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Linda Ruth Wheeldon

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Email
linda.r.wheeldon@uia.no
Phone
+47 38 14 14 84
Mobile phone
+47 40 65 94 18
Office
E1063A (Universitetsveien 25, 4630 Kristiansand, Norway)

Background and experience

  • 2017   Professor of Experimental Linguistics, University of Agder, Norway
  • 2011   Associate Professor in Psycholinguistics. University of Birmingham,UK
  • 2000   Senior Lecturer. University of Birmingham, UK
  • 1993   Lecturer. University of Birmingham, UK
  • 1990   Scientific Staff Member. Max Plank Institute for Psycholinguistics, NL.
  • 1989   PhD in Experimental Psycholinguistics. University of Cambridge.
  • 1985   MA Honours in Psychology and Linguistics. University of Edinburgh.

Areas of responsibility

I am a Professor of Experimental Linguistics in the Institute of Foreign Languages and Translation and head of the Experimental Linguistics Research group. I am also the PhD specialisation leader for linguistics in the Faculty of Humanities and Pedagogy.

Teaching

I teach on the English BA and Masters programs. At the bachelors level I have taught courses on various aspects of English language structure. At the Masters level my courses focus on language processing, language acquisition and bilingualism.

Research

I have a background in experimental psycholinguistics and theoretical linguistics. I am interested in the representation of language structure and how it affects language processing across the life span. Much of my research focuses on language production, in particular, the processes underlying the generation of spoken sentences. I investigate the incremental planning of prosodic, lexical, and syntactic structure, using reaction time, eye-tracking, and EEG paradigms. I also investigate the effects of healthy aging on such processes. My interest in the sound structure of language, has led me to investigate role of phonological representations in silent reading. I am also interested in the representation of morphological structure in the adult mental lexicon and have investigated the role of morphological complexity in English word reading. In recent years, I have become interested in bilingualism in particular in the comprehension, production, and reading of English as a second language.

For a full list of my research outputs please visit Researchgate

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Linda-Wheeldon-2

Projects

Research groups

Publications

  • Albrecht, Mikael André; Wetterlin, Allison Louise & Wheeldon, Linda Ruth (2026). Predicting Bilingual Performance: Effects of Subjective and Objective Measures of Bilingual Profile. International Journal of Bilingualism. ISSN 1367-0069. doi: 10.1177/13670069261486216. Full text in Research Archive
  • Munns, Alexandra; Feron, Jack; Duda, Joan; Fosstveit, Sindre Herskedal; Joyce, Kelsey E. & Rahman, Foyzul [Show all 12 contributors for this article] (2026). Similar exercise adherence and physical fitness outcomes are observed across distinct motivation profiles in older adults participating in a home-based structured exercise programme. European Review of Aging and Physical Activity. ISSN 1813-7253. 23. doi: 10.1186/s11556-026-00421-1. Full text in Research Archive
  • Prystauka, Yanina; Rahman, Foyzul; Busby, Natalie; Roeser, Jens; Boraxbekk, Carl-Johan & Feron, Jack [Show all 11 contributors for this article] (2025). Assessing the Utility of Predicted Brain Age for Explaining Variability in Language Abilities in Healthy Older Adults. Neurobiology of Language (NoL). 6. doi: 10.1162/nol.a.21. Full text in Research Archive
  • Rahman, Foyzul; Tsvetanov, Kamen A.; Feron, Jack; Mullinger, Karen; Joyce, Kelsey & Gilani, Ahmed [Show all 11 contributors for this article] (2025). Explaining tip-of-the-tongue experiences in older adults: The role of brain-based and cardiorespiratory fitness factors. Neurobiology of Aging. ISSN 0197-4580. doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2025.06.008. Full text in Research Archive
  • Fernandes, Eunice Gomes; Fosstveit, Sindre Herskedal; Feron, Jack; Rahman, Foyzul; Lucas, Samuel J.E. & Lohne-Seiler, Hilde [Show all 10 contributors for this article] (2024). Effects of increasing fitness through exercise training on language comprehension in monolingual and bilingual older adults: a randomized controlled trial. Aging, Neuropsychology and Cognition. ISSN 1382-5585. 32(4), p. 485–517. doi: 10.1080/13825585.2024.2435914. Full text in Research Archive
  • Fernandes, Eunice Gomes; Segaert, Katrien; Rahman, Foyzul; Wetterlin, Allison Louise & Wheeldon, Linda Ruth (2024). Bilingualism and ageing independently impact on language processing: evidence from comprehension and production. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition. ISSN 1366-7289. doi: 10.1017/S1366728924000245. Full text in Research Archive
  • Gallo, Federico; Myachykov, Andriy; Aboutalebi, Jubin; Deluca, Vincent Francesco; Ellis, Jason & Rothman, Jason [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2024). Bilingualism, sleep, and cognition: An integrative view and open research questions. Brain and Language. ISSN 0093-934X. 260, p. 1–11. doi: 10.1016/j.bandl.2024.105507. Full text in Research Archive
  • Markiewicz, Roksana; Rahman, Foyzul; Fernandes, Eunice Gomes; Limachya, Rupali; Wetterlin, Allison Louise & Wheeldon, Linda Ruth [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2024). Effects of healthy ageing and bilingualism on attention networks. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition. ISSN 1366-7289. p. 1–14. doi: 10.1017/S1366728924000154. Full text in Research Archive
  • Pélissier, Maud; Haugland, Dag; Urland, Beatrice Zitong; Wetterlin, Allison Louise; Wheeldon, Linda Ruth & Frisson, Steven (2023). Competition between form-related words in bilingual sentence reading: Effects of language proficiency. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition. ISSN 1366-7289. doi: 10.1017/S1366728922000529. Full text in Research Archive
  • Crowhurst, Megan J.; Faircloth, Laura R.; Wetterlin, Allison Louise & Wheeldon, Linda Ruth (2022). “Natural” stress patterns and dependencies between edge alignment and quantity sensitivity. Phonological Data & Analysis (PDA). 4(6), p. 1–35. doi: 10.3765/pda.v4art6.65. Full text in Research Archive
  • Elsherif, M.M.; Frisson, S. & Wheeldon, Linda Ruth (2022). Orthographic precision for word naming in skilled readers. Language, Cognition and Neuroscience. ISSN 2327-3798. 38(2). doi: 10.1080/23273798.2022.2108091. Full text in Research Archive
  • Hardy, Sophie M.; Jensen, Ole; Wheeldon, Linda Ruth; Mazaheri, Ali & Segaert, Katrien (2022). Modulation in alpha band activity reflects syntax composition: an MEG study of minimal syntactic binding. Cerebral Cortex. ISSN 1047-3211. 33(3), p. 497–511. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhac080. Full text in Research Archive
  • Pélissier, Maud; Haugland, Dag Magne; Handeland, Bjørn Harald; Urland, Beatrice Zitong; Wetterlin, Allison Louise & Wheeldon, Linda Ruth [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2022). Competition between form-related words in bilingual sentence reading: Effects of language proficiency. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition. ISSN 1366-7289. 26(2), p. 384–401. doi: 10.1017/S1366728922000529. Full text in Research Archive
  • Hardy, Sophie M; Segaert, Katrien & Wheeldon, Linda Ruth (2021). Age-related effects on lexical, but not syntactic, processes during sentence production. Language, Cognition and Neuroscience. ISSN 2327-3798. 37(1), p. 120–134. doi: 10.1080/23273798.2021.1948081. Full text in Research Archive
  • Elsherif, Mahmoud M; Wheeldon, Linda Ruth & Frisson, Steven (2021). Phonological precision for word recognition in skilled readers. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology (QJEP). ISSN 1747-0218. doi: 10.1177/17470218211046350. Full text in Research Archive
  • Elsherif, Mahmoud M.; Wheeldon, Linda Ruth & Frisson, Steven (2021). Do dyslexia and stuttering share a processing deficit? Journal of Fluency Disorders. ISSN 0094-730X. 67. doi: 10.1016/j.jfludis.2020.105827. Full text in Research Archive
  • Segaert, K.; Poulisse, C.; Markiewicz, R.; Wheeldon, Linda Ruth; Marchment, D. & Adler, Z. [Show all 9 contributors for this article] (2021). Detecting impaired language processing in patients with mild cognitive impairment using around-the-ear cEEgrid electrodes. Psychophysiology. ISSN 0048-5772. doi: 10.1111/psyp.13964. Full text in Research Archive
  • Heyselaar, Evelien; Wheeldon, Linda Ruth & Segaert, Katrien (2020). Structural Priming Is Supported By Different Components Of Non-Declarative Memory: Evidence From Priming Across The Lifespan. Journal of Experimental Psychology. Learning, Memory and Cognition. ISSN 0278-7393. 47(5). doi: 10.1037/xlm0000955. Full text in Research Archive
  • Poulisse, Charlotte; Wheeldon, Linda Ruth; Limachya, Rupali; Mazaheri, Ali & Segaert, Katrien (2020). The oscillatory mechanisms associated with syntactic binding in healthy ageing. Neuropsychologia. ISSN 0028-3932. 146. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2020.107523. Full text in Research Archive
  • Hardy, Sophie; Segaert, Katrien & Wheeldon, Linda Ruth (2020). Healthy aging and sentence production: disrupted lexical access in the context of intact syntactic planning. Frontiers in Psychology. 11, p. 1–19. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00257. Full text in Research Archive
  • Hardy, Sophie; Wheeldon, Linda Ruth & Segaert, Katrien (2019). Structural priming is determined by global syntax rather than internal phrasal structure: Evidence from young and older adults. Journal of Experimental Psychology. Learning, Memory and Cognition. ISSN 0278-7393. doi: 10.1037/xlm0000754. Full text in Research Archive
  • Poulisse, Charlotte; Wheeldon, Linda Ruth & Segaert, Katrien (2019). Evidence Against Preserved Syntactic Comprehension in Healthy Aging. Journal of Experimental Psychology. Learning, Memory and Cognition. ISSN 0278-7393. 45(12). doi: 10.1037/xlm0000707. Full text in Research Archive
  • Wheeldon, Linda & Konopka, Agnieszka (2018). Spoken word production: Representation, Retrieval and Integration. In Rueschemeyer, Shirley-Ann & Gaskell, Gareth (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Psycholinguistics Second Edition. Oxford University Press. ISSN 9780198786825. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198786825.013.15. Full text in Research Archive
  • Wheeldon, Linda Ruth; Schuster, Swetlana; Pliatsikas, Christos; Malpass, Debra & Lahiri, Aditi (2018). Beyond decomposition: Processing zero-derivations in English visual word recognition. Cortex. ISSN 0010-9452. doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2018.09.003. Full text in Research Archive
  • Segaert, Katrien; Lucas, Samuel J.E.; Burley, Claire V.; Segaert, Pieter; Milner, AE & Ryan, M [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2018). Higher physical fitness levels are associated with less language decline in healthy ageing. Scientific Reports. 8(1). doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-24972-1. Full text in Research Archive
  • Wynne, Hilary; Wheeldon, Linda Ruth & Lahiri, Aditi (2017). Compounds, phrases and clitics in connected speech. Journal of Memory and Language. ISSN 0749-596X. 98, p. 45–58. doi: 10.1016/j.jml.2017.08.001. Full text in Research Archive
  • Wheeldon, Linda Ruth & Levelt, Willem J. M. (1995). Monitoring the Time Course of Phonological Encoding. Journal of Memory and Language. ISSN 0749-596X. 34(3), p. 331–334. doi: 10.1006/jmla.1995.1014. Full text in Research Archive
  • Wheeldon, Linda Ruth & Monsell, Steven (1994). Inhibition of Spoken Word Production by Priming a Semantic Competitor. Journal of Memory and Language. ISSN 0749-596X. 33(3), p. 332–356. doi: 10.1006/jmla.1994.1016. Full text in Research Archive

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