Projects and publications

 

Publications

 

Aging and dementia:
Bailey*, M., Ilchovska*, Z. G., Hosseini, A., & Jung, J. (2024). Understanding the neural basis of Alzheimer’s disease with genetic factors: A neuroimaging meta-analysis. Journal of Clinical Neurology, 20(5), 469-477. https://doi.org/10.3988/jcn.2024.0176
Ilchovska, Z. G., Baek, S.-H., Jung, J. (2026). Understanding the neural basis of frontotemporal dementia with motor impairments: An activation likelihood estimation meta-analysis. https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/view/CRD420261291976
Ilchovska, Z. G., Lockwood, J., Proctor, Lambon Ralph, M. A., E., Hosseini, A., & Jung, J. (2026). The neural basis of frontotemporal dementia (FTD): Insights from ALE meta-analyses of four FTD subtypes encompassing 8,057 participants. Brain Communications. https://doi.org/10.1093/braincomms/fcag223
Loseto-Gerritzen, E. V., Dillon, E. C., Ilchovska, Z. G., Yates, J., Fortinsky, R. H., Finelli, M. J., & Craven, M. P. (2026). The growing potential for multidisciplinary support and technology to enhance person-centred dementia care: a UK and US perspective. Frontiers in Dementia, 5. https://doi.org/10.3389/frdem.2026.1770741

 

Bilingualism:
Ilchovska, Z. G. & Culbertson, J. (2019). The learnability of evidential systems in the case of L1 Bulgarian and L2 English. In A. Gattnar, R. Hörnig, M. Störzer & S. Featherston (Eds.), Proceedings of Linguistic Evidence 2018: Experimental data drives linguistic theory. Tübingen: University of Tübingen. http://dx.doi.org/10.15496/publikation-32634
Ilchovska, Z. G., Mazaheri, A., Krott, A. (2025). The Switching Experience and Environment Questionnaire (SEEQ): Testing a new integrated measure of bilingual switching behaviours. https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/cvf46_v2 [Under revision]
Ilchovska, Z. G., Mazaheri, A., Krott, A. (2026). Individual differences in bilingual experience predict response times during language switching via functional reactive brain responses. https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/hw6a3_v2 [Under review]
Ilchovska, Z. G., Arif, I. & de Bruin, A. (2026). MultiAge-IV: Mild cognitive impairment. https://osf.io/xzu7m
Ilchovska, Z. G. & de Bruin, A. (2026). MultiAge-II. https://osf.io/g58hp
Ilchovska, Z. G., Nazir, F., de Bruin, A. (2025). MultiAge-I. https://osf.io/qkdfu
Li, W., Elsherif, M. M., & Ilchovska, Z. G. (2025). The role of cognitive control and bilingual experiences in cross-language activation of idiomatic meanings. https://osf.io/kuqfe

 

Open Scholarship:
Baum, M. A., Hart, A., Elsherif, M. M., Ilchovska, Z. G., Moreau, D., Dokovova, M., LaPlume, A. A., Krautter, K., & Staal, J. (2022). Research without borders: How to identify and overcome potential pitfalls in international large-team online research projects. In SAGE Research Methods Cases. https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781529602074
Brodeur, A., Valenta, D., Marcoci, A., Aparicio, J. O., Mikola, D., Barbarioli, B., Alexander, R., Deer, L., Stafford, T., […], Ilchovska, Z. G., […], & Zozoungbo, C. (2026). AI-assisted teams outperform AI-led teams but not human-only teams in assessing research reproducibility in quantitative social science. PNAS, 123(22). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2524747123
Chuan-Peng, H., Xu, Z., Lazić, A., Bhattacharya, P., Seda, L., Hossain, S., Jeftić, A., Özdoğru, A. A., Amaral, O. B., Miljković, N., Ilchovska, Z. G., (…), & Azevedo, F. (2025). Open science in the developing world: A collection of practical guides for researchers in developing countries. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 8(3). https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/25152459251357565
Coretta, S., Casillas, J, Roessig, S., Franke, M., Al-Hoorie, A. H., Al-Tamimi, J., Alotaibi, N. E., AlShakhori, M. K., Altmiller, R. M., (…) Ilchovska, Z. G., (…) & Roettger, T. B. (2023). Multidimensional signals and analytic flexibility: Estimating degrees of freedom in human speech analyses. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 6(3). https://doi.org/10.1177/25152459231162567
Cuadra, D., Castro, P., Gonzalez, I., Oyanadel, C., Pérez, D., Ilchovska, Z., Sandoval, J. & Morales, D. (2024). Identidad profesional y progreso académico en la formación inicial de futuros profesores chilenos: estudio mixto. [Professional identity and academic progress in the initial training of Chilean teachers: A mixed study.]. Logos: Revista de Lingüística, Filosofía y Literatura, 34(1), 437-463. https://doi.org/10.1177/25152459231162567
Hartmann, H., Azevedo, F., Röseler, L., Wallrich, L., Aldoh, A., Elsherif, M. M., Liu, M., O’Mahoney, R., Pavlovic, Z., (…), Ilchovska, Z. G., (…), & Leech, G. (2025). Tracking and mainstreaming replications in the social, cognitive, and behavioral sciences. MetaArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31222/osf.io/ad2w6_v1
Hartmann, H., Darda, K. M., Meletaki, V., Ilchovska, Z. G., Corral-Frias, N. S., Hofer, G., Azevedo, F., & Sauve, S. A. (2023). Incorporating feminist practices into (psychological) science - the why, the what and the how. Collabra: Psychology, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.142645
Pownall, M., Azevedo, F., König, L. M., Slack, H. R., Evans, T. R., Flack, Z., Grinschgl, S., Elsherif, M., Gilligan-Lee, K., Oliveira, C. M. F., Gjoneska, B., Kanadadze, T., Button, K., Ashcroft-Jones, S., Terry, J., Albayrak-Aydemir, N., Dechterenko, F., Alzahawi, S., Baker , B. J., (…) Ilchovska, Z. G., (…) & Sadhwani, S. (2023). Teaching open and reproducible scholarship: A critical review of the evidence base for current pedagogical methods and their outcomes. Royal Society Open Science, 10(5). https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.221255
Röseler, L., Kaiser, L., Doetsch, C., Klett, N., Seida, C., Schütz, A., Aczel, B., Adelina, N., Agostini, V., Alarie, S., Albayrak-Aydemir, N., Aldoh, A., Al-Hoorie, A. H., Azevedo, F., Baker, B. J., Barth, C. L., Beitner, J., Brick, C., (…) Ilchovska, Z. G., (…) & Zhang, Y. (2024). The Replication Database: Documenting the Replicability of Psychological Science. Journal of Open Psychology Data, 12(8), 1–23. https://doi.org/10.5334/jopd.101
Yang, X. Schulz, J., Schmidt, K., Kenny, A. R., Pfuhl, G., Gjoneska, B., Dalgar, I., Lewis, S. C., Exner, A., Buchanan, E. M., Lander, K., Becker, M., Du, H., Johri, A., Selcuk, E., Gallyamova, A., Calluso, C., Reggev, N., (…) Ilchovska, Z. G., (…) & Dunham, Y. (2024, August 21). Large-scale cross-societal examination of real- and minimal-group biases. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/5gpr4

 

Presentations

 

2026
  • Ilchovska, Z. G., Nazir, F., Arif, I., & de Bruin, A. (2026). The effects of ageing and interactional context on language control in connected speech [Poster]. 6th International Symposium on Bilingual and L2 Processing in Adults and Children, Reading, UK

  • Ilchovska, Z. G., Mazaheri, A., & Krott, A. (2026). Individual differences in bilingual experience predict response times during language switching via functional brain responses [Talk]. Conference on Multilingualsm, Toulouse, France

  • Ilchovska, Z. G., Arif, I., Nazir, F., & de Bruin, A. (2026). Language control with ageing in heritage language speakers: Cued and voluntary language switching contexts [Poster]. Conference on Multilingualsm, Toulouse, France

  • Ilchovska, Z. G., Arif, I., Nazir, F., & de Bruin, A. (2026). Language control with ageing in heritage language speakers: Cued and voluntary language switching contexts [Poster]. The multilingual North: Multilingualsm research across the N8, Lancaster, UK

2025
  • Ilchovska, Z. G. et al. (2025). Proactive and reactive control during language switching: ERPs, oscillations and individual differences & Language control with ageing in heritage language speakers: Cued and voluntary language switching contexts [Talk]. 5th Seminar on Language and Cognition - InCognitus, Campinas, Brazil (online and recorded)

  • Ilchovska, Z. G., Nazir, F, & de Bruin, A. (2025). Language control with ageing in heritage language speakers: Cued and voluntary language switching contexts [Poster]. 24th Biennial Conference of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology (ESCoP), Sheffield, UK

  • Ilchovska, Z. G., Mazaheri, A., & Krott, A. (2025). Involvement of domain-general control during language switching? Insights from evoked and induced neural processes [Talk]. 15th International Symposium on Bilingualism, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain

  • Li, W., Elsherif, M., & Ilchovska, Z. G. (2025). The role of cognitive control and bilingual experiences in cross-language activation of idiomatic meanings [Poster]. 15th International Symposium on Bilingualism, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain

  • Li, W., Elsherif, M., & Ilchovska, Z. G. (2025). The role of cognitive control and bilingual experiences in cross-language activation of idiomatic meanings [Poster]. Experimental Psychology Society Meeting, Lancaster, UK

  • Ilchovska, Z. G., Mazaheri, A., & Krott, A. (2025). Reactive and proactive language control in language switching: ERPs, oscillations and individual differences [Talk]. School of Psychology, University of Lincoln, UK

2024
  • Ilchovska, Z. G., Mazaheri, A., & Krott, A. (2024). Testing the Switching Experience and Environment Questionnaire (SEEQ): A measure of bilingual switching behaviours [Poster]. International Symposium on Bilingual and L2 Processing in Adults and Children (ISBPAC), Swansea, UK
  • Ilchovska, Z. G., Mazaheri, A., & Krott, A. (2024).Testing the Switching Experience and Environment Questionnaire (SEEQ): A measure of bilingual switching behaviours [Poster]. Experimental Psychology Society meeting, Nottingham, UK
  • Ilchovska, Z. G., Lockwood, J., Proctor, Lambon Ralph, M. A., E., Hosseini, A., & Jung, J. (2024). The neural basis of frontotemporal dementia: An ALE meta-analysis [Poster]. Neuroscience at Nottingham Meeting, Nottingham, UK.

2023
  • Ilchovska, Z. G., Lockwood, J., Proctor, Lambon Ralph, M. A., E., Hosseini, A., & Jung, J. (2023). The neural basis of frontotemporal dementia: An ALE meta-analysis [Poster]. British Neuropsychological Society Autumn Meeting 2023, London, UK.
  • Ilchovska, Z. G., Krott, A., & Mazaheri, A. (2023). Bilingual language switching: ERP and time frequency EEG processes [Talk]. 14th International Symposium on Bilingualism (ISB-14), Sydney, Australia.

2022
  • Ilchovska, Z. G., Krott, A., & Mazaheri, A. (2022). Bilingual language switching: ERP and time frequency EEG processes [Poster]. 4th International Symposium on Bilingual and L2 Processing in Adults and Children (ISBPAC 2022), Tromsø, Norway.

2018
  • Ilchovska, Z. G. & Culbertson, J. (2018). The Learnability of Evidential Systems in the Case of L1 Bulgarian and L2 English [Poster]. Linguistic Evidence Conference, Tübingen, Germany.
  • Ilchovska, Z. G. & Culbertson, J. (2018). The Learnability of Evidential Systems in the Case of L1 Bulgarian and L2 English [Poster]. 26th Conference of the Student Organisation of Linguistics in Europe, London, UK.

2017
  • Ilchovska, Z. (2017). The Bicultural Identity of Bilinguals Speaking an Endangered Mesoamerican Language [Talk]. 11th International Symposium on Bilingualism (ISB-11), Limerick, Republic of Ireland.

I’ve also been involved in a few Open Scholarship and Meta-Science projects: