Authors' Response to Graber 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):2575-2576.

doi: 10.1111/1556-4029.14848. Epub 2021 Sep 10.

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.

No abstract available

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.
Graber ML. Graber ML. J Forensic Sci. 2021 Nov;66(6):2574. doi: 10.1111/1556-4029.14857. Epub 2021 Sep 9. J Forensic Sci. 2021. PMID: 34498751 No abstract available.

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