Dr. Otto H. MacLin
Eyewitness Laboratory
Institute for Psychological Science
Department of Psychology
University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls, IA 50614

Office Hours
(W) 319-273-2373
(Fax) 319-273-6188
Otto.MacLin@uni.edu
 


(Ph.D. University of Nevada-Reno) Post Doctoral research in eyewitness identification completed at the University of Texas at El Paso. Current teaching interests are in Sensation & Perception, Conditioning & Learning, Behavior Modification, Advanced Statistics, and History & Systems. General research interests include cognitive and metacognitive aspects of face recognition as well as applied aspects of face recognition such as eyewitness identification. Specific research projects include comparing simultaneous vs. sequential lineup administration, suggestibility of show-ups, developing computer software to facilitate lineup administration, examination of the cross-race effect, and the examination of the perceptual dimensions underlying face recognition. He is a co-author of  books in the area of Cognitive Psychology and Computer Programming for Behavioral Research. He also serves as a psychological consultant to attorneys on cases involving eyewitness identification.

Summer 2008 Course:
400:118g History & Systems          Meets Daily

Fall 2008 Courses:
400:239 Advanced Statistics           T-TH 11:00-12:15
400:153g Cognitive Psychology      T-TH 2:00 - 3:15
400:050 Behavior Modification      T-TH 3:30-4:45
Seminar in MatLab                         To Be Announced
 

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