Testimony That Sticks

The Art of Communicating Psychology and Neuropsychology to Juries

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

AvKaren Postal,Harvard Medical School) Postal, Karen (Clinical Instructor, Clinical Instructor

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Following on the success of Feedback That Sticks (Oxford, 2013), Karen Postal demonstrates, through the words of forensic experts, how to translate complex, highly technical neuropsychological and psychological information for jurors in a way that is engaging, understandable, and (to quote Faulkner) sets the truth on fire. Testimony That Sticks shares the fruits of four years of in-depth interviews with over 70 seasoned forensic neuropsychologists and psychologists, as well as attorneys and judges, presenting what experts actually say on the stand: how they use compelling analogies, metaphors, and succinct explanations of assessment processes and findings, as well as principles of productive expert testimony for direct and cross examination. This book allows readers to be a fly on the wall as seasoned forensic neuropsychologists and psychologists share what they actually say on the stand: their best strategies and techniques for communicating science to juries and other triers of fact. Readers also have access to the thoughts of attorneys and judges as they watch expert testimony and weigh in on what works and doesn't, and what they need from the forensic neuropsychology and psychology professions to create more productive testimony.At its heart, the book shows how academics can shed their academic communication style learned in years of scientific training that results in the inability to communicate clearly and simply about psychology and neuroscience. This landmark book is about shedding jargon, giving academics permission to allow emotion to creep back into their language, freeing up body language, and using vivid, clear, language to create moments of genuine, productive communication with jurors and other triers of fact.

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Utgivningsdatum2019-04-11
Mått160 x 246 x 17 mm
Vikt476 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor536
FörlagOUP USA
ISBN9780190467395

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Karen Postal is board certified in clinical neuropsychology and pediatric neuropsychology. She is the immediate past president of the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology, and a past president of the Massachusetts Psychological Association and Massachusetts Neuropsychological Society. Dr. Postal is a clinical instructor at Harvard Medical School where she teaches postdoctoral fellows in neuropsychology. She also has a lifespan private practice dedicated to helping people think better in school, at work, and throughout later life. Her research focuses on helping clinicians and neuroscientists improve communication with patients and the general public.

PrologueChapter 1: Disrupting our Academic Communication StyleChapter 2: Setting the Truth on Fire: General Testifying StrategiesChapter 3: Relationship with the AttorneyChapter 4: Establishing Credentials and CredibilityChapter 5: Relationship with the Jury Chapter 6: Social PragmaticsChapter 7: JargonChapter 8: Direct ExaminationChapter 9: Assessment ToolsChapter 10: VisualsChapter 11: Performance and Symptom ValidityChapter 12: ConcussionChapter 13: Specific Psychiatric and Neurological DisordersChapter 14: Cognitive Development, Premorbid Function, and Intellectual FunctionChapter 15: Cross ExaminationChapter 16: Relationship with Other ExpertsChapter 17: Testifying in a Diverse WorldChapter 18: DepositionsChapter 19: Preparation and Managing AnxietyChapter 20: Specific Testifying SituationsChapter 21: ReportsChapter 22: StatisticsChapter 23: TrainingEpilogueAcknowledgments

"There is no better resource that I know of to help neuroscientists translate idiosyncratic jargon into easy-to-understand language in the courtroom." -- Robert L. Heilbronner, PhD, ABPP-CN, Chicago Neuropsychology Group, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University"Whether you are new to testifying or an experienced expert, Postal's Testimony That Sticks has your back. If you read this book carefully, you are not going to be out on a scientific island in court, as you will have both the science and the lore on your side. This book lifts you out of the academic mindset and helps you actually communicate the science so that it sticks in the jurors' minds. A wonderful read and a most helpful book!" -- Michael D. Chafetz, PhD, ABPP, Algiers Neurobehavioral Resource, New Orleans, LA

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