[HTML][HTML] Human factors in forensic science: The cognitive mechanisms that underlie forensic feature-comparison expertise

B Growns, KA Martire - Forensic Science International: Synergy, 2020 - Elsevier
After a decade of critique from leading scientific bodies, forensic science research is at a
crossroads. Whilst emerging research has shown that some forensic feature-comparison …

[HTML][HTML] Interpol review of fingermarks and other body impressions 2016–2019

A Bécue, H Eldridge, C Champod - Forensic Science International …, 2020 - Elsevier
This review paper covers the forensic-relevant literature in fingerprint and bodily impression
sciences from 2016 to 2019 as a part of the 19th Interpol International Forensic Science …

Finding the perfect match: Fingerprint expertise facilitates statistical learning and visual comparison decision-making.

B Growns, EJAT Mattijssen, JM Salerno… - Journal of …, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
Forensic feature-comparison examiners compare—or “match”—evidence samples (eg,
fingerprints) to provide judgments about the source of the evidence. Research demonstrates …

Are forensic scientists experts?

A Towler, D White, K Ballantyne, RA Searston… - Journal of Applied …, 2018 - Elsevier
Despite playing a critical role in our criminal justice system, very little is known about the
expertise of forensic scientists. Here, we review three disciplines where research has begun …

The emergence of perceptual expertise with fingerprints over time

RA Searston, JM Tangen - Journal of Applied Research in Memory and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Can early individual differences in performance predict later expertise in the applied domain
of fingerprint identification? We tracked 24 new trainees over the course of a year as they …

The effect of fingerprint expertise on visual short-term memory

BJ Corbett, JM Tangen, RA Searston… - … research: principles and …, 2024 - Springer
Expert fingerprint examiners demonstrate impressive feats of memory that may support their
accuracy when making high-stakes identification decisions. Understanding the interplay …

Explaining classifications to non-experts: an XAI user study of post-hoc explanations for a classifier when people lack expertise

C Ford, MT Keane - International Conference on Pattern Recognition, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Very few eXplainable AI (XAI) studies consider how users' understanding of
explanations might change depending on whether they know more/less about the to-be …

Match me if you can: Evidence for a domain-general visual comparison ability

B Growns, JD Dunn, EJAT Mattijssen… - Psychonomic Bulletin & …, 2022 - Springer
Visual comparison—comparing visual stimuli (eg, fingerprints) side by side and determining
whether they originate from the same or different source (ie,“match”)—is a complex …

The invisible 800-pound gorilla: expertise can increase inattentional blindness

SG Robson, JM Tangen - Cognitive research: principles and implications, 2023 - Springer
People can fail to notice objects and events in their visual environment when their attention
is engaged elsewhere. This phenomenon is known as inattentional blindness, and its …

Resolving differing expert opinions

I Montani, R Marquis, NE Anthonioz, C Champod - Science & Justice, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper explores procedural mechanisms to resolve differing conclusions when two
experts have initially worked independently. These experts can be two human examiners or …