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Inoculate Against False Information

By Dr. Ken Broda Bahm: According to many recent reports, we now seem to be living in a “post-truth world.” With President Trump’s early statements, including some demonstrably false claims on his inauguration crowd-size as well as his relationship with the U.S. intelligence community, the phrase that seems to fit is the one that presidential advisor Kellyanne […]

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Be a Persuasive Expert, at Both the Core and the Periphery

By Dr. Ken Broda Bahm: In a research article now available The Jury Expert (Valez, Neal & Kovera, 2016), three experts in trial psychology provide an overview of the research on persuasion relating to expert witness testimony. For experts and those who hire them, the article along with several responses which follow the article are worth

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Expect Jurors to See Themselves as More Moral than Average

By Dr. Ken Broda Bahm: As the juror sits in the jury box hearing the case, she is not just rationally deciding who has the better position. She is also applying and maintaining her own self-concept. The implicit question she is asking herself is, “Am I the kind of person who would approve or condemn this?”

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