When the lie does not fly – cognitive load interview techniques to elicit intelligence
Judging the veracity of verbal statements is of high importance in all types of investigative settings, such as internal investigation of...
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Legal Psychology
- Jan 30, 2022
- 4 min
Mask, mask on the wall, who is the fairest of them all? - Face masks and deception detection
A lie has no legs, they say. But what about face masks? One of the many changes brought by the COVID-19 pandemic is the decision by a...
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Legal Psychology
- Jan 24, 2022
- 7 min
Do androids dream about biased judges? – Self-fulfilling prophecies in litigation prediction by AI
A potentially valuable feature of AI applied in the legal field is identifying insightful patterns of how specific courts and judges...
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Legal Psychology
- Jan 18, 2022
- 11 min
Legal probabilism for dummies – Introduction to the central tenet and Bayes Rule
How can a mathematical theorem originating from the 18th century help us to bust our cheating partner and also analyze, model, and...
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Legal Psychology
- Jan 12, 2022
- 7 min
Clash of the Titans – Do arbitrators have the cognitive upper hand?
We are all well aware of the tired arguments about the pros of alternative dispute resolution, such as arbitration and mediation. Many of...
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Legal Psychology
- Jan 10, 2022
- 5 min
I've alredy made up my mind. Change my mind! - Confirmation bias in legal setting
Confirmation bias is one of the most widely discussed cognitive limitations that can easily interfere with the reasoned decisions of any...
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Legal Psychology
- Dec 28, 2021
- 5 min
Your Honour! You just got framed!
International arbitrators are conscious that differences in the quality of the lawyering and how the legal counsels present their stories...
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Legal Psychology
- Dec 14, 2021
- 4 min
When our judgments drift us to dangerous shores - The anchoring effect in legal decision-making
„We should not moor a ship with one anchor or our life with one hope.” (Epictetus, Greek philosopher) For those familiar with the...
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Legal Psychology
- Dec 11, 2021
- 2 min
Flawed fortune-telling - Conjunction fallacy in legal setting
Conjunction fallacy is a well-known judgmental bias that shows that people erroneously believe that events described in more detail are...
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Legal Psychology
- Dec 10, 2021
- 2 min
I knew it all along! But did I? - Hindsight bias in negligence cases
When people evaluate events or outcomes after they have occurred, they tend to exhibit the so-called hindsight bias: they judge the event...
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Legal Psychology
- Dec 9, 2021
- 2 min
One apple a day keeps the bad ruling away - extraneous factors in judicial decisions
When judges make repeated sequential rulings, they simplify their decisions in cases with similar legal characteristics and rule more in...
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