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The Amsterdam Laboratory for Legal Psychology is based at VU Amsterdam. Posts in English and Dutch by @anneliesvrede.bsky.social and @evanrosmalen.bsky.social 🌐 allp.nl

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Amsterdam Laboratory for Legal Psychology (ALLP) @amslablegpsy.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Yesterday, a consensus meeting for Dutch and Flemish legal psychologists was organized by Jan de Keijser, @anneliesvrede.bsky.social and @henryotgaar.bsky.social to discuss how expert witnesses can best serve in court. It was a fruitful meeting, hopefully the first of many! allp.nl/consensus-me...
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Consensus Meeting Legal Psychology - Amsterdam Laboratory for Legal Psychology
Yesterday, at the Faculty Club in Leiden, approximately 35 legal psychologists from the Netherlands and Flanders came together at the Consensus Meeting Legal Psychology, organized by Jan de Keijser, A...
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Amsterdam Laboratory for Legal Psychology (ALLP) @amslablegpsy.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Check out our new preprint! We conducted four meta-analyses and our findings challenge the common belief that inconsistency is a sign of deception while consistency equals credibility @vucriminologie.bsky.social allp.nl/what-does-co...
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What does consistency reveal about credibility? - Amsterdam Laboratory for Legal Psychology
During the Ghislaine Maxwell trial, defense attorneys focused heavily on inconsistencies in a key witness’s statements, treating them as signs of unreliability. The courtroom exchange reflects a widespread belief in law and everyday life: inconsistent stories signal lying, while consistency equals credibility. A new preprint by Annelies Vredeveldt, Eva van Rosmalen, Sera Wiechert and Bruno […]
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Amsterdam Laboratory for Legal Psychology (ALLP) @amslablegpsy.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Looking for paid research experience? Help Gabi de Bruïne with her research on culture and emotional memories! Send your CV and short motivation to g.de.bruine@vu.nl before December 24th!
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Amsterdam Laboratory for Legal Psychology (ALLP) @amslablegpsy.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Gabi de Bruïne is op zoek naar een (recent afgestudeerde) student die haar kan helpen bij het coderen van interviews met Afrikaanse en Europese deelnemers! 💡 Fulltime, onderzoekservaring + vergoeding 📩 Solliciteer vóór 24 dec: g.de.bruine@vu.nl
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Amsterdam Laboratory for Legal Psychology (ALLP) @amslablegpsy.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Kom bij ons werken als onderzoeksassistent! Nog 5 dagen om te solliciteren (t/m 5 oktober).
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Annelies Vredeveldt @anneliesvrede.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Come work with me! I need a part-time research assistant to help me with research articles, presentations, expert witness reports and social media. I need someone with a background in legal psychology, fluent English and Dutch and a healthy dose of enthusiasm :)
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Amsterdam Laboratory for Legal Psychology (ALLP) @amslablegpsy.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
🚨 Vacature alert! Ben jij op zoek naar een leerzame bijbaan binnen de rechtspsychologie? Solliciteer dan nu op de #vacature Onderzoeksassistent Rechtspsychologie voor 6 oktober! @anneliesvrede.bsky.social @vucriminologie.bsky.social @vuamsterdam.bsky.social werkenbij.vu.nl/vacatures/on...
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Vacature — Onderzoeksassistent Rechtspsychologie
Heb jij hart voor rechtspsychologisch onderzoek en zin in een leerzame bijbaan? Solliciteer dan nu voor de functie van onderzoeksassistent bij de Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU)!
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Amsterdam Laboratory for Legal Psychology (ALLP) @amslablegpsy.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
On the first day of the #EAPL2025 conference in Vilnius, @anneliesvrede.bsky.social presents the recently developed ALLP training on cross-cultural communication for interviewers @vucriminologie.bsky.social
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Annelies Vredeveldt @anneliesvrede.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Excited to share that I've been awarded an NWO Open Competition M grant for research on expert witness reports in legal psychology, allowing the fantastic @evanrosmalen.bsky.social to start her PhD @vucriminologie.bsky.social @vuamsterdam.bsky.social! allp.nl/nwo-grant-fo...
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NWO grant for research on legal psychological expert witness reports - Amsterdam Laboratory for Legal Psychology
The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded one of their competitive Open Competition M grants to ALLP director Annelies Vredeveldt, for a project on legal psychological expert witnesses reports. The...
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Amsterdam Laboratory for Legal Psychology (ALLP) @amslablegpsy.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
🚨 Just published! Our case study on the ICTR reveals how cultural background shapes courtroom communication. Witnesses from non-WEIRD contexts often gave indirect responses, easily misinterpreted as unclear or evasive by legal professionals @anneliesvrede.bsky.social doi.org/10.1108/JCP-...
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Cross-cultural communication in the courtroom: a case study of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda | Emerald Insight
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Amsterdam Laboratory for Legal Psychology (ALLP) @amslablegpsy.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
New article alert! 🚨 Our field study on South African eyewitness reports shows six main cultural differences, regarding detailedness, confidence, assertiveness and more. Published open-access! @anneliesvrede.bsky.social dx.doi.org/10.1108/JCP-...
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Amsterdam Laboratory for Legal Psychology (ALLP) @amslablegpsy.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
About to start our #SARMAC2025 symposium on eyewitness memory in cross-cultural contexts in the Fountain Suite with @anneliesvrede.bsky.social @gabidb.bsky.social Nkansah Aankwam @lorrainehope.bsky.social and Qi Wang @officialsarmac.bsky.social @sarmac2025.bsky.social
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Annelies Vredeveldt @anneliesvrede.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
How do people from different cultures remember and report what they have witnessed? @gabidb.bsky.social explored this question in her PhD research with a cleverly designed cross-cultural experiment. #eyewitness #memory @amslablegpsy.bsky.social @vucriminologie.bsky.social allp.nl/the-way-we-r...
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The way we remember and report: Cultural differences in eyewitness memory - Amsterdam Laboratory for Legal Psychology
How do people from different cultural backgrounds remember and report what they have witnessed? In a newly published open-access article in Memory, Gabi de Bruïne, Annelies Vredeveldt, and Peter J. va...
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Gabi de Bruïne @gabidb.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
(1/8) 🔍 New research on cultural differences in eyewitness memory By De Bruïne, Vredeveldt & Van Koppen (2025) We compared how sub-Saharan African and Western European participants recalled the same mock crime video. 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/0965...
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The way we remember and report: an experiment testing cultural differences in eyewitness memory
More and more people report their memories in cross-cultural contexts, including eyewitness interviews. In a pre-registered experiment (N = 64), we examined cultural differences in mock eyewitness ...
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Amsterdam Laboratory for Legal Psychology (ALLP) @amslablegpsy.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
The emeritus Professor in Legal Psychology and the newly minted Professor in Legal Psychology :) @vucriminologie.bsky.social @vuamsterdam.bsky.social @anneliesvrede.bsky.social
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Amsterdam Laboratory for Legal Psychology (ALLP) @amslablegpsy.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Our research on collaborative interviewing is now also featured on the VU website! @vuamsterdam.bsky.social @vucriminologie.bsky.social vu.nl/en/news/2025...
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New interrogation technique effective: joint witness interviews - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Put two eyewitnesses of a crime together in an interview, and there’s a good chance they’ll provide relevant new information for a police investigation.
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Eva van Rosmalen @evanrosmalen.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Great to see our field study on the Collaborative Eyewitness Interview featured in Applied Police Briefings!
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Annelies Vredeveldt @anneliesvrede.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Great to see this important work led by @evanrosmalen.bsky.social @amslablegpsy.bsky.social featured in Applied Police Briefings!
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Amsterdam Laboratory for Legal Psychology (ALLP) @amslablegpsy.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Want to know what it's like being interviewed as a witness? Participate in this study on witness interviewing in Amsterdam! @nscr-instituut.bsky.social #PsychLaw
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Amsterdam Laboratory for Legal Psychology (ALLP) @amslablegpsy.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Historic moment! Previous Prof Peter van Koppen and newly appointed Prof @anneliesvrede.bsky.social talk together about the history and future of legal psychology at the VU @vuamsterdam.bsky.social @vucriminologie.bsky.social #PsychLaw
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Amsterdam Laboratory for Legal Psychology (ALLP) @amslablegpsy.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Ben jij gepassioneerd over criminologie en heb jij de ambitie om wetenschappelijk onderwijs te geven? Solliciteer dan nu bij @vuamsterdam.bsky.social naar de vacature van Docent Criminologie! @vucriminologie.bsky.social #JobAlert werkenbij.vu.nl/vacatures/do...
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Vacature — Docent Criminologie
Ben jij gepassioneerd over de Criminologie en heb jij de ambitie om wetenschappelijk onderwijs te geven? Solliciteer dan bij de Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU) naar de vacature van Docent Criminolog...
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Amsterdam Laboratory for Legal Psychology (ALLP) @amslablegpsy.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Our director @anneliesvrede.bsky.social has been appointed Full Professor in Legal Psychology @vuamsterdam.bsky.social! Please save the date for her inaugural lecture on the 13th of November 2025. allp.nl/annelies-vre...
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Annelies Vredeveldt appointed Professor of Legal Psychology - Amsterdam Laboratory for Legal Psychology
We are happy to announce that our Director, Annelies Vredeveldt, has been appointed Full Professor of Legal Psychology at VU Amsterdam from the 1st of March 2025. She was selected for the prestigious ...
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Deception Research Society @deceptionrs.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
This month's Lies & Allies lineup on March 4th, 4-5pm UK time: emotions in false allegations, the nature of honesty (@charactergap.bsky.social), and predicting suspicion in emergency service calls. To join us, email info@deceptionresearchsociety.org
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Dr Julia Shaw @drjuliashaw.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
A list of top researchers in criminal psychology, criminology, police investigations, forensic psychiatry & other crime-related areas. go.bsky.app/EH9dNn6
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EAPL - European Association of Psychology and Law @eapl.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Again we want to promote the online talk by Prof. Richard J. McNally! Just two days to wait. It‘s on Thursday, Feb 27 at 3 pm CET (2 pm UK time)x the Talk is on 'Trauma, Memory, and the Law'. Please save the date for this not-to-be-missed event! Please retweet.
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Amsterdam Laboratory for Legal Psychology (ALLP) @amslablegpsy.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Have you ever witnessed a crime while under influence of #cannabis? Your experience could help advance #research on psychological processes in crime-related contexts! Sign up for this online study here: lnkd.in/ehZ_JuBB
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Amsterdam Laboratory for Legal Psychology (ALLP) @amslablegpsy.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
How could AI be used to assess eyewitness identification accuracy? Andrew Smith, @nydia-ayala.bsky.social and @rying.bsky.social discuss three ways AI could prove useful! @officialsarmac.bsky.social #PsychLaw psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/...
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Investigative Interviewing Research & Practice @iiirg-iirp.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Call for papers!! FIRST BILINGUAL SPECIAL ISSUE OF INVESTIGATIVE INTERVIEWING: RESEARCH & PRACTICE!! Submission deadline: 31st May 2025 iiirg.org/resources/ii...
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II-RP JOURNAL NEW - IIIRG - International Investigative Interviewing Research Group
II-RP JOURNAL INVESTIGATIVE INTERVIEWING:RESEARCH & PRACTICE II:RP (Investigative Interviewing: Research & Practice) is a free, open access publication and the official journal of the International In...
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Investigative Interviewing Research & Practice @iiirg-iirp.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
🚨 Hot off the press 🚨 Conducting First Conversations in Cases of Suspected Child Sexual Abuse in Schools iiirg.org/resources/ii...
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Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition (SARMAC) @officialsarmac.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
If you know an early career researcher (<10yrs PhD) who has made outstanding contributions to applied memory or cognition, please consider nominating them for the SARMAC J. Don Read Early Career Award! Deadline for nominations: 31st March. See website for eligibility and process #cogsci
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J. Don Read Early Career Award Recipients — SARMAC
J. Don Read Early career award The J. Don Read Early Career Award was establishing in 2015 to recognize the outstanding contributions of emerging scholars, less than 10 years post-PhD, &nbsp;in the ...
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Ian Loader @ianloader.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
@oxfordcrim.bsky.social is hiring. We are looking for a 3-year Departmental Lecturer in Criminology (to replace me while on leave). Friendly colleagues, wonderful students, supportive environment. Open to all areas of the field. Closing date midday Monday 10th March www.law.ox.ac.uk/departmental...
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Departmental Lecturer in Criminology | Faculty of
Centre for Criminology, Faculty of Law Grade 7: £38-674 - £46,913 per annum The Centre for
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Annelies Vredeveldt @anneliesvrede.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Looks like this will be a great conference! Together with Adina Nistor, Laura Weiss, @nan-knust.bsky.social and Michael Riegler we submitted a panel on "Cultural considerations from criminal investigation to courtroom". Hope to see many people there! #culture #crime
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Amsterdam Laboratory for Legal Psychology (ALLP) @amslablegpsy.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Abstract submission for the International Conference on Culture, Crime, and Global Challenges is now open! The conference will take place at @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social on April 16-17. Submit your abstract now! Deadline: March 1st www.uu.nl/en/events/in...
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International Conference on Culture, Crime, and Global Challenges
The Willem Pompe Institute for Criminal Law & Criminology organizes a conference around the role of culture in developing global perspectives on contemporary crimes, harms, and social injustices.
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Annelies Vredeveldt @anneliesvrede.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Happy to share that I will be Full Professor @amslablegpsy.bsky.social @vucriminologie.bsky.social @vuamsterdam.bsky.social from the 1st of March! Honoured to become the first female professor in legal psychology in The Netherlands, ever. And so grateful to the many people who helped me get here ❤️
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Psych-AID @psychaid.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
NEW PAPER ALERT! Post Doctoral researcher Jenny Skrifvars, with Jan Antfolk & @juliakorkman.bsky.social, in collaboration with @migri.fi created and evaluated a training programme for asylum officials in legal psychology. Read full article here - www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Amsterdam Laboratory for Legal Psychology (ALLP) @amslablegpsy.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Nieuwe vacature: @vucriminologie.bsky.social zoekt een enthousiaste kandidaat die onderzoek wil doen naar de besluitvorming van forensische professionals bij het gebruik van innovatieve tools. Solliciteer nu! werkenbij.vu.nl/vacatures/pr...
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EAPL - European Association of Psychology and Law @eapl.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
We are so proud to announce an online talk by Prof. Richard J. McNally, on Thursday, Feb 27 at 9am (ET). Speaking on 'Trauma, Memory, and the Law' , please save the date for this not-to-be-missed event!
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Policing Insight @policinginsight.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Reducing the disproportionate policing of Black children policinginsight.com/feature/opin...
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Reducing the disproportionate policing of Black children
Birmingham University Associate Professor Dr Tara Lai Quinlan argues that the disproportionate policing in England and Wales of people of colour – particularly children – and other under-represented…
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Dr Hayley Cullen (she/her) @hayleycullen.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
📣 new paper out in #JARMAC! We found that witnesses who experienced inattentional blindness for a crime were only less accurate and confident when asked cued recall questions. When asked a free recall question, they were just as acc and conf as noticers. psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
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Kirk Luther @kirkluther.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
What better way to start the new year than with a *NEW* issue of Applied Police Briefings?! 🥳 That's right! #APB Winter 2025 is now available at appliedpolicebriefings.com/index.php/APB I'll showcase one article each day - check back tomorrow! 🎶: shorturl.at/Md78Z
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Annelies Vredeveldt @anneliesvrede.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Yes!! We can register for #SARMAC2025 in Ireland! Really excited about this conference - we have a hackathon, expert witness workshop, tons of interesting symposia, presentations and posters, and of course plenty of fun social events! See you there!
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Annelies Vredeveldt @anneliesvrede.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
"Often, what goes hand in hand with innovation, is inequity". Thought-provoking considerations on #technology, #justice and #racism by @ruha9.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=LW7N...
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Ruha Benjamin | 2024 MacArthur Fellow
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Amsterdam Laboratory for Legal Psychology (ALLP) @amslablegpsy.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Carleton University is looking for a new Assistant Professor in Forensic Psychology! #PsychLaw carleton.ca/deputyprovos...
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Assistant Professor - Psychology (Forensic Psychology) - Office of the Deputy Provost (Academic Operations and Planning)
The Department of Psychology at Carleton University invites applications from qualified candidates for a preliminary (tenure-track) appointment in Forensic Psychology at the rank of Assistant Professo...
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Investigative Interviewing Research & Practice @iiirg-iirp.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
The official journal account for the international Investigative Interviewing Research Group (iIIRG) is here!!! #Criminology #Psychology #Policing #lawenforcement iiirg.org/resources/ii...
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II-RP JOURNAL NEW - IIIRG - International Investigative Interviewing Research Group
II-RP JOURNAL INVESTIGATIVE INTERVIEWING:RESEARCH & PRACTICE II:RP (Investigative Interviewing: Research & Practice) is a free, open access publication and the official journal of the International In...
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Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition (SARMAC) @officialsarmac.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Don't forget that the abstract deadline for SARMAC 2025 is this Sunday! #sarmac2025 #academicsky #cognition #memory
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Kara Moore, Ph.D. @moorepsych.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Friendly reminder as our 12/1 deadline approaches!
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Kristina Suchotzki @ksuchotzki.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Little reminder, 10 days left to apply 😊
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Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition (SARMAC) @officialsarmac.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
We asked our incoming President @anneliesvrede.bsky.social what she loves about SARMAC: "For me, the best thing about SARMAC has always been how welcoming senior academics are towards more junior researchers, creating that feeling of an extended academic family. I hope to continue that spirit."
A photo of Annelies Vredeveldt, incoming President of SARMAC
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Eva van Rosmalen @evanrosmalen.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Can eyewitnesses help each other remember? Together with @anneliesvrede.bsky.social, I conducted a field study revealing that collaborative #witness interviews can uncover new and highly relevant details. Proud to see this work published after 5 years of dedication! #LegalPsy doi.org/10.1108/JCP-...
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Collaborative interviewing of eyewitnesses: a field study | Emerald Insight
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Veronica Stinson @stinsonv.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
@megternes.bsky.social We are thrilled to share that Joseph Eastwood, Christopher Lively, Kirk Luther, & Madison Hynes will deliver symposium: "Suspect Interviewing: Charter Rights, Coercion and Confession Evidence" at Canadian Forensic Psychology Virtual Conference 2025. Call for abstracts here.
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