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Erik MacGiolla is a Lecturer at Atlantic Technological University Mayo in the Environmental Humanities and Social Sciences department. He joined ATU Mayo in 2023 and holds a PhD in Psychology from the University of Gothenburg (2016). His primary academic roles involve teaching History of Psychology, Research Methods and Statistics, and Cognitive Psychology on the B.Sc in Psychology program.
- Education: PhD in Psychology (University of Gothenburg, 2016)
MacGiolla's research focuses on Legal Psychology, particularly eyewitness memory, suspect interviewing, and deception detection. He also explores topics in cognitive psychology, social cognition, and personality, with a strong emphasis on the open science movement. He serves as the Principal Investigator for the international replication project CLIMR, funded by the Swedish Research Council.
His article trends include deception detection (2025, 2023), multilingual interviewing challenges (2023), and cognitive expertise effects (2022). These works span Legal Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience, with subfields like behavioral indicators, linguistic analysis, and experimental design.
MacGiolla actively supervises PhD students and is involved in international replication studies. His research has attracted attention in 7 news outlets and garnered 479 citations (Scopus h-index: 8).
Key research collaborations include experts like Kimberly MacGiolla, Thomas J. Luke, and Pär Anders Granhag, focusing on deception, social perception, and framing effects.
