In the memory and cognition lab we conduct research on human learning, memory, and perception. We are currently studying various factors that affect face perception, identification accuracy, and eyewitness memory. We also investigate how people interpret scientific evidence and statistical results. Our lab is located in room 107 of the DePaul science building. Students interested in working in the lab should email Dr. Thompson.

Fall 2021 Research Assistants
  • Laura Kaiser, Anastasia Mohilewsky, Dayna Starks
  • Lauren Neiswonger, Carter Potkalitsky, Amani Scott
Recent presentations and publications (student names in red)
  • Thompson, W. B. & Radell, M. L. (2021). Acceptance of anomalous research findings: Explaining treatment implausibility reduces belief in far-fetched results. PeerJ, 9. Article e12532.
  • Krast, C., & Corchado, M. (2021, April). Eyewitness confidence: Predicting recognition of an obscured or unseen face. Presented at the virtual meeting of the Western New York Undergraduate Psychology Conference.
  • Thompson, W. B., Garry, A., Taylor, J., & Radell, M. L. (2020). Is one study as good as three? College graduates seem to think so, even if they took statistics classes. Psychology Learning and Teaching, 19(2), 143-160.
  • Thompson, B., & Hinkley, K. A. (2019, May). Frequency of video or photographic identification evidence in U.S. criminal cases. Presented at the meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, Washington, D.C.
  • Garry, A., Thompson, B., & Taylor, J. (2019, May). Base rate neglect in the interpretation of statistical results. Presented at the meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, Washington, D.C.
  • Thompson, W. B. (2019). Alpha is not the false alarm rate: An activity to dispel a common statistical misconception. Teaching of Psychology, 46, 72-79.
  • Thompson, W. B. (2018). Eyewitness memory: A field study of viewing angle, pose, and eyewitness age. Applied Psychology in Criminal Justice, 14, 102-119.
  • Thompson, W. B., Lauher, M. L. & Moody, T. R. (2017). Comparing the defendant to images of the culprit: Interpreting results of mock witness filler-control tests. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 31, 632-643.
  • Monteleone, R., Austin, L., & Thompson, B. (2017, May). Sleepiness and eyewitness memory. Presented at the meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, Boston.
  • Thompson, W. B., Dunkelberger, N., Vescio, S., & Elling, C. (2016). Does a judicial warning improve defendant-culprit matching? Applied Cognitive Psychology, 30, 757-767.