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Journal Articles

2026

Themistocleous, C., & Stark B. (2026). Language biomarker screening using AI: a transdiagnostic approach to the brain. Scientific Reports, 16, 4207.

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Andreou, M., Themistocleous, C., & Peristeri, E. (2026). Integrating artificial intelligence and natural language processing to investigate lexical errors in autistic preschoolers. Research in Autism, 130, 202771.

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2025

Tippett, D. C., Surrao, K., Neophytou, K., Kim, H., Gallegos, J., Themistocleous, C., Rapp, B., Hillis, A. E., & Tsapkini, K. (2025). Written picture descriptions distinguish variants of primary progressive aphasia. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease.

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Themistocleous C. (2025). Linguistic and Emotional Prosody: A Systematic Review and ALE Meta-Analysis. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 106210.

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2024

Themistocleous C. (2024). Open Brain AI and language assessment. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 18.

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Kim, H., Hillis, A. E., Themistocleous C. (2024). Machine Learning Classification of Patients with Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment and Non-Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment from Written Picture Description Tasks. Brain Sciences, 14, 652.

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Themistocleous C., Andreou, M., & Peristeri, E. (2024). Autism Detection in Children: Integrating Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing in Narrative Analysis. Behavioral Sciences, 14(6).

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2023

Stark, B. C., Bryant, L., Themistocleous C., den Ouden, D. B., & Roberts, A. C. (2022). Best practice guidelines for reporting spoken discourse in aphasia and neurogenic communication disorders. Aphasiology, 1-24.

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2022

Afthinos, A., Themistocleous C., Herrmann, O., Fan, H., Lu, H., & Tsapkini, K. (2022). The Contribution of Working Memory Areas to Verbal Learning and Recall in Primary Progressive Aphasia. Frontiers in Neurology, 13.

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Themistocleous C., Fyndanis, V., & Tsapkini, K. (2022). Sonorant spectra and coarticulation distinguish speakers with different dialects. Speech Communication.

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2021

Themistocleous C., Webster Kimberly, Tsapkini, Kyrana (2021). Effects of tDCS on Sound Duration in Patients with Apraxia of Speech in Primary Progressive Aphasia. Brain Sciences, 11(3).

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Themistocleous C., Ficek B., Webster K., den Ouden D.B., Hillis A.E., Tsapkini K. (2021). Automatic subtyping of individuals with Primary Progressive Aphasia. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease.

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2020

Themistocleous C., Webster K., Afthinos A., & Tsapkini K. (2020). Part of Speech Production in Patients With Primary Progressive Aphasia: An Analysis Based on Natural Language Processing. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology.

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Themistocleous C., Neophytou K., Rapp B., & Tsapkini K. (2020). A Tool for Automatic Scoring of Spelling Performance. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research.

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Themistocleous C., Eckerström M., Kokkinakis D. (2020). Voice quality and speech fluency distinguish individuals with Mild Cognitive Impairment from Healthy Controls. PLOS ONE 5(7).

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Stark B.C., ... Themistocleous C. ... & Sharma, S. Standardizing Assessment of Spoken Discourse in Aphasia: A Working Group With Deliverables. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology.

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Georgiou, G.P., and Themistocleous C. (2020). Vowel learning in diglossic settings: Evidence from Arabic-Greek learners. International Journal of Bilingualism.

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2019

Themistocleous C. (2019). Dialect Classification from a Single Sonorant Sound Using Deep Neural Networks. Frontiers in Communication.

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Fyndanis V. and Themistocleous C. (2019). Are there prototypical associations between time frames and aspectual values? Evidence from Greek aphasia and healthy ageing. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics.

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2018

Themistocleous C., Eckerström M., and Kokkinakis D. (2018). Identification of Mild Cognitive Impairment from Speech in Swedish using Deep Sequential Neural Networks. Frontiers in Neurology.

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2017

Themistocleous C. (2017). Effects of two linguistically proximal varieties on the spectral and coarticulatory properties of fricatives. Frontiers in Psychology.

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Themistocleous C. (2017). Dialect classification using vowel acoustic parameters. Speech Communication 94, 13-22.

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Themistocleous C. (2017). The Nature of Phonetic Gradience across a Dialect Continuum: Evidence from Modern Greek Vowels. Phonetica 74, 157–172.

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Grohmann K., Papadopoulou E. and Themistocleous C. (2017). Acquiring Clitic Placement in Bilectal Settings: Interactions between Social Factors. Frontiers in Communication.

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2016

Themistocleous C. (2016). Seeking an anchorage: Evidence from the tonal alignment of the Cypriot Greek prenuclear pitch accent. Language and Speech.

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Themistocleous C. (2016). The bursts of stops can convey dialectal information. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America EL.

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2014

Themistocleous C. (2014). Edge-Tone Effects and Prosodic Domain Effects on Final Lengthening. Linguistic Variation 14(1). 129–160.

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Books

Themistocleous C. (2015). Experimental Design and Statistics in Linguistics. Using R (In Greek). Athens: Ion. ISBN:978-960-508-187-4.

This book is an introduction to experimental methodology and statistics using R and aims:

• To present the basic principles of experimental methodology and experimental design.
• To introduce statistics and their application to language problems.
• To introduce R, a programming language with specialized functions for statistical analysis.

Fragaki G., Georgakopoulos A., Themistocleous C. (Eds.) (2012). Current Trends in Greek Linguistics. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Conference Papers (Selected)

Themistocleous, C., Ficek, B., Webster, K., & Tsapkini, K. (2022). tDCS reduces phonological errors in patients with Primary Progressive Aphasia. 60th Annual Academy of Aphasia Meeting, Philadelphia.

Themistocleous C., et al. (2021). Brain Perfusion and Neurocognitive Tasks in Patients with Primary Progressive Aphasia. Academy of Aphasia 59th Annual Meeting.

Olivia Herrmann, ... Themistocleous C., et al. (2021). Brain areas that mediate sentence comprehension in primary progressive aphasia. Academy of Aphasia 59th Annual Meeting.

Lucy Bryant, ... Themistocleous C., et al. (2021). Best practices for reporting of discourse analysis. Academy of Aphasia 59th Annual Meeting.

Online Manuscripts

Themistocleous C.. (2016). Introduction to R. Unpublished manuscript. Gothenburg.

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Themistocleous C. (2016). Introduction to Python. Unpublished manuscript.

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Themistocleous C. (2011). Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology (in Greek).

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