New open access paper on settled insanity from our #CLJLab, led by PhD graduate Ciera Arnett, from her dissertation work.
Interactive map with current relevant case law/controlling statute for each state (h/t Maya Irvin-Vitela): datawrapper.dwcdn.net/Rln28/2/
(more details about paper in thread)
5 adults throwing leaves into the air in a field full of colorful fall leaves and trees with red and yellow leaves.
5 adults by a sign that says "Lagomarcino Hall" on the Iowa State University campus in front of a tree full of colorful fall leaves in red and yellow hues.
5 adults throwing leaves into the air in a field full of colorful fall leaves and trees with red and yellow leaves.
5 adults standing together and smiling in front of a tree with colorful leaves in hues of yellow and red.
Fall 2025 photos of the Clinical and Legal Judgment Lab. We had fun with the beautiful leaves. Photos taken outside Lagomarcino Hall on the Iowa State University campus.
#CLJlab #Psychology #science #mentoring #law #LawPsych #PsychLaw
Three smiling people standing together in a green landscape
Excited and grateful to be working with these two bright and passionate PhD students. We took this pic at our department’s annual welcome BBQ at a beautiful park. ♥️ #CLJlab
Photo of a group of scholars smiling. From left: Maya Irvin-Vitela, PhD student; Tavien Bragg, undergraduate student; Tess Neal, lab director; Marlee Curtis, undergraduate student; Indya Kenney, undergraduate student.
Our Clinical & Legal Judgment Lab photo, Spring 2025. So grateful to get to work with these wonderful people. They're smart, kind, driven, and fun. We laughed so hard at the end of our lab meeting this week that I walked out with laugh-tears streaming. #Grateful #Mentoring #Science #CLJlab
"The Legal Intersection of Psychosis and Substance Use: A Mixed-Methods Investigation of Settled Insanity" by Maya Irvin-Vitela, Ciera Arnett, & Tess Neal of the Clinical & Legal Judgment Lab.
"The current study" slide that details the primary aims of the two studies comprising this work (case-law analysis of settled insanity cases in the U.S., and an experiment with 310 forensic mental health experts as participants). This work was preregistered and materials, data, and code are available on the OSF.
Case Law Review results showing that coders with clinical science training found about 30% of the cases reviewed as having some viability for settled insanity defense from a clinical science viewpoint, contrasted with the actual legal outcome of these cases in which just one case (2% of the sample) actually had a successful settled insanity claim.
Results from experiment with forensic mental health experts, showing that mental health experts generally saw settled insanity as redundant to traditional insanity. Findings across the two studies showed legal and mental health professionals agree that acute, voluntary substance intoxication at the time of a crime generally precludes the use of an insanity defense...but cases where substance use is more distal are more complicated.
Maya Irvin-Vitela will be presenting this work in the Saturday 3/15 datablitz (5pm-6pm) in San Cristobol. This work is from Ciera Arnett's dissertation (Maya helped as a coder!). Interesting work & findings about psychosis, substance use, & insanity. #APLS2025 #Law #Psychology #PsychLaw #CLJLab
Screenshot of an academic journal article with title, authors, and abstract. Title is "Can Jurors Disregard Inadmissible Evidence? Using the Multiphase Optimization Strategy to Test Interventions Derived from Cognitive and Social Psychological Theories."
Excited for Pamela "Nicky" Sandberg, JD, MS to publish her master's thesis. She worked hard on it, using a method I'd never used before (Multiphase Optimization Strategy; Karey O'Hara introduced it to us). The paper is open access (free), with open data:
www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/15...
#CLJlab
Bright-green Grinch punch in punch bowl with red-sugar-rimmed glasses around it
Some white elephant spoils, including 10 little plastic feet, socks that say “my dog is my therapist,” and a Sigmund Freud finger puppet magnet that my 7 year old insists is Benjamin Franklin.
Charcuterie and other eats
Lab shindig at our place this evening was really fun! We had a baked potato bar with every yummy topping possible, played games, and enjoyed each other’s company. ❤️ #CLJlab
Chocolate crinkle cookie with white cream cheese frosting and crushed candy cane sprinkles on a cute pink napkin with gingerbread cookies that says “baking spirits bright.”
Love lab treats! We’ve had great ones this year, cooked up by all our folks. Today’s holiday nosh was too cute (and delicious) by PhD student Maya. #CLJlab
Pamela "Nicky" Sandberg, JD, MS - who did her MS with me in my Clinical and Legal Judgment research lab, wrote and published this paper solo. She's back to working as an attorney after she finished her MS, with a strong background in psychological science. #CLJlab #PsychLaw
“Lips” (apples slices with peanut butter/ and marshmallow “teeth”)
“Spiders” (brownies with candy eyes and pretzel legs)
Getting ahead of myself with fall: made Halloween-themed lab snacks today. #CLJlab
I made a Starter Pack for people working at the intersection of psychology and law.
Let me know if you want to be included!
#PsychLaw #Psychology #Law #SocialPsych #CogPsych #ForensicPsych #ClinicalPsych #LegalPsych #AcademicSky #StarterPack #AcademicChatter #CLJLab
go.bsky.app/KS4zG4s
CLJ Lab members, Fall 2024. From left: Maya Irvin-Vitela, Indya Kenney, Marlee Curtis, Veronica Herrera, and Tess Neal. Photo in the Lagomarcino Hall outdoor courtyard on Iowa State University campus.
Excited to get to work with these stellar young scholars on some psychological science in our Clinical and Legal Judgment research lab. We're picking up lab traditions again after my move between institutions - today I brought apple crisp I made with apples from my tree! #CLJLab #PsychLaw #LabSnacks
Kudos to Emily Line for the Outstanding Student Presentation in Novel-Topic Research award, for research on a topic not traditionally studied in law & psychology. #APLS2024 #CLJlab
See her present "Trust & The Illusion of Expert Objectivity" on Fri 3/22 @ 3pm in San Gabriel C.
I'm looking forward to this workshop by @emily_line. She is finishing her quant psych PhD now after earning her MS in psych with me. I'm proud of her and excited to learn about what she's been working on the last few years. #PsychLaw #CLJlab
Kudos to Elizabeth Mathers on her #graduation today from @asu_ssbs Psychology M.S. program! She’s been in the lab with us since transferring to ASU her sophomore year. She’s such a joy to work with and we will miss her as she moves in to next phase of life. ♥️ #CLJlab
Kudos to the undergrads working in our lab, Alex Somoza and Gaurika Shah, for both winning poster awards during today's undergraduate research conference @ASUNewCollege! #ProudMentor #NCUIRE #BroaderImpacts #CLJlab
Another proud mentor day: Elizabeth Mathers passed her thesis defense with flying colors today. This young woman did an incredible amount of (excellent) work on this project. Thanks to the awesome collaborators who helped her code the legal cases in this project too! #CLJlab
Kudos to Nicky Sandberg @LippyLawyerLady passing her master's thesis prospectus (i.e., her thesis proposal)! Excited to work with her on this project and learn about factor optimization designs with/from @kareylo8. #CLJLab
Lovely humans doing great work. Feeling lucky and grateful to work with an awesome bunch of people (undergrads + grad students). Great presentations! And loved seeing previous lab member @emily_line doing her thing here with new collaborations after graduation! #APLS2023 #CLJlab
Very fun end-of-term lab shindig and white elephant exchange. Love working with these people! #CLJlab
Had a fun time in Prescott, AZ at the @AzPA_Psych conference. Beautiful venue in the mountains with historic "Whisky Row" down the road. Working on building forensic network in the state - enjoyed the opportunity to meet people and explore Prescott! #CLJLab
Feeling super lucky to get to work with grad students who put on sessions like this for our students and faculty. #ASUPsychLaw #CLJLab
We tried “paper in a day” today. It was fun!! We made major progress on our paper, “When Stakes Are High: Nonscientists’ reasoning affects appraisal of complex scientific evidence” #CLJlab #ASUPsychLaw @NSF twitter.com/tessmsneal/status/155304...
New ASU Clinical and Legal Judgment lab photo! Fun meeting with this crew today - looking forward to a great term. #CLJlab
Okay - I want to try a "Paper in a Day" event with my #CLJLab this fall. How have other labs done this? Advice for structure, approach, etc?
@JnfrLTackett @ekgraham22 @DocRobPhD23 @JoshuaGrubbsPhD @dr_sweatt
Our PhD program in Law and Psychology @ASU is graduating our first two students this summer!
One starting an awesome industry job, the other on academic path!
Story at link, snippets in thread:
http://shorturl.at/bhlv1
#CLJLab #ASULawPsychology #ASUPsychologyLaw #ProudMentor
Love & miss my #CLJlab student-colleagues. They have survived (& thrived) this semester while I'm on #sabbatical. Looking forward to working with them in person again. Kudos to @kmmccowa & @EmilyDenne1 who are on-track to graduate with their PhDs this summer! @ASU_LBS @asu_ssbs
Welcome to twitter, @AshleyCTJones (lower right in pic)! She's a former rockstar bachelor's & master student with Nick Schweitzer and me as mentors @ASU_LBS, then completed her PhD with @AshleyBatastini. She earned our outstanding graduate award when she was with us. 💕 #CLJlab
Proud of @kmmccowa for passing her dissertation prospectus today in the psychology-law PhD program at @ASU! #CLJLab #ASUPsychLaw @ASU_LBS @asu_ssbs
