This study sought to investigate the relation between expert witness likeability and juror
judgments of credibility and sentencing. Two actors playing expert witnesses were trained to …

This study examined how manipulations of likeability and knowledge affected mock jurors'
perceptions of female and male expert witness credibility (N= 290). Our findings extend the …

The judge or jury makes a subjective determination of when an expert is credible. However,
no published measure exists for assessment of the credibility of expert witnesses. The …

The knowledge of experts presumably affects their credibility and the degree to which the
trier of fact will agree with them. However, specific effects of demonstrated knowledge are …

This article reports on a study of the factors associated with jurors' assessments of experts'
believabiiity. A total of 156 former jurors from 24 civil cases tried in Dallas Country, Texas …

The present study was conducted to investigate the relationship between both expert
witness confidence and juror personality with expert witness credibility, as well as expert …

Although a heated debate about the use of expert witnesses rages, that debate has been
grounded in anecdotes rather than rigorous study. One issue that has received scant …

Trial consultation is a quickly growing domain of professional practice for psychologists.
Preparing expert witnesses to testify is just one prime example of practice options for …

The judicial system calls upon expert witnesses to testify in court when complex or
specialized knowledge, beyond that of the lay person, is needed to interpret the evidence …

Abstract Subjects (n= 128) initially viewed an eyewitness of high or low confidence.
Subsequently, participants viewed a psychologist who gave either espert testimony on the …