Authors' Response to Obenson Commentary on

Affiliations

¹ University College London, London, UK.
² PathologyExpert Inc, San Francisco, California, USA.
³ Arden Forensics, PC, McLean, Virginia, USA.
⁴ Department of Psychology, Towson University, Towson, Maryland, USA.
⁵ Clark County Public Defender's Office, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
⁶ Sheriff/Coroner Division at San Luis Obispo Count-California, San Luis Obispo, California, USA.
⁷ Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.

Comment

Itiel E Dror et al. J Forensic Sci. 2021 Nov.

. 2021 Nov;66(6):2585-2586.

doi: 10.1111/1556-4029.14847. Epub 2021 Sep 9.

¹ University College London, London, UK.
² PathologyExpert Inc, San Francisco, California, USA.
³ Arden Forensics, PC, McLean, Virginia, USA.
⁴ Department of Psychology, Towson University, Towson, Maryland, USA.
⁵ Clark County Public Defender's Office, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
⁶ Sheriff/Coroner Division at San Luis Obispo Count-California, San Luis Obispo, California, USA.
⁷ Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.

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Comment on

Cognitive bias in forensic pathology decisions.
Dror I, Melinek J, Arden JL, Kukucka J, Hawkins S, Carter J, Atherton DS. Dror I, et al. J Forensic Sci. 2021 Sep;66(5):1751-1757. doi: 10.1111/1556-4029.14697. Epub 2021 Feb 20. J Forensic Sci. 2021. PMID: 33608908 Free PMC article.
Commentary on: Dror IE, Melinek J, Arden JL, Kukucka J, Hawkins S, Carter J, et al. Cognitive bias in forensic pathology decisions. J Forensic Sci. https://doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.14697. Epub 2021 Feb 20.
Obenson K. Obenson K. J Forensic Sci. 2021 Nov;66(6):2582-2584. doi: 10.1111/1556-4029.14855. Epub 2021 Sep 9. J Forensic Sci. 2021. PMID: 34499354 No abstract available.

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