Creating the next generation of perceptual experts by improving people's interpretation of forensic evidence. Follow for updates.
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Attendees at the Creating Perceptual Experts 2022 Research Summit absorbed in Lachlan Brown’s research presentation on whether and how the level of variety in training images influences perceptual skill development.
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Professor Jason @tangenjm explains the nascent fingerprint expertise training platform PrintGym to a captive audience at the NSW 2022 Fingerprint Experts Conference.
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Rachel @SearstonR describes the experimental work underlying the fingerprint expertise training platform PrintGym at the NSW 2022 Fingerprint Experts Conference.
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Our meetings around developing the xQ training platform are looking a little different these days... but our enthusiasm is unchanged. We're very excited about creating an online platform where experts & novices can develop their knowledge & skill in perceptual expertise!
Excited to be featured in the latest edition of @NIFS The Forensic Exhibit regarding this year’s Creating Perceptual Experts research summit! Check it out here:
anzpaa.org.au/ArticleDocumen…
Throwback to our annual Evidence-based Forensics Initiative meeting in January: an ongoing collaboration with other experts around uncertainty in forensic science, what ‘error’ really is, & what this means for forensic evidence in court. See evidencebasedforensics.com for more info!
We’re excited for what the coming year holds for evidence-based forensics! Thanks to all who contributed to this year’s Creating Perceptual Experts Summit: @AusFedPolice, @QLDPolice, @nswpolice, @VictoriaPolice, @WA_Police,@NIFS_ANZ, @DefenceScience, Department of Home Affairs.
Get excited about stats and opinion pieces! @SearstonR leads discussion around what future research in evidence-based forensics may look like—including how we can turn more of these passionate & collaborative debates into research articles, & translate research in different ways.
Jason Tangen (@tangenjm) leads discussion around bringing existing knowledge together in online, cross-jurisdictional, multi-disciplinary program—a Cognitive Forensics Masterclass accessible to professionals who utilise forensics, and tailored to suit their needs & interests.
Experts (like @The_Great_Sage) at the Creating Perceptual Experts summit worked hard outside sessions too, completing our xQ tasks to help us to refine and evaluate the measure!
Excited to share this preprint. Expert fingerprint examiners and novices often consider different features to be useful, and experts tend to agree more with each other about their choices than novices…but it depends on the print at hand.
psyarxiv.com/xs9eg
In order to study fingerprint expertise, we asked fingerprint examiners to identify top-performing peers in their field. @Chloe_CASHH & @CrambAmy discuss the key themes of nominated experts: superior performance, superior knowledge base, effective work processes, & experience.
PhD candidate & fingerprint examiner @ElliotCottrill on practical considerations of current fingerprint examination practices and xQ training. Are there merits to traditional examination approaches that may be lost to technology-based approaches, and how might we address these?
How does fingerprint distortion impact fingerprint decisions? @AusFedPolice discussed issues around print distortion, technological tools for investigating distortion, and what information experts need to consider for decision-making.
