ERYN J. NEWMAN, PhD.
Cognitive Psychologist
Stable truthiness across the lifespan
Derksen, D.G., Giroux, M.E., Newman, E.J., & Bernstein, D.M. (2022)
Developmental Psychology
Smokers increasingly motivated and able to quit as smoking prevalence falls: umbrella and systematic review of evidence relevant to the 'hardening hypothesis, considering transcendence of manufactured doubt. (2022)
Harris, M., Martin, M., Yazidjoglou, A., Ford, L., Lucas, R., Newman, E., & Banks, E (2022)
Nicotine & Tobacco Research
Conceptual metaphors, processing fluency, and aesthetic pleasure.
Zhang, L., Schwarz, N., Atari, M., Newman, E. J., & Afhami, R. (2022).
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology.
Virtual court: Low audio quality leads to less favourable evaluations of witnesses and lower weighting of evidence.
Bild, E., Redman, A., Newman, E. J., Muir, B., Tait, D., & Schwarz, N. (2021)
Law & Human Behavior
Under the Hood of The Debunking Handbook 2020: A consensus-based handbook of recommendations for correcting or preventing misinformation.
Lewandowsky, S., Cook, J., Ecker, U. K., et al., (2021)
Handbook
The COVID-19 Vaccine Communication Handbook. A practical guide for improving vaccine communication and fighting misinformation.
Lewandowsky, S., Cook, J., Schmid, P., Holford, D. L., Finn, A., Lombardi, D., Al-Rawi, A. K., Thomson, A., Leask, J., Juanchich, M., Anderson, E. C., Sah, S., Vraga, E. K., Gavaruzzi, T., Rapp, D. N., Amazeen, M. A., Sinatra, G. M., Kendeou, P., Armaos, K. D., Newman, E. J., Ecker, U. K. H., Tapper, K., Bruns, H. H. B., Pennycook, G., Betsch, C., Hahn, U. (2021)
Handbook
Truthiness: How non-probative photos shape belief
Newman, E. J. & Zhang, L. (2021).
The Psychology of fake news: Accepting, sharing, and correcting misinformation. London, UK: Routledge
The psychology of fake news: Accepting, sharing, and correcting misinformation.
Greifeneder, R., Jaffé, M., Newman, E., & Schwarz, N. (Eds.) (2021).
London, UK: Routledge
What is new and true about fake news.
Greifeneder, R., Jaffé, M., Newman, E., & Schwarz, N. (Eds.) (2021).
The psychology of fake news: Accepting, sharing, and correcting misinformation. London, UK: Routledge
When Photos Backfire: Truthiness and Falsiness Effects in Comparative Judgment
Zhang, L., & Newman, E. J. & Schwarz, N. (2021)
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology.
Only Half of What I’ll Tell You is True: How Experimental Procedures Lead to an Underestimation of the Truth Effect
Jalbert, M., & Newman, E. J. & Schwarz, N. (2020)
Journal of Applied Research in Applied Memory and Cognition.
The effect of COVID-19 on mental health and wellbeing in a representative sample of Australian adults
Dawel, A.,Shou, Y., Smithson, M., Cherbuin, N., Banfield, M., Calear, A., Farrer, L., Gray, D., Gulliver, A., Housen, T., McCallum, S., Morse, A., Murray, K., Newman, E.,Rodney Harris, R., & Batterham, P. (2020)
COVID-19 special issue in Frontiers in Psychiatry.
Truthiness and Law: Non-Probative Photos Bias Perceived Credibility in Forensic Contexts
Derksen, D. G., Giroux, M. E., Connolly, D., & Newman, E. J. & Bernstein, D. M (2020).
Applied Cognitive Psychology.
Subjective confidence in the response to personality questions: Some insight into the construction of people’s responses to test items
Koriat, A., Undorf, M., Newman, E. J., & Schwarz, N. (2020)
Frontiers in Psychology.
Need for Cognition: Individual differences in Truthiness and Illusory Truth
Newman, E. J., Jalbert, M., Schwarz, N., & Ly, D. (2020).
Consciousness & Cognition.
Trivia Claims Norming: Methods, Report and Data
Jalbert, M., Newman, E., & Schwarz, N. (2019).
ResearchGate.-- DOI 10.6084/m9.figshare.9975602
Cognitive Fluency in the Courtroom
Newman, E. J., Jalbert, M., Feigenson, N. (2019).
The Routledge International Handbook of Legal and Investigative Psychology, Routledge/ Taylor Francis.
The Characteristics of Directive Future Experiences and Directive Memories
Sanson, M., Newman, E. J., & Garry, M. (2018).
Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research & Practice.
Good sound, Good Research: How the Audio Quality of Talks and Interviews Influences Perceptions of the Researcher and the Research
Newman, E. J., & Schwarz, N. (2018).
Science Communication.
Make it Short and Easy: Username Complexity Determines Trustworthiness Above and Beyond Objective Reputation
Silva, R., Chrobot, N, Newman, E. J., Schwarz, N., & Topolinski, S. (2017).
Frontiers in Psychology, 8, 2200.
Photos That Increase Feelings of Learning Promote Positive Evaluations
Cardwell, B. A., Newman, E. J., Garry, M., Mantonakis, A., & Beckett, R. (2017).
Journal of Experimental Psychology. Learning, Memory, and Cognition. DOI: 10.1037/xlm0000358
How Does the Gut Know Truth? The Psychology of Truthiness
Newman, E. J., & Schwarz, N. (2017).
APA Science.
Nonprobative Photos Rapidly Lead People to Believe Claims About Their Own (and other people’s) Pasts
Cardwell, B. A., Henkel, L. A., Garry, M., Newman, E. J., & Foster, J. L. (2016).
Memory & Cognition, 1-14. DOI: 10.3758/s13421-016-0603-1.
Photos Promote Rose-colored Truthiness for Claims About the Future
Newman, E. J., Azaad, T., Lindsay, D. S., Garry, M. (2018).
Memory & Cognition, 1-11; doi:10.3758/s13421-016-0652-5.
Making the Truth Stick and the Myths Fade: Lessons from Cognitive Psychology
Schwarz, N., Newman, E., & Leach, W. (2016).
Behavioral Science & Policy, 2, 85-95. DOI: 10.1353/bsp.2016.0009
Lay Understanding of Forensic Statistics: Evaluation of Random Match Probabilities, Likelihood Ratios, and Verbal Equivalents
Thompson, W. C., & Newman, E. J. (2015).
Law and Human Behavior, 39, 332-349. DOI: 10.1037/lhb0000134
Truthiness and Falsiness of Trivia Claims Depend on Judgmental Contexts
Newman, E. J., Garry, M., Unkelbach, C., Bernstein, D. M., Lindsay, D. S., & Nash, R. A. (2015).
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 41, 1337. DOI:10.1037/xlm0000099.
People with Easier to Pronounce Names Promote Truthiness of Claims
Newman, E. J., Sanson, M., Miller, E. K., Quigley-McBride, A., Foster, J. L., Bernstein, D. M., Garry, M. (2014).
Law & Human Behaviour. DOI: 10.1037/lhb0000134
The Effect of Nonprobative Photographs on Truthiness Judgments Persists Over Time
Fenn, E., Newman, E.J., Pezdek, K., & Garry, M. (2013).
Acta Psychologica, 144, 207-211. doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2013.06.004
On the (Non)persuasive Power of a Brain Image
Michael, R. B., Newman, E. J., Vuorre, M., Cumming, G., & Garry, M. (2013).
Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 20,720-725. DOI: 10.3758/s13423-013-0391-6
Nonprobative Photographs (or words) Inflate Truthiness
Newman, E. J., Garry, M., Bernstein, D. M., Kantner, J., & Lindsay, D. S. (2012).
Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 19, 969-974. doi: 10.3758/s13423-012-0292-0
Updating Ebbinghaus on the Science of Memory
Newman, E. J., & Loftus, E. F. (2012).
Europe’s Journal of Psychology, 8, 209–216. doi:10.5964/ejop.v8i2.453
Clarkian Logic on Trial
Newman, E. J., & Loftus, E. F. (2012).
Perspectives on Psychological Science, 7, 260-263. doi: 10.1177/1745691612442907
Attitudes About Memory Dampening Drugs Depend on Context and Country
Newman, E. J., Berkowitz, S., Nelson, K. J., Garry, M., & Loftus, E. F. (2011).
Applied Cognitive Psychology, 25, 675-681. doi:10.1002/acp.1740
False Memories: What the Hell are They For?
Newman, E. J., & Lindsay, D. S. (2009).
Applied Cognitive Psychology, 23, 1105-1121. DOI: 10.1002/acp.1613