Research interests
Dr Sharman has two main research interests in the area of memory:
- How people can come to remember experiences that they never actually had.
- The impact of interviewing (e.g., by police) on people's memories for events that they experienced or witnessed.
Teaching interests
Memory and cognition, research methods
Units taught
HPS203/773 The Human Mind (Unit chair)
Knowledge areas
Autobiographical memory
False memory
Source monitoring
Cognition
Investigative interviewing
Conferences
Brubacher, S., Scoboria, A., Sharman, S. J., & Powell, M. B. (2012, March). Adult witnesses suggestibility across various question types for present and absent details. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the American Psychology-Law Society, Puerto Rico.
Powell, M. B., & Sharman, S. J. (2012, May). Improving the quality of professionals contemporaneous notes taken during interviews about alleged child abuse. Paper presented at the 5th Annual Meeting of the International Investigative Interviewing Research Group, Toronto.
Sharman, S. J., & Powell, M. B. (2012, May). Adult witnesses suggestibility across four types of leading questions. Paper presented at the 5th Annual Meeting of the International Investigative Interviewing Research Group, Toronto.
Awards
2002 School of Psychology PhD Scholarship, Victoria University of Wellington
2005 Vice Chancellors Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of New South Wales
Projects
* Interviewing children about repeated events
* Interviewing adults about repeated events
* The impact of different types of misleading questions on eyewitness recall
* Motivated false memories
Publications
The effects of episode spacing on adult's reports of a repeated event
Meaghan Danby, Stefanie Sharman, Celine van Golde, Helen Paterson, Rachel Watkins
(2023), pp. 1-11, Memory, London, Eng., C1-1
Exploring adults' dietary reporting accuracy using a repeated events framework
Stefanie Sharman, Melissa Hayden, Meaghan Danby, Justine Derbyshire
(2023), pp. 1-13, Applied Cognitive Psychology, London, Eng., C1
Factors influencing the perceived credibility of children alleging physical abuse
M Danby, S Sharman, B Klettke
(2022), Vol. 29, pp. 1-15, Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, London, England, C1
M Danby, S Sharman, G Claringbold
(2022), Vol. 36, pp. 460-467, Applied Cognitive Psychology, London, England, C1
S Sharman, M Danby, L Christopoulos
(2022), pp. 1-12, Memory, London, Eng., C1
Testing an Evaluation Tool to Facilitate Police Officers' Peer Review of Child Interviews
M Danby, S Sharman, B Guadagno
(2022), pp. 1-15, Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology, Berlin, Germany, C1
M Ali, S Brubacher, S Sharman, M Powell
(2022), pp. 1-28, Journal of Forensic Psychology Research and Practice, Abingdon, Eng., C1
Suggestive questions reduce the accuracy of adults' reports about one episode of a repeated event
S Sharman, M Danby
(2022), Psychology, Crime and Law, C1
M Danby, S Sharman, C van Golde, H Paterson
(2022), Memory, England, C1
S Sharman, K Coomber, R Mayshak, A Curtis, S Hyder, A Walker, P Liknaitzky, P Miller
(2021), Vol. 36, pp. NP11087-NP11105, Journal of Interpersonal Violence, United States, C1
Discussions about child witness interviews during Australian trials of child sexual abuse
A Pichler, M Powell, S Sharman, N Westera, J Goodman-Delahunty
(2021), Vol. 22, pp. 938-952, Police Practice and Research, C1
P Tidmarsh, S Sharman, G Hamilton
(2021), Vol. 22, pp. 475-490, Police Practice and Research, C1
Inconsistencies in complainant's accounts of child sexual abuse arising in their cross-examination
A Pichler, M Powell, S Sharman, S Zydervelt, N Westera, J Goodman-Delahunty
(2021), Vol. 27, pp. 341-356, Psychology, Crime and Law, C1
Interviewers' perceptions of interviewing Aboriginal Australian children
M Danby, B Guadagno, S Sharman
(2021), Vol. 22, pp. 1356-1375, Police Practice and Research, C1
P Tidmarsh, S Sharman, G Hamilton
(2021), Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology, C1
J Broadbent, S Sharman, E Panadero, M Fuller-Tyszkiewicz
(2021), Vol. 50, Internet and Higher Education, C1
Association between interview quality and child sexual abuse trial outcome
A Pichler, S Sharman, M Powell, N Westera, J Goodman-Delahunty
(2020), Vol. 35, pp. 395-403, Journal of family violence, New York, N.Y., C1
Changing Police Officers' Attitudes in Sexual Offense Cases: A 12-Month Follow-Up Study
P Tidmarsh, G Hamilton, S Sharman
(2020), Vol. 47, pp. 1176-1189, Criminal Justice and Behavior, C1
Sonja Brubacher, Stefanie Sharman, Nina Westera, Hamida Zekiroski, Meaghan Danby, Martine Powell
(2020), Vol. 31, pp. 814-821, Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology, Abingdon, Eng., C1
The effect of question type on resistance to misinformation about present and absent details
S Brubacher, S Sharman, A Scoboria, M Powell
(2020), Vol. 34, pp. 1323-1334, Applied Cognitive Psychology, London, Eng., C1
The effects of episode similarity on children's reports of a repeated event
M Danby, S Sharman, S Brubacher, M Powell
(2019), Vol. 27, pp. 561-567, Memory, England, C1
C Navarro, T Knight, S Sharman, M Powell
(2019), Vol. 94, Child Abuse and Neglect, England, C1
A Comparison of Responses to Substantive Transition Prompts in Interviews With Children
B Earhart, M Danby, S Brubacher, M Powell, S Sharman
(2018), Vol. 23, pp. 221-225, Child Maltreatment, United States, C1
Other misconduct evidence in appeals against conviction in child sexual abuse trials
S Mills, S Sharman
(2018), Vol. 25, pp. 944-956, Psychiatry, psychology and law, London, Eng., C1
M Powell, B Manger, J Dion, S Sharman
(2017), Vol. 24, pp. 90-101, Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, England, C1
The Relationship Between Children's Age and Disclosures of Sexual Abuse During Forensic Interviews
C Leach, M Powell, S Sharman, J Anglim
(2017), Vol. 22, pp. 79-88, Child Maltreatment, United States, C1
E Gianvanni, S Sharman
(2017), Vol. 24, pp. 223-232, Psychiatry, psychology and law, London, Eng., C1
Children's reasoning about which episode of a repeated event is best remembered
M Danby, S Brubacher, S Sharman, M Powell, K Roberts
(2017), Vol. 31, pp. 99-108, Applied cognitive psychology, London, Eng., C1
The influence of empathy and self-presentation on engagement with social networking website posts
R Mayshak, S Sharman, L Zinkiewicz, A Hayley
(2017), Vol. 71, pp. 362-377, Computers in Human Behavior, C1
Characteristics of successful and unsuccessful appeals against conviction for child sexual abuse
S Mills, S Sharman
(2017), Vol. 24, pp. 655-669, Psychiatry, psychology and law, Abingdon, Eng., C1
M Danby, S Sharman, S Brubacher, M Powell, K Roberts
(2017), Vol. 23, pp. 794-811, Psychology, crime & law, Abingdon, Eng., C1
M Danby, S Brubacher, S Sharman, M Powell
(2017), Vol. 22, pp. 442-454, Legal and criminological psychology, London, Eng., C1
S Sharman, H Skouteris, M Powell, B Watson
(2016), Vol. 116, pp. 76-114, Journal of the academy of nutrition and dietetics, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
A qualitative evaluation of the challenges faced by dieticians when interviewing children
S Sharman, M Powell, H Skouteris
(2016), Vol. 100, pp. 80-85, Appetite, England, C1
L Christensen, S Sharman, M Powell
(2016), Vol. 57, pp. 53-60, Child Abuse and Neglect, England, C1
L Christensen, S Sharman, M Powell
(2016), Vol. 18, pp. 104-114, International journal of police science & management, London, Eng., C1
R Mayshak, S Sharman, L Zinkiewicz
(2016), Vol. 65, pp. 402-408, Computers in Human Behavior, C1
Professionals' views on child sexual abuse attrition rates
L Christensen, S Sharman, M Powell
(2015), Vol. 22, pp. 542-558, Psychiatry, psychology and law, London, Eng., C1
S Sharman, C Boyd, M Powell
(2015), Vol. 22, pp. 535-541, Psychiatry, psychology and law, Abingdon, Eng., C1
E Darwinkel, M Powell, S Sharman
(2015), Vol. 30, pp. 213-220, Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology, C1
Psychologists as expert witnesses in Australian courtrooms
E Gianvanni, S Sharman
(2015), Vol. 22, pp. 920-926, Psychiatry, psychology and law, London, Eng., C1
The effects of practice on children's ability to apply ground rules in a narrative interview
M Danby, S Brubacher, S Sharman, M Powell
(2015), Vol. 33, pp. 446-458, Behavioral sciences and the law, Chichester, Eng., C1
The relationship between investigative interviewing experience and open-ended question usage
M Powell, C Hughes-Scholes, R Smith, S Sharman
(2014), Vol. 15, pp. 283-292, Police practice and research : an international journal, Abingdon, England, C1
An examination of police officers' beliefs about how children report abuse
C Hughes-Scholes, M Powell, S Sharman
(2014), Vol. 21, pp. 127-138, Psychiatry, psychology and law, Abingdon, Eng., C1
E Darwinkel, M Powell, S Sharman
(2014), Vol. 21, pp. 351-359, Psychiatry, psychology and law, Abingdon, England, C1
M Gentle, M Powell, S Sharman
(2014), Vol. 66, pp. 158-167, Australian Journal of Psychology, Richmond, Vic., C1
P Bowles, S Sharman
(2014), Vol. 28, pp. 129-134, Applied Cognitive Psychology, Hoboken, NJ, C1
P Dietze, S Sharman, M Powell, D Thomson
(2013), Vol. 19, pp. 881-891, Psychology, crime and law, Abingdon, Eng., C1
Do cognitive interview instructions contribute to false beliefs and memories
S Sharman, M Powell
(2013), Vol. 10, pp. 114-124, Journal of investigative psychology and offender profiling, West Sussex, England, C1
M Gentle, R Milne, M Powell, S Sharman
(2013), Vol. 60, pp. 30-43, International journal of disability, development and education, Abingdon, Eng., C1
R Milne, S Sharman, M Powell, S Mead
(2013), Vol. 60, pp. 18-29, International journal of disability, development and education, Abingdon, Eng., C1
M Zwartz, S Sharman
(2013), Vol. 27, pp. 286-290, Applied cognitive psychology, West Sussex, England, C1
P Bowles, S Sharman
(2013), Vol. 21, pp. 205-217, Psychiatry, psychology and law, Oxford, England, C1
Errors in the identification of question types in investigative interviews of children
M Powell, M Benson, S Sharman, B Guadagno, R Steinberg
(2013), Vol. 15, pp. 144-156, International Journal of Police Science and Management, Dalby, Isle of Man, C1
A comparison of adult witnesses' suggestibility across various types of leading questions
S Sharman, M Powell
(2012), Vol. 26, pp. 48-53, Applied cognitive psychology, West Sussex, U. K., C1
Skill in interviewing reduces confirmation bias
M Powell, C Hughes-Scholes, S Sharman
(2012), Vol. 9, pp. 126-134, Journal of investigative psychology and offender profiling, West Sussex, England, C1
Police officers' ability to play the role of the child during investigative interview training
S Sharman, C Hughes-Scholes, M Powell, B Guadagno
(2012), Vol. 14, pp. 312-321, International journal of police science and management, Isle of Man, England, C1
S Sharman
(2011), Vol. 25, pp. 132-139, Cognition and emotion, Abingdon, England, C1
Children's ability to estimate the frequency of single and repeated events
S Sharman, M Powell, K Roberts
(2011), Vol. 13, pp. 234-242, International journal of police science & management, Dalby, Isle of Man, C1
Retrieval-induced forgetting of performed and observed bizarre and familiar actions
S Sharman
(2011), Vol. 58, pp. 361-369, Experimental psychology, Cambridge, Mass., C1
M Powell, S Sharman, R Cauchi
(2011), Vol. 5, pp. 317-327, Policing, Oxford, England, C1
Context reinstatement effects in children's cued recall of strongly and weakly associated word pairs
P Dietze, S Sharman, M Powell, D Thomson
(2011), Vol. 28, pp. 91-100, Australian educational and developmental psychologist, Nedlands, W.A., C1
Do people's motives influence their susceptibility to imagination inflation?
S Sharman, S Calacouris
(2010), Vol. 57, pp. 77-82, Experimental psychology, Cambridge, Mass., C1-1
Mood and retrieval-induced forgetting of positive and negative autobiographical memories
C Harris, S Sharman, A Barnier, M Moulds
(2010), Vol. 24, pp. 399-413, Applied cognitive psychology, West Sussex, England, C1-1
High prevalence information from difference sources affects the development of false beliefs
C Van Golde, S Sharman, I Candel
(2010), Vol. 24, pp. 152-163, Applied cognitive psychology, West Sussex, England, C1-1
Imagination equally influences false memories of high and low plausibility events
S Sharman, A Scoboria
(2009), Vol. 23, pp. 813-827, Applied cognitive psychology, Bognor Regis, England, C1-1
S Sharman, A Barnier
(2008), Vol. 129, pp. 228-233, Acta psychologica, Amsterdam , The Netherlands, C1-1
False memories for end-of-life decisions
S Sharman, M Garry, J Jacobson, E Loftus, P Ditto
(2008), Vol. 27, pp. 291-296, Health psychology, Washington, DC, C1-1
S Sporer, S Sharman
(2006), Vol. 20, pp. 837-854, Applied cognitive psychology, Bognor Regis, England, C1-1
Using source cues and familiarity cues to resist imagination inflation
S Sharman, M Garry, M Hunt
(2005), Vol. 120, pp. 227-242, Acta psychologica, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1
A Barnier, S Sharman, L McKay, S Sporer
(2005), Vol. 19, pp. 985-1001, Applied cognitive psychology, Chichester, England, C1-1
Explain this : explaining childhood events Inflates confidence for those events
S Sharman, C Manning, M Garry
(2005), Vol. 19, pp. 67-74, Applied cognitive psychology, West Sussex, England, C1-1
Memory on the beach : an Australian memory (and hypnosis) laboratory
A Barnier, R Bryant, L Campbell, R Cox, C Harris, L Hung, F MacCallum, S Sharman
(2005), Vol. 6, pp. 272-281, Cognitive processing, Berlin, Germany, C1-1
Imagination or exposure causes imagination inflation
S Sharman, M Garry, C Beuke
(2004), Vol. 117, pp. 157-168, American journal of psychology, Champaign, Ill., C1-1
The power of the spoken word : sociolinguistic cues influence the misinformation effect
L Vornik, S Sharman, M Garry
(2003), Vol. 11, pp. 101-109, Memory, Hove, England, C1-1
M Garry, S Sharman, J Feldman, G Marlatt, E Loftus
(2002), Vol. 21, pp. 629-634, Health psychology, Washington, DC, C1-1
Funded Projects at Deakin
Australian Competitive Grants
A whole system approach to improving child witnesses' particularisation of sexual abuse offences
Prof Martine Powell, Dr Stefanie Sharman, A/Prof Kim Roberts
ARC Linkage - Projects Rnd 2
- 2015: $16,964
- 2014: $51,662
- 2013: $98,676
- 2012: $62,309
Other Public Sector Funding
A whole system approach to improving child witnesses' particularisation of sexual abuse offences
Prof Martine Powell, Dr Stefanie Sharman, A/Prof Kim Roberts
WA Dept for Child Protection - Western Australia
- 2014: $50,000
- 2013: $50,000
- 2012: $50,000
Supervisions
Elena Gianvanni
Thesis entitled: Psychologists as Expert Witnesses in Australian Courts and Tribunals
Doctor of Philosophy (Psychology), School of Psychology
Carolina Navarro Medel
Thesis entitled: An Assessment of the Applicability of an Adapted Model of Child Investigative Interviewing in Chile
Doctor of Philosophy (Psychology), School of Psychology
Anne Sophie Pichler
Thesis entitled: The Relationship between Investigative Interview Quality, Trial Process, and Outcome in Cases of Child Sexual Abuse
Doctor of Philosophy (Psychology), School of Psychology
Cecile Patricia Boganin
Thesis entitled: The role of autobiographical memory in nonsuicidal self-injury
Doctor of Psychology (Clinical), School of Psychology
Susan Louise Mills
Thesis entitled: An examination of appeals against conviction in child sexual abuse trials
Doctor of Psychology (Forensic), School of Psychology
Patrick Charles Tidmarsh
Thesis entitled: Training sexual crime investigators to get the "Whole Story"
Doctor of Philosophy (Psychology), School of Psychology
Meaghan Claire Danby
Thesis entitled: Examining interview techniques to assist children's recall of repeated events
Doctor of Philosophy (Psychology), School of Psychology
Larissa Christensen
Thesis entitled: Pathway to justice: Examining the attrition of child sexual abuse cases
Doctor of Philosophy (Psychology), School of Psychology
Richelle Annette Mayshak
Thesis entitled: Emotional and Cognitive Interpersonal Processes Associated with Online Social Networking
Doctor of Philosophy (Psychology), School of Psychology
Luke Leonard Hockey
Thesis entitled: An Exploration of the Relationship between Psychopathy and the MMPI-2
Doctor of Psychology (Forensic), School of Psychology
Emily Molyneux
Thesis entitled: Romantic Relationships and Attachment in People with Borderline Personality Disorder
Doctor of Psychology (Clinical), School of Psychology
Rebecca Carver
Thesis entitled: The Influence of Adversity on the Narrative Construction of Identity
Doctor of Philosophy, School of Communication and Creative Arts
Julia Kheng Mei Chan
Thesis entitled: The effects of sequential and simultaneous lineup procedures on confidence and accuracy of identity judgments
Doctor of Psychology (Forensic), School of Psychology
Louise Nicole Steel
Thesis entitled: Considering Cognitive Skills in Forensic Practice
Doctor of Psychology (Forensic), School of Psychology
Elli Darwinkel
Thesis entitled: Evaluation of Victoria Police SOCIT-MDC reforms for sexual assault investigation
Doctor of Philosophy (Psychology), School of Psychology
Mia Gentle
Thesis entitled: The effectiveness of the cognitive interview procedure with child witnesses
Doctor of Psychology (Forensic), School of Psychology
Gavin Ross Abbott
Thesis entitled: Schizotypy and Diminished Subjective Wellbeing: Social Cognition and Affect
Doctor of Philosophy (Psychology), School of Psychology