Constructing identifiable composite faces: The importance of cognitive alignment of interview and construction procedure
Journal Article
Skelton, F. C., Frowd, C. D., Hancock, P. J. B., Jones, H. S., Jones, B. C., Fodarella, C., …Logan, K. (2020)
Constructing identifiable composite faces: The importance of cognitive alignment of interview and construction procedure. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 26(3), 507-521. https://doi.org/10.1037/xap0000257
We investigated the impact of congruency between the witness interview and method used to construct a composite face. Experiment 1, using a typical feature-by-feature composi...
The importance of detailed context reinstatement for the production of identifiable composite faces from memory
Journal Article
Fodarella, C., Marsh, J. E., Chu, S., Athwal-Kooner, P., Jones, H. S., Skelton, F. C., …Frowd, C. D. (2021)
The importance of detailed context reinstatement for the production of identifiable composite faces from memory. Visual Cognition, 29(3), 180-200. https://doi.org/10.1080/13506285.2021.1890292
Memory is facilitated by reflecting upon, or revisiting, the environment in which information was encoded. We investigated these “context reinstatement” (CR) techniques to imp...
Not conferencing but hardy and rewarding public engagement: Unplugged at the Fringe with the Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas
Journal Article
Skelton, F. (2018)
Not conferencing but hardy and rewarding public engagement: Unplugged at the Fringe with the Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas. Cognitive Psychology Bulletin,
No abstract available.
Item is conference review.
Improving the Quality of Police Facial Composites
Presentation / Conference
Skelton, F., Frowd, C., & Speers, K. (2009, March)
Improving the Quality of Police Facial Composites. Poster presented at SET for Britain, London, UK
I was invited to present this research, shortlisted from over 600 applications. SET for Britain recognises excellence in Early Career Researchers.
Chatting in the face of the eyewitness: the impact of extraneous cell-phone conversation on memory for a perpetrator
Journal Article
Marsh, J. E., Patel, K., Labonté, K., Battersby, K. L., Frowd, C. D., Ball, L. J., …Vachon, F. (2017)
Chatting in the face of the eyewitness: the impact of extraneous cell-phone conversation on memory for a perpetrator. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology, 71(3), 183-190. https://doi.org/10.1037/cep0000101
Cell-phone conversation is ubiquitous within public spaces. The current study investigates whether ignored cell-phone conversation impairs eyewitness memory for a perpetrator....
EvoFIT: Police Software For Constructing Facial Composites
Presentation / Conference
Skelton, F., & Frowd, C. (2010, September)
EvoFIT: Police Software For Constructing Facial Composites. Poster presented at Police Learning: A Changing World, University of Central Lancashire
The impact of changing state speech on person identification
Presentation / Conference
Skelton, F., Marsh, J., Frowd, C., Vachon, F., & Thorley, R. (2014, September)
The impact of changing state speech on person identification. Paper presented at British Psychological Society Cognitive Section annual conference, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham
When They See Us: Why did the Central Park Five give false confessions?
Digital Artefact
Watson, F. (2019)
When They See Us: Why did the Central Park Five give false confessions?. [Newspaper article]
Facial Composites: Aligning Interview Techniques and Construction Procedures using PROfit
Presentation / Conference
Skelton, F. (2017, June)
Facial Composites: Aligning Interview Techniques and Construction Procedures using PROfit. Paper presented at Bridging the Gap: Applied Face Recognition, Stirling, UK
Improving the quality of police facial composite images
Exhibition / Performance
Skelton, F., Frowd, C., & Speers, K. Improving the quality of police facial composite images. [Poster]. Exhibited at SET for Britain, House of Commons. 9 September 2009 - 9 September 2009. (Unpublished))
Skelton, F., Frowd, C., & Speers, K. Improving the quality of police facial composite images. [Poster]. Exhibited at SET for Britain, House of Commons. 9 September 2009 - 9 September 2009. (Unpublished