Anna Lambrechts
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About
Overview
Dr Anna Lambrechts is a cognitive neuroscientist whose work explores the unique experiences of autistic individuals with regards to perceiving, processing, and remembering information over time. Trained at the École Normale Supérieure (ENS) in Paris, she completed her PhD at City, University of London under the supervision of Prof Sebastian Gaigg and Dr Kielan Yarrow, investigating time perception and the temporal dynamics of communication in Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD).
Her research interests span autism, temporal processing, memory, and emotional wellbeing, and the experiences of individuals with complex support needs, from childhood through adulthood. Across her work, she aims to understand how cognitive processes unfold in real‑world contexts and how this knowledge can meaningfully support autistic people’s daily lives.
Dr Lambrechts’ current research focuses on three interconnected areas:
- Supporting autistic children and young people in schools, with a focus on mental health, wellbeing, and inclusive educational environments.
- Characterising learning and memory processes in autism.
- Rethinking research practices to meaningfully involve autistic people, including those with complex support needs, ensuring their perspectives shape both methods and outcomes.
Her work combines psychology, cognitive neuroscience and participatory approaches to advance understanding and improve support for autistic people across the lifespan.
Qualifications
- PhD in Psychology, City, University of London, United Kingdom
- MSc in Cognitive Neuroscience, Ecole Normale Superieure, France
- BSc in Biology, Ecole Normale Superieure, France
Employment
- Lecturer, City, University of London, United Kingdom, September 2019 - present
Languages
English (can read, write, speak, understand spoken, peer review) and French (can read, write, speak, understand spoken, peer review)
Publications
Publications by category
Conference papers and proceedings (9)
- Hafner, R. and Lambrechts, A. (2021). Preferred delay for integration of audiovisual stimuli in ASD. Time and Autism Webinar 23 July.
- Gnanaguru, D. and Lambrechts, A. (2021). Effect of daylight-saving time change on daily routine and mood in autism. Time and Autism Webinar 23 July.
- Lambrechts, A., Osmanaj, D. and Roestorf, A. (2021). Learning from COVID-19: Barriers and facilitators to coping with routine disruption in autism. IASSIDD 2021 6-8 July, Amsterdam.
- Roestorf, A., Lambrechts, A. and TRANSIT COVID-19, T. (2021). Learning from COVID-19: facilitators and barriers of everyday functioning and wellbeing of autistic adults. IASSIDD 6-8 July, Amsterdam.
- Osmanaj, D., Roestorf, A. and Lambrechts, A. (2021). Learning from COVID-19: Barriers and facilitators to coping with routine disruption in autistic children with complex support needs. INSAR 2021 3-7 May.
- Hafner, R. and Lambrechts, A. (2021). Audiovisual integration of speech and gesture in autism. INSAR 2021 3-7 May.
- Lambrechts, A., Gaigg, S., Yarrow, K., Maras, K. and Fusaroli, R. (2014). Temporal dynamics of speech and gesture in Autism Spectrum Disorder. 2014 5th IEEE Conference on Cognitive Infocommunications (CogInfoCom) 5-7 November.doi:10.1109/coginfocom.2014.7020477
- Lambrechts, A., Yarrow, K., Maras, K. and Gaigg, S. Impact of the Temporal Dynamics of Speech and Gesture on Communication in Autism Spectrum Disorder. .doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.02.380
- Jones, C.R.G., Gaigg, S.B. and Lambrechts, A. Using Time Perception to Explore Sensitivity to Emotional Stimuli in Autism Spectrum Disorder. .doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.02.328
Journal articles (18)
- Poole, D., Gowen, E., Poliakoff, E., Lambrechts, A. and Jones, L.A. (2023). When 2 become 1: Autistic simultaneity judgements about asynchronous audiovisual speech. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. doi:10.1177/17470218231197518
- Doidy, F., Desaunay, P., Rebillard, C., Clochon, P., Lambrechts, A., Wantzen, P.... Guillery-Girard, B. (2023). How scene encoding affects memory discrimination: Analysing eye movements data using data driven methods. Visual Cognition, 31(1), pp. 1-17. doi:10.1080/13506285.2023.2188335
- Desaunay, P., Clochon, P., Doidy, F., Hinault, T., Lambrechts, A., Wantzen, P.... Guillery‐Girard, B. (2023). Intact memory storage but impaired retrieval in visual memory in autism: New insights from an electrophysiological study. Autism Research, 16(1), pp. 99-105. doi:10.1002/aur.2838
- Lambrechts, A., Cook, J., Ludvig, E.A., Alonso, E., Anns, S., Taylor, M.... Gaigg, S.B. (2020). Reward Devaluation in Autistic Children and Adolescents with Complex Needs: A Feasibility Study. Autism Research, 13(11), pp. 1915-1928. doi:10.1002/aur.2388
- Desaunay, P., Clochon, P., Doidy, F., Lambrechts, A., Wantzen, P., Wallois, F.... Guillery‐Girard, B. (2020). Exploring the Event‐Related Potentials' Time Course of Associative Recognition in Autism. Autism Research, 13(11), pp. 1998-2016. doi:10.1002/aur.2384
- Maras, K., Dando, C., Stephenson, H., Lambrechts, A., Anns, S. and Gaigg, S. (2020). The Witness-Aimed First Account (WAFA): A new technique for interviewing autistic witnesses and victims. Autism, 24(6), pp. 1449-1467. doi:10.1177/1362361320908986
- Christensen, J.F., Lambrechts, A. and Tsakiris, M. (2019). The Warburg Dance Movement Library—The WADAMO Library: A Validation Study. Perception, 48(1), pp. 26-57. doi:10.1177/0301006618816631
- Lambrechts, A., Falter-Wagner, C.M. and van Wassenhove, V. (2018). Diminished neural resources allocation to time processing in Autism Spectrum Disorders. NeuroImage: Clinical, 17, pp. 124-136. doi:10.1016/j.nicl.2017.09.023
- Jones, C.R.G., Lambrechts, A. and Gaigg, S.B. (2017). Using Time Perception to Explore Implicit Sensitivity to Emotional Stimuli in Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 47(7), pp. 2054-2066. doi:10.1007/s10803-017-3120-6
- Desaunay, P., Clochon, P., Doidy, F., Lambrechts, A., Bowler, D.M., Gérardin, P.... Guillery-Girard, B. (2017). Impact of Semantic Relatedness on Associative Memory: An ERP Study. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 11. doi:10.3389/fnhum.2017.00335
- Fusaroli, R., Lambrechts, A., Bang, D., Bowler, D.M. and Gaigg, S.B. (2017). “Is voice a marker for Autism spectrum disorder? A systematic review and meta‐analysis”. Autism Research, 10(3), pp. 384-407. doi:10.1002/aur.1678
- Christensen, J.F., Pollick, F.E., Lambrechts, A. and Gomila, A. (2016). Affective responses to dance. Acta Psychologica, 168, pp. 91-105. doi:10.1016/j.actpsy.2016.03.008
- Narkiewicz, M., Lambrechts, A., Eichelbaum, F. and Yarrow, K. (2015). Humans don’t time subsecond intervals like a stopwatch. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 41(1), pp. 249-263. doi:10.1037/a0038284
- Rebillard, C., Lambrechts, A., Guillery-Girard, B., Eustache, F., Baleyte, J.-.M., Spiess, J.... Lebreton, K. (2014). Apport de la technique d’Eye-tracking dans la compréhension de l’impact des particularités perceptives sur la cognition dans les Troubles du Spectre Autistique (TSA). European Psychiatry, 29(S3), pp. 598-598. doi:10.1016/j.eurpsy.2014.09.194
- Lambrechts, A., Karolis, V., Garcia, S., Obende, J. and Cappelletti, M. (2013). Age does not count: Resilience of quantity processing in healthy ageing. Frontiers in Psychology, 4(DEC). doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00865
- Maras, K.L., Memon, A., Lambrechts, A. and Bowler, D.M. (2013). Recall of a live and personally experienced eyewitness event by adults with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 43(8), pp. 1798-1810. doi:10.1007/s10803-012-1729-z
- Lambrechts, , Walsh, V. and Van Wassenhove, V. (2013). Evidence accumulation in the magnitude system. PLoS One, 8(12)
- Lambrechts, A., Mella, N., Pouthas, V. and Noulhiane, M. (2011). Subjectivity of time perception: A visual emotional orchestration. Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, 5. doi:10.3389/fnint.2011.00073
Thesis/dissertation
- Lambrechts, A.M.E.N. Clocking in on autism: time perception and temporal aspects of communication in autism spectrum disorders. (PhD)