Rate My Professor Hayley Cullen

Hayley Cullen's research focuses on forensic psychology, examining cognitive processes including attention, memory, and perception in contexts such as eyewitness identification, jury decision-making, and policing. Her work investigates phenomena like inattentional blindness, where witnesses fail to notice critical details due to divided attention, the weapon focus effect, memory suggestibility from post-event information, and influences on eyewitness accuracy such as online media and immediate recall. As director of the Macquarie University Psychology and Crime Lab (MacqPAC), she explores intersections between psychology and crime, including wrongful convictions. Key publications include 'Miscarriages of justice in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand: mental health outcomes and life experiences of wrongfully convicted and accused individuals' (Growns, Cullen et al., 2026, Australian Journal of Psychology), 'News as a form of post-event information: the effect of online media type and source credibility on eyewitness memory' (Crittenden, Obeid & Cullen, 2026, Psychology, Crime & Law), 'Adults are just as susceptible to memory suggestibility when reporting about single and repeated events' (Dilevski, Cullen & van Golde, 2025, Scientific Reports), and 'Witnesses who experience inattentional blindness are only less accurate for peripheral details' (Cullen et al., 2025). Her contributions aim to refine eyewitness procedures and mitigate justice system errors through experimental studies and public outreach.