Research Interests

Adult eyewitness reliability, police procedures for obtaining eyewitness evidence, methods of obtaining superior evidence from eyewitnesses, and the effects of eyewitness evidence in court. Reliability of child witnesses and their competence to testify.

Selected Publications

Fritzley, V. H., Lindsay, R. C. L., & Lee, K. (in press). Young children’s response tendencies toward yes-no questions concerning actions. Child Development.
 
Mansour, J. K., Beaudry, J. L., Bertrand, M. I., Kalmet, N., Melsom, E. I., & Lindsay, R. C. L. (in press). Impact of disguise and lineup type on decision accuracy, confidence, and confidence-accuracy calibration. Law & Human Behavior.

Saykaly, C., Talwar, V.,Lindsay, R. C. L., Bala, N. & Lee, K. (in press). The influence of multiple interviews on the verbal markers of deception. Psychiatry, Psychology and the Law.

Bala, N., Lee, K., Lindsay, R. C. L. & Talwar, V. (2010). The competency of children to testify: Psychological research informing Canadian law reform. International Journal of Children’s Rights, 18, 53-77.
 
Mansour, J. K., Lindsay, R. C. L, Brewer, N., & Munhall, K. G. (2009). Characterizing visual behavior on a lineup task. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 23, 1012 - 1026.
 
Lindsay, R. C. L., Mansour, J. K., Beaudry, J. L., Leach, A. M., & Bertrand, M. I. (2009). Beyond sequential presentation: Misconceptions and misrepresentations of sequential lineups.Legal and Criminological Psychology, 14, 31-34.

Lindsay, R. C. L., Mansour, J. K., Beaudry, J. L., Leach, A. M., & Bertrand, M. I. (2009). Sequential lineup presentation: Patterns and policy. Legal and Criminological Psychology, 14, 13-24.

Leach, A. M.,Lindsay, R. C. L., Koehler, R., Beaudry, J. L., Bala, N., Lee, K., & Talwar, V. (2009). The reliability of lie detection performance. Law & Human Behavior, 33, 96-109.

Lindsay, R. C. L., Semmler, C., Weber, N., Brewer, N. & Lindsay, M. R. (2008). How variations in distance affect eyewitness reports and identification accuracy. Law & Human Behavior, 32, 526-535.

Lindsay, R. C. L., Ross, D. F., Read, J. D., & Toglia, M. (Eds) (2007). Handbook of Eyewitness Psychology: Memory for People, Lawrence Erlbaum and Associates.

Toglia, M., Read, J. D., Ross, D. F., & Lindsay, R. C. L. (2007). Handbook of Eyewitness Psychology: Memory for Events. Lawrence Erlbaum and Associates.

Lindsay, R. C. L., Mansour, J. K., Beaudry, J. L., Leach, A. M., & Bertrand, M. I. (2009). Sequential lineup presentation: Patterns and policy. Legal and Criminological Psychology, 14, 13-24.

Lindsay, R. C. L., Semmler, C., Weber, N., Brewer, N. & Lindsay, M. R. (2008). How variations in distance affect eyewitness reports and identification accuracy. Law & Human Behavior, 32, 526-535.

Beaudry, J. L., & Lindsay, R. C. L. (2007). Current identification procedure practices: A survey of Ontario police officers. Canadian Journal of Police and Security Services, 4, 178 – 183.

Talwar, V., Lee, K., Bala, N., & Lindsay, R. C. L. (2006). Adults’ judgments of children’s coached reports. Law and Human Behavior, 30, 561-570.

Leach, A. M., Talwar, V., Lee, K., Bala, N., & Lindsay, R. C. L. (2004). The detection of children's deception by law enforcement officials and university students. Law and Human Behavior, 28, 661-685.