Vincent DeLuca

Professor Vincent DeLuca holds a faculty position at UiT The Arctic University of Norway, specifically in the Department of Language and Culture within the Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Education. He serves as Leader of the C-LaBL Brain Domain, leading interdisciplinary research initiatives. His academic rank is Professor of English Language.

His research focuses on understanding how bilingual and multilingual experiences shape brain structure, function, and cognitive processes across the lifespan. Key areas include:

• Neuroplasticity mechanisms underlying language acquisition and control
• Effects of multilingualism on aging-related cognitive decline
• Individual differences in bilingual experience and their neural correlates

He is affiliated with the C-LaBL and AcqVA Aurora research groups, and leads projects such as the MIND-MAP Project exploring multilingualism and cognitive aging. His work integrates neuroimaging, behavioral studies, and computational models.

Key contributions include redefining bilingualism as a spectrum of experiences influencing brain adaptations, and demonstrating how multilingual engagement modulates resting-state neural activity. Recently, his team has investigated third language (L3) development using artificial grammar paradigms and EEG.

He collaborates globally with institutions like the University of Reading (Christos Pliatsikas) and the University of Trento (Jubin Abutalebi). His research has been published in journals like NeuroImage, Cerebral Cortex, and PNAS.