Dr Katrien Segaert MA, PhD

Dr Katrien Segaert

School of Psychology
Associate Professor

Contact details

Telephone
+44 (0)121 414 7760
Email
k.segaert@bham.ac.uk
Address
School of Psychology
黑料吃瓜网
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Dr. Katrien Segaert's research focuses on the neurobiology of language processing, with a special focus on how sentence-level processes and interactive communication are supported by the brain. She also studies how the neurobiological infrastructure of language processing changes throughout the lifespan and researches lifestyle factors (such as regular physical exercise) that can mitigate language decline.

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Qualifications

  • Bsc (cum laude) and MA (magna cum laude) in Psychology - University of Leuven, Belgium
  • PhD in Social Sciences - Radboud University, Netherlands
  • Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education (distinction) - 黑料吃瓜网, UK

Biography

Before taking up a position as Lecturer at the University of Birmingham, Dr. Katrien Segaert was a staff researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in the Netherlands. She received my PhD from the Radboud University in Nijmegen, the Netherlands and her Bsc and MA in Psychology from the University of Leuven, Belgium.

Teaching

Dr. Segaert is teaching on the following modules:
Language and Communication 
Brain Health across the Lifespan
Cognitive Neuroscience Methods and Applications
Lifespan Psychology

Postgraduate supervision

Katrien is supervising or co-supervising the following PhD candidates: Roksana Markiewicz and Emma Sutton. 

She is supervising or co-supervising the following postdoctoral students: Foyzul Rahman and Felix Carter.

Alumni:

  • Evelien Heyselaar (PhD obtained 2017)
  • Lotte Schoot (PhD obtained 2017)
  • Anna Belavina (PhD obtained 2017)
  • Kristian Suen (PhD obtained 2019)
  • Sophie Hardy (PhD obtained 2020)
  • Charlotte Poulisse (PhD obtained 2020)
  • Vincent DeLuca (ESRC-funded postdoc)

She is always happy to hear from current undergraduates looking for research experience, or recent graduates who are considering PhD study. Please have a look at her research interests and publications for an indication of potential areas of interest ().

Research

  • What is the effect of ageing on language processing?
  • How is syntactic and semantic processing instantiated in the brain?
  • What are the mechanisms of syntactic priming?
  • Does social context influence core language processing?
  • Does bilingualism offer cognitive advantages?

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Publications

Highlight publications

Hardy, SM, Jensen, O, Wheeldon, L, Mazaheri, A & Segaert, K 2022, '', Cerebral Cortex.

Poulisse, C, Wheeldon, L, Limachya, R, Mazaheri, A & Segaert, K 2020, '', Neuropsychologia.

Poulisse, C, Wheeldon, L & Segaert, K 2019, '', Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition.

Segaert, K, Lucas, S, Burley, C, Segaert, P, Milner, A, Ryan, M & Wheeldon, L 2018, '', Scientific Reports, vol. 8, 6715.

DeLuca, V, Segaert, K, Mazaheri, A & Krott, A 2020, '', Journal of Neurolinguistics, vol. 56, 100930.

Recent publications

Article

Sutton, E, Catling, J, van Zanten, JJCSV & Segaert, K 2025, '', Psychological Research, vol. 89, no. 2, 75.

Fernandes, EG, Segaert, K, Rahman, F, Wetterlin, A & Wheeldon, L 2024, '', Bilingualism.

Markiewicz, R, Mazaheri, A & Segaert, K 2024, '', iScience, vol. 27, no. 9, 110802.

Feron, J, Rahman, F, Fosstveit, SH, Joyce, KE, Gilani, A, Lohne-Seiler, H, Berntsen, S, Mullinger, KJ, Segaert, K & Lucas, SJE 2024, '', NeuroImage, vol. 303, 120919.

Feron, J, Segaert, K, Rahman, F, Fosstveit, SH, Joyce, KE, Gilani, A, Lohne-Seiler, H, Berntsen, S, Mullinger, KJ & Lucas, SJE 2024, '', Aging, vol. 16, no. 18, pp. 12473-12497.

Fernandes, EG, H.聽Fosstveit, S, Feron, J, Rahman, F, Lucas, S, Lohne鈥怱eiler, H, Berntsen, S, Wetterlin, A, Segaert, K & Wheeldon, L 2024, '', Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition.

Markiewicz, R, Rahman, F, Fernandes, EG, Limachya, R, Wetterlin, A, Wheeldon, L & Segaert, K 2024, '', Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, pp. 1-14.

Fernandes, EG, Fosstveit, SH, Feron, J, Rahman, F, Lucas, SJE, Lohne-Seiler, H, Berntsen, S, Wetterlin, A, Segaert, K & Wheeldon, L 2024, '', Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition.

Fosstveit, SH, Berntsen, S, Feron, J, Joyce, KE, Ivarsson, A, Segaert, K, Lucas, SJE & Lohne-Seiler, H 2024, '', Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, vol. 34, no. 7, e14694, pp. e14694.

DeLuca, V, Voits, T, Ni, J, Carter, F, Foyzul, R, Mazaheri, A, Krott, A & Segaert, K 2024, '', Cerebral Cortex, vol. 34, no. 2, bhae029.

Murphy, E, Rollo, PS, Segaert, K, Hagoort, P & Tandon, N 2024, '', Progress in neurobiology, vol. 241, 102669.

Carrol, G & Segaert, K 2023, '', Memory and Cognition.

Carter, F, DeLuca, V, Segaert, K, Mazaheri, A & Krott, A 2023, '', NeuroImage, vol. 273, 120085.

Markiewicz, R, Rahman, F, Apperly, I, Mazaheri, A & Segaert, K 2023, '', Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition.

Sutton, E, Catling, J, Segaert, K & Veldhuijzen Van Zanten, J 2022, '', Frontiers in Psychology, vol. 13, 823089.