Professor Carolyn Semmler
Professor
School of Psychology
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.
I lead the Applied Cognition and Experimental Psychology (ACEP) research group, focusing on the application of theories and models of cognition, judgement and decision-making to legal and medical contexts. We are interested in understanding human interaction with intelligent agents and the development of human-machine interfaces for defence and national security. Our work is driven by human rights and the value of reducing harm to humans through technology and innovation.
We use experimental methods and modelling of cognitive processes to understand and improve human decision-making in important contexts, such as health, policing and national security. Technologies such as AI and social media have vastly changed human experience, we are working at the intersection between psychology and the many disciplinary areas that imagine, design and build new technology. ACEP is working to improve the decisions of people in areas of law, including police, eyewitnesses and jurors. In doing so, we hope to improve the use of technology in legal systems and limit any harm derived from misapplication. We are also active in areas of health and defence, where our focus is on methods to improve the decisions of health consumers, doctors and intelligence analysts.
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I lead the Applied Cognition and Experimental Psychology (ACEP) group in the School of Psychology at the University of Adelaide. We focus on application of models of cognition, judgement and decision-making to defence, legal and medical contexts. We are interested in understanding human interaction with intelligent agents using computational cognitive modelling and electro-physiological recordings to inform our investigations. We work to understand how technology can protect and enhance psychological health.
Cognitive Performance and Memory Research
Identification and memory of other people and their intent, emotions and psychological states is mediated by technology. My work looks at how this technology might change our decisions about whom we are communicating with and how they might affect us. I have an ARC Discovery funded project developing formal models of the eyewitness identification task (DP 160101048) in collaboration with recognition memory researchers John Dunn, Laura Mickes and John Wixted. This work will help to develop the identification procedures of the future. In the past I have worked with Neil Brewer, Gary Wells, Rod Lindsay and Amy Bradfield-Douglas on various research questions relevant to identification of people and protection of innocent people from wrongful prosecution.
I am interested in the human operators' use of automated face matching systems to identify individuals in security settings (see Heyer & Semmler, 2013; Stephens, Semmler & Sauer, 2017). This work is being carried out in collaboration with my graduates Dr Rebecca Heyer and Dr Dana Michaelski at the Defence Science and Technology Group - research leaders in the Identity Intelligence capability (funded by the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet 2010-2012). Our work considers privacy, consent and bias in technology development. We are looking at the impact of technology on decisions regarding the identity of children and the estimation of their age. This work has implications for the processing of identity documents for refugee children and for the detection of trafficked and exploited children.
Juror Decision Making Research
Other work has focused on juror comprehension of judge's instructions and methods for improving comprehension (see Semmler, Brewer & Harvey, 2002). The impact of mood and emotion (in particular anger and sadness) on juror decision making (see Semmler & Brewer, 2001; Semmler & Hurst, 2016) and application of social persuasion theory to the courtroom. We have also looked at gender and stereotypes in perceptions of violence against women. I have also co-authored work applying principles of cognitive psychology to hearing and the perception of sound in legal disputes (see Alias, Best, Niall, Semmler & Woolford, 2010) and provide workshops to legal practitioners and expert witnesses on the impact of cognitive bias in the assessment of evidence for legal matters.
Medical Decision Making and Technology Research
Outside of the psychology-law area I have been developing interests in the application of psychological theory to the medical decision making, in particular to better understand and improve doctors' treatment decisions. We have investigated methods for inducing 'healthy skepticism' in health consumers & improvement vaccination decision making among parents and healthcare workers. This work was carried out by Dr Brennan Ong as part of his PhD dissertation and vaccination decision making research was carried out in collaboration with Dr Alexis Wheeler. I have provided education regarding the impact of anger and other emotions on medical decision making. I also work with researchers in understanding the ethical use of AI in health settings and have work underway with Dr Lauren Oakden-Rayner, Dr Melissa McCradden and Lana Tikhomirov at the Australian Institute of Machine Learning.
Food, Values and Environmental Decision Making Research
I have ongoing research into the psychology of meat consumption and the meat-animal connection being conducted with Prof. Anna Chur-Hansen and Dr Rachel Ankeny & Dr Heather Bray (Food Values Research Group) (see Dowsett, Semmler, Chur-Hansen, Bray & Ankeny, 2018; Semmler et al, 2022). Meat consumption has both environmental and ethical implications and I am interested in understanding the drivers of consumption choices. I am a member of the Environment Institute.
Leadership in Research
I am a member of the Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, and the Cognitive Science Society. I am a steering committee member of the EMCR Brain Science Network. I am also the vice President of the Psychology Foundation of Australia.
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2024 - ongoing Professor University of Adelaide 2019 - 2023 Associate Professor University of Adelaide 2011 - 2018 Senior Lecturer University of Adelaide 2004 - 2008 Adjunct Lecturer Flinders University -
Awards and Achievements
Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount 2021 Recognition Leoni Warne Memorial Award Department of Defence Australia - 2004 Award Maconochie Prize Australian Psycholgical Society Australia - -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2000 - 2004 Flinders University Australia PhD 1996 - 1999 Flinders University Australia B. Psyc. (Hons) -
Certifications
Date Title Institution name Country 2021 Advancing Leaders Program Leaders Institute of South Australia Australia -
Research Interests
Neuroscience, Behaviour and Brain Health Brain Computer-Human Interaction Consumption and Everyday Life Criminal Law and Procedure Education Ethical Use of New Technology Experimental Psychology Forensic Psychology Memory Structures Psychological Methodology, Design and Analysis Psychology Psychology and Cognitive Sciences Decision Making Computational neuroscience (incl. mathematical neuroscience and theoretical neuroscience)
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Conference Papers
Year Citation 2018 Heyer, R. L., Espina Navarro, S., Semmler, C., Aquilina, P., & MacLeod, V. (2018). How Can We Improve Detection of Fake Faces?. In International Symposium on the Forensic Sciences (ANZFSS2018). Perth, Western Australia. 2017 Semmler, C. A., Hendrickson, A., Ma-Wyatt, A., & Heyer, R. (2017). Using response time models to understand unfamiliar face matching expertise. In Australian Mathematical Psychology Conference. Brisbane Queensland. 2017 Heyer, R. L., Espina Navarro, S., Chong, C., & Semmler, C. (2017). How good are we at detecting and matching morphed faces?. In Biometrics Congress 2017. London, UK. 2017 Michalski, D., McLindin, B., Semmler, C., & Heyer, R. (2017). The impact of ageing on facial comparisons with images of children conducted by humans and automated systems. In International Conference of the Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition. 2017 Kaesler, M. P., Dunn, J., & Semmler, C. (2017). Using Measurement Models to Understand Eyewitness Identification. In G. Gunzelman, A. Howes, T. Tenbrik, & E. Davelaar (Eds.), Proceedings of the 39th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society: Computational Foundations of Cognition (CogSci 2017) (pp. 625-630). USA: Cognitive Science Society.
Scopus12017 Heyer, R. L., Lee, H., Calleja, J., Vu, L., Semmler, C., Hanton, K., & MacLeod, V. (2017). Challenging imagery: contrasting human facial image comparison and facial recognition algorithm performance. In International Conference of the Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition. Sydney. 2017 Semmler, C., Heyer, R. L., Hendrickson, D., & Ma-Wyatt, A. (2017). Modelling expertise in unfamiliar face matching. In Unfamiliar Facial Identification Group Conference. Sydney. 2016 Heyer, R. L., Calleja, J., & Semmler, C. (2016). Facial image comparison: the impact of image quality and image restoration techniques on performance. In International Symposium on the Forensic Sciences (ANZFSS’16). Auckland, New Zealand. 2016 Heyer, R. L., Lee, H., Vu, L., & Semmler, C. (2016). Facial image comparison: the impact of plastic surgery on performance. In International Symposium on the Forensic Sciences (ANZFSS’16). Auckland, New Zealand. 2016 Kaesler, M., Welsh, M., & Semmler, C. (2016). Predicting overprecision in range estimation. In A. Papafragou, D. Grodner, D. Mirman, & J. Trueswell (Eds.), Proceedings of the 38th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society Vol. B (pp. 502-507). Online: Cognitive Science Society.
Scopus42016 Michalski, D., Heyer, R., & Semmler, C. A. (2016). Facial comparisons with images of children: Human and algorithm performance. In Biometrics 2016. London, United Kingdom. 2016 Michalski, D., McLindin, B., Semmler, C., & Heyer, R. L. (2016). Facial image comparisons of children: How does the age of children in images affect human and algorithm performance?. In International Symposium on the Forensic Sciences (ANZFSS’16). Auckland, New Zealand. 2015 Michalski, D., McLindin, B., Semmler, C., & Heyer, R. L. (2015). Is facial image comparison as effective for verifying children as it is adults in security applications?. In Florey International Postgraduate Research Conference. Adelaide. 2014 Michalski, D., McLindin, B., Heyer, R. L., & Semmler, C. (2014). Understanding how Age Affects Facial Matching Performance of Humans and Facial Recognition Systems: Requirements Collection from Whole of Government and Industry. In Defence Human Sciences Symposium,. Adelaide. 2014 Michalski, D., McLindin, B., Semmler, C., & Heyer, R. L. (2014). Examining the Performance of Human Operators and Automated Facial Recognition Systems for the Identification of Missing and Exploited Children. In International Symposium on the Forensic Sciences (ANZFSS’14). Adelaide. 2014 Forndran, A., Semmler, C., & Heyer, R. L. (2014). Reading between the lines? The role of forensic evidence reporting on juror understanding and decision making. In International Symposium on the Forensic Sciences (ANZFSS’14). Adelaide. 2014 Michalski, D., McLindin, B., Semmler, C., & Heyer, R. L. (2014). Empirically Examining the Impact of Age Related Variables on Facial Recognition Algorithms and Human Operators: A Methodological Primer. In 15th Biometrics Institute Asia Pacific Conference. Sydney. 2013 Heyer, R. L., Semmler, C., & McLindin, B. (2013). Do facial recognition system decision aids improve one-to-many face matching performance?. In 14th Biometrics Institute Asia Pacific Conference. Sydney. 2013 Semmler, C., Heyer, R. L., Ma-Wyatt, A., & MacLeod, V. (2013). Understanding expertise in unfamiliar face matching. In Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference. Adelaide. 2012 Heyer, R. L., Semmler, C., & McLindin, B. (2012). One-to-Many Face Matching Using an Automated Facial Recognition System: The Impact of Decisions Aids on Performance. In International Symposium on the Forensic Sciences (ANZFSS’12). Hobart. 2012 Semmler, C., Heyer, R. L., Ma-Wyatt, A., & MacLeod, V. (2012). Impact of Individual Differences and Eye Movements on Facial Comparison Performance. In International Symposium on the Forensic Sciences (ANZFSS’12). Hobart. 2012 Heyer, R. L., Semmler, C., & McLindin, B. (2012). Decision Aids: Helpful or a Hindrance for Users of One-to-Many Face Facial Recognition System?. In Defence Human Sciences Symposium. Melbourne. 2011 Heyer, R. L., Semmler, C., & McLindin, B. (2011). One-to-many face matching: the impact of candidate list size and individual differences on performance. In International Conference of the Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition. New York. 2011 Heyer, R. L., Semmler, C., MacLeod, V., Calic, D., Ma-Wyatt, A., McLindin, B., & Hopley, L. (2011). Towards an Understanding of Facial Identification Practitioners in Australia: the Human Operator Capability Project. In 12th Biometrics Institute Asia Pacific Conference. Sydney. 2010 Heyer, R. L., Semmler, C., & McLindin, B. (2010). Identification using an automated facial recognition system: towards an understanding of human operator decision making. In International Symposium on the Forensic Sciences (ANZFSS’10). Sydney. 2010 Semmler, C., Nahum, T., & Clark, Y. (2010). An examination of hope, self-esteem and positive and negative experiences among first year psychology students. In The Education Research Group of Adelaid (pp. The Changing Face of Education, 24-25 September, 2010). Adelaide, Australia: The University of Adelaide. 2010 Heyer, R. L., Calic, D., McLindin, B., MacLeod, V., Semmler, C., NIchols, G., & Nicholson, R. (2010). Update on Research in Biometrics at the DSTO: Focus on Facial Recognition. In nd Threats and Responses Conference, Safeguarding Australia 2010. Canberra. -
Conference Items
Year Citation 2023 Hutchinson, M., Barratt, D. T., Holmes, J., Mustafa, S., Bajic, J. E., Kolarich, D., . . . Semmler, C. (2023). From blood markers to performance prediction: New insights for athletes and beyond. Poster session presented at the meeting of BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND IMMUNITY. CO, Boulder: ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE.
DOI2021 Semmler, C., Yiu, S. Y., Yau, D., Hanley, G., Meaney, K., Heyer, R., . . . Takarangi, M. (2021). Validating unobtrusive measures of psychological states to predict negative responses to distressing imagery for resilient human performance.. Poster session presented at the meeting of Defence Human Science Symposium. Adelaide. 2020 McCormick, K. M., Semmler, C., & Dunn, J. (2020). Is eyewitness memory continuous or ‘all-or-none’?. Poster session presented at the meeting of OSF Meetings: SARMAC 2019. Cape Cod, MA: OSF. 2020 Clothier, E. S., Michalski, D., Semmler, C., & Heyer, R. (2020). How age impacts human performance on a 1:8 face matching task with images of children. Poster session presented at the meeting of Unfamiliar Facial Identification Group. Sydney, Australia. 2019 McCormick, K., Semmler, C., & Dunn, J. C. (2019). Using the rank order task to estimate discriminability in eyewitness identification. Poster session presented at the meeting of Australasian Mathematical Psychology Conference. Melbourne, Australia. 2019 Kaesler, M. P., Dunn, J. C., Ransom, K., & Semmler, C. (2019). Discriminability and Suspect Position in the Sequential Lineup. Poster session presented at the meeting of Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition XIII. Cape Cod, Massachusetts. 2018 McCormick, K., Semmler, C., & Dunn, J. C. (2018). How model testing can facilitate improvements to the performance of diagnostic procedures. Poster session presented at the meeting of Florey Postgraduate Research Conference. National Wine Centre of Australia. 2018 McCormick, K., Semmler, C., & Dunn, J. (2018). Eyewitness Identification: a test of continous and discrete state accounts. Poster session presented at the meeting of Psychonomics International, Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Abstract book. Amsterdam, Netherlands. 2018 Kaesler, M., Dunn, J., & Semmler, C. (2018). Evaluating signal detection models for eyewitness identification. Poster session presented at the meeting of Australian Mathematical Psychology Conference 2018 (AMPC18): program. Perth, Western Australia. 2016 Michalski, D., McLindin, B., Semmler, C., & Heyer, R. L. (2016). The impact of extending the validity of children’s passports from 5 to 10 years. Poster session presented at the meeting of Florey International Postgraduate Research Conference. Adelaide. 2014 Michalski, D. J., McLindin, B., Heyer, R., & Semmler, C. (2014). Whole of government and industry requirements collection: Understanding how the ageing variable affects facial comparison performance of humans and automated algorithms. Poster session presented at the meeting of Florey International Postgraduate Conference. 2014 Ong, B., Semmler, C., & Mansfield, P. (2014). Cultivating healthy skepticism towards help-seeking advertisements: Dispelling the illusion of unique invulnerability. Poster session presented at the meeting of The 15th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, 13-15 Feb 2014. Austin, Texas: Society of Personality and Social Psychology. 2013 Ong, B., Semmler, C., & Mansfield, P. (2013). Dispelling the illusion of unique invulnerability: Cultivating healthy scepticism towards disease awareness advertisements. Poster session presented at the meeting of Abstracts of the 40th Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference, 3-6 April, 2013. Adelaide, S.A.: AEP Conference. 2012 Woolford, D., Alais, D., Best, V., Semmler, C., & Niall, P. D. (2012). Hearing, the perception of sound and expert evidence in litigation. Poster session presented at the meeting of Australian Acoustical Society Conference 2012, Acoustics 2012: Acoustics, Development, and the Environment. 2012 Woolford, D., Alais, D., Best, V., Semmler, C., & Niall, P. D. (2012). Hearing, the perception of sound and expert evidence in litigation. Poster session presented at the meeting of Australian Acoustical Society Conference 2012, Acoustics 2012: Acoustics, Development, and the Environment. 2009 Semmler, C., & Ashenden, A. (2009). Testing a cognitive consistency account of the postidentification feedback effect. Poster session presented at the meeting of Biennial Conference of the Society of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition. Kyoto, Japan. -
Report for External Bodies
Year Citation 2024 Semmler, C., Palmer, L., McCradden, M., Oakden-Rayner, L., & Tikhomirov, L. (2024). Submission to Senate Select Committee on Adopting Artificial Intelligence (AI) - Submission 95 (95). 2023 Semmler, C., & Tikhomirov, L. (2023). Responsible AI means keeping humans in the loop. Australian Academy of Technological Science and Engineering. 2017 Heyer, R., MacLeod, V., Carter, L., Semmler, C. A., & Ma-Wyatt, A. (2017). Profiling the Facial Comparison Practitioner in Australia (DST-Group-DG-xxxx). 2012 Ma-Wyatt, A., Semmler, C., Heyer, R., & Macleod, V. (2012). Improving human operator performance for face biometric identification: Final report. -
Internet Publications
Year Citation 2021 Duckworth, T., Semmler, C., Onarheim, B., & Kerr, F. (2021). The neuropsychological correlates of creativity: A scoping review of the neuropsychological cognitive domains associated with creativity. OSF Registries.
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Datasets
Year Citation 2014 Ong, B., Semmler, C., & Mansfield, P. R. (2014). Cultivating healthy skepticism towards help-seeking advertisements: Dispelling the illusion of unique invulnerability.
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Software
Year Citation 2018 Semmler, C. A., & Kaesler, M. (2018). R Code for Eyewitness Data (Version 1.0) [Computer Software]. Online: Open Science Framework.
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Preprint
Year Citation 2024 Tikhomirov, L., Smith, L., Oakden-Rayner, L., Bird, A., Palmer, L., & Semmler, C. (2024). Large-Scale Evaluation of the Influence of AI-use on Radiologist Performance using Signal Detection Theory.
DOI2024 Tikhomirov, L., Smith, L., Oakden-Rayner, L., Bird, A., Palmer, L., & Semmler, C. (2024). Greater disease detection, less AI rejection: Large-scale evaluation of the influence of AI-use on radiologist performance using signal detection theory.
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Semmler, C. & Baranoff, J. 2023-2025. Examining the psychometric integrity and utility of the Personalized Psychological Flexibility Inventory in a sample of Australian Athletes categorised in the performance pathway. $160,000. Australian Sports Commission.
Takarangi, M., Nixon, R.G., Semmler, C. (Partner Investigator) & Moeck, E. 2023-2026. The cost of keeping gruesome images from the world. $305,304. Australian Research Council Discovery Grants.
Semmler, C. 2022-2024. Cognitive Performance – Influence of fibre types on Cognitive Performance under stress – Preregistered Randomised Control Trial.$103,631. Australian Wool Innovation.
Semmler, C. 2021-2022. Cognitive Performance – Influence of fibre types on Cognitive Performance under stress - Rapid Pilot. $77, 592. Australian Wool Innovation.
Hutchinson, M. Barry, S., Semmler, C., Mustafa, S., Barratt, D., & Humphries, M. 2023-2026. iKNOW: Combined CBRN alert and information systems through harnessing the power of psychoneuroimmunology. $3,000,000. DST Group: CBRN Star Shot.
Semmler, C. & Mitchell, L. 2022-2023. Breaking the code: A new model to understand conversational trajectories of influence. $94,640. Digi+FAME
Semmler, C. 2019-2021. Child Identification Using Face. $208,789. DST Group
Hutchinson, M., Barratt, D., Holms, L. Bajic, J., Kolaric, D., MaWyatt, A., Semmler, C., Goldys, E., Packer, N. 2020. Biomarkers of physical and psychological performance. $400,000. NGTF.
Semmler, C. (Chief Investigator), Pincombe, B., Darvishi, S., Gordon, N., Banks, S., Takarangi, M., Nixon, R., Booth, D., Heyer, R., Yie, S., Yau, D. 2019. Human-Machine interfaces for detecting, monitoring and managing psychological stress. $150,000. Defence Innovation Partnerships, South Australian Government.
Semmler, C. Human Aspects of Video Analytics Under ARCHIi. 2017. $101,000. DST Group.
Semmler, C., Hendrickson, A. Heyer, R., van den Hengel, A., & Dick, A. Understanding Human-Technology Interactions to Aid in the Use of Unconstrained Imagery for Identification and Surveillance. 2016 - 2017. $19,500. Interdisciplinary Research Fund, University of Adelaide.
Semmler, C. (Chief Investigator), Dunn, J., Mickes, L., & Wixted,J. A formal signal detection model of eyewitness identification. 2016 - 2019. $176,000. Australian Research Council Discovery Projects.
Heyer, R., Semmler, C. & MaWyatt, A. Improving human operator capability for face biometric identification and recognition. 2010-2011, $70,000. Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet Research Support for National Security.
Semmler, C. (Chief Investigator) Brewer, N., & Douglass, A.B. The distortion of eyewitness identification testimony. 2010-2017, $230,000, Australian Research Council Discovery Projects.
Douglass, A.B., Brewer, N., & Semmler, C.(Partner Investigator) The dynamic interaction between investigator and eyewitness: Effects of memory reports and interviewer behavior. 2009-2011, $200,000. National Science Foundation (USA).
Brewer, N., Young, R.L., Weber, N., Ma-Wyatt, A., Semmler, C., (Partner Investigator) & McKinnon, R. A multi-function eyetracker facility. 2008, $120,000. Australian Research Council – Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities Grant.
Semmler, C. (Chief Investigator) The effects of postidentification feedback on eyewitness confidence.2007, $15,000. Faculty of Health Sciences Research Grant.
Semmler, C. (PI) Improving witness memory for faces through rehearsal strategy. 2005, $11,500, Flinders Research Grants Scheme.
Co-Facilitator (2015-2016): Small Group Discovery Experience Community of Practice
Teaching Responsibilities:
Program Director: B.Psyc Sci (Hons) 2016-2018. Grad. Dip. Psyc. (Adv) 2020 - 2022;
Course Coordinator: Foundations of Perception and Cognition; Big Picture Psychology: Global Challenges, Psychological Perspectives; Human Behaviour & Criminal Justice: Applying Psychology; Human Factors; Contemporary Issues in Psychology 1
Course Contributor:
Psychol 1004: Research Methods in Psychology (Statistics and Ethics)
Psychol 2006: Foundations of Perception and Cognition (Decision Making)
Psychol 2008: Big Picture Psychology: Global Challenges, Psychological Perspectives (Climate Change and Cognition)
Psychol 3023: Perception and Cognition (Applied Cognition)
Psychol 4201/4301: Research Methods and Statistics (Bootstrapping and Resampling Methods)
Psychol 7130: Evidence Based Practice (Statistical Guide for Ethical Practitioners)
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Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2024 Co-Supervisor Quantifying Online Persuasibility: Analysis, Metrics Development, and Application in Digital Discourse Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Mr Gia Bao Hoang 2024 Principal Supervisor Investigating Human-AI Interactions: An Empirical Foundation to Understand and Measure Human Perceptions of Machine Consciousness Master of Philosophy (Medical Science) Master Full Time Mr Oliver Craig Lack 2024 Co-Supervisor Reasoning from consensus: exploring perceptions of the value of consensus quality information in online reasoning. Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Joseph Higginson 2024 Co-Supervisor Exploring the Impact of Artificial Light for Plant Growth on Human Mood, Emotion and Task Performance Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Tika Ardina Hanjani 2024 Principal Supervisor Using deep learning methods to enhance cognitive outcomes in paediatric brain cancer. Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Shamini Thirugnana Sambandam 2023 Principal Supervisor The Cost of Keeping Gruesome Images from the World: Content Moderation and Psychological Harm Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Ishi Jamdagni 2022 Principal Supervisor Understanding Bias Caused by User Interaction with AI in High-Risk Decision Making Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Lana Tikhomirov 2022 Co-Supervisor Sharing Misinformation: The Socio-Psychological Mechanisms of Spread Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Emily Brooke Mullins 2022 Principal Supervisor The affordance of gaming-inspired visualisations on perception, cognition and decision making of military operators using battle management systems Master of Philosophy (Medical Science) Master Part Time Mr Simon Benjamin Wildermuth 2020 Principal Supervisor Prevention of burnout in high risk populations: The effectiveness of mind-body interventions. Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Peter Chee Chu 2019 Principal Supervisor The effects of creativity on neuroplasticity and cognition in adults with post-traumatic stress disorder Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Tanya Jane Duckworth 2018 Principal Supervisor Cognitive Psychology and Epistemological Crisis Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Dr Joseph Smith -
Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2020 - 2021 Co-Supervisor What helps team learning?
Egalitarianism, hardship, and leadership in Australian Army teamsDoctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Ms Christina Frances Stothard 2018 - 2022 Principal Supervisor Developing a Strong(er) Theory of Eyewitness Memory: The Selection, Verification, and Application of Mathematical Models of Identification Decisions Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Mrs Kym Michelle McCormick 2017 - 2019 Principal Supervisor WHAT LIES BEHIND THE DATA? HOW SAMPLING ASSUMPTIONS SHAPE AND ARE SHAPED BY INDUCTIVE INFERENCE Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Mr Keith James Ransom 2017 - 2017 Principal Supervisor Using Comparison Judgements to Study Representations Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Steven William Langsford 2016 - 2021 Principal Supervisor Applying Signal Detection Models to Investigate the Effect of Sequential Item Presentation on the Police Lineup Task Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dr Matthew Philip Kaesler 2014 - 2019 Co-Supervisor Does it matter why people forgive? How a victim's reasons for forgiving change the outcomes of forgiveness Doctor of Philosophy with Master of Psychology (Organisational and Human Factors) Doctorate Full Time Jordan Brian Gabriels 2013 - 2018 Principal Supervisor Forensic Science and Juror Decision Making: Can Jurors Be Taught to Recognise Bias? Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Alexandre Benjamin Forndran 2013 - 2017 Principal Supervisor The Impact of Age-Related Variables on Facial Comparisons with Images of Children: Algorithm and Practitioner Performance Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dr Dana Jaclyn Michalski 2013 - 2018 Principal Supervisor Considering Forensic Science: Juror Decision Making and Unvalidated Identification Evidence Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Charlotte Rachel Scobie 2011 - 2015 Principal Supervisor A Psychological Approach to Understanding and Resisting the Influence of Advertising from the Pharmaceutical Industry Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dr Brennan Zehao Ong 2011 - 2017 Principal Supervisor Narrative Recall in an Investigative Interview: Insight into Witness Metacognition Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Ms Elizabeth Leonora Fontaine 2010 - 2015 Principal Supervisor Differential Effects of Confirming Post-Identification Feedback on Eyewitness Testimony-Relevant Judgments Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Adella Bhaskara 2008 - 2010 Co-Supervisor Decision Making in Civil Disputes: The Effect of Role and Frame Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Victoria Gilliland 2008 - 2013 Principal Supervisor Understanding One-to-Many Unfamiliar Face Matching in the Operational Context: The Impact of Candidate List Size, Expertise, and Decision Aids on the Performance of Facial Recognition System Users Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dr Rebecca Louise Heyer 2007 - 2009 Co-Supervisor Item Noise versus Context Noise: Using the List Length Effect to Investigate the Source of Interference in Recognition Memory Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dr Angela Kinnell 2007 - 2011 Co-Supervisor The Development of an Implicit Association Test for Measuring Forgiveness Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Jeremy Goldring -
Other Supervision Activities
Date Role Research Topic Location Program Supervision Type Student Load Student Name 2018 - 2018 Principal Supervisor Meat-Eating, Cognitive Dissonance and Individual Differences The University of Adelaide B.Psyc. Sci. (Hons) Honours Full Time Stephanie Di Stasio 2016 - 2016 Principal Supervisor No Jab, No Pay Policy: Attitudes and Behaviours The University of Adelaide Bachelor of Psychological Science (Hons) Honours Full Time Sha-Nin Cheong 2016 - 2016 Principal Supervisor The Meat Paradox: Cognitive Dissonance Theory, Gender and the Impact of Animal Awareness The University of Adelaide Bachelor of Psychological Science (Hons) Honours Full Time Elisha Dowsett 2016 - 2016 Principal Supervisor Attributions of Blame in Interpersonal Violence: An Application to the Criminal Law Provocation Defence The University of Adelaide Bachelor of Psychological Science (Hons) Honours Full Time Marilyn Korbelis 2016 - 2016 Principal Supervisor The Impact of Exposure Duration and Target Prevalence on the Confidence-Accuracy Relationship in Unfamiliar Face Matching The University of Adelaide Bachelor of Psychological Science (Hons) Honours Full Time Sandra Putek 2016 - 2016 Co-Supervisor The Impact of Plastic Surgery on Human Face Matching Performance The University of Adelaide Bachelor of Psychological Sciences (Hons) Honours Full Time Linna Vu 2016 - 2016 Co-Supervisor Distracted Driving Behaviour and Speeding in Young Adult Drivers: Perceptions of Parent and Peer Influence The University of Adelaide Bachelor of Psychological Science (Hons) Honours Full Time Grace Lushington 2016 - 2016 Co-Supervisor Human Identification at a Distance: The Impact of Image Quality and Image Restoration Techniques on Human Face Matching Performance The University of Adelaide Bachelor of Psychological Science (Hons) Honours Full Time Joseph Calleja 2015 - 2015 Principal Supervisor Individual Differences in Facial Identification: Investigating Experience, Training and Selection Amongst Australian National Security Personnel The University of Adelaide Master of Psychology (Organisational and Human Factors) Master Full Time Amelia Pervis 2015 - 2015 Principal Supervisor Intentional or Incidental: The Influence of Encoding Conditions on Eyewitness Identification and Recall The University of Adelaide Bachelor of Psychology (Hons) Honours Full Time Isabelle Pickett 2015 - 2015 Principal Supervisor Can the Navon Task Improve Unfamiliar Face Matching Performance? The University of Adelaide Bachelor of Psychological Sciences (Hons) Honours Full Time Miriam Broadhurst 2015 - 2015 Principal Supervisor Individual Differences in Overprecision The University of Adelaide Bachelor of Psychology (Hons) Honours Full Time Matthew Kaesler 2014 - 2014 Principal Supervisor Hypothesis Revision in a Face Matching Task: Effects on Confidence-Accuracy Calibration The University of Adelaide Bachelor of Psychology (Hons) Honours Full Time Hayley Prior 2014 - 2014 Principal Supervisor Post-Identification Feedback: The Role of Specific Feebdack in Distorting Participants' Judgments About Distance The University of Adelaide Bachelor of Psychology (Hons) Honours Full Time Luisa Cercone 2014 - 2014 Principal Supervisor The Impact of Hedges on Juror Ability to Assess the Accuracy of Witness Testimony The University of Adelaide Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) Honours Full Time Matthew Fantasia 2013 - 2014 Principal Supervisor Outcome Feedback in a Face Matching Task: Effects on Confidence and Accuracy The University of Adelaide Bachelor of Health Sciences (Honours) Honours Full Time Lauren Bateman 2011 - 2011 Principal Supervisor Cognitive Dissonance and the Post-Identification Feedback Effect: Testing the Self-Standards Model Using Priming and Disconfirming Feedback The University of Adelaide Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) Honours Full Time Charlotte Scobie 2011 - 2011 Principal Supervisor Methadone and Eyewitness Memory The University of Adelaide Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) Honours Full Time David O'Shaughnessy 2011 - 2011 Co-Supervisor Probability Judgements in Civil Disputes: The Effect of Multiple Cues on Perceived Chance of Winning in Court The University of Adelaide Bachelor of Health Sciences (Honours) Honours Full Time Sarah Hibbard 2010 - 2010 Principal Supervisor The Role of Cognitive Dissonance in the Post-Identification Feedback Effect: The Impact of Consequences and Feedback on Eyewitness Testimony The University of Adelaide Bachelor of Health Sciences (Honours) Honours Full Time Vanessa Zeleny 2010 - 2010 Principal Supervisor Operational Job Experiences and Trainee Police Officer Wellbeing: Identifying Pathways to Promote More Resilient Police Officers The University of Adelaide Master of Psychology (Organisational and Human Factors) Master Full Time Connie Migliore 2009 - 2009 Principal Supervisor The Effects of State Anger in Juror Processing of Trial Information The University of Adelaide Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) Honours Full Time Jessie Hurst 2008 - 2008 Principal Supervisor Choosing as a Moderator Variable for the Post-Identification Feedback Effect The University of Adelaide Bachelor of Psychology (Hons) Honours Full Time Anna Ashenden 2008 - 2008 Principal Supervisor Confidence Malleability in a Word Recognition Task: The Role of Metacognitive Influences University of Adelaide Bachelor of Psychology (Hons) Honours Full Time Andrew Ceniuch 2008 - 2008 Principal Supervisor Misinformation effect on Eyeywitness Identification Decisions from a Sequential Lineup The University of Adelaide Bachelor of Health Sciences (Honours) Honours Full Time Sze Mei Hung
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Date Role Committee Institution Country 2018 - ongoing Member EMCR Brain Science Network Australian Academy of Science Australia -
Memberships
Date Role Membership Country 2021 - ongoing Member American Psychological Association United States 2020 - ongoing Member Psychological Science Accelerator United States 2016 - ongoing Member Cognitive Science Society United States 2001 - ongoing Member Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition United States -
Consulting/Advisories
Date Institution Department Organisation Type Country 2015 - 2015 Government of South Australia South Australian Employment Tribunal Continuing Education Instructional and training Australia 2008 - 2008 Department of Education and Training SACE Instructional and training Australia -
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Date Role Editorial Board Name Institution Country 2021 - 2024 Editor Applied Cognitive Psychology John Wiley & Sons United Kingdom 2018 - ongoing Consulting Editor Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications The Psychonomic Society United States -
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Date Office Name Institution Country 2018 - ongoing Vice President Psychology Foundation Australia
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