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Kirk Luther @kirkluther.bsky.social · Aug 11

1/#APB Summer 2025 Spotlight Day 20! Many people misunderstand police use of force - how often it’s used, officer shooting accuracy, & training levels. Research by Ariane-Jade Khanizadeh, Craig Bennell, & Heather McGale tests if public education can fix that. 🧵👇

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Naomi Oreskes @naomioreskes.bsky.social · Aug 8

With government science and regulation under attack, I thought I’d reshare this:

The Myth That May Have Doomed the Titan www.nytimes.com/2023/06/28/o...

Opinion | The Myth That May Have Doomed the Titan (Published 2023)

www.nytimes.com

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CREST @crest-research.bsky.social · Aug 8

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Kirk Luther @kirkluther.bsky.social · Aug 5

1/ #APB Summer 2025 Spotlight, Day 14! Can mindfulness help officers manage stress, burnout, and mental health? Léa Plisson
& Shannon Ferguson highlight new a meta-analysis of mindfulness training in policing. 🧵👇

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Kirk Luther @kirkluther.bsky.social · Jul 31

1/ 🧠 How much do we remember about a totally ordinary day...months later? Today’s #APB brief by yours truly😉,
Madison Harvey, & Heather Price tackles memory recall for “unremarkable” events that only became important in hindsight. 🧵👇

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MUN Psych & Law Lab @munpsychlawlab.bsky.social · Jul 30

The ultimate responsibility of scientists is to uphold and speak for the truth, no matter ideological leanings. Regardless of how often and how loudly one repeats a lie—in some cases, lying about lie detection—it will not become the truth, and we should not surrender.

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MUN Psych & Law Lab @munpsychlawlab.bsky.social · Jul 30

It is imperative that scientists not remain silent on “controversial” issues to maintain an appearance of being neutral, or say, apolitical. Nor should they give in to political censorship or censor themselves due to dogmatism.

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MUN Psych & Law Lab @munpsychlawlab.bsky.social · Jul 30

Forewarning on fake debates was found to have minimal effect. Although our forewarning fell short in countering the power of false balance to overshadow consensus data, a glimpse of hope lies in communicating these descriptive norms, which indeed deliver empirical facts to people

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MUN Psych & Law Lab @munpsychlawlab.bsky.social · Jul 30

Results showed people intuitively believe nonverbal cues reliably indicate deceit. Even after learning expert consensus is that nonverbal lie detection is futile, balanced comments reduced their perceived expert consensus and policy support for discarding such practices.

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MUN Psych & Law Lab @munpsychlawlab.bsky.social · Jul 30

Following the data, they read either no comments from experts, balanced comments (3 from each expert on opposing sides), evidentiary balanced (5 from a deception detection expert and 1 from a contrarian expert), or same opposing comments with a forewarning (3:3 + fore; 5:1+fore)

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MUN Psych & Law Lab @munpsychlawlab.bsky.social · Jul 30

We recruited members of the public, first asked their beliefs in nonverbal lie detection, and then had them read one of five versions of a media report indicating nearly 90% surveyed experts agreed that nonverbal cues are unreliable indicators of deception.

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MUN Psych & Law Lab @munpsychlawlab.bsky.social · Jul 30

Therefore, we examined if false balance (fake debate) distorts people’s estimation of expert consensus pertaining to non-verbal lie detection, even after viewing the data. More importantly, we tested whether forewarning people about a fake debate protects them against harm.

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MUN Psych & Law Lab @munpsychlawlab.bsky.social · Jul 30

The disproportionate hype around body language and microexpressions in lie deception creates a illusion of controversy. Fake experts also fuel fake debates, making misinformation on par with scientific facts and imposing a dangerous false balance.

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MUN Psych & Law Lab @munpsychlawlab.bsky.social · Jul 30

One of the most contentious topics is nonverbal lie detection. There is strong scientific consensus that nonverbal cues cannot reliably detect lies. However, the fringe notion of nonverbal lie detection has permeated pop culture, media, and remains popular among practitioners.

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MUN Psych & Law Lab @munpsychlawlab.bsky.social · Jul 30

Misinformation spans various societal issues and domains, including deception detection. Despite substantial empirical evidence on what works, this high-stake area remains riddled with misconceptions and deceitful practices about how to catch a liar.

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MUN Psych & Law Lab @munpsychlawlab.bsky.social · Jul 30

What if we view misinformation as an errant golf ball? Does shouting fore before it reaches people protect them against nonsense. Do scientists have an obligation to try to protect people by shouting out for warnings?

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MUN Psych & Law Lab @munpsychlawlab.bsky.social · Jul 30

A common practice in golf is for players to shout fore when an errant ball is heading towards others. This simple act is significant as it protects others from getting injured and it’s a form of insurance to show that the ball striker made every effort to protect someone else.

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MUN Psych & Law Lab @munpsychlawlab.bsky.social · Jul 30

1/🚨Our new paper in Legal and Criminological Psychology🚨
Fore! Does Forewarning Inoculate People Against the False Balance Effect?
By Tianshuang Han, Brent Snook, and Martin V. Day

www.researchgate.net/publication/...

doi.org/10.1111/lcrp...

Legal and Criminological Psychology | BPS Forensic Psychology Journal | Wiley Online Library

Background & Aims We examined the effect of falsely balanced messages on perceptions of expert consensus about non-verbal lie detection and whether forewarning inoculates people against the fake deb.....

doi.org

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Kirk Luther @kirkluther.bsky.social · Jul 28

1/ 🏢 Do police stations deter crime in the surrounding area? Today’s #APB showcase by Holly Thomson & Rémi Boivin explores what happened when 2 stations in Montreal closed. 🧵👇

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Tianshuang Han @t-han.bsky.social · Jul 25

Check out our new publication bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Fore! Does forewarning inoculate people against the false balance effect? Legal and Criminological Psychology

bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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EUROPEAN REGISTRY OF EXONERATIONS @eurex.bsky.social · Jul 23

In a recent interview with The Conversation, Paddy Hill describes his harrowing experience being wrongfully convicted for the Birmingham pub bombings in 1974. His story underlines how the impact of a wrongful conviction can extend far beyond exoneration.
o theconversation.com/people-think...

‘People think you come out … and live happily ever after. If only.’ The reality of life after wrongful conviction

‘Sometimes I sit in the bedroom and I’m crying my eyes out like a child’

theconversation.com

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Kirk Luther @kirkluther.bsky.social · Jul 21

#APB Spotlight Day 1, written by Sophie Curtis-Ham, Ryan Jones, & Cathrin Jordan, explores how we can measure police effort. Introducing the Police Response Effort Index (PREI), a new tool to quantify how much time different calls for service take. 🧵👇(1/5)

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MUN Psych & Law Lab @munpsychlawlab.bsky.social · Jul 5

Full text see www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Statistical Reporting Practices Within Forensic Psychology: Is Anything Changing? | Request PDF

Request PDF | Statistical Reporting Practices Within Forensic Psychology: Is Anything Changing? | Objective: We examined the evolution of statistical reporting practices within forensic psychology acr...

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MUN Psych & Law Lab @munpsychlawlab.bsky.social · Jul 5

Cohen (1994) and Gigerenzer (2004) called for using an array of statistical tools with informed judgment. We continue to reiterate the need for forensic psych researchers to move beyond NHST and apply all tools critically to ensure our science rest on a solid foundation.

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MUN Psych & Law Lab @munpsychlawlab.bsky.social · Jul 5

So, a short answer to our question: there is a somewhat, but superficially uptake of stats reform in forensic psychology. Despite an increase in reporting of ESs and CIs, these values were often reported with no further interpretation and the field remain strongly reliant on NHST.

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