On 27 October 2026, Stephanie Forkel will give an online seminar at Brainhack South Africa, entitled “Redefining language as an emergent function of the connected brain”. The talk will explore how distributed brain networks and individual differences shape language, with implications for understanding language difficulties and recovery. Join via Zoom from 09:00–10:00 CAT. Scan the QR code on the poster to register.

We’re nearly there — EMERGENCE South Africa is launching at University of the Witwatersrand! On 21 October 2026, we’ll bring together researchers, clinicians, students, and international partners for a full day on language, the brain, multilingualism, aphasia, clinical practice, and South Africa–Europe collaboration. A big thank you to Aline Ferreira Correia for leading the local organisation at Wits and helping shape the South African programme and collaboration. 📍 University of the...

Next week, our team will be sharing several perspectives on aphasia at the Academy of Aphasia in Liège. On Sunday 4 October, Pedro Nascimento Alves will speak about how disruption to neurotransmitter circuits relates to different aphasia profiles and may help predict response to drug treatment. Later that day, Lena Tulner will present a poster looking beyond traditional aphasia labels, using functional decoding of stroke lesions to explore how patients differ. Our colleague Michel Thiebaut de...