Melissa Colloff

ORCID: 0000-0001-6401-4872

Colleges, School and Institutes

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Most downloaded publications

Unfair lineups make witnesses more likely to confuse innocent and guilty suspects
Melissa Colloff, & , 1 Sep 2016, In: Psychological Science. 27, 9, p. 1227-1239 13 p.

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A signal-detection analysis of eyewitness identification across the adult lifespan
Melissa Colloff, , & , 1 May 2017, In: Psychology and Aging. 32, 3, p. 243-258 16 p.

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Why are lineups better than showups? A test of the filler siphoning and enhanced discriminability accounts
Melissa Colloff & , 18 Mar 2019, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied. 26, 1, p. 124-143

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Filler-siphoning theory does not predict the effect of lineup fairness on the ability to discriminate innocent from guilty suspects: reply to Smith, Wells, Smalarz, and Lampinen (2018)
Melissa Colloff, , & , 1 Sep 2018, In: Psychological Science. 29, 9, p. 1552-1557

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The effects of acute alcohol intoxication on the cognitive mechanisms underlying false facial recognition
Melissa Colloff & Heather Flowe, 1 Jun 2016, In: Psychopharmacology. 233, 11, p. 2139-2149 11 p.

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Recent publications

Perpetrator pose reinstatement during a lineup test increases discrimination accuracy
Melissa Colloff, Travis Seale-Carlisle, , James Rockey, , , , & Heather Flowe, Dec 2021, In: Scientific Reports. 11, 1, 12 p., 13830.

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Performance of typical and superior face recognizers on a novel interactive face matching procedure
Melissa Colloff, , , James Rockey & Heather Flowe, 24 Mar 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: British Journal of Psychology.

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Children's vulnerability to sexual violence during COVID-19 in Kenya: recommendations for the future
James Rockey, , , Melissa Colloff & Heather Flowe, 24 Feb 2021, In: Frontiers in Global Women’s Health. 2, 5 p., 630901.

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Recent Activities

Undergraduate Summer Scholarship, Experimental Psychological Society.

Melissa Colloff (Advisor)

Jun 2018 → Aug 2018

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Experimental Psychology Society Small Grant

Melissa Colloff (Advisor)

1 May 2018 → 1 May 2019

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Recent Prizes

Light of Understanding Award for Excellence in Public Engagement

Melissa Colloff (Recipient), Heather Flowe (Recipient) & Danielle Hett (Recipient), Apr 2018

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Dissertation Award

Melissa Colloff (Recipient), 2018

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Networking Award

Melissa Colloff (Recipient), Nov 2018

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