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Dr. Maryanne Brassil is a Research Fellow at the Hillary Rodham Clinton School of Law, Swansea University, working on the UKRI-funded TRUE project led by Professor Yvonne McDermott Rees. Her research focuses on the cognitive mechanisms underlying misinformation susceptibility in eyewitness contexts, particularly the role of cognitive abilities and individual differences. She holds a PhD in Psychology from University College Dublin (2020–2024) and a BA (Hons) in Psychology from the same institution (2017–2020). Her current work investigates the impact of deepfakes and AI-generated media on trust in user-generated evidence in human rights accountability processes.
Her expertise spans experimental research design, eyewitness memory accuracy, working memory, and the broader implications of misinformation on societal judgments. She is dedicated to enhancing ecological validity in research methodologies to better understand real-world misinformation processing. Key projects include studies on judicial warnings' effects on juror evaluations and perceptual factors influencing misinformation distortion in eyewitness testimony.
Maryanne has collaborated on projects examining conspiracy theories and fake news influences. She actively contributes to interdisciplinary research at the intersection of cognitive psychology, law, and technology. No scientific awards are explicitly listed in her profile, though her work is supported by the Irish Research Council and UKRI funding.
