Research Interests

My research is primarily focused on applied and theoretical aspects of metacognition. Theoretically oriented projects include investigations of: the boundary conditions and underlying mechanisms of the positive-negative difference in the confidence-accuracy relationship, models of monitoring and control processes in episodic memory. Psychology-law projects include: an ARC funded project with Neil Brewer and Gary Wells (Iowa State, USA) investigating metacognitive influences on choosing behaviour in eyewitness identification, an ARC funded project with Tim Perfect (University of Plymouth) investigating the usefulness of different free-report options in eyewitness identification tasks, regulation of grain size in eyewitness memory (with Neil Brewer), predictors (e.g., confidence and response latency) of eyewitness identification accuracy (with Neil Brewer), eye movements in eyewitness identification (with Neil Brewer and Carolyn Semmler).

Selected Publications

Lindsay, R. C. L., Semmler, C., Weber, N., Brewer, N., & Lindsay, M. R. (2008). How variations in distance affect eyewitness reports and identification accuracy. Law and Human Behavior, 32, 526-535.

Sauer, J. D., Brewer, N., & Weber, N. (2008). Multiple confidence estimates as indices of eyewitness memory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 137, 528-547.

Weber, N., & Brewer, N. (2008). Eyewitness recall: Regulation of grain size and the role of confidence. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 14, 50-60.

Brewer, N., Caon, A., Todd, C., & Weber, N. (2006). Eyewitness identification accuracy and response latency. Law & Human Behavior, 30, 31-50.

Weber, N., & Brewer, N. (2004). Confidence-accuracy calibration in absolute and relative face recognition judgments. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 10, 156-172.

Weber, N., Brewer, N., Wells, G. L., Semmler, C., & Keast, A. (2004). Eyewitness identification accuracy and response latency: The unruly 10-12 second rule. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 10, 139-147.

Weber, N., & Brewer, N. (2003). The effect of judgment type and confidence scale on confidence-accuracy calibration. Journal of Applied Psychology, 88, 490-499.