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Brittany Liu

Email: 
b.liu@uci.edu
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Degree Program: 
Ph.D. in Psychology and Social Behavior
Cohort: 
2007-2008
Advisor: 
Peter H. Ditto
Interests: 
Social psychology, moral psychology, psychology and law
Curriculum Vitae: 

More specific research interests include how pre-existing beliefs or values can alter individuals' perceptions of facts and evidence, as well as biased information processing and how knowledge or expertise can exacerbate such biases.

Other areas of interest include loneliness and social relationship factors, and in the psychology and law area interrogations and confessions. 

Selected publications:

Liu, B., & Ditto, P. H. (under review). What dilemma? Moral intuitions shape factual belief.

Leo, R. A., & Liu, B. (2009). What do potential jurors know about police interrogation techniques and false confessions? Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 27, 381-399.