Data collection has begun!

✨ATTENTION: U of R PSYC profs and students ✨ I have created a new course ‘Children and the Law (PSYC 388AN)’ and it will be offered M/W 2:30-3:45 in Fall 2024! Please share with your undergrad students and reach out if you have questions about course content/topics!

How do lawyers build rapport with child witnesses? Our new Open Access study examing Canadian lawyers' self-reported rapport building found that lawyers' overlooked several important elements of rapport building and prosecution/defence differences authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S01…

🚨 New Pub Alert! 🚨 How do lawyers build rapport with child witnesses? Well, they oftentimes don’t. When they do they tend to do it for the wrong reasons and are unaware of the established benefits of rapport. Check it out 👇🏻 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

7 weeks of intense data collection ✅ This summer I led Kaila Bruer research team of 22 research assistants who interviewed 888 children! Stay tuned for some cool research findings coming your way 👀👀

🚨NEW PUB ALERT🚨 Is social pressure driving child eyewitnesses overconfidence? Our reframed confidence instructions decreased confidence ratings, but confidence was not indicative of accuracy. Check it out 👇🏻 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.10…

“Reframing Confidence Instructions to Child Eyewitness Reduces Overconfidence but Does Not Improve Confidence–Accuracy Calibration” has been published in Applied Cognitive Psychology! Read it here: doi.org/10.1002/acp.42…

🚨 Attn: University of Regina students! 🚨 INSPIRE is hosting their annual research symposium on Feb. 26! There are monetary prizes for the students who place in the top 3! Check it out and register below 👇🏻 uregina.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_ez…

Extremely honoured to have been selected as the FGSR SSHRC Storyteller winner!

🚨 New Pub Alert 🚨 Excited to share that my Master’s thesis has been published! We gave children 6 different lineups and we found that the number of lineups that the suspect was identified in could infer the likelihood of guilt! First 50 copies are free 👀👇🏻

‼️ Come join us tomorrow! ‼️ Our team has worked hard to put this amazing symposium on tomorrow! Come see us in the RI atrium for a full day of research presentations.

2nd INSPIRE Research Symposium ✅

Extremely honoured and excited to share that I was selected as a top 20 finalist for the SSHRC Storytellers across Canada! Thrilled to be the first recipient to receive this from the University of Regina ! Check it out 👇🏻

Congratulations to our very own Shaelyn Carr for advancing to SSHRC-CRSH Storytellers finalist stage! For all the details, visit linkedin.com/posts/aziz-dou…

Congratulations to our Honours Students, Amy and Erika, for their presentations at the Honours Symposium yesterday! And big congratulations to Amy, for winning second place🎉

If you're interested in gaining hands-on research experience in Fall 2025, email [email protected] for information regarding the Arts Work Experience Internship Program!

Dr. Bruer and Shaelyn Carr have published an article in Conversation Canada! Read, “Child eyewitnesses can be unreliable, but new techniques can support them” at the following link: theconversation.com/child-eyewitne…

Hey Canada, let’s have a conversation! Check out our article in Conversation Canada below 👇🏻

How reliable are child #eyewitnesses? Mistaken identifications lead to wrongful convictions, and kids are at greater risk of mistakes. But #URegina researchers Shaelyn Carr and Kaila Bruer are studying new techniques to make child #testimony more reliable. 🔗 The Conversation Canada

Looking to connect, learn, & grow as a graduate student? The Interdisciplinary Series for Professional Intellectual & Research Engagement (INSPIRE) is a student-led initiative offering events and worships to strengthen academic and professional success. bit.ly/47W6tpt