Rebecca Ying
@rying.bsky.social
Cog Psych PhD candidate @ Iowa State University | eyewitness ID researcher | she/her | rcying.wixsite.com/site
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We hope everyone enjoyed #apls2026! See you next year for #apls2027 in Louisville! @aplssc.bsky.social
March 15, 2026 at 3:00 PM
We hope everyone enjoyed #apls2026! See you next year for #apls2027 in Louisville! @aplssc.bsky.social
A haiku for my labmate, Taylor Tracy, who presented her first-ever AP-LS poster this year:
Opt-out instructions
Might result in info loss
But we found no change
Instead, witnesses
lowered their criterion
for high-conf judgments.
#apls2026
Opt-out instructions
Might result in info loss
But we found no change
Instead, witnesses
lowered their criterion
for high-conf judgments.
#apls2026
March 15, 2026 at 7:45 PM
A haiku for my labmate, Taylor Tracy, who presented her first-ever AP-LS poster this year:
Opt-out instructions
Might result in info loss
But we found no change
Instead, witnesses
lowered their criterion
for high-conf judgments.
#apls2026
Opt-out instructions
Might result in info loss
But we found no change
Instead, witnesses
lowered their criterion
for high-conf judgments.
#apls2026
Very delayed haikus from #apls2026 for my friend Katie Cunius (UNR), as is tradition:
When a defendant
Is in an extremist group
schemas sway verdicts
When a defendant
Is in an extremist group
schemas sway verdicts
March 15, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Very delayed haikus from #apls2026 for my friend Katie Cunius (UNR), as is tradition:
When a defendant
Is in an extremist group
schemas sway verdicts
When a defendant
Is in an extremist group
schemas sway verdicts
I had an amazing time at #apls2026 in Reno! I was excited to present my recent work examining how repeated-suspect presentations contaminate memory and put innocent suspects at risk. It was also lovely to spend time with some of my favorite people. ☺️
Can't wait for Louisville next year!
Can't wait for Louisville next year!
March 15, 2026 at 7:25 PM
I had an amazing time at #apls2026 in Reno! I was excited to present my recent work examining how repeated-suspect presentations contaminate memory and put innocent suspects at risk. It was also lovely to spend time with some of my favorite people. ☺️
Can't wait for Louisville next year!
Can't wait for Louisville next year!
Very excited to announce that I will be joining the Department of Psychological Science at Kennesaw State University as an Assistant Professor this upcoming Fall! ☺️
January 22, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Very excited to announce that I will be joining the Department of Psychological Science at Kennesaw State University as an Assistant Professor this upcoming Fall! ☺️
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"AI-Faces by Illinois" include 1,152 AI-generated images of children by age (3-15), gender, eight racial background, and emotion (smile, angry, sad). Images (osf.io/vurm5/) and Preprint available(doi.org/10.31234/osf...) with @brendacstraka.bsky.social and @Dr. Michael Rizzo!
November 15, 2025 at 3:54 AM
"AI-Faces by Illinois" include 1,152 AI-generated images of children by age (3-15), gender, eight racial background, and emotion (smile, angry, sad). Images (osf.io/vurm5/) and Preprint available(doi.org/10.31234/osf...) with @brendacstraka.bsky.social and @Dr. Michael Rizzo!
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Excited to present in the Artificial Intelligence and Human Memory symposium at 3:45 alongside some really great researchers. Hope y’all can drop by! #psynom2025 @psychonomicsociety.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Excited to present in the Artificial Intelligence and Human Memory symposium at 3:45 alongside some really great researchers. Hope y’all can drop by! #psynom2025 @psychonomicsociety.bsky.social
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It's been 20+ years since researchers recommended that police videorecord lineups. But no one has empirically tested the diagnostic value of these videos... until now.
Here, we provide a compelling case to mandate the videorecording of lineup procedures.
Here, we provide a compelling case to mandate the videorecording of lineup procedures.
July 29, 2025 at 11:50 PM
It's been 20+ years since researchers recommended that police videorecord lineups. But no one has empirically tested the diagnostic value of these videos... until now.
Here, we provide a compelling case to mandate the videorecording of lineup procedures.
Here, we provide a compelling case to mandate the videorecording of lineup procedures.
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Finding #3:
Witnesses' lineup behavior can diagnose high-confidence mistaken identifications. When witnesses are highly confident but their behavior indicates a weak and disfluent recognition experience, the CJS system should doubt their accuracy.
Witnesses' lineup behavior can diagnose high-confidence mistaken identifications. When witnesses are highly confident but their behavior indicates a weak and disfluent recognition experience, the CJS system should doubt their accuracy.
July 29, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Finding #3:
Witnesses' lineup behavior can diagnose high-confidence mistaken identifications. When witnesses are highly confident but their behavior indicates a weak and disfluent recognition experience, the CJS system should doubt their accuracy.
Witnesses' lineup behavior can diagnose high-confidence mistaken identifications. When witnesses are highly confident but their behavior indicates a weak and disfluent recognition experience, the CJS system should doubt their accuracy.
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Finding #2:
Not only did witness behaviors discriminate between accurate and inaccurate decisions, but they also improved classification performance over and above confidence and decision speed.
Not only did witness behaviors discriminate between accurate and inaccurate decisions, but they also improved classification performance over and above confidence and decision speed.
July 29, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Finding #2:
Not only did witness behaviors discriminate between accurate and inaccurate decisions, but they also improved classification performance over and above confidence and decision speed.
Not only did witness behaviors discriminate between accurate and inaccurate decisions, but they also improved classification performance over and above confidence and decision speed.
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Finding #1:
Accurate witnesses behaved markedly different than inaccurate witnesses—a strong and fluent recognition experience implied accuracy and a weak and disfluent recognition experience implied inaccuracy.
Accurate witnesses behaved markedly different than inaccurate witnesses—a strong and fluent recognition experience implied accuracy and a weak and disfluent recognition experience implied inaccuracy.
July 29, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Finding #1:
Accurate witnesses behaved markedly different than inaccurate witnesses—a strong and fluent recognition experience implied accuracy and a weak and disfluent recognition experience implied inaccuracy.
Accurate witnesses behaved markedly different than inaccurate witnesses—a strong and fluent recognition experience implied accuracy and a weak and disfluent recognition experience implied inaccuracy.
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🚨 New preprint 🚨
Why should police video-record lineups?
We videorecorded 1496 witnesses as they completed lineups. We coded the behaviors that these witnesses demonstrated and subjected the resulting data to machine learning analyses.
Link and findings below!
Why should police video-record lineups?
We videorecorded 1496 witnesses as they completed lineups. We coded the behaviors that these witnesses demonstrated and subjected the resulting data to machine learning analyses.
Link and findings below!
July 29, 2025 at 11:50 PM
🚨 New preprint 🚨
Why should police video-record lineups?
We videorecorded 1496 witnesses as they completed lineups. We coded the behaviors that these witnesses demonstrated and subjected the resulting data to machine learning analyses.
Link and findings below!
Why should police video-record lineups?
We videorecorded 1496 witnesses as they completed lineups. We coded the behaviors that these witnesses demonstrated and subjected the resulting data to machine learning analyses.
Link and findings below!
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Why are lineup rejections less diagnostic of innocence than suspect identifications are of guilt?
Take a look at our preprint for insight on this all-too-common finding of the eyewitness id literature.
Take a look at our preprint for insight on this all-too-common finding of the eyewitness id literature.
🚨 New preprint available!
In this paper, we look at why lineups better inculpate the guilty than they do exculpate the innocent (the rejection-inferiority effect).
W/ Andrew Smith, Jim Lampinen, @nydia-ayala.bsky.social, & Ian Dobbins
🔗 www.researchgate.net/publication/...
In this paper, we look at why lineups better inculpate the guilty than they do exculpate the innocent (the rejection-inferiority effect).
W/ Andrew Smith, Jim Lampinen, @nydia-ayala.bsky.social, & Ian Dobbins
🔗 www.researchgate.net/publication/...
(PDF) The Rejection-Inferiority Effect: Why are Eyewitness Lineups More Effective at Demonstrating Guilt than Innocence?
PDF | Experimental research on eyewitness lineups demonstrates a rejection-inferiority effect: the inculpatory value of lineups exceeds the exculpatory... | Find, read and cite all the research you ne...
www.researchgate.net
July 30, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Why are lineup rejections less diagnostic of innocence than suspect identifications are of guilt?
Take a look at our preprint for insight on this all-too-common finding of the eyewitness id literature.
Take a look at our preprint for insight on this all-too-common finding of the eyewitness id literature.
‼️ Another new preprint ‼️
Here, we find that video recordings of lineup procedures can aid us with diagnosing witness accuracy (over and above confidence and decision time).
This project provides even more evidence that the legal system should mandate video recording lineups.
Here, we find that video recordings of lineup procedures can aid us with diagnosing witness accuracy (over and above confidence and decision time).
This project provides even more evidence that the legal system should mandate video recording lineups.
🚨 New preprint 🚨
Why should police video-record lineups?
We videorecorded 1496 witnesses as they completed lineups. We coded the behaviors that these witnesses demonstrated and subjected the resulting data to machine learning analyses.
Link and findings below!
Why should police video-record lineups?
We videorecorded 1496 witnesses as they completed lineups. We coded the behaviors that these witnesses demonstrated and subjected the resulting data to machine learning analyses.
Link and findings below!
July 29, 2025 at 11:55 PM
‼️ Another new preprint ‼️
Here, we find that video recordings of lineup procedures can aid us with diagnosing witness accuracy (over and above confidence and decision time).
This project provides even more evidence that the legal system should mandate video recording lineups.
Here, we find that video recordings of lineup procedures can aid us with diagnosing witness accuracy (over and above confidence and decision time).
This project provides even more evidence that the legal system should mandate video recording lineups.
🚨 New preprint available!
In this paper, we look at why lineups better inculpate the guilty than they do exculpate the innocent (the rejection-inferiority effect).
W/ Andrew Smith, Jim Lampinen, @nydia-ayala.bsky.social, & Ian Dobbins
🔗 www.researchgate.net/publication/...
In this paper, we look at why lineups better inculpate the guilty than they do exculpate the innocent (the rejection-inferiority effect).
W/ Andrew Smith, Jim Lampinen, @nydia-ayala.bsky.social, & Ian Dobbins
🔗 www.researchgate.net/publication/...
(PDF) The Rejection-Inferiority Effect: Why are Eyewitness Lineups More Effective at Demonstrating Guilt than Innocence?
PDF | Experimental research on eyewitness lineups demonstrates a rejection-inferiority effect: the inculpatory value of lineups exceeds the exculpatory... | Find, read and cite all the research you ne...
www.researchgate.net
July 29, 2025 at 10:30 PM
🚨 New preprint available!
In this paper, we look at why lineups better inculpate the guilty than they do exculpate the innocent (the rejection-inferiority effect).
W/ Andrew Smith, Jim Lampinen, @nydia-ayala.bsky.social, & Ian Dobbins
🔗 www.researchgate.net/publication/...
In this paper, we look at why lineups better inculpate the guilty than they do exculpate the innocent (the rejection-inferiority effect).
W/ Andrew Smith, Jim Lampinen, @nydia-ayala.bsky.social, & Ian Dobbins
🔗 www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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Very excited to publicly share news about a new tool, Papercheck, that @debruine.bsky.social and me started to develop more than a year ago! In an introductory blog post, we explain our philosophy to automatically check scientific papers for best practices. daniellakens.blogspot.com/2025/06/intr...
Introducing Papercheck
Introducing Papercheck Introducing Papercheck An Automated Tool to Check for Best Practices in Scientifi...
daniellakens.blogspot.com
June 17, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Very excited to publicly share news about a new tool, Papercheck, that @debruine.bsky.social and me started to develop more than a year ago! In an introductory blog post, we explain our philosophy to automatically check scientific papers for best practices. daniellakens.blogspot.com/2025/06/intr...
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For anyone interested in conducting lineup identification research, check out this valuable database of research materials generously shared by #SARMAC2025 presenter Ryan Fitzgerald, Stefana Juncu, @evaribbers.bsky.social and @evarubinova.bsky.social osf.io/vrj3u @sarmac2025.bsky.social
Eyewitness Lineup Identity (ELI) database
Hosted on the Open Science Framework
osf.io
June 13, 2025 at 3:30 PM
For anyone interested in conducting lineup identification research, check out this valuable database of research materials generously shared by #SARMAC2025 presenter Ryan Fitzgerald, Stefana Juncu, @evaribbers.bsky.social and @evarubinova.bsky.social osf.io/vrj3u @sarmac2025.bsky.social
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Meet the AP-LS Campus Representatives! Today we have Rebecca Ying from Iowa State University's Cognitive Psychology Ph.D. program.
April 1, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Meet the AP-LS Campus Representatives! Today we have Rebecca Ying from Iowa State University's Cognitive Psychology Ph.D. program.
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New blog post! In which I explain the issue with mediation analysis and sketch out one way to deal with the underlying causal inference problem -- in just a bit over 1,000 words!
If you have never found the time to read up on this, now is your chance.
www.the100.ci/2025/03/20/r...
If you have never found the time to read up on this, now is your chance.
www.the100.ci/2025/03/20/r...
Reviewer notes: That’s a very nice mediation analysis you have there. It would be a shame if something happened to it.
Mediation analysis has gotten a lot of flak, including classic titles such as “Yes, but what’s the mechanism? (Don’t expect an easy answer)” (Bullock et al., 2010), “What mediation analysis can (not) ...
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March 20, 2025 at 1:40 PM
New blog post! In which I explain the issue with mediation analysis and sketch out one way to deal with the underlying causal inference problem -- in just a bit over 1,000 words!
If you have never found the time to read up on this, now is your chance.
www.the100.ci/2025/03/20/r...
If you have never found the time to read up on this, now is your chance.
www.the100.ci/2025/03/20/r...
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📚 Are you an early career researcher (undergrad to postdoc) in psych, neuro, or a related field?
Are you seeking feedback on an unsubmitted manuscript or a response to reviews?
Our “pre-review” program offers feedback from experienced reviewers!
👇 Learn more & apply:
go.iu.edu/rzfair
Are you seeking feedback on an unsubmitted manuscript or a response to reviews?
Our “pre-review” program offers feedback from experienced reviewers!
👇 Learn more & apply:
go.iu.edu/rzfair
Trainee Interest for Formative and Interactive Review (FAIR)
To participate in FAIR, you must be an early career researcher (undergraduate to post-doc) in psychology, neuroscience, or a related field.
We offer multiple ways to engage in FAIR, depending on your...
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March 18, 2025 at 3:58 PM
📚 Are you an early career researcher (undergrad to postdoc) in psych, neuro, or a related field?
Are you seeking feedback on an unsubmitted manuscript or a response to reviews?
Our “pre-review” program offers feedback from experienced reviewers!
👇 Learn more & apply:
go.iu.edu/rzfair
Are you seeking feedback on an unsubmitted manuscript or a response to reviews?
Our “pre-review” program offers feedback from experienced reviewers!
👇 Learn more & apply:
go.iu.edu/rzfair
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In Australia,
Risk assessment is the big
Forensic question.
(Not like the US,
Where competency is the
Biggest referral)
@tessneal.bsky.social
#APLS2025 #PsychLaw
#AcademicHaiku
Risk assessment is the big
Forensic question.
(Not like the US,
Where competency is the
Biggest referral)
@tessneal.bsky.social
#APLS2025 #PsychLaw
#AcademicHaiku
March 14, 2025 at 12:36 PM
In Australia,
Risk assessment is the big
Forensic question.
(Not like the US,
Where competency is the
Biggest referral)
@tessneal.bsky.social
#APLS2025 #PsychLaw
#AcademicHaiku
Risk assessment is the big
Forensic question.
(Not like the US,
Where competency is the
Biggest referral)
@tessneal.bsky.social
#APLS2025 #PsychLaw
#AcademicHaiku
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Forensic tools used
In Australia pass the
Quality test more
(Compared to past look
At the psych tests we’ve used in
US court evals)
@tessneal.bsky.social
#APLS2025 #PsychLaw #AcademicHaiku
In Australia pass the
Quality test more
(Compared to past look
At the psych tests we’ve used in
US court evals)
@tessneal.bsky.social
#APLS2025 #PsychLaw #AcademicHaiku
March 14, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Forensic tools used
In Australia pass the
Quality test more
(Compared to past look
At the psych tests we’ve used in
US court evals)
@tessneal.bsky.social
#APLS2025 #PsychLaw #AcademicHaiku
In Australia pass the
Quality test more
(Compared to past look
At the psych tests we’ve used in
US court evals)
@tessneal.bsky.social
#APLS2025 #PsychLaw #AcademicHaiku
✨Back to doing APLS haikus ✨
Ideologies
mediate guilt perceptions
of extremist groups.
- Cunius, “Justification of Decisions Toward an Extremist Group Member”
#APLS2025 #Psychlaw #AcademicHaiku
Ideologies
mediate guilt perceptions
of extremist groups.
- Cunius, “Justification of Decisions Toward an Extremist Group Member”
#APLS2025 #Psychlaw #AcademicHaiku
March 13, 2025 at 10:17 PM
✨Back to doing APLS haikus ✨
Ideologies
mediate guilt perceptions
of extremist groups.
- Cunius, “Justification of Decisions Toward an Extremist Group Member”
#APLS2025 #Psychlaw #AcademicHaiku
Ideologies
mediate guilt perceptions
of extremist groups.
- Cunius, “Justification of Decisions Toward an Extremist Group Member”
#APLS2025 #Psychlaw #AcademicHaiku
Reposted by Rebecca Ying
Maya Irvin-Vitela will be presenting this work in the Saturday 3/15 datablitz (5pm-6pm) in San Cristobol. This work is from Ciera Arnett's dissertation (Maya helped as a coder!). Interesting work & findings about psychosis, substance use, & insanity. #APLS2025 #Law #Psychology #PsychLaw #CLJLab
March 13, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Maya Irvin-Vitela will be presenting this work in the Saturday 3/15 datablitz (5pm-6pm) in San Cristobol. This work is from Ciera Arnett's dissertation (Maya helped as a coder!). Interesting work & findings about psychosis, substance use, & insanity. #APLS2025 #Law #Psychology #PsychLaw #CLJLab