Gaétane Deliens

Gaétane Deliens is a Professor of Cognitive Neuropsychology at the Faculty of Psychology, Université Libre de Bruxelles. She co-leads the interdisciplinary ACTE (Autism in Context: Theory and Experiment) research group, the first dedicated to autism in French-speaking Belgium. Her research focuses on communication impairments and language delays in neurodevelopmental disorders, particularly Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).

• Key Research Areas:
  • Language acquisition in autism
  • Sensory integration and pragmatics
  • Sleep-dependent memory consolidation
  • Neurocognitive mechanisms in communication disorders
  • Methodological innovations for hard-to-test populations
• Labs:
  • UR2NF (Neuropsychology and Physiological Research Unit)
  • ACTE autism research group

Her recent publications emphasize sleep's role in memory reconsolidation, theta-band brain connectivity in autistic children, and audiovisual integration challenges in nonverbal autistic populations. She employs novel methods to study low-functioning and motor-impaired individuals, expanding traditional autism research boundaries.