Research Activities

2025

Brooks, T. R., Balzarini, R., Erickson, W. B., Hinojosa, V., Jones, A. R., Macchione, A.,

Maxwell, N. P., Reysen, S., Rivers, A. S., Shelton, J., Stocks, E. (accepted). Lone Star Nationalism: Texan Identity, Negative Attitudes about Globalization, and Concern about Illegal Immigration Predict Texit Support. Journal of Globalization Studies. [2025 IF = 1.8]  

Carlson, C. A., Lockamyeir, R. F., Carlson, M. A., Goodsell, C. A., Jones, A. R.,

Wooten, A. R., & Brand, Z. T. (2025). Comparing the strength of the confidence-accuracy versus response time-accuracy relationship for eyewitness identification. Scientific Reports,15(1), 11064. [IF = 4.996] https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-96224-y

2024

Carlson, C. A., Pleasant, W. E., Carlson, M. A., Jones, A. R. (2024). Effects of internal

versus external distinctive facial features on eyewitness identification. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 38(1), e4186. [2025 IF = 1.8]  https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.4186

2023

Carlson, C. A., Lockamyeir, R. F., Wooten, A. R., Jones, A. R., Carlson, M. A.,

& Hemby, J. A. (2023). A stronger memory for the perpetrator may attenuate the effects of identification procedure on eyewitness accuracy. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 37, 419-432. [2025 IF = 1.8] https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.4045

Lockamyeir, R. F., Curt A., Carlson, Wooten, A. R., Hemby, J. A., & Jones, A. R.

(2023). Keep it simple: Concise instructions may help jurors devalue eyewitness courtroom confidence when evaluating suspect guilt. Psychology, Crime, and Law. 1-24. [2024 IF = 1.5] https://doi.org/10.1080/1068316x.2023.2166507

2022

Carlson, C. A., Lockamyeir, R. F., Jones, A. R., & Hemby, J. A. (2022). How

potential jurors evaluate eyewitness confidence and decision time across identification procedures and for different eyewitness decisions. Psychology, Crime, and Law. [IF = 1.5] https://doi.org/10.1080/1068316X.2022.2038156

2021

Carlson, C. A., Hemby, J.A., Wooten, A. R., Jones, A. R., Lockamyeir, R. F.,

Carlson, M. A., Dias, J. L., & Whittington, J. E. (2021). Testing encoding specificity and the Diagnostic Feature-Detection theory of eyewitness identification, with implications for showups, lineups, and partially disguised perpetrators. Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 6-14. [IF 2024 = 3.1] https://doi.org/10.1186/s41235-021-00276-3

Lockamyeir, R. F., Carlson, C. A., Jones, A. R., Wooten, A. R., Carlson, M. A.,

& Hemby, J. A. (2021). One perpetrator, two perpetrators: The effect of multiple perpetrators on eyewitness identification. Applied Cognitive Psychology. [2025 IF = 1.8] https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.3853

2020

Jones, A. R., Carlson, C. A., Lockamyeir, R. F., Hemby, J. A., Carlson, M. A., &

Wooten, A. R. (2020). “All I remember is the black eye”: A distinctive feature harms eyewitness identification. Applied Cognitive Psychology. [2025 IF = 1.8]  https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.3714

Whittington, J. E., Carlson, C. A., Carlson, M. A., Weatherford, D. R., Krueger, L., &

Jones, A. R. (2020). Asking an eyewitness to predict their later lineup performance could harm the confidence-accuracy relationship. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 34, 119-131. [2025 IF = 1.8] https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.3599

Wooten, A. R., Carlson, C. A., Lockamyeir, R. F., Carlson, M. A., Jones, A. R., Dias, J.

L., & Hemby, J. A. (2020). The number of fillers may not matter as long as they all match the description: The effect of simultaneous lineup size on eyewitness identification. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 34, 590-604. [2025 IF = 1.8]  https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.3644

Lockamyeir, R. F., Carlson, C. A., Jones, A. R., Carlson, M. A., & Weatherford, D. R.

(2020). The effect of viewing distance on empirical discriminability and the confidence-accuracy relationship for eyewitness identification. Applied Cognitive Psychology. [2025 IF = 1.8] https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.3683

2019

Carlson, C. A., Jones, A. R., Whittington, J. E., Lockamyeir, R. F., Carlson M. A., &

Wooten, A. R. (2019). Lineup fairness: propitious heterogeneity and the diagnostic feature-detection hypothesis. Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 4(1), 2. [IF = 3.1] https://cognitiveresearchjournal.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s41235-019-0172-5

Carlson, C. A., Jones, A. R., Goodsell, C. A., Carlson, M. A., Weatherford, D. R.,

Whittington, J. E., & Lockamyeir, R. F. (2019). A method for increasing empirical discriminability and eliminating top-row preference in photo arrays. Applied Cognitive Psychology. [2025 IF = 1.8] https://doi.org/101002/acp.3551

2016

Carlson C. A., Young, D. F., Weatherford, D. R., Carlson, M. A., Bednarz, J. E., &

Jones, A. R. (2016). The influence of perpetrator exposure time and weapon presence/timing on eyewitness confidence and accuracy. Applied Cognitive Psychology. [2025 IF = 1.8] https://doi.org/101002/acp.3275