Under Review or in Preparation
Thompson, M. B., Tangen, J. M., & McCarthy D. J. (in prep). Expertise and non-analytic cognition in fingerprint identification.
Thompson, M. B., Thompson, W. C., & Mnookin J. L. (in prep). Explaining the strength of forensic identification evidence: A survey of possible approaches and how to evaluate them.
Edmond, G., Tangen, J. M., & Thompson, M. B. (under review). A guide to interpreting forensic testimony: Scientific approaches to fingerprint evidence.
Journal Publications
Thompson, M. B., Tangen, J. M., & McCarthy D. J. (in press). Human matching performance of genuine crime scene latent fingerprints. Law and Human Behavior. [Abstract]
Thompson, M. B., Tangen, J. M., & McCarthy D. J. (in press). Expertise in fingerprint identification. Journal of Forensic Sciences. [PDF]
Tangen, J. M., Murphy, S. C., & Thompson, M. B. (2011). Flashed face distortion effect: Grotesque faces from relative spaces. Perception, 40, 628-630. doi: 10.1068/p6968
[Abstract] [Blog Post] [Movie 1] [Movie 2] [PDF]
Tangen, J. M., Thompson, M. B., & McCarthy D. J. (2011). Identifying fingerprint expertise. Psychological Science, 22(8) 995–997. doi: 10.1177/0956797611414729
[Video Abstract] [Summary] [Press Release] [Blog Post] [PDF]
Sanderson, P. M., Thompson, C. L., Thompson, M. B., Watson, M. O., Muthukrishna, M., & Murphy, S. (accepted pending revisions). Auditory alarm effectiveness: Evaluation of alternative alarm sets with anesthesiologists. Anesthesia & Analgesia.
Thompson, C., Sanderson, P., Watson, M., Thompson, M., Muthukrishna, M., & Murphy, S. (2010). Testing auditory alarm effectiveness with three different alarm sets. Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, 38(4), 769-769.
Thompson, M. B., Tear, M. J., & Sanderson, P. M. (2010). Multisensory integration with a head-mounted display: Role of mental and manual load. Human Factors, 52(1).
doi: 10.1177/0018720810367914 [PDF]
Harrison, W. J., Thompson, M. B., & Sanderson, P. M. (2010). Multisensory integration with a head-mounted display: Background visual motion and sound motion. Human Factors, 52(1).
doi: 10.1177/0018720810367790 [PDF]
Thompson, M. B., & Sanderson, P. M. (2008). Multisensory integration with a head-mounted display: Sound delivery and self-motion. Human Factors, 50(5), 789-800.
doi: 10.1518/ 001872008X312323 [PDF]
Conference Publications
Thompson, M. B., Tangen, J. M., & McCarthy D. J. (2013). Expertise, memory, and non-analytic cognition in fingerprint matching: Experts can discriminate prints in noise, spaced in time, and in the blink of an eye. Proceedings of the 40th Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference. Adelaide, Australia: 3-4 April, 2013. [PDF] [Slides]
Thompson, M. B., Tangen, J. M., & McCarthy, D. J. (2013). Evidence for expertise in fingerprint identification and the ramifications for the future study of forensic expertise. American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS) Annual Meeting. Washington, DC: 18-23 February, 2013. [PDF] [Slides]
Thompson, M. B., Tangen, J. M., & McCarthy, D. J. (2012). Evidence for expertise and accuracy in fingerprint identification. Proceedings of the 21st International Symposium on the Forensic Sciences of the Australian and New Zealand Forensic Science Society (ANZFSS). Hobart, Australia: 23-27 September, 2012.
[Invited Discipline Keynote and Best Presentation Award Winner]
Thompson, M. B., Tangen, J. M., & McCarthy, D. J. (2012). Evidence for expertise in the matching performance of human fingerprint examiners. Proceedings of the 6th European Academy of Forensic Science Conference (EAFS). The Hague, the Netherlands: 20-24 August, 2012.
Thompson, M. B., Tangen, J. M., & McCarthy, D. J. (2012). Evidence for expertise in fingerprint identification. Proceedings of the 97th International Educational Conference of the International Association for Identification. Phoenix, Arizona: 22-28 July, 2012.
Tangen, J. M., Murphy, S. C., & Thompson, M. B. (2012). When pretty girls turn ugly: The flashed face distortion effect. The Best illusion of the Year Contest, 12th Annual Meeting of the Vision Science Society (VSS). Naples, Florida: 14 May, 2012.
[Second place for Best Illusion of the Year, 2012] [Nature News] [New Scientist TV] [Abstract] [Illusion 1] [Illusion 2]
Sung, B. C. Y., Thompson, M. B. & Tangen, J. M. (2012). When pretty girls turn ugly: The boundary conditions of the flashed face distortion effect. Proceedings of the 39th Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference. Sydney, Australia: 12-15 April, 2012.
Tangen, J. M., Thompson, M. B., & McCarthy, D. J. (2011). Forensic reasoning and uncertainty: Identifying fingerprint expertise. Impressions and Expressions: Expert Opinion Evidence in Reports and Courts, AAFS Conference. Sydney, Australia: 3-4 December, 2011.
Thompson, M. B., Tangen, J. M., & McCarthy, D. J. (2011). Accuracy and expertise in human fingerprint identification. Proceedings of the 38th Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference. Auckland, New Zealand: 28-30 April, 2011. [PDF]
Thompson, M. B., Tangen, J. M., & McCarthy, D. (2010). Enhancing performance in human decision making: The role of similarity in forensic identification. Proceedings of the 20th International Symposium on the Forensic Sciences of the Australian and New Zealand Forensic Science Society (ANZFSS). Sydney, Australia: 5-9 April.
[Awarded Best Paper in Management and Quality Assurance] [PDF]
Tangen, J. M., Thompson, M. B., McCarthy, D., & Tear, M. J. (2010). Ground truth: On certainty in forensic decision-making research. Proceedings of the 20th International Symposium on the Forensic Sciences of the Australian and New Zealand Forensic Science Society (ANZFSS). Sydney, Australia: 5-9 April.
Thompson, M. B., Tangen, J. M., Treloar, R., & Ivison, K. J. (2010). Humans matching fingerprints: Sequence and Size. Proceedings of the 54th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. San Francisco, CA: September 27-October 1.
[Awarded 3rd place for Best Student Paper in CEDM] [PDF]
Thompson, M. B., Tangen, J. M., Ivison, K. J., & Treloar, R. (2010). Expertise in matching fingerprints and faces. Proceedings of the 37th Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference. Melbourne, Australia: 8-10 April. [PDF]
Tear, M. J., Thompson, M. B., & Tangen J. M. (2010). The importance of ground truth: An open-source biometric repository. Poster presented at the 54th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. San Francisco, CA: September 27-October 1. [PDF]
Thompson, C., Sanderson, P., Watson, M., Thompson, M., Muthukrishna, M., & Murphy, S. (2010). Testing auditory alarm effectiveness with three different alarm sets. Poster presented at the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists Annual Scientific Meeting (ANZCA ASM). Christchurch, NZ: 1-5 May 2010.
[Selected for reprinting in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, 38(4), 769-769.] [URL] [PDF]
Tear, M., Harrison, W., Thompson, M., & Sanderson, P. M. (2009). Head-mounted displays and multisensory integration: Replications and challenges. Proceedings of the 53rd Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. San Antonio, TX: 19-23 October, 2009, 1131-1135
[Shortlisted for HFES Alphonse Chapanis Best Student Paper Award] [PDF]
Jenkins, S., Liu, D., Thompson, M. B., & Sanderson, P. M. (2009). Managing the risks of display evaluation studies in the OR. Abstract for Society for Technology in Anesthesia (STA2009) Annual Meeting. San Antonio, TX: 14-17 January, 2009. [Poster] [Abstract]
Thompson, M. B., & Sanderson, P. (2008). Multisensory integration with a head-mounted display and auditory display. Proceedings of the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. New York, NY: 22-26 September, 2008, 1292-1296 [PDF]
Thompson, M., Lowe, S., & Sanderson, P. (2007). Role of motion and sound in use of head-mounted displays (Abstract). Proceedings of the 8th International Multisensory Research Forum (IMRF2007). Sydney, 5-7 July, 2007. [Abstract]
Other
Thompson, M. B. (2007). Crossmodal integration with a head-mounted display and auditory display options: Is there cause for concern? Unpublished Honours Thesis, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
[Awarded First Class Honours] [PDF]
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