Irene Balboni
@irenebalboni.bsky.social
Researcher investigating multilingualism and dyslexia 🧠🗣️📝
Big on cooking, reading, and taking too many trips 🚂✈️
📍NCCR Evolving Language
📍Brain&Language Lab, UniGe-UniWien
irenebalboni.com
Big on cooking, reading, and taking too many trips 🚂✈️
📍NCCR Evolving Language
📍Brain&Language Lab, UniGe-UniWien
irenebalboni.com
On Dec 5th, I had the pleasure of teaching a 3.5h (!!) formative session for Geneva’s English teachers.
A great group, open to exploring new ideas about teaching and learning.
We covered a lot of ground:
🧠 Brain basics
🧩 Neural representations of language(s)
📚 Language learning & vocabulary
A great group, open to exploring new ideas about teaching and learning.
We covered a lot of ground:
🧠 Brain basics
🧩 Neural representations of language(s)
📚 Language learning & vocabulary
November 20, 2025 at 2:55 PM
On Dec 5th, I had the pleasure of teaching a 3.5h (!!) formative session for Geneva’s English teachers.
A great group, open to exploring new ideas about teaching and learning.
We covered a lot of ground:
🧠 Brain basics
🧩 Neural representations of language(s)
📚 Language learning & vocabulary
A great group, open to exploring new ideas about teaching and learning.
We covered a lot of ground:
🧠 Brain basics
🧩 Neural representations of language(s)
📚 Language learning & vocabulary
Reposted by Irene Balboni
📬 Penne Amiche della Scienza è cresciuta da poche decine a +300 partecipanti! 🚀
E ora? 👉 Quale sarà il traguardo 2025/26?
Iscriviti:
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September 10, 2025 at 11:22 AM
📬 Penne Amiche della Scienza è cresciuta da poche decine a +300 partecipanti! 🚀
E ora? 👉 Quale sarà il traguardo 2025/26?
Iscriviti:
🔗 Scienziatə: forms.gle/tAWtfxmcJptf...
🔗 Insegnanti: forms.gle/7ixVUF5D21Vx...
💬 Raccontaci nei commenti: quando ti sei unito al progetto?
#PenneAmicheDellaScienza
E ora? 👉 Quale sarà il traguardo 2025/26?
Iscriviti:
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Reposted by Irene Balboni
Based on the thesis of my brilliant student Lucia from @ccniuofg.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social, we see that gendered language (Italian) can be a painful source of non affirmation for non binary people. We also make some suggestions for how to improve their experiences and create safer spaces 🙏
The inescapable cage of a man and a woman: Experiences of non-binary people with gender identity (non-)affirmation in the context of a gendered language.
New paper by Feketova and @limorraviv.bsky.social. doi.org/10.1080/2689....
New paper by Feketova and @limorraviv.bsky.social. doi.org/10.1080/2689....
The inescapable cage of a man and a woman: Experiences of non-binary people with gender identity (non-)affirmation in the context of a gendered language
Experiencing a lack of identity verification is an issue which most of the transgender community struggles with. Non-binary people’s daily struggle for affirmation may be even more difficult in a b...
doi.org
August 18, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Based on the thesis of my brilliant student Lucia from @ccniuofg.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social, we see that gendered language (Italian) can be a painful source of non affirmation for non binary people. We also make some suggestions for how to improve their experiences and create safer spaces 🙏
Reposted by Irene Balboni
Are there good neuro/neuroimaging journals that still accept brief communications, i.e., short papers focused on 1-2 results? Interesting results but not "major impact".
#neuroskyence
#neuroskyence
August 18, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Are there good neuro/neuroimaging journals that still accept brief communications, i.e., short papers focused on 1-2 results? Interesting results but not "major impact".
#neuroskyence
#neuroskyence
Reposted by Irene Balboni
👩🏫👨🏫 Insegni in quarta o quinta primaria o in prima o seconda secondaria di primo grado?
✉️ Iscrivi la tua classe a #PenneAmicheDellaScienza 2025/26!
Gli studenti riceveranno lettere da scienziatə per scoprire scienza e carriere scientifiche 🔬✨
👉 Iscrizioni aperte: forms.gle/7ixVUF5D21Vx...
✉️ Iscrivi la tua classe a #PenneAmicheDellaScienza 2025/26!
Gli studenti riceveranno lettere da scienziatə per scoprire scienza e carriere scientifiche 🔬✨
👉 Iscrizioni aperte: forms.gle/7ixVUF5D21Vx...
August 18, 2025 at 10:03 AM
👩🏫👨🏫 Insegni in quarta o quinta primaria o in prima o seconda secondaria di primo grado?
✉️ Iscrivi la tua classe a #PenneAmicheDellaScienza 2025/26!
Gli studenti riceveranno lettere da scienziatə per scoprire scienza e carriere scientifiche 🔬✨
👉 Iscrizioni aperte: forms.gle/7ixVUF5D21Vx...
✉️ Iscrivi la tua classe a #PenneAmicheDellaScienza 2025/26!
Gli studenti riceveranno lettere da scienziatə per scoprire scienza e carriere scientifiche 🔬✨
👉 Iscrizioni aperte: forms.gle/7ixVUF5D21Vx...
Reposted by Irene Balboni
Some facts about biological sex, genetic sex, and why it is not so clear cut as people think:
World Athletics’ mandatory genetic test for women athletes is misguided. I should know – I discovered the relevant gene in 1990
World Athletics says its genetic test for women ensures ‘the integrity of women’s sport’ – but science does not support this overly simplistic idea.
theconversation.com
August 5, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Some facts about biological sex, genetic sex, and why it is not so clear cut as people think:
Reposted by Irene Balboni
🥇 Vuoi unirti a noi ma non hai chiaro come funziona? Qui sotto ti spiegamo come funziona!
❓ Ancora dubbi? Altre informazioni e le linee guida per chi partecipa si possono trovare sul nostro sito
🎉 Ti abbiamo convinto e vuoi iscriverti? Se fai scienza puoi farlo qui forms.gle/tAWtfxmcJptf...
❓ Ancora dubbi? Altre informazioni e le linee guida per chi partecipa si possono trovare sul nostro sito
🎉 Ti abbiamo convinto e vuoi iscriverti? Se fai scienza puoi farlo qui forms.gle/tAWtfxmcJptf...
July 23, 2025 at 9:06 AM
🥇 Vuoi unirti a noi ma non hai chiaro come funziona? Qui sotto ti spiegamo come funziona!
❓ Ancora dubbi? Altre informazioni e le linee guida per chi partecipa si possono trovare sul nostro sito
🎉 Ti abbiamo convinto e vuoi iscriverti? Se fai scienza puoi farlo qui forms.gle/tAWtfxmcJptf...
❓ Ancora dubbi? Altre informazioni e le linee guida per chi partecipa si possono trovare sul nostro sito
🎉 Ti abbiamo convinto e vuoi iscriverti? Se fai scienza puoi farlo qui forms.gle/tAWtfxmcJptf...
Our first publication from the PRIN.Di.Co.Each project, exploring digital competences in children aged 0–6, is out!
🧠📺🧒
Our systematic review of neuroscientific studies on screen use in kids 0–6 revealed a complex picture, beyond clickbait headlines:
📄 shorturl.at/NKmKT /🧵
🧠📺🧒
Our systematic review of neuroscientific studies on screen use in kids 0–6 revealed a complex picture, beyond clickbait headlines:
📄 shorturl.at/NKmKT /🧵
July 8, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Our first publication from the PRIN.Di.Co.Each project, exploring digital competences in children aged 0–6, is out!
🧠📺🧒
Our systematic review of neuroscientific studies on screen use in kids 0–6 revealed a complex picture, beyond clickbait headlines:
📄 shorturl.at/NKmKT /🧵
🧠📺🧒
Our systematic review of neuroscientific studies on screen use in kids 0–6 revealed a complex picture, beyond clickbait headlines:
📄 shorturl.at/NKmKT /🧵
🤯🤯🤯🎉🎉🎉🎉💥💥💥
🎉 Iscrizioni aperte!
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Unisciti a noi!
July 2, 2025 at 10:03 AM
🤯🤯🤯🎉🎉🎉🎉💥💥💥
On my way back from a few great days in Tromsø for #EuroSLA34 🇳🇴
I presented a poster on our latest paper and had lots of very insightful conversations!
Thanks to the organizers!
@eurosla.bsky.social
@c-labl.bsky.social
I presented a poster on our latest paper and had lots of very insightful conversations!
Thanks to the organizers!
@eurosla.bsky.social
@c-labl.bsky.social
June 30, 2025 at 11:18 AM
On my way back from a few great days in Tromsø for #EuroSLA34 🇳🇴
I presented a poster on our latest paper and had lots of very insightful conversations!
Thanks to the organizers!
@eurosla.bsky.social
@c-labl.bsky.social
I presented a poster on our latest paper and had lots of very insightful conversations!
Thanks to the organizers!
@eurosla.bsky.social
@c-labl.bsky.social
Reposted by Irene Balboni
Lo scorso anno si sono unitə a noi 341 scienziatə! 💥🔬
Ora vi mostriamo dove lavorano: da università italiane a laboratori in tutto il mondo 🌍
📅 Presto riaprono le iscrizioni per il 2025/26… ti unirai a noi?
Ora vi mostriamo dove lavorano: da università italiane a laboratori in tutto il mondo 🌍
📅 Presto riaprono le iscrizioni per il 2025/26… ti unirai a noi?
June 25, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Lo scorso anno si sono unitə a noi 341 scienziatə! 💥🔬
Ora vi mostriamo dove lavorano: da università italiane a laboratori in tutto il mondo 🌍
📅 Presto riaprono le iscrizioni per il 2025/26… ti unirai a noi?
Ora vi mostriamo dove lavorano: da università italiane a laboratori in tutto il mondo 🌍
📅 Presto riaprono le iscrizioni per il 2025/26… ti unirai a noi?
Everything ready for #EuroSLA34 in the incredibleTromsø!
If you are around find me at the poster session tomorrow afternoon!
@eurosla.bsky.social
If you are around find me at the poster session tomorrow afternoon!
@eurosla.bsky.social
June 25, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Everything ready for #EuroSLA34 in the incredibleTromsø!
If you are around find me at the poster session tomorrow afternoon!
@eurosla.bsky.social
If you are around find me at the poster session tomorrow afternoon!
@eurosla.bsky.social
Reposted by Irene Balboni
Your genome is not a blueprint. A thread about misleading metaphors in science communication. 🧬🧪 1/n
June 14, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Your genome is not a blueprint. A thread about misleading metaphors in science communication. 🧬🧪 1/n
Reposted by Irene Balboni
📍Qual è la provincia di origine di chi partecipa al nostro progetto?
🌍Ve lo raccontiamo in questa mappa che mostra da dove arrivano i più di 300 scienziate e scienziati delle Penne.
📣Vuoi unirti a noi? A breve apriamo le iscrizioni per chi vorrà fare parte del nostro progetto nel 2026!
🌍Ve lo raccontiamo in questa mappa che mostra da dove arrivano i più di 300 scienziate e scienziati delle Penne.
📣Vuoi unirti a noi? A breve apriamo le iscrizioni per chi vorrà fare parte del nostro progetto nel 2026!
June 16, 2025 at 12:44 PM
📍Qual è la provincia di origine di chi partecipa al nostro progetto?
🌍Ve lo raccontiamo in questa mappa che mostra da dove arrivano i più di 300 scienziate e scienziati delle Penne.
📣Vuoi unirti a noi? A breve apriamo le iscrizioni per chi vorrà fare parte del nostro progetto nel 2026!
🌍Ve lo raccontiamo in questa mappa che mostra da dove arrivano i più di 300 scienziate e scienziati delle Penne.
📣Vuoi unirti a noi? A breve apriamo le iscrizioni per chi vorrà fare parte del nostro progetto nel 2026!
Just landed in Geneva after an incredible and dense week at @isbilingualism.bsky.social in San Sebastian!
It was a pleasure to spend the week discussing bilingualism, multilingualism, reading and more with some of the most brilliant people in the field!
It was a pleasure to spend the week discussing bilingualism, multilingualism, reading and more with some of the most brilliant people in the field!
Many thanks to our brilliant speakers: Tecumseh Fitch, @zhanminye.bsky.social, Sara Mascheretti, @irenebalboni.bsky.social & @berthele.bsky.social 🙏🏼 And eskerrik asko to friends and colleagues in the audience: see you all in Saskatoon in 2027!
June 14, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Just landed in Geneva after an incredible and dense week at @isbilingualism.bsky.social in San Sebastian!
It was a pleasure to spend the week discussing bilingualism, multilingualism, reading and more with some of the most brilliant people in the field!
It was a pleasure to spend the week discussing bilingualism, multilingualism, reading and more with some of the most brilliant people in the field!
Reposted by Irene Balboni
What happens when you put experts in multilingualism, genetics, neuroimaging, & animal cognition in the same @isbilingualism.bsky.social panel? @nargolestani.bsky.social and I, supported by @nccrlanguage.bsky.social, took on the challenge and...learned a lot while having a blast!
June 14, 2025 at 1:12 PM
What happens when you put experts in multilingualism, genetics, neuroimaging, & animal cognition in the same @isbilingualism.bsky.social panel? @nargolestani.bsky.social and I, supported by @nccrlanguage.bsky.social, took on the challenge and...learned a lot while having a blast!
June 9, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Reposted by Irene Balboni
🗣️Professor @berthele.bsky.social, from Institut de Plurilinguisme at Université de Fribourg, has been invited to speak to us about predispositions for multiple #language learning.
We are eager to know more about his work!
Discover more about it here👇
www.bcbl.eu/es/noticias/...
We are eager to know more about his work!
Discover more about it here👇
www.bcbl.eu/es/noticias/...
June 4, 2025 at 12:14 PM
🗣️Professor @berthele.bsky.social, from Institut de Plurilinguisme at Université de Fribourg, has been invited to speak to us about predispositions for multiple #language learning.
We are eager to know more about his work!
Discover more about it here👇
www.bcbl.eu/es/noticias/...
We are eager to know more about his work!
Discover more about it here👇
www.bcbl.eu/es/noticias/...
Happening today👇👇👇👇👇
🧠What should a neurobiology of language course look like?
Next week (May 27, 18:00 CEST), I’ll co-host with @vborghesani.bsky.social a virtual SNL session on content, tools and strategies for teaching an up-to-date course in 2025.
Join us to share ideas!
Next week (May 27, 18:00 CEST), I’ll co-host with @vborghesani.bsky.social a virtual SNL session on content, tools and strategies for teaching an up-to-date course in 2025.
Join us to share ideas!
Member-Initiated Virtual Activities
2025.neurolang.org
May 27, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Happening today👇👇👇👇👇
Reposted by Irene Balboni
Delighted to announce the publication of a collaborative effort, co-led by @limorraviv.bsky.social @mpi-nl.bsky.social, showcasing the ways in which researchers have made language evolution an empirical issue: A handbook of experimental approaches to the fascinating problem of language evolution 🧪
May 27, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Delighted to announce the publication of a collaborative effort, co-led by @limorraviv.bsky.social @mpi-nl.bsky.social, showcasing the ways in which researchers have made language evolution an empirical issue: A handbook of experimental approaches to the fascinating problem of language evolution 🧪
Reposted by Irene Balboni
Are you designing your syllabus? Preparing a teaching statement for the job market? Or do you want to discuss what is missing in teaching materials and manuals?
Join @irenebalboni.bsky.social and @vborghesani.bsky.social to talk about teaching Neurobiology of language👇
Join @irenebalboni.bsky.social and @vborghesani.bsky.social to talk about teaching Neurobiology of language👇
🧠What should a neurobiology of language course look like?
Next week (May 27, 18:00 CEST), I’ll co-host with @vborghesani.bsky.social a virtual SNL session on content, tools and strategies for teaching an up-to-date course in 2025.
Join us to share ideas!
Next week (May 27, 18:00 CEST), I’ll co-host with @vborghesani.bsky.social a virtual SNL session on content, tools and strategies for teaching an up-to-date course in 2025.
Join us to share ideas!
Member-Initiated Virtual Activities
2025.neurolang.org
May 20, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Are you designing your syllabus? Preparing a teaching statement for the job market? Or do you want to discuss what is missing in teaching materials and manuals?
Join @irenebalboni.bsky.social and @vborghesani.bsky.social to talk about teaching Neurobiology of language👇
Join @irenebalboni.bsky.social and @vborghesani.bsky.social to talk about teaching Neurobiology of language👇
🧠What should a neurobiology of language course look like?
Next week (May 27, 18:00 CEST), I’ll co-host with @vborghesani.bsky.social a virtual SNL session on content, tools and strategies for teaching an up-to-date course in 2025.
Join us to share ideas!
Next week (May 27, 18:00 CEST), I’ll co-host with @vborghesani.bsky.social a virtual SNL session on content, tools and strategies for teaching an up-to-date course in 2025.
Join us to share ideas!
Member-Initiated Virtual Activities
2025.neurolang.org
May 20, 2025 at 9:10 AM
🧠What should a neurobiology of language course look like?
Next week (May 27, 18:00 CEST), I’ll co-host with @vborghesani.bsky.social a virtual SNL session on content, tools and strategies for teaching an up-to-date course in 2025.
Join us to share ideas!
Next week (May 27, 18:00 CEST), I’ll co-host with @vborghesani.bsky.social a virtual SNL session on content, tools and strategies for teaching an up-to-date course in 2025.
Join us to share ideas!
💥Third year of talking Neuroscience with the researchers of tomorrow!
🧠This week we met 75 elementary school students and explored the Neuroscience of memory and language.
👩🏫 It is always a pleasure to do this fun/exhausting/beautiful thing with the amazing Isotta Rigoni.
👉 @ohbm-dic.bsky.social
🧠This week we met 75 elementary school students and explored the Neuroscience of memory and language.
👩🏫 It is always a pleasure to do this fun/exhausting/beautiful thing with the amazing Isotta Rigoni.
👉 @ohbm-dic.bsky.social
May 8, 2025 at 9:08 AM
💥Third year of talking Neuroscience with the researchers of tomorrow!
🧠This week we met 75 elementary school students and explored the Neuroscience of memory and language.
👩🏫 It is always a pleasure to do this fun/exhausting/beautiful thing with the amazing Isotta Rigoni.
👉 @ohbm-dic.bsky.social
🧠This week we met 75 elementary school students and explored the Neuroscience of memory and language.
👩🏫 It is always a pleasure to do this fun/exhausting/beautiful thing with the amazing Isotta Rigoni.
👉 @ohbm-dic.bsky.social
Reposted by Irene Balboni
Hey, that's us! @brainlanglab.bsky.social
Polyglot brains: A new imaging study reveals how speaking multiple languages reshapes the anatomy of a brain area that processes speech sounds.
Polyglot brains
A new imaging study reveals how speaking multiple languages reshapes the anatomy of a brain area that processes speech sounds.
buff.ly
April 10, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Hey, that's us! @brainlanglab.bsky.social
Reposted by Irene Balboni
Delighted to have the Version of Record of our work published by @elife.bsky.social. Please take a look at how we answered the question of whether the auditory cortex accommodates multilingual phonological experience (spoiler: it does, and very interestingly so!) 🗣️👂🧠
🚨Our paper with @brainlanglab.bsky.social on how multilingual phonology shapes the auditory cortex is out in @elife.bsky.social : elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre... 🚨 Loved the process and looking forward to tackling the reviews out in the open!
Auditory cortex anatomy reflects multilingual phonological experience
elifesciences.org
March 28, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Delighted to have the Version of Record of our work published by @elife.bsky.social. Please take a look at how we answered the question of whether the auditory cortex accommodates multilingual phonological experience (spoiler: it does, and very interestingly so!) 🗣️👂🧠