Research Profile
Research Interests:
Dr. Goodman's research falls into two major areas: memory development and children's abilities and experiences as victim/witnesses. In the memory development area, her work explores theoretical issues concerning the relation between trauma and memory, attachment and memory, implicit and explicit memory, and semantic associates and memory, as well as the relation between emotion and memory. In the victim/witness area, her research focuses on children's ability to provide testimony about events they have experienced or witnessed, especially events related to child abuse, and on the psychological effects of testifying in court. She is also currently studying the effects of child abuse on emotional adjustment / psychopathology and relations between child maltreatment, revictimization, and juvenile delinquency.
Recent Publications:
Goodman, G. S., Myers, J.E.B., Qin, J.J., Quas, J.A. et al. (2006). Hearsay versus children’s testimony: Jurors’ abilities to detect truth and lies. Law and Human Behavior.
Edelstein, R., Luten, T., Ekman, P., & Goodman, G. S. (2006). Detecting lies in children and adults. Law and Human Behavior.
Quas, J.A., Goodman, G.S., Ghetti, S., Alexander, K. et al. (2005). Childhood sexual abuse victims: Long-term outcomes of testifying in criminal court. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development.
Cordon, I., Goodman, G. S., & Saetermoe, C. (2005). Facilitating children’s accurate responses: Conversational rules and interview style. Applied Cognitive Psychology.
Alexander, K., Quas, J., Goodman, G. S., Ghetti, S., Edelstein, R., Redlich, A., Cordon, I., & Jones, D. P. H. (2005). Traumatic impact predicts long-term memory of documented child sexual abuse. Psychological Science.
