Research

Research Interests

My research focuses on the reliability and credibility of eyewitness testimony, with a specific emphasis on evaluating police procedures used with children. I am particularly interested in how individual differences in children's temperament relates to their eyewitness performance, as well as factors that impact jurors’ perceptions of witnesses. Additional research interests include theories and measurements of personality, the influence of personality on voting behavior, and the etiology of antisocial personalities.

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Refereed Books

Cotterill, B. F. (2023). Personality psychology, ideology, and voting behavior: beyond the ballot. Palgrave Macmillan.

Cotterill, B. F. (2022). Are children reliable witnesses? Palgrave Macmillan.

Journal Articles

Cotterill, B. F. (2022). The relationship between psychological birth order position and personality type. Journal of Individual Psychology, 78(2), 238-256.

Cotterill, B. F. (2022). The impact of summaries by judges and juror characteristics on juror decision making. Journal of Articles in Support of the Null Hypothesis, 18(2).

Cotterill, B. F. (2020). Gender and suggestibility. Forensic Update, 134, 22-24.

Media Communication

Book Lover's Companion, Episode 130: No Body in Blackberry Cove: Small Town Murder Mystery. A chat with Ben Cotterill. (2023, December 3).

Book Lover's Companion, Episode 113 Live: Forensic Psychology in Reality and Fiction with Ben Cotterill. (2023, August 11).

WAMC Northeast Public Radio, (2023, January 9).

Literally No Subtext with Dear Kristin, Talking MBTI with a Psychology Professor (feat. Dr. Ben Cotterill). (2022, December 7).

Cotterill, B. F. (2022, September 26). Children's eyewitness testimony can be as accurate as adults' or more so – if interviewers follow these guidelines. The Conversation.