Karen Postal, Ph.D., ABPP-CN

Clinical instructor

Harvard Medical School

This workshop shares the fruits of the Testimony That Sticks project – four years of in-depth interviews with seasoned forensic neuropsychologists and psychologists, as well as attorneys and judges. We will take a deep dive during this session in addressing how experts can develop a productive, direct relationship with jurors through person-centered credibility and engaging, accessible language, and maintain that relationship through cross examination.
At its heart, the workshop is about disrupting the academic communication style learned in our years of scientific training that results in a net loss of our ability to communicate clearly and simply about the neuroscience we love. It is about shedding jargon, giving ourselves permission to allow emotion to creep back into our language, freeing up our body language, and using vivid, clear language to create moments of genuine, direct, and productive communication with jurors and other triers of fact.

After the session, participants will be able to:

Target Audience: Neuropsychologists and trainees

Instructional Level: Intermediate