Régine Kolinsky

Régine Kolinsky is a Professor at Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Belgium, and a Research Director at the National Fund for Scientific Research (FRS-FNRS). She leads the Research Unit in Cognitive Neurosciences and has served as an invited Professor at Brazilian and Japanese universities, including Kyoto University’s Human Brain Research Center. Her work explores the cognitive and neural impacts of literacy and schooling, alongside cross-modal interactions between language and music.

• Current Roles: Professor (ULB), Research Director (FRS-FNRS), Head of Research Unit in Cognitive Neurosciences
• Key Research Themes: Literacy effects on cognition, speech-music interactions, neuroplasticity, statistical learning, and visual word recognition

Her research integrates behavioral and neuroimaging methods (EEG, MEG), focusing on literacy’s influence on memory, perception, and brain connectivity. She collaborates with labs like UNESCOG and ULBabyLab, addressing developmental aspects of statistical learning and speech-in-noise perception.

Recent publications highlight adult literacy training, mirror-image discrimination, and literacy’s role in auditory processing. While no explicit awards are documented in the provided text, her work spans interdisciplinary collaborations and longitudinal studies on literacy acquisition.