in the relationship between multilingualism, cognition, and the brain. In the past years, I have developed a specific interest in how the (sociolinguistic) environment affects this relationship. In addition, I am fascinated by how multilingualism, being a complex (life) experience, could stimulate healthy cognitive aging.

  • Research projects

    2024 - 2026: Crossing Language Borders (NWO Open Competition grant; with Enoch Aboh, M. Carmen Parafita Couto (LUCL), Felix Ameka (LUCL) and Anne Beatty-Martínez (UCSD))

    2019 - 2024: Introducing bilingual experience as a healthy aging tool 
    (PhD project within NWO Vidi grant Language learning never gets old: Foreign language learning as a tool to promote healthy aging; PI prof. dr. Merel Keijzer (CLCG))

  • Publications

    2024

    • Brouwer, J., Buurke, R., van den Berg, F., Knooihuizen, R., Loerts, H., Bartelds, M., Wieling, M., & Keijzer, M. (2024). Minority language happiness: The link between social inclusion, well-being, and speaking a regional language in the northern Netherlands. Ampersand, 12, 100173. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amper.2024.100173
    • Brouwer, J., Van Den Berg, F., Knooihuizen, R., Loerts, H., & Keijzer, M. (2024). The effects of language learning on cognitive functioning and psychosocial well-being in cognitively healthy older adults: A semi-blind randomized controlled trial. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 1-37. https://doi.org/10.1080/13825585.2024.2384107

    2023

    • Keijzer, M., Brouwer, J., van den Berg, F., & van der Ploeg, M. (2023). Experimental methods to study late-life language learning. In S. Zufferey, & P. Gygax (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Experimental Linguistics (1 ed., pp. 473-485). Routledge.
    • van Kampen, E., van den Berg, F., Brouwer, J., & Keijzer, M. (2023). Never too old to learn - Third age adults experience little (self-)ageism or barriers to learning. Social Sciences Humanities Open, 7(1), 100384. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssaho.2022.100384

    2022

    2021

    • Neal, D., van den Berg, F., Planting, C., Ettema, T., Dijkstra, K., Finnema, E., & Dröes, R.-M. (2021). Can Use of Digital Technologies by People with Dementia Improve Self-Management and Social Participation? A Systematic Review of Effect Studies. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 10(4), 604. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm10040604

    2020

    • Brouwer, J., van den Berg, F., Knooihuizen, R., Loerts, H., & Keijzer, M. (2020). Exploring language learning as a potential tool against cognitive impairment in late-life depression: Two meta-analyses and suggestions for future research. Behavioral Sciences, 10(9), 132. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs10090132

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