The success of forensic science depends heavily on human reasoning abilities. Although we
typically navigate our lives well using those abilities, decades of psychological science …

Workplace stress can affect forensic experts' job satisfaction and performance, which holds
financial and other implications for forensic service providers. Therefore, it is important to …

Experts outperform novices on many cognitive and perceptual tasks. Extensive training has
tuned experts to the most relevant information in their specific domain, allowing them to …

The impact of cognitive bias on decisions in forensic science has been demonstrated in
numerous disciplines such as DNA and fingerprints, but has not been empirically …

Forensic science practitioners compare visual evidence samples (eg fingerprints) and
decide if they originate from the same person or different people (ie fingerprint 'matching') …

Forensic feature-comparison examiners compare—or “match”—evidence samples (eg,
fingerprints) to provide judgments about the source of the evidence. Research demonstrates …

The prevalence effect is a phenomenon whereby target prevalence impacts performance in
visual search (eg, baggage screening) and visual comparison (eg, face‐matching) tasks …

Visual comparison–or 'pattern‐matching'–is a generalisable ability to compare complex
visual stimuli (like fingerprints or faces) and decide whether they are from the same source …

The low prevalence effect is a phenomenon whereby target prevalence affects performance
in visual search (eg, baggage screening) and comparison (eg, fingerprint examination) …

Visual comparison—comparing visual stimuli (eg, fingerprints) side by side and determining
whether they originate from the same or different source (ie,“match”)—is a complex …