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Dr Bethany Growns is a Lecturer at the School of Psychological Sciences at Macquarie University. Her research has a broad focus at the intersection of cognitive science and law and harnesses empirical research to explore the mechanisms underpinning decision-making in the legal system, particularly in perceptual expertise and forensic science.
Education/Academic qualification
Psychology, PhD, UNSW
Award Date: 28 Jun 2019
Psychology, Master of Psychology (Forensic)
Award Date: 28 Jun 2019
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Towards cumulative forensic science: a commentary on ‘Methodological problems in every black-box study of forensic firearm comparisons’
Chin, J. M., Growns, B., Hunter, K. E., Quigley-McBride, A., Searston, R. A., Summersby, S., Thompson, M. B. & Towler, A., Jan 2026, In: Law, Probability and Risk. 25, 1, p. 1-12 12 p., mgaf016.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Individual differences in distributional statistical learning: better frequency “discriminators” are better “estimators”
Growns, B., Martire, K. A. & Mattijssen, E. J. A. T., Sept 2025, In: Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 78, 9, p. 1921-1931 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Domain-general individual differences in visual comparison: generalisability and stability of visual comparison ability re-visited
Growns, B., Gough, M. & Helm, R., Nov 2024, In: Applied Cognitive Psychology. 38, 6, p. 1-15 15 p., e70003.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Forensic science decision-making: expertise lends both skills and vulnerabilities
Growns, B. & Neal, T. M. S., 2024, The Cambridge handbook of psychology and legal decision-making. Miller, M. K., Yelderman, L. A., Huss, M. T. & Cantone, J. A. (eds.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press (CUP), p. 193-210 18 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Jack of all trades, master of one: domain-specific and domain-general contributions to perceptual expertise in visual comparison
Growns, B., Dunn, J. D., Helm, R. K., Towler, A., Mattijssen, E. J. A. T. & Martire, K. A., Dec 2024, In: Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications. 9, 1, p. 1-12 12 p., 73.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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