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Matthew J. Sharps Ph.d

Matthew J. Sharps Ph.d

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Why Lying Persists Despite the Consequences

Why Lying Persists Despite the Consequences

How dissociation fuels both invention and deception across species.

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Matthew J. Sharps Ph.d

The Curious Case of King Tut and the Illusion of Murder

Mental shortcuts lead us to see homicide where none exists, as with King Tut.

01.06.2026 50

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Matthew J. Sharps Ph.d

Crime, Compulsion, and Social Media

Some people imitate the Internet and commit violent and sexual crimes.

05.05.2026 60

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Matthew J. Sharps Ph.d

Dissociation: Imagination and Error in Criminal Justice

The role of dissociation in what we see and remember.

06.04.2026 70

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Matthew J. Sharps Ph.d

Adolf Hitler Meets the Weird Homicide Fairy

A study in the interpretation of evidence.

02.03.2026 100

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Matthew J. Sharps Ph.d

Eyewitnesses, AI, and Inflatable Goats

02.02.2026 100

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Matthew J. Sharps Ph.d

Eyewitness to What Isn't

02.12.2025 100

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Matthew J. Sharps Ph.d

Psychology, Crime, and "Modeling"

04.11.2025 100

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Matthew J. Sharps Ph.d

Psychology, Crime, and Violence

02.10.2025 100

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Matthew J. Sharps Ph.d

The Psychology of Crime and the Prefrontal Cortex

03.09.2025 100

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Matthew J. Sharps Ph.d

The Eyewitness as Storyteller

05.08.2025 100

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Matthew J. Sharps Ph.d

Eyewitness Memory and the Drone Invasion of New Jersey

01.07.2025 100

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Matthew J. Sharps Ph.d

For the Night Shift: Sleeping for Survival

06.05.2025 70

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Matthew J. Sharps Ph.d