Research Interests

My research is primarily focused on applied and theoretical aspects of metacognition. Theoretically oriented projects include investigations of:

• the boundary conditions and underlying mechanisms of the positive-negative difference in the confidence-accuracy relationship
• models of monitoring and control processes in episodic memory
• confidence in guesses (with Paul Williamson).

• an ARC funded project with Neil Brewer and Gary Wells (Iowa State) investigating metacognitive influences on choosing behaviour in eyewitness identification
• regulation of grain size in eyewitness memory (with Neil Brewer)
• predictors (e.g., confidence and response latency) of eyewitness identification accuracy (with Neil Brewer).

Postgraduate Students

Selected Publications

Brewer, N., Weber, N., & Semmler, C. (2005). Eyewitness identification. In N. Brewer & K. D. Williams (Eds.), Psychology and law: An empirical perspective (pp. 177-221). New York: Guilford.

Weber, N., & Brewer, N. (2004). Confidence-accuracy calibration in absolute and relative face recognition judgments. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 10, 156-172.

Weber, N., Brewer, N., Wells, G. L., Semmler, C., & Keast, A. (2004). Eyewitness identification accuracy and response latency: The unruly 10-12 second rule. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 10, 139-147.

Weber, N. & Brewer, N. (2003). Confidence-accuracy calibration for absolute and relative judgments. In G. Vervaeke, M. Vanderhallen, P. Van Koppen, J. Goethals (Eds.), Much Ado About Crime: Chapters on psychology and law. Brussel, Belgium: Uitgeverij Politeia NV.

Weber, N. & Brewer, N. (2003). Expert memory: The interaction of stimulus structure, attention and expertise. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 17, 295-308.

Weber, N. & Brewer, N. (2003). The effect of judgment type and confidence scale on confidence-accuracy calibration. Journal of Applied Psychology, 88, 490-499.

Contact Details

School of Psychology
Flinders University of South Australia
GPO Box 2100
Adelaide, South Australia 5001

Office: Social Sciences North
Phone: (+61 8) 8201 2968
Fax: (+61 8) 8201 3877
Email: nathan.weber@flinders.edu.au