Researcher
Kaat Alaerts
- Disciplines:Human movement and sports sciences, Orthopaedics, Rehabilitation sciences
Affiliations
- Research Group for Neurorehabilitation (eNRGy) (Division)
Responsible
From1 Aug 2020 → Today - Research Group for Neurorehabilitation (eNRGy) (Division)
Member
From1 Oct 2014 → Today - Movement Control & Neuroplasticity Research Group (Division)
Member
From1 Oct 2005 → 30 Sep 2015
Projects
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- Characterization of brain-brain and brain-body interactions in the context of stress regulation and meditation: New perspectives for the development of biofeedback protocols assisting meditative practiceFrom1 Oct 2021 → TodayFunding: BOF - projects
- Development of advanced multivariate analysis tools for characterizing network physiologyFrom27 Sep 2021 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Wearable eye-trackers.From1 Jul 2021 → 30 Jun 2023Funding: Department Coordination
- Objectively assessing dyadic biobehavioural synchrony via dual eye-tracking, dual EEG and ANS stress physiology recording, and detailed video monitoringFrom1 Jan 2021 → 31 Dec 2022Funding: BOF - scientific equipment program
- Exploration of cross-frequency dynamics of neural and bodily rhythms in the context of stress regulationFrom1 Jan 2021 → TodayFunding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- Advancing upper limb rehabilitation in perinatal and adult stroke: a combined behavioral and neuroimaging investigationFrom1 Oct 2020 → 30 Sep 2021Funding: BOF - postdoctoral mandates
- The influence of multiple-dose oxytocin pharmacotherapy on prosocial behavior in children with autismFrom1 Oct 2020 → 30 Sep 2021Funding: BOF - postdoctoral mandates
- An in-depth investigation of neurovisceral integration and regulation in children with autism spectrum disorders.From1 Oct 2020 → 30 Sep 2023Funding: FWO junior postdoctoral fellowship
- Understanding face processing and socio-communicative impairments in school-aged very preterm birth survivors; a multimodal approach integrating biobehavioural, neural and autonomic nervous system physiology measures.From16 Sep 2020 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Cross-frequency relationships between neural and cardiac rhythms in the context of self-regulation through meditation and its application to novel neuro-biofeedback protocolsFrom2 Sep 2019 → 2 Sep 2023Funding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
Publications
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- Social functioning predicts individual changes in EEG microstates following intranasal oxytocin administration: A double-blind, cross-over randomized clinical trial.(2024)
Authors: Stephanie Van der Donck, Kaat Alaerts, Bart Boets
Pages: e14581 - Chronic oxytocin improves neural decoupling at rest in children with autism: an exploratory RCT(2024)
Authors: Kaat Alaerts, Matthijs Moerkerke, Nicky Daniels, Jean Steyaert, Jellina Prinsen, Bart Boets
- Chronic oxytocin administration stimulates the oxytocinergic system in children with autism(2024)
Authors: Matthijs Moerkerke, Nicky Daniels, Laura Tibermont, Tiffany Tang, Margaux Evenepoel, Stephanie Van der Donck, Edward Debbaut, Jellina Prinsen, Stephan Claes, Bart Vanaudenaerde, et al.
- Subtle microstructural alterations in white matter tracts involved in socio-emotional processing after very preterm birth.(2024)
Authors: Ward Deferm, Tiffany Tang, Matthijs Moerkerke, Nicky Daniels, Jean Steyaert, Kaat Alaerts, Els Ortibus, Gunnar Naulaers, Bart Boets
Pages: 103580 - Can repeated intranasal oxytocin administration affect reduced neural sensitivity towards expressive faces in autism? A randomized controlled trial(2023)
Authors: Matthijs Moerkerke, Nicky Daniels, Stephanie Van der Donck, Laura Tibermont, Tiffany Tang, Edward Debbaut, Jellina Prinsen, Jean Steyaert, Kaat Alaerts, Bart Boets
- Stress Physiology and HRV biofeedback in Adolescents with Autism(2023)
Authors: Tine Van Damme, Kaat Alaerts
- Altered Dynamic Resting State Functional Connectivity Associated With Somatosensory Impairments in the Upper Limb in the Early Sub-Acute Phase Post-Stroke(2023)
Authors: Leen Saenen, Bea Essers, Kaat Alaerts, Geert Verheyden
Pages: 423 - 433 - Endogenous oxytocin levels in children with autism: Associations with cortisol levels and oxytocin receptor gene methylation(2023)
Authors: Margaux Evenepoel, Matthijs Moerkerke, Nicky Daniels, Stephan Claes, Bart Vanaudenaerde, Lynn Willems, Johan Verhaeghe, Jellina Prinsen, Jean Steyaert, Bart Boets, et al.
- Differences in cardiac vagal modulation and cortisol response in adolescents with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder(2023)
Authors: Anoushka Thoen, Kaat Alaerts, Jean Steyaert, Sophie Pleysier, Tine Van Damme
- Effects of multiple-dose intranasal oxytocin administration on social responsiveness in children with autism: a randomized, placebo-controlled trial(2023)
Authors: Nicky Daniels, Matthijs Moerkerke, Jean Steyaert, Edward Debbaut, Jellina Prinsen, Tiffany Tang, Stephanie Van der Donck, Bart Boets, Kaat Alaerts