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VITA

KATHY PEZDEK, Ph.D.

 

Professor Emerit of Psychology

Claremont Graduate University

Claremont, California 91711

Email: Kathy.Pezdek@CGU.EDU

(909) 621-6900

Website: https://www.cgu.edu/people/kathy-pezdek/

 

 EDUCATION  

 

  • Ph.D., Psychology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1975 

  • M.A., Psychology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1972  

  • B.S.,    Psychology, University of Virginia, Fredericksburg, 1971 

 

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS  

 

  • Association for Psychological Science, Elected APS Fellow, 1999; APS Fellows Committee, 2014 – 2017; Member of the APS Publications Committee, 2024 -  present

  • The Psychonomic Society, Elected Fellow

                           Society of Women in Cognitive Science; Outstanding Mentor Award, 2016

  • American Psychology - Law Society, APA Division 41

  • Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition; 

                          President, 2000-2006

                          Elected Governing Board Member, 1994-present

                          Publications Committee Chair, 2009 - 2013

 

EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE

 

  • North American Editor of Applied Cognitive Psychology (1995-2000)

  • Member of the Editorial Board for: 

    • Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied (2022 - present)

    • Journal of Applied Research in Memory & Cognition (2011 - present)

    • Journal of Applied Psychology (2002 – 2009)

    • Legal and Criminological Psychology (2005 - present)

    • Journal of Trauma & Dissociation (2014 - present)

    • Applied Cognitive Psychology (1993 - 2011)

    • Child Development (1984-1985), (1987-1991) 

 

GENERAL RESEARCH INTERESTS                  GENERAL TEACHING INTERESTS

      Eyewitness Memory & Identification                   Statistics & Research Methodology

      Suggestibility of Memory                                     Memory

      Visual Memory                                                     Psychology & Law                  

      Autobiographical Memory                                    Applied Cognitive Psychology

                                     

PUBLICATIONS -- All Copies Available: https://kathypezdek.wixsite.com/appliedmemory/research

 

 

Journal Articles 

 

Dunn, G.P., Pezdek, K., and Reisberg, D. (in press). Viewing police body-worn camera video of use of force incidents: Does repeated or slow motion viewing matter? Law and Human Behavior.

 

Schultz, P.W. and Pezdek, K. (2026). Scalable psychological solutions to environmental problems. Trends in Cognitive Science.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2026.01.010

 

Marsh, B. U., Reisberg, D., Pezdek, K., & Shao, T. (2025). Does the cross-race effect persist for repeatedly viewed faces? Memory, 33(10), 1253–1265. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2025.2562003

 

Pezdek, K., Shapland, T., & Barragan, J. (2025). Perceptions of officer-involved shootings by police officers versus civilians. Psychology, Crime & Law, 31(8), 938–961. https://doi.org/10.1080/1068316X.2024.2319313

 

Suresh, S., Reisberg, D., & Pezdek, K. (2025). Is the appearance change instruction ever helpful for eyewitness identifications? Psychology, Crime & Law, 0(0), 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1080/1068316X.2025.2468354

 

Dunn, G. P., Blandón-Gitlin, I., & Pezdek, K. (2025). Deception detection: Comparing the Lexicon-Based Approaches and Verifiability Approach. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 53(3). https://doi.org/10.1177/00938548251387225

 

Reisberg, D., & Pezdek, K. (2024). Police officers have no advantage over civilians when making identifications. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 38(1). https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.4158      

                                                                               

Pezdek, K., & Lerer, T. (2023). Let’s go to the tape: Science-based standards for non-eyewitness identifications in a surveillance world. Criminal Law Bulletin. 59(1), 1-59. https://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=4351759]

 

Pezdek, K., & Lerer, T. (2023). The New Reality: Non-Eyewitness Identifications in a Surveillance World. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 32(6), 439-445. https://doi.org/10.1177/09637214231182582

 

Pezdek, K., Shapland, T., & Barragan, J. (2022). Memory outcomes of police officers viewing their body-worn camera video. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 11(3), 392–404. https://doi.org/10.1037/mac0000013

 

Pezdek, K., & Reisberg, D. (2022). Psychological myths about evidence in the legal system: How should scientists respond? Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 11(2), 143-156.  https://doi.org/10.1037/mac0000037

 

Reisberg, D. & Pezdek, K. (2022). Myths about evidence in the legal system: Some clarifications. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 11, 185-187.

https://doi.org/10.1037/mac0000045

 

Pezdek, K., Abed, E., & Cormia, A. (2021). Elevated stress impairs the accuracy of eyewitness memory but not the confidence–accuracy relationship. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 27(1), 158 - 169.  https://doi.org/10.1037/xap0000316

 

Cormia, A., Shapland, T., Rasheed, A., & Pezdek, K. (2020). Laypeople’s beliefs about the effects of common estimator variables on memory. Memory. 30(6), 733 – 743.

https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2020.1868527

 

Pezdek, K., Abed, E., & Reisberg, D. (2020). Marijuana impairs the accuracy of eyewitness memory and the confidence–accuracy relationship too. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 9(1), 60-67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jarmac.2019.11.005 

 

Fenn, E., Ramsay, N., Kantner, J., Pezdek, K., & Abed, E. (2019) Nonprobative photos increase truth, like, and share judgments in a simulated social media environment.

Journal of Applied Research in Memory & Cognition, 8(2), 131-138.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jarmac.2019.04.005

 

Merson, B., & Pezdek, K. (2019). Target-related autobiographical memories affect dietary intake intentions. Memory, 27(10), 1438-1450, DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2019.1674335

 

Nguyen, T.B., Abed, E., and Pezdek, K. (2018). Postdictive confidence (but not predictive confidence) predicts eyewitness memory accuracy. Cognitive Research: Principles & Implications. 3:32 https://doi.org/10.1186/s41235-018-0125-4

 

Wade, K. A., Garry, M., & Pezdek, K. (2018). Deconstructing rich false memories of committing crime: Commentary on Shaw and Porter (2015). Psychological Science, 29(3), 471–476. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797617703667

 

Nguyen, T.B., & Pezdek, K. (2017). Memory for disguised same- and cross-race faces: The eyes have it. Visual Cognition, 25(7-8), 762-769. doi: 10.1080/13506285.2017.1329762 

 

Abed, E., Fenn, E., & Pezdek, K. (2017). Photographs elevate truth judgments about less well-known people (but not yourself). Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 6(2), 203-209. doi: 10.1016/j.jarmac.2017.01.007

 

Pezdek, K., & Blandón-Gitlin, I. (2017). It is just harder to construct memories for false autobiographical events. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 31(1), 42-44. doi: 10.1002/acp.3269

 

Nguyen, T. B., Pezdek, K., & Wixted, J. T. (2017). Evidence for a confidence–accuracy relationship in memory for same- and cross-race faces. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 70(12), 2518 – 2534.  https://doi.org/10.1080/17470218.2016.1246578

 

Marsh, B. U., Pezdek, K. & Ozery, D. H. (2016). The cross-race effect in face recognition memory by bicultural individuals. Acta Psychologica, 169, 38-44.

doi:10.1016/j.actpsy.2016.05.003

 

Ho, M. R., & Pezdek, K. (2016).  Post-encoding cognitive processes in the cross-race effect: Categorization and individuation during face recognition. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 23, 771-780, doi: 10.3758/s13423-015-0945-x 

 

Merson, B., & Pezdek, K. (2016). Response inhibition and interference suppression in restrained eating. Journal of Applied Research in Memory & Cognition, 3(5), 345-351.

doi: 10.1016/j.jarmac.2016.07.004

 

Merson, B., & Pezdek, K. (2016). A meta-analysis of children’s self-reports of dietary intake. Psychology and Health, 32(2), 186-203. doi: 10.1080/08870446.2016.1250274

 

Marsh, B. U., Kanaya, T., & Pezdek, K. (2015). The language dependent recall effect influences the number of items in autobiographical memory reports. Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 27(7), 829-843. doi: 10.1080/20445911.2015.1046876

 

Blandón-Gitlin, I., Pezdek, K., Saldivar, S., & Steelman, E. (2014). Oxytocin eliminates the own-race bias in face recognition memory. Brain Research, 1580, 180-187.

doi:10.1016/j.brainres.2013.07.015

 

Marsh, B. U, Pezdek, K., & Lam, S. T. (2014). Imagination perspective affects ratings of the likelihood of occurrence of autobiographical memories. Acta Psychologica, 150, 114-119. doi: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2014.05.006

 

McGuire, M., & Pezdek, K. (2014). Birds of a feather get misidentified together: High entitativity decreases recognition accuracy for groups of other‐race faces. Legal and Criminological Psychology. doi:10.1111/lcrp.12066

 

Pezdek, K., & Stolzenberg, S. (2014). Are individuals’ familiarity judgments diagnostic of prior contact? Psychology, Crime, & Law, 20(4), 302-314.

doi:10.1080/1068316X.2013.772181 

 

Pezdek, K., & O’Brien, M. (2014). Plea bargaining and appraisals of eyewitness evidence by prosecutors and defense attorneys. Psychology, Crime, & Law, 20(3), 222-241.

doi:10.1080/1068316X.2013.770855

 

Fenn, E., Newman, E.J., Pezdek, K., & Garry, M. (2013). The effect of nonprobative photographs on truthiness persists over time. Acta Psychologica, 144, 207-211.

doi://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2013.06.004

 

Stolzenberg, S., & Pezdek, K. (2012). Interviewing child witnesses: The effect of forced  confabulation on event memory. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 114(1), 77-88.

doi:10.1016/j.jecp.2012.09.006

 

Pezdek, K., O'Brien, M., & Wasson, C. (2011). Cross-race (but not same-race) face identification is impaired by presenting faces in a group rather than individually. Law and Human Behavior, 36(6), 488-495. doi:10.1037/h0093933

 

Pezdek, K., & Salim, R. (2011). Physiological, psychological and behavioral consequences of activating autobiographical memories. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 47(6), 1214-1218. doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2011.05.004

 

Gombos, V., Pezdek, K., & Haymond, K. (2011). Forced confabulation affects memory sensitivity as well as response bias. Memory & Cognition, 40(1), 127-134.

doi:10.3758/s13421-011-0129-5

 

Pezdek, K., Avila-Mora, E., & Sperry, K. (2010). Does trial presentation medium matter in jury simulation research? Evaluating the effectiveness of eyewitness expert testimony. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 24(5), 673-690. doi:10.1002/acp.1578

 

Pezdek, K., & Freyd, J. J. (2009). The fallacy of generalizing from egg salad in false belief research. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 9(1), 177-183. doi:10.1111/j.15302415.2009.01178.x

 

Pezdek, K. (2009). Grading student papers: Reducing faculty workload while improving feedback to students. APS Observer, 22(9). 

 

Pezdek, K., Lam, S. T., & Sperry, K. (2009). Forced confabulation more strongly influences event memory if suggestions are other-generated than self-generated. Legal and Criminological Psychology, 14(2), 241-252. doi:10.1348/135532508X344773

 

Blandón-Gitlin, I., Pezdek, K., Lindsay, S.D., & Hagan, L. (2009). Criteria-based content analysis of true and suggested accounts of events. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 23(7), 901-917. doi:10.1002/acp.1504

 

Pezdek, K., & Blandón-Gitlin, I. (2008). Planting false memories for childhood sexual abuse only happens to emotionally disturbed people… not me or my friends. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 23(2), 162-169. doi:10.1002/acp.1466

 

Kleider, H.M., Pezdek, K., Goldinger, S.D., & Kirk, A. (2008). Schema-driven source misattribution errors: Remembering the expected from a witnessed event. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 22(1), 1-20. doi:10.1002/acp.1361

 

Goodman, G.S., Sayfan, L., Lee, J.S., Sandhei, M., Walle-Olsen, A., Magnussen, S., Pezdek, K., & Arrdeondo, P. (2007). The development of memory for own- and other-race faces.

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 98(4), 233-242. doi:10.1016/j.jecp.2007.08.004

 

Pezdek, K., Sperry, K., & Owens, S., (2007). Interviewing witnesses: The effect of forced confabulation on event memory. Law and Human Behavior, 31(5), 463-478. doi:10.1007/s10979-006-9081-5

 

Pezdek, K., Blandón-Gitlin, I., Lam, S., Hart, R.E. & Schooler, J. (2007). Is knowing believing? The role of event plausibility and background knowledge in planting false beliefs about the personal past.  Memory & Cognition, 34, 1628-1635. 

 

Pezdek, K. (2007). It's just not good science. Consciousness and Cognition, 16(1), 29-30.

doi:10.1016/j.concog.2006.05.006

 

Pezdek, K. & Lam, S. (2007). What research paradigms have cognitive psychologists used to study “False memory,” and what are the implications of these choices? Consciousness and Cognition, 16(1), 2 –17. doi:10.1016/j.concog.2005.06.006

 

Pezdek, K., Blandón-Gitlin, I. & Gabbay, P. (2006). Imagination and memory: Does imagining implausible events lead to false autobiographical memories? Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 13(5), 764-769. doi:10.3758/BF03193994

 

Freyd, J.J., Putnam, F.W., Lyon, T.D., Becher-Blease, K.A., Cheit, R.E., Siegel, N.B. & Pezdek, K. (2005).  The science of child sexual abuse. Science, 308, 501.

doi:10.1126/science.1108066

 

Pezdek, K. & Blandón-Gitlin, I. (2005). When is an intervening lineup most likely to affect eyewitness identification accuracy? Legal and Criminological Psychology, 10(2), 247-263.

doi:10.1348/135532505X49846

 

Blandón-Gitlin, I., Pezdek, K, Rogers, M. & Brodie, L. (2005). Detecting deception in children: An experimental study of the effect of event familiarity on CBCA ratings. Law and Human Behavior, 29(2), 187-197. doi:10.1007/s10979-005-2417-8

 

Pezdek, K., et al. (2004). Detecting deception in children: Event familiarity affects criterion based content analysis ratings. Journal of Applied Psychology, 89(1), 119-126.

doi:10.1037/0021-9010.89.1.119

 

Pezdek, K. (2003). Event memory and autobiographical memory for the events of September 11, 2001.  Applied Cognitive Psychology, 17(9), 1033-1045. doi:10.1002/acp.984

 

Pezdek. K., Blandón-Gitlin, I., & Moore, C. (2003). Children’s face recognition memory: More evidence for the cross-race effect. Journal of Applied Psychology, 88(4), 760-763.

doi:10.1037/0021-9010.88.4.760

 

Pezdek, K., Berry, T., & Renno, P.A. (2002). Children’s mathematical achievement: The role of parents’ perceptions and their involvement in homework. Journal of Educational Psychology, 94(4), 771-777. doi:10.1037/0022-0663.94.4.771

 

Pezdek, K. (2002). Teaching psychology in the context of a university-community partnership. Teaching of Psychology, 29(2), 157-159. 

 

Pezdek, K., & Eddy, R. M. (2001). Imagination inflation: A statistical artifact of regression toward the mean. Memory and Cognition, 29(5), 707-718. doi:10.3758/BF03200473

 

Hinz, T., & Pezdek, K. (2001). The effect of exposure to multiple lineups on face identification accuracy. Law and Human Behavior, 25(2), 185-198.

doi:10.1023/A:1005697431830

 

Pezdek, K.  (2001). A cognitive analysis of the recovered memory/false memory debate.

Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment, and Trauma, 4 (2). [Reprinted in J. J. Freyd & A. P. DePrince (Eds.). Trauma and Cognitive Science.  Haworth Press: San Diego, CA.]

 

Finger, K. & Pezdek, K. (1999). The effect of the cognitive interview on face identification accuracy: Release from verbal overshadowing. Journal of Applied Psychology, 84(3), 340348. doi:10.1037/0021-9010.84.3.340

 

Pezdek, K., & Hodge, D. (1999). Planting false childhood memories in children: The role of event plausibility. Child Development, 70(4), 887-895. doi:10.1111/1467-8624.00064

 

Underwood, J., & Pezdek, K. (1998). Memory suggestibility as an example of the sleeper         effect. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 5(3), 449-453. doi:10.3758/BF03208820

 

Arrigo, J. M., & Pezdek, K. (1997). Lessons from the study of psychogenic amnesia. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 6, 148-152.  [Reprinted in Oltmanns, T. F. & Emery, R. E. (Eds.).(2004). Current directions in abnormal psychology. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc. 

 

Pezdek, K., Finger, K., & Hodge, D.  (1997). Planting false childhood memories: The role of event plausibility. Psychological Science, 8(6), 437-441. doi: 10.1111/j.14679280.1997.tb00457.x

 

Pezdek, K., & Roe, C. (1997). The suggestibility of children's memory for being touched:

Planting, erasing, and changing memories. Law and Human Behavior, 21, 95-106. doi: 

10.1023/A:1024870127516

 

Pezdek, K., & Roe, C. (1995). The effect of memory trace strength on suggestibility. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 60, 116-128. doi:10.1006/jecp.1995.1034

 

Pezdek, K., & Roe, C. (1994). Memory for childhood events: How suggestible is it?     Consciousness and Cognition, 3, 374-387. doi:10.1006/ccog.1994.1021

 

Pezdek, K. (1994). The illusion of illusory memory. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 8, 339350. doi:10.1002/acp.2350080404

 

Pezdek, K. (1994). Avoiding false claims of child sexual abuse: Empty promises. Family Relations, 43, 258-260.  [Reprinted in Baker, R. A. (Ed.). (1998). Child sexual abuse and false memory syndrome.  Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books.]

 

Pezdek, K., & Prull, M. (1993). Fallacies in memory for conversations: Reflections on Clarence Thomas, Anita Hill, and the like. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 7, 299-310. doi: 10.1002/acp.2350070404

 

 Pezdek, K., & Greene, J. (1993). Testing eyewitness memory: Developing a measure that is more resistant to suggestibility. Law and Human Behavior, 17(3), 361-369.

doi:10.1007/BF01044514

 

Holst, V. F., & Pezdek, K. (1992). Scripts for typical crimes and their effects on memory for eyewitness testimony. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 6(7), 573-587.

doi:10.1002/acp.2350060702

 

Reynolds, J. K., & Pezdek, K. (1992). Face recognition memory: The effects of exposure duration and encoding instructions. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 6(4), 279-292. doi:10.1002/acp.2350060402

 

Pezdek, K. et al. (1989). Memory for real world scenes: The role of consistency with schema expectation. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition, 15(4), 587-595. doi:10.1037/0278-7393.15.4.587

 

Pezdek, K. et al. (1988). Picture memory: Recognizing added and deleted details. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition, 14(3), 468-476.

         doi:10.1037/0278-7393.14.3.468

 

Pezdek, K., Simon, S., Stoeckert, J., & Kieley, J. (1987). Individual differences in television comprehension. Memory & Cognition, 15(5), 428-435. doi:10.3758/BF03197732

 

Pezdek, K. (1987). Eyewitness identification: The elusive threads of memory. Connections, 2, 13-17.        

 

Pezdek, K. (1987). Memory for pictures: A life-span study of the role of visual detail. Child Development, 58(3), 807-815. doi:10.2307/1130218

 

Pezdek, K., Roman, Z., & Sobolik, K. G. (1986). Spatial memory for objects and words. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 12(6), 530-537.

doi:10.1037/0278-7393.12.4.530

 

Pezdek, K. (1985). Debunking some myths regarding cognitive processing of television. Television and Children, 8(4), 41-46.

 

Pezdek, K., Lehrer, A., & Simon, S. (1984). The relationship between reading and cognitive processing of television and radio. Child Development, 55(6), 2072-2082.

doi:10.2307/1129780    

 

Runco, M. A., & Pezdek, K. (1984). The effect of television and radio on children's creativity. Human Communication Research, 11, 109-120. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2958.1984.tb00040.x  

 

Pezdek, K., & Stevens, E. (1984). Children's memory for auditory and visual information on              television. Developmental Psychology, 20(2), 212-218. doi:10.1037/0012-1649.20.2.212    

 

Pezdek, K., & Hartman, E. F. (1983). Children's television viewing: Attention and comprehension of auditory versus visual information. Child Development, 54(4), 1015-1023. doi:10.2307/1129905

                                          

Pezdek, K. (1983). Memory for items and their spatial locations by young and elderly adults. Developmental Psychology, 19(6), 895-900. doi:10.1037/0012-1649.19.6.895        

 

Evans, G. W., Smith, C., & Pezdek, K. (1982). Cognitive maps and urban form. Journal of the American Planning Association, 48(2), 232-244. doi:10.1080/01944368208976543

 

Pezdek, K., & Chen, H-C. (1982). Developmental differences in the role of detail in picture recognition memory. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 33(2), 207-215. doi:10.1016/0022-0965(82)90016-9

                                                  

Pezdek, K., & Miceli, L. (1982). Life-span differences in memory integration as a function of processing time. Developmental Psychology, 18(3), 485-490. doi:10.1037/00121649.18.3.485

                                                            

Pezdek, K. (1980). Life-span differences in semantic integration of pictures and sentences in memory. Child Development, 51, 720-729. doi:10.2307/1129457   

   

Evans, G. W., & Pezdek, K. (1980). Cognitive mapping: Knowledge of real world distance and location information. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Learning and Memory, 6, 13-24. doi:10.1037/0278-7393.6.1.13 

                               

Pezdek, K., & Evans, G. W. (1979). Visual and verbal memory for objects and their spatial locations. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Learning and Memory, 5(4), 360-373. doi:10.1037/0278-7393.5.4.360                                     

Pezdek, K. (1978). Recognition memory for related pictures. Memory & Cognition, 6, 64-69. doi:10.3758/BF03197429 

                                        

Kantorowitz, D., Walters, J., & Pezdek, K. (1978). Positive and negative self-monitoring and the control of smoking behavior. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 46(5), 148-150. doi:10.1037/0022-006X.46.5.1148

 

Pezdek, K. (1977). Cross-modality semantic integration of sentence and picture memory.

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Learning and Memory, 3(5), 515-524.

doi:10.1037/0278-7393.3.5.515 

 

Pezdek, K., & Royer, J. M. (l974). The role of comprehension in learning concrete and abstract sentences. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 13(5), 551-558. doi:10.1016/S0022-5371(74)80008-3

 

Myers, J. L., Pezdek, K., & Coulson, D. (1973). Effects of prose organization upon free recall. Journal of Educational Psychology, 65(3), 313-320. doi:10.1037/h0035507

 

 

Books 

 

Costanzo, M., Krauss, D., & Pezdek, K. (Eds.) (2007). Expert psychological testimony for the courts. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

 

Donaldson, S., Berger, D. & Pezdek, K. (Eds.). (2006). Applied psychology: New frontiers and rewarding careers. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

 

Pezdek, K., & Banks, W. P. (Eds.). (1996). The recovered memory/false memory debate. San Diego: Academic Press.

 

Berger, D., Pezdek, K., & Banks, W. P. (Eds.) (1987). Applications of cognitive psychology: Problem solving, education and computing. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.   

 

 

 

Chapters & Encyclopedia Entries

  

Pezdek, K. (2022). Psychological Research on the Use of Body-Worn Cameras. In B. H. Bornstein, M. K. Miller, & D. DeMatteo (Eds.), Advances in Psychology and Law (Vol. 6, pp. 39–62). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-13733-4_2

 

Barlow, M. R., Pezdek, K., Blandón-Gitlin, I. (2017). Trauma and memory. In Cook, J. Dalenberg, C., & Gold, S. (Eds.) American Psychological Association Handbook on

Trauma and Psychology. Vol. 1, (pp. 307-331). Washington, DC, US: American Psychological Association. doi.org/10.1037/0000019-016

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DePrince, A.P, Brown, L.S., Cheit, R.E., Freyd, J.J., Gold, S.N., Pezdek, K. & Quina, K.

(2012). Motivated forgetting and misremembering: Perspectives from Betrayal Trauma Theory.  In Belli, R. F. (Ed.), True and False Recovered Memories: Toward a Reconciliation of the Debate (Nebraska Symposium on Motivation 58) (pp. 193-243). New York: Springer.

 

Pezdek, K. (2011). Fallible eyewitness memory and identification. In B. Cutler (Ed.), Conviction of the Innocent: Lessons from Psychological Research. Washington, DC: APA Press. 

 

Davies, G.  & Pezdek, K. (2010). Children as witnesses.  In G. Towl, & D. Crighton, (Eds.) Textbook on forensic psychology. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell. 

 

Pezdek, K. (2009). Content, form and ethical issues concerning expert psychological testimony on eyewitness identification. In B.L. Cutler (Ed.), Expert testimony on the psychology of eyewitness identification (pp. 29-50). New York: Oxford University Press. 

  

Blandón-Gitlin, I., & Pezdek, K. (2009). Children’s memory in forensic contexts:

Suggestibility, false memory, and individual differences. In B.L. Bottoms, C. J.

Najdowski, & G. S. Goodman (Eds.). Children as victims, witnesses, and offenders: Psychological science and the law (pp. 57-80). New York: Guilford Press.

 

Pezdek, K. (2008). Forced Confabulation. In B. L. Cutler (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Psychology and Law (pp. 324-325), Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.

 

Pezdek, K. (2008). Post-Event Information. In B. L. Cutler (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Psychology and Law (pp. 607-609), Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.

 

Pezdek, K. & Freyd, J.J. (2008). False Memory. In C. M. Renzetti & J. L. Edleson (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Interpersonal Violence, Vol. 1, pp 236-237. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

 

Pezdek, K. (2007). Expert Testimony on Eyewitness Memory and Identification. In M. Costanzo, D. Krauss, & K. Pezdek (Eds.), Expert Psychological Testimony for the Courts (pp. 99-117). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

 

Pezdek, K., Deffenbacher, K. A., Lam, S., & Hoffman, R. R. (2006). Cognitive Psychology: Applications and Careers.  In S. Donaldson, D. Berger, & K. Pezdek (Eds.), Applied psychology: New frontiers and rewarding careers. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

 

Pezdek, K. (2006).  Memory for the Events of September 11, 2001.  In Nilsson, L.-G. and Ohta, N. (Eds.), Memory & Society: Psychological Perspectives. New York: Routledge and Psychology Press. 

   

Pezdek, K., & Hinz, T. (2002).  The construction of false events in memory.  In H. Westcott, 

G. Davies & R. Bull (Eds.), Children’s testimony: A handbook of psychological research and forensic practice. London: Wiley.

 

Pezdek, K., & Taylor, J. (2002).  Memory for traumatic events by children and adults.  In M. L. Eisen, G. S. Goodman, & J. A. Quas (Eds.), Memory and suggestibility in the forensic interview (pp. 165-183).  Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum and Associates.

 

Pezdek, K., & Taylor, J. (1999).  Discriminating between accounts of true and false events.

In D. F. Bjorklund (Ed.), Research and theory in false-memory creation in children and adults.  Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum and Associates.

 

Arrigo, J. M., & Pezdek, K. (1998).  Textbook models of multiple personality--Source, bias, and social consequence.  In S. J. Lynn, & K. McConkey (Eds.), Truth in memory (pp. 372393).  New York: Guilford Press.    

Pezdek, K., & Gauvain, M. (1990).  Memory for pictures: Developmental trends.  In                 T. Husen & T. N. Postlethwaite (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of Education (pp.   416419).  Oxford: Pergamon Press.

 

Pezdek, K. (1987).  Television comprehension as an example of applied cognitive psychology.

In D. Berger, K. Pezdek, & W. P. Banks (Eds.), Applications of cognitive psychology: Problem solving, education and computing.  Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum. 

  

Pezdek, K. (1986).  Comprehension: It's even more complex than we thought.  In J. H. Danks, I. Kurcz, & G. W. Shugar (Eds.), Knowledge and language. Amsterdam: North-Holland. 

                                      

Pezdek, K. (1980).  Arguments for a constructive approach to comprehension and memory.  In F. B. Murray (Ed.), Reading and understanding. Newark, DE: International Reading Association.

 

 

 

GRANT RELATED ACTIVITY

 

National Science Foundation, Program in Law and Social Sciences (2018 – 2025). “Cognitive Consequences of Viewing Body-Worn Camera Video Footage.” $ 251,810.

 

Fletcher Jones Foundation (2018 - 2019). “Does Eyewitness Confidence Predict Eyewitness Accuracy?” $7,947.

 

Fletcher Jones Foundation (2016 - 2017). “Is Memory for One’s Original Perception of an Event Biased by Viewing a Video of the Event?” $8,000.

 

National Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Programs (2010-2012). “How Accurately Do Eyewitnesses Determine if a Person is Familiar and How Does this Affect Plea Bargaining Decisions by Prosecution and Defense Attorneys?” $225,130. 

 

Fletcher Jones Foundation (2009-2010). “How Accurately Can Eyewitnesses Determine if a Person is Familiar?” $6,650. 

 

BLAIS Challenge Fund (2009-2010). “Promoting Cross-Campus Research,” $9,000. 

 

Fletcher Jones Foundation (2008-2009). “More Methodological Considerations in Evaluating the Effectiveness of Eyewitness Expert Testimony,” $7,000.

 

Fletcher Jones Foundation (2007-2008). “Methodological Considerations in Evaluating the Effectiveness of Eyewitness Expert Testimony,” $7,975.

 

Fletcher Jones Foundation (2006-2007). “Forced Confabulation: Does Post Event Guessing during Police Interrogation Suggestively Influence Eyewitness Memory?” $6,000. 

 

Fletcher Jones Foundation (2003 – 2004). “Improving Jurors’ Ability to Evaluate the Reliability of Eyewitness Evidence,” $7,225.

 

National Science Foundation, Law & Social Sciences Program (2001 – 2004). 

“Discriminating Between Children’s Accounts of True and False Events,” $229,807.

             

National Science Foundation, Law & Social Sciences Program (2000-2003). “The Suggestive Influence of Viewing an Intervening Lineup on Eyewitness Memory Accuracy,” $180,000.

 

Fletcher Jones Foundation (2002), “Eyewitness Memory for the Events of 9/11,” $5,000. 

 

Haynes Foundation (2000). “Discriminating Between True and False Events,” $10,000. 

 

Fletcher Jones Foundation (1998). “The Suggestibility of Memory in Old Age,” $7,900.

 

Haynes Foundation (1995). "Curtailing Crime and Increasing Conviction Rates in Eyewitness Cases," $8,000.

 

National Institute of Education (1981-1983). "Television Viewing: Processing and Memory for Auditorily and Visually Presented Information," $122,000.

 

Spencer Foundation (1976-1977). "Developmental Changes in Semantic Integration of Sentences and Pictures," $10,000.  (Grant also accepted for funding by NIE). 

 

National Academy of Sciences visiting scientist award, The Institute of Psychology, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland, (1984).        

 

 

 

RECENT ONLINE & OP-ED PIECES

 

Pezdek, K. & Reisberg, D., “Memory and Perception” a regular column in The Champion, the publication of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL).

 

  • Pezdek, K. & Reisberg, D. (2026). Confirmation Bias—Careful! Your Initial Inclinations Can Mislead You. The Champion.

 

  • Reisberg, D. & Pezdek, K. (2026). Children’s Memory. The Champion.

 

  • Pezdek, K. & Reisberg, D. (2026). Yes, Eyewitness Confidence is Diagnostic of Eyewitness Accuracy. The Champion.

 

  • Reisberg, D. & Pezdek, K. (2026). How Reliable are Intoxicated Witnesses? The Champion.

 

  • Pezdek, K. & Reisberg, D. (2026). What Shapes Event Memory Beyond the Event Itself? The Champion.

 

  • Reisberg, D. & Pezdek, K. (July 2025). Prosecutors’ Efforts to Exclude Expert Testimony about Memory. The Champion.

 

  • Pezdek, K., & Reisberg. D. (January/February 2026). Cross-Race Identification: Well Known but Not Well Understood. The Champion.

 

  • Pezdek, K. & Reisberg, D. (August 2025). The Complexities of Video Recorded Evidence in the Legal System. The Champion.

 

  • Reisberg, D. & Pezdek, K. (November/December 2024). Memory for Traumatic Events. The Champion.

 

Lerer, T. & Pezdek, K. (May 2024). The Witness Who Was Not There: Challenging the Reliability of Identifications Made from Images. The Champion.

 

Pezdek, K. (2024, Summer). Perceptions of Officer-Involved Shootings by Police Officers and Civilians. Applied Police Briefings. Vol. 01, 54-56.

 

Pezdek, K. (2024, Summer). Are Memories of Use-of-Force Incidents Altered when Police Officers View their Body-Worn Camera Footage? Applied Police Briefings. Vol. 01, 51-53.

 

Pezdek, K. (2022, January/February). Four myths about eyewitness memory. Sheriff & Deputy Magazine. 74(1). 50-52. (See page 50 @ this link:

https://nsa.ygsclicbook.com/pubs/sheriffdeputy/2022/JanFeb/live/index.html)

 

Pezdek, K. (2015). Should cops get to review the video before they report? The Marshall Project. https://www.themarshallproject.org/2015/08/13/should-cops-get-to-review-the-video-before-they-report                                      

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