Publications

• Episodic memory encoding interferes with reward learning and decreases striatal prediction errors
• A Trade-Off between Feedback-Based Learning and Episodic Memory for Feedback Events: Evidence from Parkinson’s Disease
• Retroactive and graded prioritization of memory by reward
• Mind matters: placebo enhances reward learning in Parkinson's disease
• Motivational modes and learning in Parkinson’s disease
• Dopamine modulation of intertemporal decision-making: Evidence from Parkinson disease

Memory Expert - Eyewitness Testimony

Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness

Additional Information

Dr. Braun is a Cognitive Neuroscientist specializing in memory, learning, and decision making. She provides expert witness testimony on the complexities of eyewitness testimony, including issues related to false memories, the misattribution effect, memory reconstruction, and the inherent susceptibility of normal memory recall to error. Dr. Braun earned her Ph.D. in Psychology from Columbia University and has published in leading scientific journals such as Nature Neuroscience and Nature Communications. Her dissertation focused on the retroactive modulation of memory, exploring how memories are altered by subsequent events. Extensive research has demonstrated that when an episode is recalled, the memory is not replayed perfectly like a video recording. Instead, the brain reconstructs the memory each time it is remembered, utilizing associative processes. This reconstruction renders memory, and consequently eyewitness testimony, vulnerable to errors and biases. Despite compelling scientific evidence, many individuals overestimate the accuracy of memory and maintain misconceptions about its reliability. For a complimentary telephone consultation to discuss your case, please contact Dr. Braun via email or phone.