Papers just out

Brewer, N., Georgopoulos, M. A., Young, R. L., & Lucas, C. A. (2023). Autistic adults’ perspectives on appropriate empathic responses to others’ emotions.  Autism Research, 16(8), 1573-1585. 

Lim, A., Brewer, N., Aistrope, D., & Young, R. L. (2023).  Response format changes the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test performance of autistic and non-autistic adults.  Autism, 27(8), 2560-2565.

Brewer, N., Lucas, C. A., Lim, A., & Young, R. L. (2023). Detecting dodgy behavior: The role of autism, autistic traits, and theory of mind.  Autism, 27(4), 1026-1035.

Brewer, N., Lucas, C. A., Georgopoulos, M. A., & Young, R. L. (2022).  Facing up to others’ emotions: No evidence of autism-related deficits in metacognitive awareness of emotion recognition.  Autism Research, 15(8), 1508-1521.

Georgopoulos, M. A., Brewer, N., Lucas, C. A., & Young, R. L. (2022).  Speed and accuracy of emotion recognition in autistic adults: The role of stimulus type, response format and emotion.  Autism Research, 15, 1686-1697.

Lim, A., Brewer, N., & Young, R. L. (2023). Revisiting the relationship between cybercrime, autistic traits, and autism.  Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 53, 1319-1330.  

Young, R., Brewer, N., Nah, Y-H., & Lim, A., 2022).  Autism Detection in Early Childhood—2^nd Ed eManual.  ACER Press, Camberwell, Vic.

Others out in 2022

Lim, A., Young, R. L., & Brewer, N. (2022).  The effect of autistic behaviors on evaluations of deception and credibility in everyday social situations.  Applied Cognitive Psychology, 36, 548-560.

Lucas, C. A., & Brewer, N. (2022).  Could precise and replicable manipulations of suspect-filler similarity optimize eyewitness identification performance?  Psychology, Public Policy and Law, 28, 108-122.  

Lim, A., Young, R. L., & Brewer, N. (2022).  Atypical behaviours associated with mental health conditions and disabilities negatively affect judgments of deception and credibility. Australian Journal of Psychology, 74(1), e2067486.

Lucas, C. A., Brewer, N., & Young, R. L. (2022).  Pitfalls when using AUC to evaluate item content for early screening tests for autism.  Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 30, 430-437.

Brewer, N., Young, R. L., Norris, J. E., Maras, K., Michael, Z., & Barnett, E. (2022).  A quick measure of theory of mind in autistic adults: Decision accuracy, latency and self-awareness.  Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 52, 2479-2496. 

Lim, A., Young, R. L., & Brewer, N.  (2022).  Autistic individuals may be erroneously perceived as deceptive and lacking credibility.  Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 52, 490-507.

Brewer, N., Zweck, T., Lucas, C. A., & Guidolin, M. (2022). Eyewitnesses’ pre-lineup memory strength inferences can influence identification decisions. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology, 37, 339-350.

Feb 2020 – how to improve police photoarrays and lineups

The paper was commissioned by Division 41 of the American Psychological Association; the 6 authors were invited; and (as well as the normal journal reviewing processes) the various iterations of the manuscript were reviewed in sessions at major international conferences:

Wells, G. L., Kovera, M. B., Douglass, A. B., Brewer, N., Meissner, C., & Wixted, J. (2020).  Policy and procedure recommendations for the collection and preservation of eyewitness identification evidence.  Law and Human Behavior, 44, 3-36. [see background to the paper here]

BUT, even when done well, they are far from perfect … & our American Psychologist paper from January 2020 (see below) outlines a radical new way of conducting identification tests !

Jan 2020 – major new paper out in American Psychologist on what’s wrong with police lineups and how to fix the problem

Brewer, N., Weber, N., & Guerin, N. (2020). Police line-ups of the future? American Psychologist, 75, 76-91.