In the present work, we review a growing programme of research identifying deficits in race-
based interpersonal sensitivity, specifically emotion detection, as a route to creating pitfalls …

Expert decision making often seems impressive, even miraculous. People with genuine
expertise in a particular domain can perform quickly and accurately, and with little …

Although fingerprint experts have presented evidence in criminal courts for more than a
century, there have been few scientific investigations of the human capacity to discriminate …

Forensic feature-comparison examiners compare—or “match”—evidence samples (eg,
fingerprints) to provide judgments about the source of the evidence. Research demonstrates …

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 popularity of forensic science television programs has created a hiring challenge for
forensic science laboratories. Laboratories receive unprecedented numbers of applicants …

There has been very little research into the nature and development of fingerprint matching
expertise. Here we present the results of an experiment testing the claimed matching …

Forensic feature-comparison examiners in select disciplines are more accurate than novices
when comparing samples of visual evidence. This article examines a key cognitive …

The visual comparison of unfamiliar faces, that are not known to an observer, is utilized
widely for the identification of people in security settings, such as passport control at airports …

Significant insights into visual cognition have come from studying real-world perceptual
expertise. Many have previously reviewed empirical findings and theoretical developments …