Amina Memon

On the move...you can now find me @aminamemon.bsky.social

New research led by academics from @RHULPsychology, alongside colleagues from the @WorldBank, concludes that teaching methods should change, after discovering that global literacy goals will not be met without major intervention. Learn more: ow.ly/Mhlc50U3eta

I am pleased to share that our manuscript analyzing 68 Finnish asylum decisions based on sexual orientation has been published in Legal and Criminological Psychology! Read it here: bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/lc…

The EUAA has launched its Grants Programme. For the first time, the Agency will offer financial grants, with initial projects aiming to support some of the EUAA’s activities, incl. information provision to asylum seekers and strengthening its asylum case law work. Visit the following link 📄 europa.eu/!GbgGqf to learn how your organisation can support these activities.

@PsychAID @JennySkrifvars @LegalPsych_AA @AboAkademi @jkorkman Congratulations @JennyScrifvars 👏

We are exceptionally proud of @JennySkrifvars for successfully defending her thesis on asylum interviewing and decision making in Finland! A monumental occasion for a wonderful researcher. We are overjoyed to have Jenny as a Post Doc within our network!

🚨New publication by the incredible Ryan Lahay🚨 Are traditional measures of cognitive load and arousal during deception valid? No! Find out what that could mean for the field here: bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/lc… @ontariotech_u @OT_FSSH @OTfpsych

Don't forget: SARMAC symposia abstracts are due Friday!

Family court judges use victim-blaming language in domestic abuse cases, finds AI project theguardian.com/law/2024/oct/0…

Participants interacted with a generative AI “police” chatbot instructed to instill false memories regarding a crime. And guess what? It succeeded, almost doubling the frequency of false memories compared to a condition in which they were induced using a standard survey method. Last week, we saw a paper in Science showing that GPT-4 can reduce conspiracy beliefs in conspiracy theorists. Today, we see a paper demonstrating that generative AI chatbots are capable of manipulating memory. This is a strong reminder that generative AI is an extremely powerful persuasion tool, neither inherently good nor inherently bad. It can be used for both beneficial and harmful purposes. We need to be aware of this and build appropriate safety guardrails. Paper: arxiv.org/pdf/2408.04681

New fully-funded #PhD opportunity in #legalpsychology Investigate a crucial issue- the use of police BWC recordings in the prosecution of DFV cases- that could have significant implications for police practice and criminal justice🚔 ⚖️ sydney.edu.au/scholarships/d… @kimawade

🚀 Exciting #PhD opportunity in #Psychology or #Economics! Join our fully funded project at Royal Holloway, starting Jan 2025! 📚 Causal links between school environment and mental health. Supervised by Dr. Rimfeld & Prof. Anderberg. Get in touch if interested! 📩 Please RT!

Fully-funded PhD opportunity 🚨 Passionate about applied cognition in #forensicpsychology? Join us at @uop_psychology for 3 years of exciting research! Get in touch to discuss projects. Deadline - 17th January 2025 Start date - October 2025 #phd #funding #studentships

Def one to add to reading list given rapid growth of Natural Language Processing (NLP) as a research domain in AI. Thank you!

Join us in Ireland in June 2025! Call for abstracts now open - deadline 1st October for symposia, 1st November for individual talks. See sarmac2025.org for further information☘️

Postgraduate students & post-docs: please consider applying to attendthis amazing workshop w/ chances to receive feedback on your work from @sufranceschet @malligao, Pedro dos Santos, Michelle Taylor-Robinson, Gwynn Thomas, and Magda Hinojosa!

Exonerated after 34 years, the delay attributed to underfunding of #CCRC Oliver Campbell, vulnerable 21-year-old interrogated under duress, conflicting eyewitness testimony a factor- no doubt race too contributed #falseconfessions rb.gy/6uqddd #wrongfulconvictions

Graduate Sana was one of a team of students that contributed to developing our practical guide for staff in @RHULPsychology decolonising and diversifying the curriculum. This co-collaboration work with staff is part of ongoing work with the Psychology EDI & @THESIS_RHUL teams

Good luck to all who are receiving #ALevelResults today! If #psychology is your thing and you're looking for a strong community on a beautiful campus, then check out @RHULPsychology at @RoyalHolloway for clearing information 🧠🧑‍🎓 royalholloway.ac.uk/studying-here/…

#RHGraduation Always such a pleasure celebrating the success of @RHULPsychology students with my amazing colleagues There are a lot of us so was glad to catch up with my project students/lab @EyewitnesslabRH

⭐️ We are looking for someone with inclusive design expertise to join @StoryFutures as a part-time (50%) lecturer for the UKRI AI Centre for Doctoral Training in AI for Digital Media Inclusion ⭐️ Closes 4th Aug: bit.ly/InclusiveDesig…