Kaila Bruer

Dr. Kaila Bruer is an Assistant Professor at the University of Regina, affiliated with Luther College. Her work focuses on children's roles in legal contexts, particularly examining eyewitness memory, honesty, and testimony reliability. She leads the Child Evidence Lab and collaborates with institutions worldwide, including the University of Toronto, USC Gould School of Law, and National University of Singapore.

Research Themes:

• Developmental differences in eyewitness recall and recognition
• Child witness reliability in legal proceedings
• Application of machine learning to facial expression analysis for deception detection
• Improving lineup procedures for juvenile eyewitnesses
• Impact of memory errors on juror decision-making

Recent Trends: Her publications from 2012–2020 demonstrate consistent focus on child forensic psychology, with increasing integration of computational methods (e.g., automatic decoding of facial expressions) in later work. Studies frequently use experimental designs comparing children and adults.

Collaborators:

• Dr. Heather L. Price (Thomson Rivers University)
• Dr. Kang Lee (University of Toronto)
• Dr. Thomas D. Lyon (University of Southern California)
• Dr. Xiaopan Ding (National University of Singapore)
• Dr. Emily Pica (Austin Peay State University)