# Australian science prize awarded to researcher studying memory accuracy of domestic violence survivors

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- The Guardian, 2026-09-03 12:30 UTC
- Science
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/sep/03/eureka-prize-2026-helen-paterson-jane-tiller-australian-science-prizes

> University of Sydney forensic psychology associate professor Helen Paterson has won an Australian Museum Eureka prize for research into how police and courts understand testimony from domestic and family violence survivors. Her work finds that witnesses to repeated events may confuse episodes while still accurately recalling that the abuse occurred.