Research Interests

I am currently working as a Lecturer in Forensic Psychology at the University of Sydney. My research investigates how discussion amongst eyewitnesses can influence the accuracy of their individual memories and their psychological wellbeing.

Publications

Villar, G., Arciuli , J., & Paterson, H. (in press). Remorse in oral and handwritten false confessions. Legal and Criminological Psychology.

Matusko D., Kemp, R. I., Paterson, H. M., & Bryant, R. A. (in press). The Assessment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder for Workers' Compensation in Emergency Service Personnel. Australian Psychologist.

Monds, L. A., Paterson, H. M., Whittle, K., Kemp, R. I, & Bryant, R. (in press). Can warnings decrease the misinformation effect in post-event debriefing? International Journal

of Emergency Services.

Villar, G., Arciuli , J., & Paterson, H. (in press). Linguistic indicators of a false confession. Psychiatry, Psychology and Law.

Paterson, H. M., Anderson, D. W. M. & Kemp, R. I (in press). Cautioning Jurors Regarding Co-Witness Discussion: The Impact of Judicial Warnings. Psychology, Crime & Law.

Villar, G., Arciuli , J., & Paterson, H. (in press). Vocal pitch production during lying: Beliefs about deception matter. Psychiatry, Psychology and Law.

Petterson, B. & Paterson, H. M. (2012). Culture and Conformity: The Effects of Independent and Interdependent Self-Construal on Witness Memory. Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 19, 735-744.

Paterson, H. M. & Kemp, R. I. (2012). Ten tips to protect eyewitness evidence. Australian Police Journal, 28-23.

Monds, L. A., Paterson, H. M., Kemp, R. I., & Bryant, R. A., (2012). Individual differences in susceptibility to false memories for neutral and trauma-related words. Psychiatry, Psychology & Law. First published online June 28th. DOI:10.1080/13218719.2012.692932

Paterson, H. M., Kemp, R., & McIntyre, S. (2011). Can a witness report hearsay evidence unintentionally? The effects of discussion on eyewitness memory. Psychology, Crime and Law. First published on: 28 February 2011 (iFirst) DOI: 10.1080/1068316X.2010.510117

Paterson, H., Kemp, R., & Ng, J. (2011). Combating co-witness contamination: Attempting to decrease the negative effects of discussion on eyewitness memory. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 25, 43-52.

Paterson, H. M., Kemp, R. I., & Forgas, J. P. (2009). Co-witnesses, confederates, and conformity: The effects of discussion and delay on eyewitness memory. Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 16, 112 - 124.

Harris, C. B., Paterson, H. M., & Kemp, R. I. (2008). Collaborative recall and collective memory: What happens when we remember together? Memory, 16, 213-230.

Paterson, H. & Kemp, R. (2006). Comparing methods of encountering postevent Information: The power of co-witness suggestion. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 20 , 1083-1099.

Paterson, H. (2006). Co-witnesses and the effects of discussion on eyewitness memory (abstr). The International Journal of Speech, Language, and the Law, 13 , 146-149.

Paterson, H. M. & Kemp, R. I. (2006). Co-witnesses talk: A survey of eyewitness discussion. Psychology, Crime & Law, 12, 181-191.

Paterson, H. & Kemp, R. (2005). Co-witness discussion: A survey of police officers’ attitudes, knowledge, and behaviour. Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 12, 424-434.

Suedfeld, P., Paterson, H., & Krell, R. (2005). Holocaust survivors and the world of work. Journal of Genocide Research, 7, 243-254.

Suedfeld, P., Soriano, E., McMurtry, D.L., Paterson, H., Weiszbeck, T.L., & Krell, R. (2005).  Erikson's "Components of a healthy personality" among Holocaust survivors immediately and forty years after the war. International Journal of Aging and Human Development , 60, 229-248. 

Suedfeld, P., Paterson, H., Soriano, E., & Zuvic, S. (2002). Lethal stereotypes: Hair and eye color as survival characteristics during the Holocaust. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 32, 2368-2376.

Conference Posters and Presentations

Paterson, H. M., Anderson, D. & Kemp, R. I., (2008, June). Cautioning jurors regarding co-witness discussion: The impact of a judge’s warning. Paper presented at the 18th Conference of the European Association of Psychology and Law, Maastricht, The Netherlands.

Paterson, H. M., Chau, S., & Kemp, R. I., (2008, June). Susceptibility to memory conformity: A look at cultural values. Paper presented at the 15th General Meeting of the European Association of Experimental Social Psychology, Opatija, Croatia.

Paterson, H. M., & Kemp, R. I., (2007, July). Co-witness discussion: Theoretical and practical implications. In A. Barnier (Chair), Individual and Group Cognition. Symposium conducted at the 8 th Australasian Society for Cognitive Science Conference, Adelaide, Australia.

Paterson , H. M., Chapman, L. & Kemp, R. I., (2007, July). The effects of false memory feedback on susceptibility to co-witness misinformation. Paper presented at the 3rd International Congress of Psychology and Law, Adelaide, Australia.

Paterson , H., Ng, J., & Kemp, R. (2006, July). Combating co-witness contamination: Is it possible to reduce the negative effects of co-witness discussion on eyewitness memory? In H. Paterson (Chair), Factors affecting eyewitness memory. Symposium conducted at the International Conference on Memory, Sydney, Australia.

Andrews, S., Neal, A., Paterson, H., Griffin, B. (2006, April). Competing strategies in categorization: Prior knowledge can reduce expediency and promote knowledge restructuring? Paper presented at the Australian Experimental Psychology Conference, Brisbane, Australia.

Paterson, H. M., & Kemp, R. I., (2005, January). Can a witness report hearsay unintentionally? A theoretical investigation of co-witness discussion and eyewitness memory. In H. Paterson (Organiser), The effects of social influence and discussion on memory. Symposium conducted at the Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition Conference, Wellington, New Zealand.

Paterson, H. & Kemp, R. (2004, September). Combating co-witness contamination: An investigation of ways to decrease negative effects of discussion on eyewitness memory. Paper presented at the Australian Psychological Society Conference, Sydney, Australia.

Paterson , H., Kemp, R., Goodman-Delahunty, J., & Walsh, A. (2004, July). The inherent requirements of frontline policing. Paper presented at the European Conference on Psychology and Law, Krakow, Poland.

Paterson, H. M., & Kemp, R. I., (2003, July). Bearing Witness: The psychological and legal implications of co-witness discussion. In H. Paterson (Chair), The effects of co-witness information on eyewitness memory. Symposium conducted at the Psychology and Law International, Interdisciplinary Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Paterson, H. M., & Kemp, R. I., (2003, July). Co-witness contamination: The effects of witness discussion on subsequent recall and recognition. In F. Gabbert (Chair), Memory Conformity: How do people influence each other’s memories? Symposium conducted at the Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition Conference, Aberdeen, Scotland.

Paterson, H. M., & Kemp, R. I., (2002). Co-witnesses and the effects of discussion on eyewitness memory. In H. Paterson (Chair), Current issues in eyewitness memory. Symposium conducted at the Australian Psychological Society Conference, Gold Coast, Australia.

Paterson, H., Suedfeld, P., Weiszbeck, T. & Soriano, E. (2001). The application of Erikson’s psychosocial stages to Holocaust survivors (abstr). Australian Journal of Psychology, 53, 168. Presented as a poster at the Australian Psychological Society Conference, Adelaide, Australia.

Paterson, H., Suedfeld, P., Weiszbeck, T., Hsu, C., Huang, C., & Yim, T. (2000). The attributional style of Holocaust survivors (abstr). Canadian Psychology, 41, 83. Presented in symposium at The Canadian Psychological Association Convention, Ottawa, Canada.

Paterson, H., Suedfeld, P., & Lau, I. (2000). The achievement motivation of Holocaust survivors (abstr). Canadian Psychology, 41, 124. Presented as a poster at The Canadian Psychological Association Convention, Ottawa, Canada.