Asst Prof @kennesawstate | Cog Psych PhD @IowaStateU | Forensic Psych MS @CalStateLA | eyewitness ID researcher | she/her

Joined November 2020
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Just found out about recency bias. Maybe the most important bias ever
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Robert Hare’s psychopathy construct and suite of measures derived from the Psychopathy Checklist Revised (PCL-R) are the most influential approaches in criminological research and criminal justice system practice. In 1996, he published an influential article about psychopathy as a clinical construct whose time has come. Here, we revisit the substantial criminological legacy of Hare’s psychopathy construct specifically its association with pathological offending, its linkages to violence perpetration, and the global noncompliance of psychopathic offenders within the psychiatric, forensic, and criminal justice systems. For these reasons, Hareian psychopathy is an important heuristic for understanding pathological antisocial behavior. link.springer.com/article/10…
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New preprint! w/@TesCharlesworth & @william__brady: 'The Psychology of Algorithmic Bias' We introduce a psychology-centered framework to specify mechanisms through which human behavior interacts dynamically with AI systems to produce algorithmic bias. osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/rx…
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Attended #APLS26 in Reno as a new faculty member at @UWTacoma! Loved reconnecting with fellow Cornellians and presenting work on children’s eyewitness memory & competency for execution. Grateful to our collaborators—see you in Louisville next year!
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I made a Goodreads for academic papers! (..and blog posts, substacks, lesswrong, etc) Paper Trails [papertrailshq.com] is something I built because I wanted a place where engaging with research felt fun, beautiful, and personal to you I hope you give it a try & love it!
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Excited to present in the Artificial Intelligence and Human Memory symposium at 3:45 alongside some really great researchers. Hope y’all can drop by! #psynom2025 @Psychonomic_Soc
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Wrongful convictions in Spain: Systematic analysis of judgments from 1996 to 2022 New article by Nuria Sánchez, Guadalupe Blanco-Velasco, @LindaGeven, @Jaume_Masip_, & Antonio Manzanero sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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🚨 New preprint 🚨 Why should police video-record lineups? We videorecorded 1496 witnesses as they completed lineups. We coded the behaviors that these witnesses demonstrated and subjected the resulting data to machine learning analyses. Link and findings below!
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Why are lineup rejections less diagnostic of innocence than suspect identifications are of guilt? Take a look at our preprint for insight on this all-too-common finding in the eyewitness literature.
🚨 New preprint available! In this paper, we look at why lineups better inculpate the guilty than they do exculpate the innocent (the rejection-inferiority effect). W/ Andrew Smith, Jim Lampinen, @ayala_nydia, & Ian Dobbins 🔗 researchgate.net/publication…
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Very excited to publicly share news about a new tool, Papercheck, that Lisa DeBruine and me started to develop more than a year ago! In an introductory blog post, we explain our philosophy to automatically check scientific papers for best practices. daniellakens.blogspot.com/20…
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Adults often view child witnesses as more honest than adults. New research in #JARMAC reveals that women are more likely than men to also implicitly associate children with honesty @APA_Journals @Alison__oconnor doi.org/10.1037/mac0000172
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Today's blog post #2: "Indiana Passes Landmark Eyewitness Identification Reform Bill": tinyurl.com/ymw38kjb
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Artificial Intelligence could help people avoid bias when judging eyewitness confidence in lineups, as shown in a new #JARMAC study @APA_Journals doi.org/10.1037/mac0000192
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Our paper on the minimum identity information required for face recognition is out today in @CognitionJourn. We show that just 1/8 of identity information is enough. doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.…
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We are proud to announce that Prof Melanie Takarangi (@MelTakarangi) is the incoming Editor in Chief for JARMAC @APA_Journals. Read about the new EiC's vision for JARMAC and their research interests here // mailchi.mp/03eeef0ea939/jarm…
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Join us online or in person for two talks in association with the Stirling, Dep of Psychology, May 15 and June 5, 2025 - Professor Donna Rose Addis and Associate Professor Celia Harris leading researchers on memory and cognitive science. mailchi.mp/c1cee31f676b/spri…]
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Rebecca C. Ying retweeted
#APB Spotlight Day 13! Does AI speed up police report writing? A new study summarized in Applied Police Briefings says: No. Despite the hype, AI-assisted reports didn’t reduce writing time at all. 🧵👇 (1/4)
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Rebecca C. Ying retweeted
Curious about how to make online learning more effective? Check out my two latest papers on strategies that boost student engagement and learning in digital environments :) #OnlineLearning #onlineeducation
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🚨@UNSW Face Lab is hiring 3-year post-doc🚨 Please retweet and contact me directly for informal enquiries external-careers.jobs.unsw.e…
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