Research

My research interests focus on the cognitive and social processes of legal decision-making, including eyewitness memory (+ metamemory), juror information processing, misinformation/disinformation, and effects of language. Some of my current projects include:

Role of language in memory and suggestibility

Effects of biasing information in juror decision-making

Eyewitness memory and metamemory

How we process misinformation and disinformation

Publications

Bennett, B., Corn, C., Wolf Bordonaro, G., & Wylie, K. (2025). The effects of a single-session pictorial collage on self-reported anxiety in adults diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 92, Article 102256. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aip.2025.102256
Wylie, K., & Evans, J. R. (2023). Investigating the utility of cognitive interview mnemonics among non-native English speakers. Psychology of Language and Communication, 27(1), 226–255. https://doi.org/10.58734/plc-2023-0012
Tate, E., Wylie, K., & Moss, J. D. (2023). The effects of face masks on emotional appraisal ability of students with autism spectrum disorder. International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1080/20473869.2023.2189765
Wylie, K., Pena, M. M., Miller, K. B., Palmer, M. E., & Tate, E. K. (2022). Observers’ accuracy in detecting deception in non-native speakers versus native speakers: A systematic review. Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling, 19(3), 204–220. https://doi.org/10.1002/jip.1595
Psychological Science Accelerator Self-Determination Theory Collaboration (2022). A global experiment on motivating social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2111091119
Molinaro, P. F., Charman, S. D., & Wylie, K. (2021). Pre-identification confidence is related to eyewitness lineup accuracy across witnesses with heterogenous encoding conditions. Law and Human Behavior, 45(6), 524–541. https://doi.org/10.1037/lhb0000452
McCarthy, R., Skowronski, J., Hoogesteyn, K., Verschuere, B., Meijer, E. H., Jim, A., …, Charman, S. D., …, Evans, J. R., …, Wylie, K., & Yildiz, E. (2018). Registered replication report on Srull and Wyer (1979). Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 1(3), 299–317. https://doi.org/10.1177/2515245918777487
Verschuere, B., Meijer, E. H., Jim, A., McCarthy, R., Hoogesteyn, K., Skowronski, J., Orthey, R., …, Charman, S. D., …, Evans, J. R., …, Wylie, K., & Yildiz, E. (2018). Registered replication report on Mazar, Amir, and Ariely (2008). Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 1(3), 321–336. https://doi.org/10.1177/2515245918781032

Presentations

Brown, S. R., Wylie, K., Moss, J. D., & Hayes, K. (2025, accepted). Psychological distance in legal testimony: Does grammatical voice influence juror perceptions? [paper presentation]. American Psychology–Law Society, San Juan, PR, USA.
Dinwiddie, K. R., & Wylie, K. (2024, April 11–13). Free to leave: Does perspective-taking influence perceptions of custody? [paper presentation]. Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Denver, CO, USA.
Ryan, C. K., Wylie, K., & Hayes, T. B. (2024, April 11–13). The effect of truthiness and negative emotions on mock jurors’ response to gruesome images [paper presentation]. Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Denver, CO, USA.
Brown, S., Wylie, K., & Ryan, C. K. (2024, March 21–23). Testing attentional control in monolinguals and bilinguals using the Gudjonsson Suggestibility Scale [poster presentation]. American Psychology–Law Society, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Ryan, C. K., Wylie, K., & Hayes, T. B. (2024, March 21–23). Truthiness or emotional response? The effect of non-probative images on juror decision-making [paper presentation]. American Psychology–Law Society, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Wylie, K., Ortstadt, B., Brown, S., & Ryan, C. K. (2024, March 21–23). Judgements of learning for faces and names: Effectiveness depends on timing and face presence [paper presentation]. American Psychology–Law Society, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Kalivoda, W. F., Lourwood, E. J., Grover, C., & Wylie, K. (2023, October 6–7). Level of professionalism in social media and college students’ perceptions of credibility [poster presentation]. ARMADILLO, San Marcos, TX, USA.
Dinwiddie, K. R., & Wylie, K. (2023, March 31–April 2). Understanding Miranda and the perceptions of custody within institutions [poster presentation]. Southwestern Psychological Association, Frisco, TX, USA.
Ryan, C., Wylie, K., Rodriguez Carey, R., & Montalvo, A. (2023, March 15–17). Assessing recidivism and rehabilitative justice in the United States: A literature review. [data blitz presentation]. American Psychology–Law Society, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Charman, S., Shambaugh, L., Cahill, B., Wylie, K., Hunter, M., & Blouir, M. (2023, March 15–17). Testing whether a ‘not sure’ option protects witnesses against the negative impact of other pre-lineup instructions. [paper presentation]. American Psychology–Law Society, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Ortstadt, B., Brown, S., & Wylie, K. (2022, October 15). Judgments of learning about faces and names: Effectiveness depends on timing and stimulus presence [oral presentation]. ARMADILLO, Stephenville, TX.
Suzanne, B. S., & Wylie, K. (2022, March 19). Does death qualification moderate juror attitudes toward defendants’ mental health diagnoses? [paper presentation]. American Psychology–Law Society, Denver, CO, USA.
Roberts, V., & Wylie, K. (2022, March 18). Age and conservatism predict trust in the police: A community-based survey [poster presentation]. American Psychology–Law Society, Denver, CO, USA.
Tate, E. K., & Wylie, K. (2021, November 3–5). Does social media use predict belief in pseudoscience and government mistrust? [poster presentation]. Technology, Mind & Society, virtual.
Edwards, S., Wylie, K., & Mindthoff, A. (2021, July 21–23). Body art behind bars? Evaluating the effects of tattoo connotation, race, and gender on juror decision making [poster presentation]. Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, virtual.
Tate, E. K., & Wylie, K. (2021, July 21–23). A foreboding America: The impact of social media use and government distrust on belief in pseudoscientific information [poster presentation]. Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, virtual.
Arias-Elmore, M. C., Grover, C. A., & Wylie, K. (2021, March 20). College students’ judgment of a male/female defendant with/without an Adverse Childhood Experience(s) score [poster presentation]. American Psychology–Law Society Virtual Poster Session.
Edwards, S., Wylie, K., & Mindthoff, A. (2021, March 20). It takes twelve: The effects of tattoos on jury decision making [poster presentation]. American Psychology–Law Society Virtual Poster Session.
Ortstadt, B., & Wylie, K. (2021, March 19–20). Do judgments of learning improve recognition memory compared to retrieval practice? [presentation]. Great Plains’ Student Psychology Convention, virtual (hosted by Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS, USA).
Connor, K. J., Miller, K., & Wylie, K. (2020, March 6–7). Building empathy and credibility with cross-cultural clients [poster presentation]. Great Plains Student’ Psychology Convention, St. Joseph, MO, USA.
Wylie, K., Evans, J., Morera, J., & Perry, A. (2020, March 5–7). Investigating the utility of cognitive interview mnemonics with non-native English speakers [paper presentation]. American Psychology–Law Society, New Orleans, LA, USA.
Wylie, K., & Pena, M. (2019, November 1–2). Detecting deception from non-native speakers versus native speakers: A systematic review [paper presentation]. Association for Psychological and Educational Research in Kansas, Baldwin City, KS, USA.
Wylie, K., & Evans, J. (2019, June 6–9). Assessing cognitive interview mnemonics and their effectiveness with non-native English speakers [poster presentation]. Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, Cape Cod, MA, USA.
Wylie, K., & Charman, S. (2018, March 8–10). Improving witnesses’ lineup identification decisions with a ‘not sure’ instruction: The moderating role of memory strength [paper presentation]. American Psychology–Law Society, Memphis, TN, USA.
Wylie, K., & Evans, J. (2017, March 16–18). Cognitive load and the misinformation effect [paper presentation]. American Psychology–Law Society, Seattle, WA, USA.
Charman, S., Cahill, B., Wylie, K., Kekessie, S., Waggoner, B., & Perez, C. (2016, March 10–12). An explicit ‘not sure’ option reduces false identifications and eliminates the harmful effects of the appearance change instruction [paper presentation]. American Psychology–Law Society, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Charman, S., Cahill, B., Wylie, K., Waggoner, B., & Perez, C. (2016, March). An explicit ‘not sure’ option reduces mistaken lineup identifications and eliminates the harmful effects of the appearance change instruction [paper presentation]. International Forensic Research Institute’s Forensic Science Symposium, Miami, FL, USA.
Wylie, K., & Evans, J. (2016, March 10–12). Exploring the impact of cognitive load on interrogative suggestibility [paper presentation]. American Psychology–Law Society, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Molinaro, P., Charman, S., & Wylie, K. (2015, March 19–21). Is the relationship between pre-lineup confidence and accuracy as tenuous as it appears? [paper presentation]. American Psychology–Law Society, San Diego, CA, USA.
Wylie, K., Cooper, T., Reeves, D., Baker, A., & Mouloua, M. (2014, March 5–8). An exploration of the effect of media bias on individual jurors’ predetermination of guilt [poster presentation]. Southeastern Psychological Association, Nashville, TN, USA.

Selected Supervised Students Projects

Ryan, C. (2023, April 7–8). Truthiness or emotional response? The effect of non-probative images on juror decision-making [paper presentation]. Great Plains Students Psychology Convention, Emporia, KS, USA.
- 🥇 Awarded Outstanding Undergraduate Oral Presentation
Hickman, J. (2023, April 7–8). Competency restoration [paper presentation]. Great Plains Students Psychology Convention, Emporia, KS, USA.
- 🥇 Awarded Outstanding Graduate Oral Presentation
Dinwiddie, K. (2023, April 7–8). Police practices in social institutions [paper presentation]. Great Plains Students Psychology Convention, Emporia, KS, USA.
Brown, S. (2023, April 7–8). Cognitive control in bilingualism [poster presentation]. Great Plains Students Psychology Convention, Emporia, KS, USA.
Ryan, C., Wylie, K., Rodriguez Carey, R., & Montalvo, A. (2023, March 1). Assessing recidivism and rehabilitative justice in the United States: A literature review [poster presentation]. Kansas Undergraduate Research Day, Topeka, KS, USA & virtual.
Snell, A. (2022, March 11). We’re not all WEIRD: How social psychology interprets and generalizes data [paper presentation]. Great Plains Student Psychology Convention, Emporia, KS, USA.
Bland, P. (2020, March 6–7). Type of movie (romance, comedy, action) and college students’ popcorn consumption [poster presentation]. Great Plains Students Psychology Convention, St. Joseph, MO, USA.
- 🥇 Awarded 1st Place in Motivational and Emotional Empirical Research
Maxwell, Z. (2020, March 6–7). Type of domination scenario (escapee or not) and college students’ selfish decisions [poster presentation]. Great Plains Students Psychology Convention, St. Joseph, MO, USA.
- 🥇 Awarded 1st Place in I/O and Social Empirical Research