
Overview
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- Dr. Ron Fisher is a Professor of Psychology at Florida International University. He received his Ph.D. from Ohio State University and has held academic positions at the University of Toronto and UCLA. Dr. Fisher has published extensively in both theoretical and applied aspects of memory, and is the editor of Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition. Dr. Fisher is best known for developing the Cognitive Interview technique to enhance witness recollection (Fisher & Geiselman, 1992: Memory-Enhancing Techniques for Investigative Interviewing). He has conducted many training workshops on the Cognitive Interview with investigative agencies such as the FBI and the National Transportation Safety Board. He has also worked with several federal agencies both here and abroad, including NASA, the U.S. Army and Navy, the British and Australian Police, and the Israeli Air Force. Dr. Fisher served on the Planning and Technical Working Groups of the U.S. Department of Justice to develop national guidelines on collecting eyewitness evidence (Eyewitness Evidence: A Guide for Law Enforcement).
research interests
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theoretical and applied aspects of memory
best known for developing the Cognitive Interview technique to enhance witness recollection
develop national guidelines on collecting eyewitness evidence
Scholarly & Creative Works
selected publications
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2022Adults' Memory for a Maltreatment-Related Childhood Experience: Interview ProtocolsFull Text via DOI: 10.1177/21677026221081877 Web of Science: 000789439600001
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2022How researchers can make verbal lie detection more attractive for practitionersFull Text via DOI: 10.1080/13218719.2022.2035842 Web of Science: 000771823900001
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2021Plausibility: A Verbal Cue to Veracity worth Examining?Full Text via DOI: 10.5093/ejpalc2021a4 Web of Science: 000682526400001
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2021Using the cognitive interview to recall real-world emotionally stressful experiences: Road accidentsFull Text via DOI: 10.1002/acp.3828 Web of Science: 000639633600001
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2021Combining Verbal Veracity Assessment Techniques to Distinguish Truth Tellers from Lie TellersFull Text via DOI: 10.5093/ejpalc2021a2 Web of Science: 000603587000002
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2020Verbal cues to deceit when lying through omitting informationFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/lcrp.12180 Web of Science: 000557789300001
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2020Unraveling the Misconception About Deception and Nervous BehaviorFull Text via DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01377 Web of Science: 000546807800001
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2020Sketching while narrating as a tool to detect deceitFull Text via DOI: 10.1002/acp.3646 Web of Science: 000530624400006
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2020The Efficacy of Using Countermeasures in a Model Statement InterviewFull Text via DOI: 10.5093/ejpalc2020a3 Web of Science: 000502825800003
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2019Eliciting information and cues to deceit through sketching in interpreter-based interviewsFull Text via DOI: 10.1002/acp.3566 Web of Science: 000497304400018
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2019Investigative Utility of the Cognitive Interview: Describing and Finding PerpetratorsFull Text via DOI: 10.1037/lhb0000326 Web of Science: 000487674200007
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2019'Language of lies': Urgent issues and prospects in verbal lie detection researchFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/lcrp.12148 Web of Science: 000456621700001
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2019Train-the-trainer: Methodology to learn the cognitive interviewFull Text via DOI: 10.1002/jip.1518 Web of Science: 000459742000003
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2018Sketching as a Technique to Eliciting Information and Cues to Deceit in Interpreter-Based InterviewsFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jarmac.2017.11.001 Web of Science: 000436505400016
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2018Rethinking the Reliability of Eyewitness MemoryFull Text via DOI: 10.1177/1745691617734878 Web of Science: 000432109600002
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2018Using unexpected questions to elicit information and cues to deceit in interpreter-based interviewsFull Text via DOI: 10.1002/acp.3382 Web of Science: 000423180000009
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2017Psychological Perspectives on InterrogationFull Text via DOI: 10.1177/1745691617706515 Web of Science: 000415840500001
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2017A cognitive approach to lie detection: A meta-analysisFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/lcrp.12088 Web of Science: 000393832100001
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2016Modeling and Aiding Intuition: Introduction to the Commentary SectionFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jarmac.2016.08.001 Web of Science: 000385609000016
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2016The effect of interpreters on eliciting information, cues to deceit and rapportFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/lcrp.12067 Web of Science: 000388447000004
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2015Mimicry and Investigative Interviewing: Using Deliberate Mimicry to Elicit Information and Cues to DeceitFull Text via DOI: 10.1002/jip.1438 Web of Science: 000365429400001
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2015Facilitating particularization of repeated similar events with context-specific cuesFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/sjop.12180 Web of Science: 000348444200004
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2015You cannot hide your telephone lies: Providing a model statement as an aid to detect deception in insurance telephone callsFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/lcrp.12017 Web of Science: 000348568600009
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2014'We'll Take It from Here': The Effect of Changing Interviewers in Information Gathering InterviewsFull Text via DOI: 10.1002/acp.3072 Web of Science: 000345509400010
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2014Interview Protocols to Facilitate Human Intelligence Sources' Recollections of MeetingsFull Text via DOI: 10.1002/acp.3041 Web of Science: 000345509400012
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2014Testing the Cognitive Interview with Professional Interviewers: Enhancing Recall of Specific Details of Recurring EventsFull Text via DOI: 10.1002/acp.3026 Web of Science: 000345509400011
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2014Eliciting Reliable Information in Investigative InterviewsFull Text via DOI: 10.1177/2372732214548592
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2014Exploiting liars' verbal strategies by examining the verifiability of detailsFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8333.2012.02069.x Web of Science: 000340598500007
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2014Protecting and Enhancing Eyewitness Memory: The Impact of an Initial Recall Attempt on Performance in an Investigative InterviewFull Text via DOI: 10.1002/acp.2984 Web of Science: 000333916200004
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2014Misleading Suggestions can Alter Later Memory Reports even Following a Cognitive InterviewFull Text via DOI: 10.1002/acp.2950 Web of Science: 000330778200001
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2014The Verifiability Approach: Countermeasures Facilitate its Ability to Discriminate Between Truths and LiesFull Text via DOI: 10.1002/acp.2974 Web of Science: 000330778200013
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2013Two heads are better than one? How to effectively use two interviewers to elicit cues to deceptionFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8333.2012.02055.x Web of Science: 000329284100011
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2013Expect the Unexpected? Variations in Question Type Elicit Cues to Deception in Joint Interviewer ContextsFull Text via DOI: 10.1002/acp.2911 Web of Science: 000318114200008
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2013Exploring liars' strategies for creating deceptive reportsFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8333.2011.02041.x Web of Science: 000313830800010
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2012Drawing on Liars' Lack of Cognitive Flexibility: Detecting Deception Through Varying Report ModesFull Text via DOI: 10.1002/acp.2837 Web of Science: 000306401100013
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2012Protecting Against Misleading Post-event Information with a Self-Administered InterviewFull Text via DOI: 10.1002/acp.2828 Web of Science: 000306401100009
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2012Does the Truth Come Out in the Writing? SCAN as a Lie Detection ToolFull Text via DOI: 10.1037/h0093965 Web of Science: 000302724500008
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2012Imposing cognitive load to elicit cues to deceit: inducing the reverse order technique naturallyFull Text via DOI: 10.1080/1068316X.2010.515987 Web of Science: 000306087700005
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2012Interviewing behaviors in police investigators: a field study of a current US sampleFull Text via DOI: 10.1080/1068316X.2010.494604 Web of Science: 000303577900003
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2012Is anyone there? Drawings as a tool to detect deceit in occupation interviewsFull Text via DOI: 10.1080/1068316X.2010.498422 Web of Science: 000303577900004
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2011From laboratory to the street: Capturing witness memory using the Self-Administered InterviewFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8333.2011.02015.x Web of Science: 000294157700002
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2011Using sketch drawing to induce inconsistency in liarsFull Text via DOI: 10.1348/135532510X501775 Web of Science: 000294157700005
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2011Detecting Concealed Information about Person RecognitionFull Text via DOI: 10.1002/acp.1701 Web of Science: 000290773900003
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2011Eyewitness Memory: Balancing the Accuracy, Precision and Quantity of Information through Metacognitive Monitoring and ControlFull Text via DOI: 10.1002/acp.1722 Web of Science: 000290773900017
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2011Interviewing Cooperative WitnessesFull Text via DOI: 10.1177/0963721410396826 Web of Science: 000296508400005
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2011Thermal Imaging as a Lie Detection Tool at AirportsFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10979-010-9251-3 Web of Science: 000286676300004
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2011Does the Truth Come Out in the Writing? SCAN as a Lie Detection ToolFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10979-011-9264-6
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2011Effect of Viewing the Interview and Identification Process on Juror Perceptions of Eyewitness AccuracyFull Text via DOI: 10.1002/acp.1643 Web of Science: 000287142000009
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2011Improving workplace incident investigations by enhancing memory recallFull Text via DOI: 10.1108/17538351111172617 Web of Science: 000213954700005
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2010Detecting true and false opinions: The Devil's Advocate approach as a lie detection aidFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2010.03.005 Web of Science: 000279660400008
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2010Drawings as an Innovative and Successful Lie Detection ToolFull Text via DOI: 10.1002/acp.1627 Web of Science: 000277325900009
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2010Interviewing cooperative witnessesFull Text via DOI: 10.1348/135532509X441891 Web of Science: 000274919900003
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2010'Look into my eyes': can an instruction to maintain eye contact facilitate lie detection?Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/10683160902740633 Web of Science: 000277658100004
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2009Protecting Eyewitness Evidence: Examining the Efficacy of a Self-Administered Interview ToolFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10979-008-9146-8 Web of Science: 000267825300003
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2009Outsmarting the Liars: The Benefit of Asking Unanticipated QuestionsFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10979-008-9143-y Web of Science: 000263978700005
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2008The effect of using trained versus untrained adult respondents in simulated practice interviews about child abuseFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2008.05.005 Web of Science: 000261755600002
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2008The time of the crime: Cognitively induced tonic arousal suppression when lying in a free recall contextFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2008.03.015 Web of Science: 000259615800001
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2008Increasing cognitive load to facilitate lie detection: The benefit of recalling an event in reverse orderFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10979-007-9103-y Web of Science: 000255864600005
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2008The effect of intra- versus post-interview feedback during simulated practice interviews about child abuseFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2007.08.002 Web of Science: 000254791700004
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2007Cues to deception and ability to detect lies as a function of police interview stylesFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10979-006-9066-4 Web of Science: 000249458700006
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2006Information-gathering vs accusatory interview style: Individual differences in respondents' experiencesFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2006.02.014 Web of Science: 000239616300001
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2006The effects of varied retrieval cues on reminiscence in eyewitness memoryFull Text via DOI: 10.1002/acp.1232 Web of Science: 000241050100001
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2006An empirical test of the behaviour analysis interviewFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10979-006-9014-3 Web of Science: 000238670300005
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2004Effects of administrator-witness, contact on eyewitness identification accuracyFull Text via DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.89.6.1106 Web of Science: 000225474100015
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2000Adapting the cognitive interview to enhance long-term (35 years) recall of physical activitiesFull Text via DOI: 10.1037//0021-9010.85.2.180 Web of Science: 000165175000002
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1999Are jurors' perceptions of eyewitness credibility affected by the cognitive interview?Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/10683169908414999 Web of Science: 000079490300011
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1999Examining the Cognitive Interview in a double-test paradigmFull Text via DOI: 10.1080/10683169908414992 Web of Science: 000079490300004
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1999Probing knowledge structuresWeb of Science: 000080333800019
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1998The relation of output order and commission errors in free recall and eyewitness accountsFull Text via DOI: 10.1080/741942362 Web of Science: 000073336200002
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1997Constructing facial composites with the Mac-a-Mug Pro systemFull Text via DOI: 10.1080/10683169708410815 Web of Science: A1997WW17200005
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1996Enhancing older adult eyewitness memory with the cognitive interviewFull Text via DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0720(199610)10:5<403::AID-ACP395>3.0.CO;2-X Web of Science: A1996VQ46900003
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1996Implications of output-bound measures for laboratory and field research in memoryFull Text via DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X00042229 Web of Science: A1996VW46700012
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1995Interviewing victims and witnesses of crimeFull Text via DOI: 10.1037/1076-8971.1.4.732 Web of Science: A1995TK65800002
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1995FACILITATING CHILDRENS EYEWITNESS RECALL WITH THE REVISED COGNITIVE INTERVIEWFull Text via DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.80.4.510 Web of Science: A1995RN70000007
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1991
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1989FIELD-TEST OF THE COGNITIVE INTERVIEW - ENHANCING THE RECOLLECTION OF ACTUAL VICTIMS AND WITNESSES OF CRIMEFull Text via DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.74.5.722 Web of Science: A1989AU59500004
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1988USING TESTS AS LEARNING OPPORTUNITIESFull Text via DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.80.2.179 Web of Science: A1988N704000007
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1987
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1987CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF POLICE INTERVIEW TECHNIQUESWeb of Science: A1987L197500001
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1986ENHANCEMENT OF EYEWITNESS MEMORY WITH THE COGNITIVE INTERVIEWFull Text via DOI: 10.2307/1422492 Web of Science: A1986E749800006
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1986THE RELATION BETWEEN RECOGNITION MEMORY AND CLASSIFICATION LEARNINGFull Text via DOI: 10.3758/BF03198376 Web of Science: A1986C461800008
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1985EYEWITNESS MEMORY ENHANCEMENT IN THE POLICE INTERVIEW - COGNITIVE RETRIEVAL MNEMONICS VERSUS HYPNOSISFull Text via DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.70.2.401 Web of Science: A1985AGZ2500017
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1984
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1983MEMORY FOR PHYSICAL FEATURES OF DISCOURSE AS A FUNCTION OF THEIR RELEVANCEFull Text via DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.9.1.130 Web of Science: A1983PY31700009
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1972Expected value as a determinant of the distribution of attentionFull Text via DOI: 10.1037/h0032461
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1970Divided attention: A vehicle for monitoring memory processesFull Text via DOI: 10.1037/h0028554
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Book Chapter
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2019Expanding the Cognitive Interview to Non-Criminal Investigations. 1-28.Full Text via DOI: 10.4324/9781315160276-1
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2018Using cognitive interviewing to construct facial composites. 41-63.Full Text via DOI: 10.4324/9780429428517-3
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2017Interview protocols to improve eyewitness memory. 53-80.Full Text via DOI: 10.4324/9781315086309-3
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2016A cognitive approach to elicit verbal and nonverbal cues to deceit. 284-302.Full Text via DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781316225608.017
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2016The Role of Initial Witness Accounts within the Investigative Process. 107-131.Web of Science: 000383995600007
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2013Does testimonial inconsistency indicate memory inaccuracy and deception? Beliefs, empirical research, and theory. 173-189.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-5547-9_7
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2013Increasing cognitive load in interviews to detect deceit. 176-189.Full Text via DOI: 10.4324/9781843927273
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2009The Relation between Consistency and Accuracy of Eyewitness Testimony: Legal versus Cognitive Explanations. 121-136.Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/9780470747599.ch8
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2008Memory-Enhancing Techniques for Interviewing Crime Suspects. 329-354.Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/9780470713082.ch14
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2005Forensic psychiatry and forensic psychology. 371-377.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/B0-12-369399-3/00160-9
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1994Conceptual, practical, and empirical issues associated with eyewitness identification test media. 163-181.Full Text via DOI: 10.1017/cbo9780511759192.009
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1994Improving eyewitness testimony with the Cognitive Interview. 245-270.Full Text via DOI: 10.1017/cbo9780511759192.013
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Book Review
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2003Memory perceived: Recalling the Holocaust.. Ed. 17.Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/acp.966 Web of Science: 000186959200015
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1993THE PSYCHOLOGY OF INTERROGATIONS, CONFESSIONS AND TESTIMONY - GUDJONSSON,GH. Ed. 38.Web of Science: A1993MM33400042
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Conference
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1995The relation between consistency and accuracy of eyewitness testimony. 21-28.Web of Science: A1995BG14M00004
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1992THE RELATION BETWEEN CONSISTENCY AND ACCURACY OF EYEWITNESS TESTIMONY. 487-487.Web of Science: A1992JV16700539
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1984APPLYING COGNITIVE THEORY TO ENHANCE EYEWITNESS MEMORY. 278-278.Web of Science: A1984TN71500141
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1983ENHANCEMENT OF EYEWITNESS MEMORY - THE COGNITIVE INTERVIEW. 365-365.Web of Science: A1983RH72800342
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Editorial Material
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Letter
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2006Detecting deception by manipulating cognitive load. 141-142.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2006.02.003
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1981Child Health Care in the United States. 1532-1534.Full Text via DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198112173052516
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Note
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1981INTERACTION BETWEEN ENCODING DISTINCTIVENESS AND TEST CONDITIONS. 306-310.Web of Science: A1981LX91400008
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Other Scholarly Work
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2019Nonverbal Cues to Deception in Title IX Investigations. 417-419.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jarmac.2019.07.006 Web of Science: 000499659000006
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2018A re-analysis that supports our main results: A reply to Levine et al.. 20-23.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/lcrp.12121 Web of Science: 000422774900005
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2014How I got Started: Intellectual Challenges, Excellent Colleagues, and Some Serendipity. 615-616.Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/acp.2992 Web of Science: 000339959100021
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2011Editor's Introduction: Special Issue on Psychology and Law. 4-4.Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/0963721410397654 Web of Science: 000296508400002
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Preprint
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Review
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2018Verbal Deception and the Model Statement as a Lie Detection ToolFull Text via DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00492 Web of Science: 000446748100001
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2000From the lab to the police station - A successful application of eyewitness research. 581-598.Full Text via DOI: 10.1037//0003-066X.55.6.581 Web of Science: 000087661100001
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Works By Students
chaired theses and dissertations
- Satin, Geri, Eliciting a Perpetrator Description Using the Cognitive Interview: Influences on Investigative Utility 2017
- Molinaro, Peter F, Exoneration or Observation? Examining a Novel Difference Between Liars and Truth Tellers 2015
- Patterson, Terri, The Effect of Cognitive Load on Deception 2009
- Evans, Jacqueline, Eyewitness Memory: Balancing the Accuracy, Precision, and Quantity of Information through Metacognitive Monitoring and Control 2008
- Collett, Marisa Evelyn, Criminal appearance and legal decision-making 2000
- Brennan, Kendra Horstmyer, Drawing as a technique to facilitate childrens memory 1996
- Devenport, Jennifer Leigh, The effect of authority and social influence on eyewitness suggestibility and person recognition 1994
- Brock, Petra, Effectiveness of the cognitive interview in a multiple-testing situation 1993
Research
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- Optimizing Cognitive Load in Interviews (OCLI) awarded by Aptima Inc 2019 - 2022
- Interviewing information sources twice with the Cognitive Interview: Novel measures to assess the accuracy and veracity of witness recollection. awarded by Federal Bureau of Investigation 2015 - 2017
- High Value Detainee Interrogation Group (HIG): Intelligence Interviewing and Interrogation awarded by Federal Bureau of Investigation 2014 - 2015
- High Value Detainee Interrogation Group (HIG): Intelligence Interviewing and Interrogation awarded by Federal Bureau of Investigation 2013 - 2014
- High Value Detainee Interrogation Group (HIG): Intelligence Interviewing and Interrogation awarded by Federal Bureau of Investigation 2012 - 2013
- The Effect of Using Interpreters on Rapport Eliciting Information and Cues to Deceit awarded by Federal Bureau of Investigation 2012 - 2013
- High Value Detainee Interrogation Group (HIG): Intelligence Interviewing and Interrogation awarded by U.S. Department of Justice 2011 - 2012
- High Value Detainee Interrogation Group (HIG): Intelligence Interviewing and Interrogation awarded by U.S. Department of Justice 2010 - 2011
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