Neil Brewer, PhD, is Professor of Psychology at Flinders University in South Australia, where he teaches an upper-level undergraduate course on experimental psychology and law. The research programs in his laboratory span both cognitive and social psychology, focusing on issues such as confidence-accuracy and decision time-accuracy relationships in eyewitness identification, identification decision processes, eyewitness recall, eyewitness confidence effects on juror judgments, and improving comprehension of judicial instructions. Dr. Brewer's recent publications include articles inJournal of Applied Psychology,Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied,Journal of Personality and Social… Psychology,Law and Human Behavior, andApplied Cognitive Psychology. He is a current member of the editorial boards ofJournal of Experimental Psychology: AppliedandLegal and Criminological Psychology. Kipling D. Williams, PhD, is Professor of Psychological Sciences at Purdue University. He is an experimental social psychologist and teaches undergraduate courses on psychology and law. Dr. Williams has conducted research on various topics focusing on psychology and law, including the biasing effects of judges' instructions, eyewitness accuracy and testimony, stealing thunder as a courtroom tactic, homonymic priming, and the effects of crime heinousness on lowering thresholds of beyond a reasonable doubt. He has also conducted research on social loafing and, more recently, on ostracism. His recent publications include articles inScience, nbsp;Journal of Personality and Social Psychology,Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, andLaw and Human Behavior. He is also author ofOstracism: The Power of Silenceand coeditor of several social psychology books, includingThe Social Outcast: Ostracism, Social Exclusion, Rejection, and Bullying. nbsp; nbsp; nbsp;
Neil Brewer, PhD, is Professor of Psychology at Flinders University in South Australia, where he teaches an upper-level undergraduate course on experimental psychology and law. The research programs in his laboratory span both cognitive and social psychology, focusing on issues such as confidence-accuracy and decision time-accuracy relationships in eyewitness identification, identification decision processes, eyewitness recall, eyewitness confidence effects on juror judgments, and improving comprehension of judicial instructions. Dr. Brewer's recent publications include articles inJournal of Applied Psychology,Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied,Journal of Personality and Social… Psychology,Law and Human Behavior, andApplied Cognitive Psychology. He is a current member of the editorial boards ofJournal of Experimental Psychology: AppliedandLegal and Criminological Psychology. Kipling D. Williams, PhD, is Professor of Psychological Sciences at Purdue University. He is an experimental social psychologist and teaches undergraduate courses on psychology and law. Dr. Williams has conducted research on various topics focusing on psychology and law, including the biasing effects of judges' instructions, eyewitness accuracy and testimony, stealing thunder as a courtroom tactic, homonymic priming, and the effects of crime heinousness on lowering thresholds of beyond a reasonable doubt. He has also conducted research on social loafing and, more recently, on ostracism. His recent publications include articles inScience, nbsp;Journal of Personality and Social Psychology,Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, andLaw and Human Behavior. He is also author ofOstracism: The Power of Silenceand coeditor of several social psychology books, includingThe Social Outcast: Ostracism, Social Exclusion, Rejection, and Bullying. nbsp; nbsp; nbsp;