Professor Tim Valentine
Position held:
Professor of Psychology
Phone:
+44 (0)20 7919 7871
Fax:
+44 (0)20 7919 7873
Email:
t.valentine (@gold.ac.uk)
Room 213 Whitehead Building,
Department of Psychology,
Goldsmiths, University of London,
New Cross, SE14 6NW
BSc PhD CPsychol CSci FBPsS
Eyewitness testimony & identification, face recognition, memory of proper names
Grants & awards
Valentine, T., Memon, A. & Roberts, A. Street identifications and there role in the criminal justice system. The Nuffield Foundation. £93,000 (Sept. 2006).
Valentine, T. & Memon, A. Enhancing the effectiveness of video identification. The Nuffield Foundation. £104,000 (Sept. 2003).
Valentine, T. Solomon, C., VisionMetric Ltd. & Kent County Constabulary. Significant witness identification support system. EPSRC. £51,567 (Sept 2003).
See my personal Web pages for a full list of research publications and some downloadable manuscripts.
Research interests
My research is about our ability to recognise and identify people’s faces, mostly focussed on eyewitness identification. Previously, I have worked extensively on 'face-space' models of face recognition, with emphasis on the roles of facial distinctiveness, ethnicity and caricature. Other projects have included work on rehabilitation of face memory after brain injury and exploring the structure of our knowledge for familiar people. I regularly provide expert advice on identification issues in criminal cases.
Current projects:
- Effect of alcohol on eyewitness identification. (In collaboration with Dr Wendy Kneller, Universityof Winchester and Dr Rachel Wilcock, London Souh Bank University.)
- Identifying multiple perpetrators. (In collaboration with Zoe Hobson and Dr Rachel Wilcock, London South Bank University.)
- Identifying perpetrators with distinctive marks. (In collaboration with Dr Dora Zarkadi, University of Cambridge.)
Recent projects
- Street identifications and their role in the criminal justice system. (In collaboration with Prof Amina Memon, Royal Holloway, University of London, and Andrew Roberts, University of Warwick.)
- Enhancing the effectiveness of video identification. (In collaboration with Prof Amina Memon, Royal Holloway, University of London.)
- Evaluation of a genetic algorithm-based system to generate facial composites from witnesses. (In collaboration with Dr Chris Solomon, University of Kent.)
- Identification of faces from CCTV. (In collaboration with Dr Josh Davis, University of Greenwich.)
Selected publications
Davis, Josh P., Valentine, Tim R. and Davis, Robert. 2010. Computer assisted photo-anthropometric analyses of full-face and profile facial images. Forensic Science International, 200(1-3), pp. 165-176. ISSN 03790738 [Article]
Valentine, Tim R., Davis, Josh P., Thorner, Kate, Solomon, Chris and Gibson, Stuart. 2010. Evolving and combining facial composites: Between-witness and within-witness morphs compared. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 16(1), pp. 72-86. ISSN 1076-898X [Article]
Bull, Ray, Valentine, Tim R. and Williamson, Tom, eds. 2009. Handbook of psychology of investigative interviewing: current developments and future directions. Chichester: Wiley. ISBN 978-0-470-51267-8 [Edited Book]
Valentine, Tim R., Hughes, Carwyn and Munro, Rod. 2009. Recent developments in eyewitness identification procedures in the United Kingdom. In: Ray Bull, Tim R. Valentine and Tom Williamson, eds. The handbook of psychology of investigative interviewing. Chichester: Wiley, pp. 221-240. [Book Section]
Davis, Josh P. and Valentine, Tim R.. 2009. CCTV on trial: Matching video images with the defendant in the dock. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 23(4), pp. 482-505. ISSN 08884080 [Article]
Valentine, Tim R. and Mesout, Jan. 2009. Eyewitness identification under stress in the London Dungeon. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 23(2), pp. 151-161. ISSN 08884080 [Article]
Thompson, Peter, Anstis, S. M., Rhodes, G. and Valentine, Tim R.. 2009. Thompson's 1980 paper. Perception, 38(6), pp. 921-932. ISSN 0301-0066 [Article]
Angeli, Adriana, Davidoff, Jules B. and Valentine, Tim R.. 2008. Face familiarity, distinctiveness, and categorical perception. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 61(5), pp. 690-707. ISSN 1747-0218 [Article]
Powell, Jane H., Letson, Susan, Davidoff, Jules B., Valentine, Tim R. and Greenwood, Richard. 2008. Enhancement of face recognition learning in patients with brain injury using three cognitive training procedures. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 18(2), pp. 182-203. ISSN 0960-2011 [Article]
Darling, Stephen, Valentine, Tim R. and Memon, Amina. 2008. Selection of lineup foils in operational contexts. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 22(2), pp. 159-169. ISSN 08884080 [Article]
Valentine, Tim R., Darling, Stephen and Memon, Amina. 2007. Do strict rules and moving images increase the reliability of sequential identification procedures? Applied Cognitive Psychology, 21(7), pp. 933-949. ISSN 08884080 [Article]
Valentine, Tim R. and Stone, A.. 2007. The categorical structure of knowledge for famous people (and a novel application of Centre-Surround theory). Cognition, 104(3), pp. 535-564. ISSN 00100277 [Article]
Valentine, Tim R., Powell, Jane H., Davidoff, Jules B., Letson, Susan and Greenwood, Richard. 2006. Prevalence and correlates of face recognition impairments after acquired brain injury. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 16(3), pp. 272-297. ISSN 0960-2011 [Article]
Valentine, Tim R. and Darling, S.. 2005. The categorical structure of semantic memory for famous people: A new approach using release from proactive interference. Cognition, 96(1), pp. 35-65. ISSN 00100277 [Article]
Stone, Anna and Valentine, Tim R.. 2004. Better the devil you know? Non-conscious processing of identity and affect of famous faces. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 11(3), pp. 469-474. ISSN 1069-9384 [Article]
Valentine, Tim R., Darling, Stephen and Donnelly, Mary. 2004. Why are average faces attractive? The effect of view and averageness on the attractiveness of female faces. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 11(3), pp. 482-487. ISSN 1069-9384 [Article]
Valentine, Tim R., Darling, S. and Pickering, Alan. 2003. Characteristics of eyewitness identification that predict the outcome of real lineups. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 17(8), pp. 969-993. ISSN 08884080 [Article]
Valentine, Tim R. and Hollis, J.. 2001. Proper name processing: Are proper names pure referencing expressions? Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition, 27(1), pp. 99-116. ISSN 02787393 [Article]
Valentine, Tim R. and Heaton, Pam F.. 1999. An evaluation of the fairness of police line-ups and video identifications. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 13(S1), S59-S72. ISSN 08884080 [Article]