EDUCATION

Ph.D.Experimental Psychology
Ohio State University- Columbus, Ohio

M.A. Experimental Psychology
Ohio State University- Columbus, Ohio

B. A. Psychology
Queens College (CUNY)- New York, New York

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Most of Dr. Fisher's research revolves around issues related to applying principles of cognition within a legal context. Dr. Fisher's three primary areas of research are (a) developing the Cognitive Interview procedure to enhance eyewitness memory of crimie (and also related areas, e.g. transportation, accidents, group and personal decisions) , (b) understanding why memory is sometimes inconsistent and examining the implications for impeaching witnesses; and, (c) detecting deception via cognitive measures and manipulations..

 

COURSES TAUGHT

Introductory Psychology
Research Methods in Psychology
Learning/Memory Senior Lab
Memory & Memory Improvemebt
Cognitive Processes
Proseminar in Experimental Psychology
Applied Cognitive Psychology

SELECT GRANTS

University of California- Los Angeles, Faculty Senate
Memory for structured information.

University of California- Los Angeles, Faculty Senate
to R. Fisher & R. Bjork: Memory for structured information.

National Institute of Justicer
Memory enhancement techniques for interviewing victims and witnesses of crime.

Florida International University Foundation
Using tests as learning opportunities

National Institute of Justice
Interpretation and field implementation of the cognitive interview

Florida International University-Office of the Provost
Summer Research Award

National Science Foundation
Relation between consistency and accuracy of eyewitness testimony

Florida International University Foundation
Strategies for memory improvement

National Institute of Health
Cognition in long-term recall of physical activity.
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Australian Research Council
The relationship between consistency and accuracy of eyewitness testimony

British Academy
Supporting Eyewitness Memory with a Self-Administered Scene of Crime Recall Tool

Economic and Social Research Council
Interviewing to detect deception

  

 

SELECT PUBLICATIONS

Powell, M, Fisher, R. P., Hughes-Scholes, C. H. (in press). The effect of intra-versus post-interview feedback during simulated practice interviews about child abuse. Child Abused & Neglect.

Vrij, A., Mann, S., Fisher, R. P. Leal, S., Milne, B., & Bull, R. (in press). Increasing cognitive load to facilitate lie detection: The benefit of recalling an event in reverse order. Law and Human Behavior.

Fisher, R. & Castano, N. (in press). Cognitive Interview. In Cutler, B. (Ed). Encyclopedia of Psychology and Law .Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.

Fisher, R. P., & Schreiber, N. (2007). Interviewing protocols to improve eyewitness memory. In
M. Toglia, J. Reed , D. Ross, & R. Lindsay, , & (Eds.) The handbook of eyewitness psychology: Volume One. Memory for events. Mahwah, N.J.:Erlbaum Associates. (pp.53-80)

Fisher, R. P., & Perez, V. (2007). Memory-enhancing techniques for interviewing crime suspects. Chapter in S. Christianson (Ed.) Offenders' Memories of Violent Crimes. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (pp. 329-35

Vrij, A., Mann, S., & Fisher, R.P. (2006). Information-gathering vs accusatory interview style: individual differences in respondents' experiences. Personality & Individual Differences, 41, 589-59

Gilbert, J.A.E. & Fisher, R. P. (2006). The effects of varied retrieval cues on reminiscence in eyewitness memory. Applied Cognitive Psychology. 20, 723-739.

Fisher, R.P., Brennan, K.H., & McCauley, M.R. (2002). The cognitive interview method to enhance eyewitness recall. In M. Eisen, G. Goodman, & J. Quas (Eds.) Memory and suggestibility in the forensic interview. Mahwah, N.J.: Erlbaum. (pp. 265-286)