Professor Brian Clifford
Emeritus Professor
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School of Psychology
The University of East London
Stratford Campus
London
E15 4LZ - b.r.clifford@uel.ac.uk
Professor Clifford obtained a first class honours degree in psychology from London University in 1974, An MSc in artificial intelligence and natural language processing from Brunel University in 1987, and a PhD in sentence processing from Birkbeck College, University of London in 1990. He began lecturing at NELP in 1974 and progressed via PEL and eventually UEL to a professorship in 1990.
While at UEL his main teaching involved memory, both pure and applied, and forensic psychology. At the postgraduate level he taught research methodology and to date has successfully supervised some twenty PhD (18) and Professional Doctorate (2) candidates.
In 2005 he took early retirement but retained the status of Emeritus Professor at UEL. In 2006 he was awarded an Honorary Research Professorship at Aberdeen University, where his day-to-day research work is now located.
Overview
Peer-reviewed Journal Articles
Memon, A., Havard, C., Clifford, B. R., Gabbert, F., & Watt, M. (2011). A field evaluation of the VIPER system: A new technique for eliciting eyewitness identification evidence. Psychology, Crime and Law, 17(8), 711–729. doi:10.1080/10683160903524333 |
Havard, C., Memon, A., Clifford, B. R., & Gabbert, F. (2010). A comparison of video and static photo line ups with child and adolescent witnesses. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 24(9), 1209–1221. doi:10.1002/acp.1645 |
Memon, A., Zaragoza, M., Clifford, B. R., & Kidd, L. (2010). Inoculation or antidote? The effects of cognitive interview timing on false memory for forcibly fabricated events. Law and Human Behavior, 34(2), 105–117. doi:10.1007/s10979-008-9172-6 |
Book Chapters
Clifford, B. R. (2010). Expert testimony. In G. Towell & D. Crighton (Eds.), Textbook of forensic psychology (pp. 47–61). London: Wiley Blackwell. |
Clifford, B. R. (2009). Forward. In R. Wilcox, R. Bull & R. Milne (Eds.), Witness identification in criminal cases (pp. v-vi). Oxford: Oxford University Press.|
Clifford, B. R. (2008). Role of the expert witness. In G. Davies, C. Hollin & R. Bull (Eds.), Forensic psychology (pp. 235–261). Chichester: John Wiley & Sons.|
Clifford, B. R. (2008). The role of the expert witness. In G. Davies, R. Bull & C. Hollin (Eds.), Forensic psychology: Wiley.|
Conference Papers
Clifford, B. R. (2008). Vulnerable witnesses — scope, nature and research. Paper presented at the SIPR conference on Obtaining evidence from vulnerable witnesses, Aberdeen.|
Havard, C., Memon, A., & Clifford, B. R. (2008). Obtaining eyewitness evidence from child witnesses: The advantage of VIPER parades. Paper presented at the SIPR conference on Obtaining evidence from vulnerable witnesses, Aberdeen.|
Memon, A., Havard, C., Clifford, B. R., Gabbert, F., & Watt, M. (2011). A field evaluation of the VIPER system: A new technique for eliciting eyewitness identification evidence. Psychology, Crime and Law, 17(8), 711–729. doi:10.1080/10683160903524333 |
Havard, C., Memon, A., Clifford, B. R., & Gabbert, F. (2010). A comparison of video and static photo line ups with child and adolescent witnesses. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 24(9), 1209–1221. doi:10.1002/acp.1645 |
Memon, A., Zaragoza, M., Clifford, B. R., & Kidd, L. (2010). Inoculation or antidote? The effects of cognitive interview timing on false memory for forcibly fabricated events. Law and Human Behavior, 34(2), 105–117. doi:10.1007/s10979-008-9172-6 |
Book Chapters
Clifford, B. R. (2010). Expert testimony. In G. Towell & D. Crighton (Eds.), Textbook of forensic psychology (pp. 47–61). London: Wiley Blackwell. |
Clifford, B. R. (2009). Forward. In R. Wilcox, R. Bull & R. Milne (Eds.), Witness identification in criminal cases (pp. v-vi). Oxford: Oxford University Press.|
Clifford, B. R. (2008). Role of the expert witness. In G. Davies, C. Hollin & R. Bull (Eds.), Forensic psychology (pp. 235–261). Chichester: John Wiley & Sons.|
Clifford, B. R. (2008). The role of the expert witness. In G. Davies, R. Bull & C. Hollin (Eds.), Forensic psychology: Wiley.|
Conference Papers
Clifford, B. R. (2008). Vulnerable witnesses — scope, nature and research. Paper presented at the SIPR conference on Obtaining evidence from vulnerable witnesses, Aberdeen.|
Havard, C., Memon, A., & Clifford, B. R. (2008). Obtaining eyewitness evidence from child witnesses: The advantage of VIPER parades. Paper presented at the SIPR conference on Obtaining evidence from vulnerable witnesses, Aberdeen.|
Collaborators
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Research
Publications
Funding
Professor Clifford’s research expertise lies in the field of applied memory, especially eyewitness testimony in adults and children, for which he has received numerous public and private fundings. Current research involves trialling of a virtual licence plate software package to aid recall by witnesses; the role of the cognitive interview technique in offsetting the effects of biased investigative interviewing; and the effectiveness and efficiency of the VIPER identification procedure.
Interests
Portfolio
Supervision of PhD students continues at both UEL and Aberdeen University.
Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society
Member of the Division of Forensic Psychology
Member of the Cognitive Psychology Section of the British Psychological Society
Associate of the Society for the Philosophy of Science
Associate of the British Society of Sports Psychology
Fellow of the Cybernetics Society
Chartered Forensic Psychologist
Member of the Division of Forensic Psychology
Member of the Cognitive Psychology Section of the British Psychological Society
Associate of the Society for the Philosophy of Science
Associate of the British Society of Sports Psychology
Fellow of the Cybernetics Society
Chartered Forensic Psychologist