Cristiane Souza is PhD in Psychology (Iscte-IUL). She graduated in Psychology in 2008 and completed a transdisciplinary master's degree in Cognitive Sciences from the University of Lisbon in 2015. She has more than 10 years of professional experience (registration in Brazil, CRP-03/4782). Her experiences focus especially on teaching/management in higher education, scientific research, neuropsychological interventions and community health. She was also part of the Iscte-Health team, as Jr. Psychologist and supported management, training and development actitivies. Her doctoral research was developed in the interface between Neuropsychology, Cognitive Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience, and focused the interaction between declarative memory systems in older adults and in autistic individuals. Cristiane is a BEC (Behaviour, emotion and cognition) research group member (Cis-IUL) and have been collaborated in teaching and mentoring activities with DPSO, Iscte-IUL. From her scientific production, stands out her peer-reviewed (Q1 and Q2) publications on neurocognitive aspects in typical developed populations, in developmental disorders, and, more recently, in the context of aging. She also contributes as an expert reviewer in important journals, as PLOS one, Behavior Research Methods, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders and Cognitive Processing. Her current interests converge on issues related to cognitive preservation in human development and on well-being and life-quality in aging and in neurodivergent development.