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Matthew B. Thompson, PhD

Affiliations: 
2014-2016 Psychology University of Queensland, Saint Lucia, Queensland, Australia 
 2016- School of Psychology and Exercise Science Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia 
Area:
Perceptual expertise
Website:
http://mbthompson.com
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Bio:

I am fascinated by perceptual expertise. I am Lecturer in Cognition at Murdoch University, and formerly a Research Scholar at UCLA, and Postdoctoral Fellow at The University of Queensland and at Harvard Medical School. I am a Fulbright Scholar, Young Tall Poppy, American-Australian Association Fellow, National Three Minute Thesis Winner, Smart Futures Scholar, and Endeavour Fellow. I am working to reduce error in safety-critical decision making in forensics and medicine, and to better understand the nature and development of perceptual expertise.

Along with Jason Tangen, I run one of the most popular Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) on the planet—The Science of Everyday Thinking—on edX.

I travel and take pictures for fun, and am passionate about communicating science, especially to young people. You can read my latest news here, check out my research here, access my publications here, follow me on twitter, or peruse my Academic Curriculum Vitae.

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Jennifer Mnookin grad student 2012-2013 UCLA
William C. Thompson grad student 2012-2013 UC Irvine
Penelope Sanderson grad student 2009-2014 University of Queensland
Jason M. Tangen grad student 2009-2014 University of Queensland
Jeremy M. Wolfe post-doc 2104-2015 Harvard Medical School - Brigham and Women's Hospital

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Searston RA, Thompson MB, Robson SG, et al. (2025) Beyond minutiae: inferring missing details from global structure in fingerprints. Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications. 10: 3
Martire KA, Chin JM, Davis C, et al. (2024) Understanding 'error' in the forensic sciences: A primer. Forensic Science International. Synergy. 8: 100470
Corbett BJ, Tangen JM, Searston RA, et al. (2024) The effect of fingerprint expertise on visual short-term memory. Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications. 9: 14
Robson SG, Searston RA, Thompson MB, et al. (2024) A guide to measuring expert performance in forensic pattern matching. Behavior Research Methods
Palada H, Searston RA, Persson A, et al. (2020) An evidence accumulation model of perceptual discrimination with naturalistic stimuli. Journal of Experimental Psychology. Applied
Searston RA, Thompson MB, Vokey JR, et al. (2019) How low can you go? Detecting style in extremely low resolution images. Journal of Experimental Psychology. Human Perception and Performance
Edmond G, Towler A, Growns B, et al. (2017) Thinking forensics: Cognitive science for forensic practitioners. Science & Justice : Journal of the Forensic Science Society. 57: 144-154
Drew T, Aizenman AM, Thompson MB, et al. (2016) Image toggling saves time in mammography. Journal of Medical Imaging (Bellingham, Wash.). 3: 011003
Edmond G, Found B, Martire K, et al. (2016) Model forensic science Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences. 1-42
Aizenman A, Thompson M, Ehinger K, et al. (2015) Visual search through a 3D volume: Studying novices in order to help radiologists. Journal of Vision. 15: 1107
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