Laura Dewitte

Laura Dewitte, Postdoctoral fellow Research Foundation Flanders (FWO), KU Leuven, Belgium, The University of Sydney.

Laura is an FWO postdoctoral fellow in the Meaning Research Late Life lab at KU Leuven (Belgium) and a visiting researcher in the MIND group at the Brain and Mind Centre. Her research focuses on the psychological and existential well-being of older adults, including those living with dementia. She has a particular interest in the psychological experience of meaning in life. Her current project investigates the role of spontaneous cognitions in the daily construction of meaning in life in dementia. Laura has done both cross-sectional and longitudinal work using a combination of methods, including self-report questionnaires, neuropsychological assessment, and in-depth interviews. In addition to her interest in dementia and topics of existential-positive psychology, she is also interested in open science and psychological research methods and practices.

Forefront Group:

  • BMC Memory and Imagination in Neurological Disorders Research Group (MIND)

Affiliate Organisations

  • KU Leuven, Belgium
  • The University of Sydney, Australia
  • Neurodegeneration of interest:

  • Alzheimer’s disease
  • frontotemporal dementias
  • Ageing
  • Expertise:

    • Dementia
    • Psychological well-being
    • Spontaneous cognition

    Specific Skills:

    • Structured and open interviewing
    • Structural equation modelling
    • Neurocognitive assessment