James Michael Lampinen

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Federal Grant PI High Impact

Distinguished Professor

University of Arkansas

Faculty Researcher

29 h-index 152 pubs 2,658 cited

Research Areas

Biomedical Subjects

Links

ORCID Lab Website

OverviewAI-generated summary

James Michael Lampinen's research focuses on eyewitness memory and identification, investigating factors that influence the accuracy and confidence of eyewitness accounts. His work addresses how conditions during the encounter, such as the presence of weapons or unusual objects, and the passage of time can affect memory recall and the construction of facial composites. He also examines the reliability of eyewitness identifications made under seemingly optimal conditions and the potential for biases in lineup procedures.

Lampinen has received significant funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for projects exploring the relationship between prior familiarity and eyewitness identification, as well as the confidence-accuracy relationship in eyewitness testimony. His scholarship metrics include an h-index of 29, with over 2,600 citations for his 152 publications, designating him as a highly cited researcher. He actively collaborates with colleagues at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, including William Blake Erickson, Pia Pennekamp, Ana J. Bridges, and Jihan Rashed.

Metrics

h-index: 29
Publications: 152
Citations: 2,658

Selected Publications

Using live-action 360-degree video to assess the impact of exposure duration on eyewitness identification accuracy at high confidence in children and adults (2025)

Cognitive Research Principles and Implications DOI OpenAlex
The impact of forensic delay: facilitating facial composite construction using an early-recall retrieval technique (2025)

Ergonomics 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
Thinking outside the red box: Does the simultaneous Showup distinguish between filler siphoning and diagnostic feature detection accounts of lineup/Showup differences? (2024)

Cognition DOI OpenAlex
New ideas in psychology crime and law (2024)

Psychology Crime and Law DOI OpenAlex
The masked villain: the effects of facial masking, distance, lighting, and eyewitness age on eyewitness identification accuracy (2023)

Psychology Crime and Law 7 citations DOI OpenAlex
Effect of expectations and retention interval on prospective person memory and vigilance (2023)

Psychology Crime and Law 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
Can Undergraduate Artists With No Training in Forensic Art Produce Accurate Age Progressions? (2023)

International journal of missing persons/International journal of missing persons 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
The impact of weapons and unusual objects on the construction of facial composites (2022)

Psychology Crime and Law 4 citations DOI OpenAlex
Prior experience with target encounter affects attention allocation and prospective memory performance (2022)

Cognitive Research Principles and Implications 5 citations DOI OpenAlex
The effect of feedback and recollection rejection instructions on the development of memory monitoring and accuracy (2022)

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
Estimator variables can matter even for high-confidence lineup identifications made under pristine conditions. (2021)

Law and Human Behavior 36 citations DOI OpenAlex
Eyewitness identifications after witnessing threatening and non-threatening scenes in 360-degree virtual reality (or 2D) from first and third person perspectives (2020)

PLoS ONE 17 citations DOI OpenAlex
Parental reference photos do not always improve the accuracy of forensic age progressions (2020)

Science & Justice 6 citations DOI OpenAlex
The effects of distance and age on the accuracy of estimating perpetrator gender, age, height, and weight by eyewitnesses (2020)

Psychology Crime and Law 4 citations DOI OpenAlex
Developmental trends in children’s use of different monitoring processes to avoid false memories (2020)

Cognitive Development 4 citations DOI OpenAlex