What latent decision variable underlies confidence in police lineup rejections?

Psychology, UC San Diego, Wixted Lab

 A new paper of mine came out in Journal of Memory and Language this past February. This is a math modeling paper looking at whether a MAX or AVG decision rule is being used as the basis for confidence when rejecting a lineup. The decision rule for posIDs, by comparison, is a MAX rule.

Qualifying Paper

Psychology, UC San Diego, Wixted Lab

I’m incredibly proud to report that I’ve successfully defended my qualifying paper.

The paper investigated the basic science of confidence. As I’m hoping to turn this qualifying paper into a publication, I will hold off on a detailed explanation of the paper’s topic matter.

I can’t wait to extend this project into something greater!