Kaila C. Bruer

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Dr. Bruer obtained her Ph.D. in Experimental and Applied Psychology from the University of Regina and completed a SSHRC Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at the University of Toronto, Dr. Eric Jackman Institute for Child Studies. She is currently an Associate Professor of Psychology at Luther College at the University of Regina where she studies factors that facilitate the gathering of reliable evidence from child witnesses, with an emphasis on memory and truthfulness. In her research, she works with children between the ages of 4 through 18 to explore: (a) how police should gather memory evidence from child eyewitnesses; and, (b) the circumstances that impact whether a child will truthfully and completely report an experienced event.

For more information on Dr. Bruer’s research visit her faculty page at Luther College and at the Department of Psychology, University of Regina.

Experience

  • 2019–present
    Associate professor, Luther College at the University of Regina

Education

  • 2018 
    University of Toronto, Postdoctoral Research Fellow
  • 2017 
    University of Regina, PhD - Experimental and Applied Psychology
  • 2012 
    Carleton University, MA - Forensic Psychology
  • 2010 
    Carleton University, BA (Honours) - Criminology and Criminal Justice

Publications

  • 2017
    The “magical” effect of integration on autobiographical memory., Applied Cognitive Psychology
  • 2017
    When an alibi is not enough: An exploration of evidence needed for mock investigators to lay charges in a robbery case. , Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology
  • 2015
    Lineup member similarity influences the effectiveness of a salient rejection option for eyewitnesses, Psychiatry Psychology, & Law
  • 2014
    Eyewitness age and familiarity with the defendant: Influential factors in mock jurors' assessment of guilt, American Journal of Forensic Psychology
  • 2014
    The role of familiarity in recall memory for environments: A comparison of children and adults, Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology
  • 2014
    Does speed indicate lineup identification accuracy? Examining Children's and Adults' Reaction Time, American Journal of Forensic Psychology
  • 2012
    Influence of eyewitness age and recall error on juror decision making., Legal and Criminological Psychology
  • 2012
    The Culprit in Target-Absent Lineups: Understanding Young Children’s False Positive Responding., Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology

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