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Brian H Bornstein  PhD, MLS 
Office: 335 Burnett Hall
402-472-3743
bbornstein2@unl.edu

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Brian Bornstein is Professor of Psychology and Courtesy Professor of Law at UNL. He started at the university in 2000. He is a member of the Law-Psychology, Social, and Cognitive psychology programs. He has served as Interim Director of the Social-Personality and Law-Psychology programs and is presently Associate Director of the Law-Psychology program. He received his Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Pennsylvania in 1991,and a Master of Legal Studies from the University of Nebraska in 2001. Dr. Bornstein's research efforts focus primarily on how juries, especially in civil cases, make decisions, and the reliability of eyewitness memory. Additional areas of focus are in applying decision-making principles to everyday judgment tasks, as in medical decision making and distributive justice. He teaches courses on human memory, psychology and law, decision making, and history of psychology at the graduate and undergraduate levels. His latest book (co-authored with Monica Miller) is on juries and religion; it will be published by Oxford University Press, probably in early 2009.
 

Recent Publications

Journal Articles

NOTE: Most of my articles are available by clicking on the "Download my journal articles" link, above; you can scroll through all UNL psychology faculty publications, or do a search by my name.

Bornstein, B.H., Kaplan, D.L., & *Perry, A.R. (2007). Child abuse in the eyes of the beholder: Lay perceptions of child sexual and physical abuse. Child Abuse & Neglect, 31, 375-391.

Greene, E., Bornstein, B.H., & *Dietrich, H. (2007). Granny (don’t) get your gun: Competency issues in gun ownership by the elderly. Behavioral Sciences & the Law, 25, 405-423.

Deffenbacher, K.A., Bornstein, B.H., & Penrod, S.D. (2006). Mugshot exposure effects: Retroactive interference, mugshot commitment, source confusion, and unconscious transference. Law and Human Behavior, 30, 287-307.

Wiener, R.L., Bornstein, B.H., & Voss, A. (2006). Emotion and the law: A framework for inquiry. Law and Human Behavior, 30, 231-248.

Bornstein, B.H., Miller, M.K., Nemeth, R.J., Page, G., & Musil, S. (2005). Juror reactions to jury duty: Perceptions of the system and potential stressors. Behavioral Sciences & the Law, 23, 321-346.

Bornstein, B.H., & Wilson, J.R. (2004). The revelation effect in face recognition: Haven’t we met before? Memory, 12, 140-146.

Deffenbacher, K.A., Bornstein, B.H., Penrod, S.D., & McGorty, E.K. (2004). A meta-analytic review of the effects of high stress on eyewitness memory. Law and Human Behavior, 28, 687-706.

Books

Greene, E., & Bornstein, B.H. (2003). Determining damages: The psychology of jury awards. Washington, DC: APA.

Volumes Edited

Bornstein, B.H., Wiener, R.L., Schopp, R., & Willborn, S.L. (2008). Civil juries and civil justice: Psychological and legal perspectives. NY: Springer.

Wiener, R.L., Bornstein, B.H., Schopp, R., & Willborn, S.L. (2007). Social consciousness in legal decision making: Psychological perspectives. NY: Springer.
 

Research Funding Sources

Extramural Funding

Religious appeals in closing arguments: Impermissible input or benign banter? National Science Foundation (SES-0351811), 1/1/04-12/31/04.
Amount: $10,394

Meta-analysis of Facial Identification Research: A Reappraisal. National Science Foundation (SES-0010140), 5/15/01-4/30/03.
Amount: $147,720

Distributive Justice Norms Concerning Income: A Cross-National Experimental Study of Individuals’ Choice of Allocation Principles. NSF (SBR-9810473), 7/1/98-6/30/2000.
Amount: $105,792

Intramural Funding

Visiting Scholar Program in Law and Psychology. University of Nebraska, Program of Excellence Award, 9/1/04-5/31/07 (Richard Wiener, PI).
Amount: $133,400

Intuitive Genetics and Its Relationship to Risk-taking Behavior. University of Nebraska Layman Fund, 7/1/03-6/30/04.
Amount: $9,918

Alleviating the Stress of Trial: An Empirical Assessment. Tobacco Settlement Biomedical Research Enhancement Fund (University of Nebraska), 10/1/01-9/30/02.
Amount: $29,774