Flinders University
Dr Nathan Weber
Dr
Nathan
Weber
Flinders University
http://www.flinders.edu.au/people/nathan.weber
| Position/s: | Academic Staff School of Psychology |
| Phone: | +61 8 82012968 |
| Email: | nathan.weber@flinders.edu.au |
| Location: | Social Sciences North (380) |
| Postal address: | GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, South Australia |
Qualifications
B.Sc. (Hons.), Ph.D. (Flinders)
Research and consultancy
Research interests
My research is primarily focused on applied and theoretical aspects of metacognition. Theoretically oriented projects include investigations of: monitoring and control processes in recognition memory and mechanisms underlying positive versus negative recognition decisions. My applied work includes projects examining: processes and factors underlying a witness's decision to make an identification from a line-up; regulation of grain size and reporting of eyewitness testimony; and predictors (e.g., confidence and response latency) of identification accuracy.
Postgraduate research supervision
Nicky Guerin
Project title: Modeling the eyewitness identification decision
Rachel Hiller
Project title: Gender differences in the development of theory-of-mind and executive functioning in typically developing and autistic pre-school aged children
Caitlin Hitchcock
Project title: Overgeneral autobiographical memory in children who have experienced trauma
Nicole Reid
Project title: Factors underlying information withholding in eyewitness memory
Stacey Taylor-Aldridge
Project title: The role of informativeness in eyewitness testimony
Sarah Timmins
Project title: Mechanisms underlying the positive-negative difference in the confidence-accuracy relationship
Carmen Yap
Project title: Why confess? Motivations underlying confessions
Potential PhD Projects:
(1) testing/developing theories of recognition in complex tasks (e.g., lineup decisions)
(2) theories of monitoring (e.g., confidence judgments) and control (e.g., decisions to report an answer or say "don't know") of memory
(3) applying the above theories to improve eyewitness evidence (eyewitness testimony from interviews or eyewitness identifications from lineups)
Publications
Refereed journal articles
Weber, N. & Perfect, T., 2012. Improving eyewitness identification accuracy by screening out those who say they don't know. Law and Human Behavior, (1), 28-36.
Sauer, J., Weber, N., & Brewer, N., 2012. Using ecphoric confidence ratings to discriminate seen from unseen faces: The effects of retention interval and distinctiveness. PSYCHONOMIC BULLETIN & REVIEW, 19, 490-498.
Palmer, M.A., Brewer, N., McKinnon, A.C., & Weber, N., 2010. Phenomenological reports diagnose accuracy of eyewitness identification decisions. Acta Psychologica, 133(2), 137-145.
Palmer, M.A., Brewer, N., & Weber, N., 2010. Postidentification feedback affects subsequent eyewitness identification performance. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 16(4), 387-398.
Sauer, J., Brewer, N., Zweck, F.A., & Weber, N., 2010. The effect of retention interval on the confidence-accuracy relationship for eyewitness identification. Law and Human Behavior.
Brewer, N. & Weber, N., 2008. Eyewitness confidence and latency: indices of memory processes not just markers of accuracy. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 22(6), 827-840.
Lindsay, R.C., Semmler, C.A., Weber, N., Brewer, N., & Lindsay, M.R., 2008. How variations in distance affect eyewitness reports and identification accuracy. Law and Human Behaviour, 32, 526-535.
Sauer, J., Brewer, N., & Weber, N., 2008. Multiple confidence estimates as indices of eyewitness memory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 137(3), 528-547.
Weber, N. & Brewer, N., 2008. Eyewitness recall: regulation of grain size and the role of confidence. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 14(1), 50-60.
Brewer, N., Caon, A., Todd, C.L., & Weber, N., 2006. Eyewitness identification accuracy and response latency. Law and Human Behaviour, 30(1), 31-50.
Refereed journal articles
Weber, N. & Perfect, T., 2012. Improving eyewitness identification accuracy by screening out those who say they don't know. Law and Human Behavior, (1), 28-36.
Sauer, J., Weber, N., & Brewer, N., 2012. Using ecphoric confidence ratings to discriminate seen from unseen faces: The effects of retention interval and distinctiveness. PSYCHONOMIC BULLETIN & REVIEW, 19, 490-498.
Palmer, M.A., Brewer, N., McKinnon, A.C., & Weber, N., 2010. Phenomenological reports diagnose accuracy of eyewitness identification decisions. Acta Psychologica, 133(2), 137-145.
Palmer, M.A., Brewer, N., & Weber, N., 2010. Postidentification feedback affects subsequent eyewitness identification performance. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 16(4), 387-398.
Sauer, J., Brewer, N., Zweck, F.A., & Weber, N., 2010. The effect of retention interval on the confidence-accuracy relationship for eyewitness identification. Law and Human Behavior.
Sauer, J., Brewer, N., & Weber, N., 2008. Multiple confidence estimates as indices of eyewitness memory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 137(3), 528-547.
Lindsay, R.C., Semmler, C.A., Weber, N., Brewer, N., & Lindsay, M.R., 2008. How variations in distance affect eyewitness reports and identification accuracy. Law and Human Behaviour, 32, 526-535.
Brewer, N., Weber, N., Clark, A.E., & Wells, G.L., 2008. Distinguishing accurate from inaccurate eyewitness identifications with an optional deadline procedure. Psychology, Crime & Law, 14(5), 397-414.
Brewer, N. & Weber, N., 2008. Eyewitness confidence and latency: indices of memory processes not just markers of accuracy. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 22(6), 827-840.
Weber, N. & Brewer, N., 2008. Eyewitness recall: regulation of grain size and the role of confidence. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 14(1), 50-60.
Brewer, N., Caon, A., Todd, C.L., & Weber, N., 2006. Eyewitness identification accuracy and response latency. Law and Human Behaviour, 30(1), 31-50.
Weber, N. & Brewer, N., 2006. Positive versus negative face recognition decisions: confidence, accuracy, and response latency. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 20(1), 17-31.
Weber, N. & Brewer, N., 2004. Confidence-accuracy calibration in absolute and relative face recognition judgements. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 10(3), 156-172.
Weber, N., Brewer, N., Wells, G.L., Semmler, C.A., & Keast, A.L., 2004. Eyewitness identification accuracy and response latency: the unruly 10-12 second rule. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 10(3), 139-147.
Weber, N. & Brewer, N., 2003. Expert memory: the interaction of stimulus structure, attention, and expertise. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 17(3), 295-308.
Weber, N. & Brewer, N., 2003. The effect of judgement type and confidence scale on confidence - accuracy calibration in face recognitiion. Journal of Applied Psychology, 88(3), 490-499.
Brewer, N., Mitchell, P.R., & Weber, N., 2002. Gender role, organizational status, and conflict management styles. International Journal of Conflict Management, 13(1), 78-94.
Book chapters
Weber, N., Brewer, N., & Margitich, S.D., 2008. The confidence-accuracy relation in eyewitness identification: effects of verbal versus numeric confidence scales. In Applied Psychology Research Trends. Hauppauge NY: Nova Science Publishers, pp. 103-118.
Weber, N. & Brewer, N., 2008. Response latency in eyewitness identification. In Encyclopedia of Psychology and Law. USA: SAGE Publications, Inc., pp. 692-693.
Brewer, N., Semmler, C.A., & Weber, N., 2007. A role for theory in eyewitness identification research. In Handbook of Eyewitness Psychology: Volume 2: Memory for People. Mahwah, New Jersey, USA: Lawrence Erlbaum, pp. 201-218.
Brewer, N., Weber, N., & Semmler, C.A., 2005. Eyewitness identification. In Psychology and Law: An Empirical Perspective. New York, NY: Guilford Press, pp. 177-221.
Weber, N. & Brewer, N., 2003. Confidence-accuracy calibration for absolute and relative judgements. In Much Ado About Crime: Chapters on Psychology and Law. Brussels, Belgium: Uitgeverij Politeia N.V, pp. 141-149.
Refereed conference papers
Brewer, N., Weber, N., & Wells, G.L., 2004. Does a 10-12 second decision latency optimally discriminate correct from incorrect eyewitness identifications?. Proceedings of the 39th APS Annual Conference, 39-42.
Conference publications
Nishizawa, T., Reid, N.A., Weber, N., & Brewer, N., 2012. Why do witnesses withhold information? The effects of context and audience on grain size choice. The Annual Conference of the Society of Australasian Social Psychologists, Adelaide, Australia.
Sauer, J., Weber, N., & Brewer, N., 2011. Discriminating seen from unseen faces using confidence ratings: Effects of retention interval and facial distinctiveness. 4th International Congress on Psychology and Law, Miami, USA.
Sauer, J., Weber, N., & Brewer, N., 2011. Confidence ratings as "direct" indices of recognition: The efects of criterion placement. 9th Biennial Conference of the Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, New York, USA.
Horry, R., Brewer, N., & Weber, N., 2011. Identification by rejection: Increasing the diagnosticity of lineup decision. Identification by rejection: Increasing the diagnosticity of lineup decision, 9th Biennial Conference of the Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, New York, USA.
Nixon, R.D., Weber, N., & Hitchcock, C., 2011. Overgeneral memory in trauma-exposed children. 34th National Conference of the Australian Association for Cognitive and Behaviour Therapy, Sydney, Australia.
Palmer, M.A., Brewer, N., & Weber, N., 2011. Effects of performance feedback on response bias and discriminability in face recognition. 9th Biennial Conference of the Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, New York, USA.
Brewer, N., Zweck, F.A., Weber, N., & Wells, G.L., 2011. The influence of feedback on pre-identification confidence and witness identifications. 9th Biennial Conference of the Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, New York, USA.
Brewer, N., Palmer, M.A., McKinnon, A.C., & Weber, N., 2010. Phenomenological reports diagnose accuracy of eyewitness identification decisions. 20th Conference of the European Association of Psychology and Law.
Sauer, J., Brewer, N., & Weber, N., 2010. Using witnesses' confidence estimates to identify a culprit among foils. British Psychological Society Division of Forensic Psychology Conference.
Brewer, N., Weber, N., & Wootton, D.J., 2009. Eyewitness identification : an alternative approach to accessing eyewitness memory. 8th Biennial Meeting of the Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 12-12.
Sauer, J., Brewer, N., Zweck, F.A., & Weber, N., 2009. The effects of varied retention interval on the confidence-accuracy relationship for eyewitness recognition memory : a field study. 8th Biennial Meeting of the Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 14-14.
Palmer, M.A., Brewer, N., & Weber, N., 2008. Eyewitness identification responses to multiple lineups. The Abstracts of the 35th Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference, 92-92.
Palmer, M.A., Brewer, N., & Weber, N., 2008. Should eyewitnesses view multiple lineups?. 12th Biennial Conference of the International Society for Justice Research.
Williamson, P.J. & Weber, N., 2007. Exploring confidence judgments when guessing. The 7th Biannual Meeting of the Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition.
Weber, N., Williamson, P.J., & Woodard, L., 2007. The confidence-accuracy relationship in face recognition: Inclusion and elimination strategies. EPC 2007: Program and Abstracts of the 34th Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference, 59(Suppl. 1), 65-65.
Weber, N., Williamson, P.J., & Woodard, L., 2007. Inclusion and elimination strategies and the confidence-accuracy relationship in face recognition. SARMAC VII: The Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition.
Weber, N. & Perfect, T., 2007. Response biases and reporting biases: Free-report recognition by older and younger adults. EPC 2007: Program and Abstracts of the 34th Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference.
Weber, N. & Perfect, T., 2007. Metacognitive monitoring and control in older and younger adults. SARMAC VII: The Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition.
Sauer, J., Brewer, N., & Weber, N., 2007. Identifying the culprit using patterns of confidence judgments across simultaneous lineup members. SARMAC VII: The Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition.
Palmer, M.A., Brewer, N., & Weber, N., 2007. Using confidence and latency to discriminate correct from incorrect eyewitness identification decisions in a multiple-lineup task. SARMAC VII: The Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition.
Weber, N., Coleman, B., & Brewer, N., 2006. Monitoring and control processes in face recognition memory. 33rd Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference.
Sauer, J., Brewer, N., & Weber, N., 2006. Using multiple confidence estimates to discriminate seen from unseen faces. 33rd Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference.
Weber, N., Hogan, A.G., & Williamson, P.J., 2006. The confidence-accuracy relationship for positive and negative decisions. 4th International Conference on Memory.
Weber, N., Coleman, B., & Brewer, N., 2006. Quantity and accuracy in face recognition: positive versus negative decisions. The case, the courts, the consequences: 16th European Conference of Psychology and Law.
Lindsay, R.C., Semmler, C.A., Weber, N., Brewer, N., & Lindsay, M.R., 2006. Distance and eyewitness identification accuracy: Opposition to the 15 meter rule. American Psychology-Law Society Conference.
Palmer, M.A., Brewer, N., & Weber, N., 2006. How do eyewitnesses respond when presented with both target-present and target-absent lineups. 4th International Conference on Memory.
Palmer, M.A., Brewer, N., & Weber, N., 2006. One crime, one suspect, two decisions: Eyewitness identifications from target-present and target-absent lineups. 33rd Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference.
Sauer, J., Brewer, N., & Weber, N., 2006. The diagnosticity of multiple eyewitness confidence assessments. 4th International Conference on Memory.
Weber, N. & Brewer, N., 2005. Confidence-accuracy calibration in positive and negative face recognition judgments. Proceedings of the 6th Biennial Conference of the Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition.
Weber, N. & Brewer, N., 2005. Regulation of grain size in eyewitness memory. 32nd Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference.
Brewer, N., McKinnon, A.C., Palmer, M.A., & Weber, N., 2005. Exploring eyewitness identification decision processes [Abstract]. New horizons for psychology and law: 15th European Conference on Psychology and Law.
Zweck, F.A., Brewer, N., Weber, N., & Wells, G.L., 2005. Meta-cognitive variables as determinants of eyewitness choosing behaviour. Proceedings of the 6th Biennial Conference of the Society to Applied Research in Memory and Cognition.
Brewer, N., Palmer, M.A., McKinnon, A.C., & Weber, N., 2005. Decision processes underlying eyewitness identifications. Proceedings of the American Psychology-Law Society.
Brewer, N., Caon, A., Todd, C.L., & Weber, N., 2005. Moving the optimum time boundary for accurate idenfications. Proceedings of the 6th Biennial Conference for the Society of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition.
Weber, N. & Brewer, N., 2005. Regulation of grain size in eyewitness memory. Proceedings for American Psychology-Law Society Conference.
Brewer, N., Weber, N., & Wells, G.L., 2004. Is there a 'magical' decision latency that discriminates correct from incorrect eyewitness identifications? [Abstract]. Facing the Challenges of a Changing World: 14th European Conference on Psychology and Law, 48-48.
Weber, N. & Brewer, N., 2003. Confidence-accuracy calibration in a face recognition line-up [Abstract]. Psychology and Law: International, Interdisciplinary Conference 2003, 55-55.
Brewer, N., Weber, N., & Semmler, C.A., 2003. Eyewitness identification: How theory development can guide practice [Abstract]. Psychology and Law international interdisciplinary conference 2003, 23-23.
Weber, N. & Brewer, N., 2003. Confidence-accuracy calibration in face recognition: effects of judgment type vs task difficulty [Abstract]. SARMAC: The society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition: Fifth Biennial Conference, 10-10.
Weber, N. & Brewer, N., 2001. The temporal locus of confidence judgments in face recognition. Fourth Biennial Meeting of the Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition.
Brewer, N., Fisher, R., Weber, N., Luszcz, M.A., & Bond, N.W., 2001. The contribution of testimonial inconcsistencies and other behavioural markers to the prediction of eyewitness accuracy. Fourth Biennial Meeting of the Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition.
