APS
2025 APS Annual Convention · 2025
Seeing, Believing, and Misunderstanding: The Negative Impact of Neuroimages on Perceptions of Expert Psychological Testimony.
- Savannah Reeves
University of North Carolina Wilmington - Kenzie Tart
University of North Carolina Wilmington - Madilyn Brown
University of North Carolina Wilmington - Reid Copeland
University of North Carolina Wilmington - Grace Daniel
University of North Carolina Wilmington - Sadie Peters
University of North Carolina Wilmington - Sophie Palermo
University of North Carolina Wilmington - Ryan Lillis
University of North Carolina Wilmington - Emma Mobley
University of North Carolina Wilmington - Emilie Burton
University of North Carolina Wilmington - Payton Day
University of North Carolina Wilmington - Sarah Reese
University of North Carolina Wilmington - Alia Jones
University of North Carolina Wilmington - Abigail Deuschle
University of North Carolina Wilmington - Kylie Quann
University of North Carolina Wilmington - Bryan Myers
The University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Abstract
Participants witnessed expert psychological testimony that varied by strength and presence of brain imagery in a capital trial. These factors interacted on both ratings of defendant impairment and expert quality such that differences were smallest when neuroimages were present, suggesting that neuroimaging may interfere with judgments of unreliable testimony.
Criminal Justice
