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The effects of contextual bias on face recognition decisions (2025)
Journal Article
Curley, L., Breese, E., Munro, J., Havard, C., Skelton, F., & Pike, G. (in press). The effects of contextual bias on face recognition decisions. Journal of Forensic Sciences,

Contemporary research has demonstrated the effects of bias on, even expert, forensic decision making. The paper aimed to test if forensically relevant face recognition decisions could be influenced by biasing information. A 3 (Bias (within-subjects):... Read More about The effects of contextual bias on face recognition decisions.

The Impact of Minority-Race Status on the Cross-Race Effect: A Critical Review (2025)
Journal Article
Töredi, D., Mansour, J. K., Jones, S. E., Skelton, F., & McIntyre, A. (online). The Impact of Minority-Race Status on the Cross-Race Effect: A Critical Review. Perspectives on Psychological Science, https://doi.org/10.1177/17456916251345459

Meta-analyses have consistently demonstrated the robustness of the cross-race effect (CRE; i.e., better recognition of same-race faces compared to different-race faces). These analyses have unveiled variations in the dependent variables associated wi... Read More about The Impact of Minority-Race Status on the Cross-Race Effect: A Critical Review.

Stethoscope 2.0: How Everyday Devices Could Help Doctors Listen Differently (2025)
Report
McGregor, I. (2025). Stethoscope 2.0: How Everyday Devices Could Help Doctors Listen Differently

Traditional diagnostic tools like the stethoscope have long helped clinicians detect signs of illness through direct contact and active listening. In an era of ubiquitous sensing, the diagnostic potential of devices already in common use, smartphones... Read More about Stethoscope 2.0: How Everyday Devices Could Help Doctors Listen Differently.

Perceptually Adaptive Alarm Systems Using Doppler-Based Pitch Modulation (2025)
Report
McGregor, I. (2025). Perceptually Adaptive Alarm Systems Using Doppler-Based Pitch Modulation. Edinburgh Napier University

This technical note presents a novel alarm system design that uses Doppler-based pitch and amplitude modulation to help people better understand emergency situations through sound alone. By embedding intuitive rising and falling pitch cues into famil... Read More about Perceptually Adaptive Alarm Systems Using Doppler-Based Pitch Modulation.

Perceptual Calibration and Passive Adaptation in Under-Pillow Audio Systems for Sleep and Care Environments (2025)
Report
McGregor, I. (2025). Perceptual Calibration and Passive Adaptation in Under-Pillow Audio Systems for Sleep and Care Environments

This technical report outlines a perceptually grounded calibration model for under-pillow and near-field audio systems. The approach enables real-time tuning based on how sound is actually perceived through materials like foam and fabric. It supports... Read More about Perceptual Calibration and Passive Adaptation in Under-Pillow Audio Systems for Sleep and Care Environments.

Augmented Reality AI Co-Driver: Impact on Drivers Perceived Experience and Safety (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Charissis, V. (2023, December). Augmented Reality AI Co-Driver: Impact on Drivers Perceived Experience and Safety. Presented at 30th International Display Workshop, Niigata, Japan

This project investigates the use of an AI codriver that could support the driver's decision-making process. The information is presented through AR HUD and audio. The evaluation by 20 users in a VR driving simulator presented both encouraging outcom... Read More about Augmented Reality AI Co-Driver: Impact on Drivers Perceived Experience and Safety.

The importance of understanding Work-as-done: Implications for research and practice in organizational psychology (2023)
Journal Article
Thompson, N., Shapiro, E., & Ponton, H. (2023). The importance of understanding Work-as-done: Implications for research and practice in organizational psychology. European Work and Organizational Psychology in Practice, 17(2), 116-142. https://doi.org/10.21825/ewopinpractice.89676

This paper aims to describe how the concept of ‘work-as’ proxies can offer important insights for work and organizational psychologists. We explore how routine work activities can reflect those that are actually carried out when following a work-as-d... Read More about The importance of understanding Work-as-done: Implications for research and practice in organizational psychology.

Use and operational safety (2023)
Book Chapter
Reed, N., Charisis, V., & Cowper, S. (2023). Use and operational safety. In D. Ventriglia, & M. Kahl (Eds.), FISITA Intelligent Safety White Paper – The Safety of Electro-Mobility: Expert considerations on the Safety of an Electric Vehicle from concept through end of life (107-111). FISITA

Whether you are an individual buying your first car or replacing an existing vehicle, or if you are a fleet manager making vehicle purchase decisions on behalf of a company, the acquisition of a car is usually a highly significant purchase. Increasi... Read More about Use and operational safety.

Editorial: Games May Host the First Rightful AI Citizens (2023)
Journal Article
Mitchell, K. (2023). Editorial: Games May Host the First Rightful AI Citizens. Games: Research and Practice, 1(2), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1145/3606834

GAMES creatively take place in imaginative worlds informed by, but often not limited by, real-world challenges, and this advantageously provides an accelerated environment for innovation, where concepts and ideas can be explored unencumbered by physi... Read More about Editorial: Games May Host the First Rightful AI Citizens.

An investigation of the role of leadership in consensus decision-making (2022)
Journal Article
Perret, C., & Powers, S. T. (2022). An investigation of the role of leadership in consensus decision-making. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 543, Article 111094. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2022.111094

Leadership is a widespread phenomena in social organisms and it is recognised to facilitate coordination between individuals. While the role of leadership in group foraging or swarm movement is well understood, it is not clear if leaders would also b... Read More about An investigation of the role of leadership in consensus decision-making.

Structured Groups Make More Accurate Veracity Judgments Than Individuals (2021)
Journal Article
Hamlin, I., Bolger, F., Vasilichi, A., Belton, I., Crawford, M. M., Sissons, A., Taylor Browne Lūka, C., & Wright, G. (2021). Structured Groups Make More Accurate Veracity Judgments Than Individuals. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 35(6), 1600-1607. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.3892

Groups often make better judgments than individuals, and recent research suggests that this phenomenon extends to the deception detection domain. The present research investigated whether the influence of groups enhances the accuracy of judgments, an... Read More about Structured Groups Make More Accurate Veracity Judgments Than Individuals.

The effects of dual-task interference in predicting turn-ends in speech and music (2021)
Journal Article
Fisher, N. K., Hadley, L. V., Corps, R. E., & Pickering, M. J. (2021). The effects of dual-task interference in predicting turn-ends in speech and music. Brain Research, 1768, Article 147571. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brainres.2021.147571

Determining when a partner’s spoken or musical turn will end requires well-honed predictive abilities. Evidence suggests that our motor systems are activated during perception of both speech and music, and it has been argued that motor simulation is... Read More about The effects of dual-task interference in predicting turn-ends in speech and music.

The importance of detailed context reinstatement for the production of identifiable composite faces from memory (2021)
Journal Article
Fodarella, C., Marsh, J. E., Chu, S., Athwal-Kooner, P., Jones, H. S., Skelton, F. C., Wood, E., Jackson, E., & Frowd, C. D. (2021). The importance of detailed context reinstatement for the production of identifiable composite faces from memory. Visual Cognition, 29(3), 180-200. https://doi.org/10.1080/13506285.2021.1890292

Memory is facilitated by reflecting upon, or revisiting, the environment in which information was encoded. We investigated these “context reinstatement” (CR) techniques to improve the effectiveness of facial composites – visual likenesses of a perpet... Read More about The importance of detailed context reinstatement for the production of identifiable composite faces from memory.

Bilingualism: The foreign language effect does not extend to rational decision making (2020)
Journal Article
Curley, L., Carruthers, L., & Piotrowska, B. (2020). Bilingualism: The foreign language effect does not extend to rational decision making. Journal of Articles in Support of the Null Hypothesis, 17(1),

This research investigated if the foreign language effect extended to rationality. Four groups (English speaking monolingual group; Polish speaking monolingual group; Bilingual Polish group who were presented with decision task in English; Bilingual... Read More about Bilingualism: The foreign language effect does not extend to rational decision making.

Is the definition of task-irrelevant contextual information black and white? (2020)
Journal Article
Curley, L. J., Munro, J., Lages, M., MacLean, R., & Murray, J. (2020). Is the definition of task-irrelevant contextual information black and white?. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 65(2), 668-670. https://doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.14273

Author's response to "Commentary on: Curley LJ, Munro J, Lages M, MacLean R, Murray J. Assessing cognitive bias in forensic decisions: a review and outlook. J Forensic Sci doi: 10.1111/1556‐4029.14220. Epub 2019 Nov 6"

Constructing identifiable composite faces: The importance of cognitive alignment of interview and construction procedure (2019)
Journal Article
Skelton, F. C., Frowd, C. D., Hancock, P. J. B., Jones, H. S., Jones, B. C., Fodarella, C., Battersby, K., & Logan, K. (2020). Constructing identifiable composite faces: The importance of cognitive alignment of interview and construction procedure. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 26(3), 507-521. https://doi.org/10.1037/xap0000257

We investigated the impact of congruency between the witness interview and method used to construct a composite face. Experiment 1, using a typical feature-by-feature composite method, revealed that aligning cognitive processes during interview and... Read More about Constructing identifiable composite faces: The importance of cognitive alignment of interview and construction procedure.

Suicide Risk Assessment in the Emergency Department: An Investigation of Current Practice in Scotland (2019)
Journal Article
McClatchey, K., Murray, J., Chouliara, Z., Rowat, A., & Hauge, S. R. (2019). Suicide Risk Assessment in the Emergency Department: An Investigation of Current Practice in Scotland. International Journal of Clinical Practice, 73(4), Article e13342. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijcp.13342

Background
Suicide is a global public health issue. Approximately one third of individuals who complete suicide have attended an emergency department in the year preceding their death. The aim of this study was to investigate current suicide risk as... Read More about Suicide Risk Assessment in the Emergency Department: An Investigation of Current Practice in Scotland.