Erin Kendall Braun, PhD
Education
PhD in Psychology Columbia University
Dissertation: “Brain Mechanisms of Adaptive Memory: Neuromodulation and Adaptive Behavior in Humans”
MPhil in Psychology - Columbia University
MA in Psychology - Columbia University
BA in Psychology - Columbia University
BA in English - University of Wisconsin Madison
Clients Past & Present
Stacey Gordon | ReWork Work
Amy Walsh | Bureau of Tactical Imagination
Publications
Retroactive and graded prioritization of memory by reward (2018). EK Braun, GE Wimmer & D Shohamy. Nature Communications.
Dopamine modulation of intertemporal decision-making: evidence from Parkinson’s disease (2016). K Foerde, B Figner, BB Doll, IC Woyke, EK Braun, EU Weber & D Shohamy. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience.
Motivational modes and learning in Parkinson’s disease (2015). K Foerde, EK Braun, ET Higgins & D Shohamy. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience.
Mind matters: placebo enhances reward learning in Parkinson’s disease (2014). L Schmidt, EK Braun, TD Wager & D Shohamy. Nature Neuroscience.
Episodic memory encoding interferes with reward learning and decreases striatal prediction errors (2014). GE Wimmer, EK Braun, ND Daw & D Shohamy. Journal of Neuroscience.
A Trade-off between feedback-based learning and episodic memory for feedback events: evidence from Parkinson’s disease (2013). K Foerde, EK Braun & D Shohamy. Neurodegenerative Diseases.
Awards
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention