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Doris Braun serves as a Senior Scientist in the Department of General Psychology within the Faculty of Psychology and Sports Science at Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany. Holding a PhD from Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg (1991), she maintains an active research profile with publications spanning over three decades in visual perception and oculomotor control.
Education:
- Dr. rer. nat (1991), Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Faculty of Biology. Dissertation: "Saccadic reaction times in patients with frontal and parietal lesions"
Research Focus: Dr. Braun investigates how voluntary eye movements modulate visual perception, specializing in smooth pursuit and saccadic dynamics. Her work examines luminance/color sensitivity during eye movements, age-related changes in visual processing, and art/sports perception in naturalistic contexts. She employs psychophysical methods with patient populations to uncover neural mechanisms linking eye movements to perceptual stability.
Publication Trends: Recent research (2022-2018) reveals increasing emphasis on naturalistic vision applications—studying ice hockey spectators' predictive gaze and abstract art viewing—while maintaining core investigations into fundamental oculomotor-perceptual interactions. Her collaborative work with Prof. Gegenfurtner dominates vision science journals, with consistent exploration of how eye movement execution alters motion perception, speed discrimination, and chromatic processing.
Scientific Recognition:
- No formal awards documented in source material
Mentorship & Resources: As a senior researcher, she supervises graduate students within the General Psychology department's vision science group. Her work receives institutional support through university laboratory resources and likely external grants from German research foundations (DFG), though specific funding details aren't public. She actively contributes to departmental teaching in perception and neuroscience courses.
Research Environment: Dr. Braun operates within the university's vision research laboratory equipped for eye-tracking and psychophysical experiments, collaborating with interdisciplinary teams including neuroscientists, sports scientists, and art cognition researchers. Her work bridges basic vision science with clinical neuropsychology and real-world visual behavior applications.
