Alisa Braun

WHERE I'M FROM

Bozeman, Montana

BEFORE VS

I received my BS in Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Denver. After graduating, I lived in Thailand and Kazakhstan for two years as a Princeton in Asia fellow.

WHY I’M HERE

I always knew that I wanted to be a neuroscientist, and believe that vision is one of the best ways to learn about how we experience and interact with the world. While the visual system is incredibly complex, we can often easily experimentally manipulate our perception to better understand the way it is organized. My excitement for this process is what has brought me to pursue my PhD at Berkeley.

MY RESEARCH

I am interested in visual perception and how our brain's processing of visual information can affect our visual experiences. In the past, I worked with Dr. Tim Sweeny doing psychophysical studies on perception and awareness.

MY GOALS

My goals are to learn as much as I can about vision and contribute to our quickly evolving knowledge about how we process our experience of the world.

MY HOBBIES

Skiing, hiking, camping, attempting to surf, and hanging out with my cat, Halvi.

PUBLICATIONS

Braun, A., & Sweeny, T. D. (2019). Anisotropic visual awareness of shapes. Vision research, 156, 17-27.