Hilde Geurts, Professor by Special Appointment

Department of Psychology of the University of Amsterdam

 

Hild Geurts is a professor by special appointment (focus Autism: Cognition across the life span) at the Department of Psychology of the University of Amsterdam. In 2014 she co-founded the research network reach-aut in which a wide range of stakeholders are together shaping autism research. For the next two years she is vice-president of the International Society for Autism Research (INSAR). The main focus of her work is on Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). She focuses on cognition (especially cognitive control/executive functioning), inter and intra individual variability, quality of life as well as interventions across the life span. Recent ongoing projects focuses on both teens and (older) adults. Her complete bio is available here.