Scholarly Journals
Picturing Pain and Suffering: Effects of Demonstrative Evidence, Instructions, and Plaintiff Credibility on Mock Jurors’ Pain Damage Awards
Jaihyun Park & Neal Feigenson
35 Applied Cognitive Psychology 730-750 (2021)
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Neal Feigenson is Professor of Law. He teaches torts, evidence, civil procedure, and visual persuasion in the law. He has been a member of the faculty since 1987.
Feigenson received his JD from Harvard Law School and has taught at the University of Chicago, New York University, Cornell University, and University of Connecticut Law Schools.
His primary research interests include the cognitive and social psychology of legal decision making and the uses of visual and multimedia evidence. He is the author of over 50 articles and book chapters, as well as three books: Legal Blame: How Jurors Think and Talk About Accidents (American Psychological Association, 2000); Law on Display: The Digital Transformation of Legal Persuasion and Judgment (NYU Press, 2009); and Experiencing Other Minds in the Courtroom (University of Chicago Press, 2016).
Feigenson received his JD from Harvard Law School and has taught at the University of Chicago, New York University, Cornell University, and University of Connecticut Law Schools.
His primary research interests include the cognitive and social psychology of legal decision making and the uses of visual and multimedia evidence. He is the author of over 50 articles and book chapters, as well as three books: Legal Blame: How Jurors Think and Talk About Accidents (American Psychological Association, 2000); Law on Display: The Digital Transformation of Legal Persuasion and Judgment (NYU Press, 2009); and Experiencing Other Minds in the Courtroom (University of Chicago Press, 2016).
Education
- BA, University of Maryland
- JD, Harvard University
Areas of Expertise
- Law and Psychology
- Visual Evidence
Organization
- Law
Office Location
- School of Law and Education 110C
Mail Drop
- LW-FAC
Selected Publications
Chapters
Edward Elgar Research Handbook on Law and Emotion
Neal Feigenson
Emotional Dimensions of Visual Evidence 312-326 (Edward Elgar 2021)
Law Reviews
Virtual Trials: Necessity, Invention, and the Evolution of the Courtroom
Susan Bandes & Neal Feigenson
68(5) Buffalo L. Rev. 1275-1352 (2020)
Law Reviews
Visual Presentations in Dutch Police Interrogations: An Analysis and Lessons for the United States
Mariska Dekker & Neal Feigenson
37(2) Ariz. J. Int'l & Comp. Law 169-216 (2020)
Chapters
The Routledge International Handbook of Legal and Investigative Psychology
Eryn Newman, Madeline Jalbert, & Neal Feigenson
Cognitive Fluency in the Courtroom 102-115 (Routledge 2020)
Scholarly Journals
In the Eyes of the Law: Perception Versus Reality in Appraisals of Video Evidence
Yael Granot, Emily Balcetis, Neal Feigenson & Tom Tyler
24 Psychology, Public Policy, and Law 93-104 (2018)
Law Reviews
Avoiding Overtreatment at the End of Life: Physician-Patient Communication and Truly Informed Consent
Barbara A. Noah & Neal R. Feigenson
36 Pace L. Rev. 736-799 (2016)
Books
EXPERIENCING OTHER MINDS IN THE COURTROOM
Neal Feigenson
(Univ. of Chicago Press 2016)
Scholarly Journals
Jurors’ Emotions and Judgments of Legal Responsibility and Blame: What Does the Experimental Research Tell Us?
Neal Feigenson
8 Emotion Review 26-31 (2015)
Scholarly Journals
So You're Sorry? The Role of Remorse in Criminal Law
Rocksheng Zhong, Madelon Baranoski, Neal Feigenson, Larry Davidson, Alec Buchanan & Howard V. Zonana
42 J. Am. Acad. Psychiatry & L. 39-48 (2014)
Law Reviews
The Visual in Law: Some Problems for Legal Theory
Neal Feigenson
10 J. L., Culture & Humanities 13-23 (2014)
Law Reviews
The Truthiness of Visual Evidence
Eryn Newman & Neal Feigenson
25 The Jury Expert 9 (2013)
Scholarly Journals
Effects of a Visual Technology on Mock Juror Decision Making
Jaihyun Park & Neal Feigenson
27 Applied Cognitive Psychology 235-246 (2013)
Law Reviews
Law's Common Senses
Neal Feigenson
30 Quinnipiac L. Rev. 459-466 (2012)
Law Reviews
Symposium, The Brain Sciences in the Courtroom
Neal Feigenson
62 Mercer L. Rev. 797-804 (2011)
Scholarly Journals
Age and Disability Biases in Pediatric Resuscitation Among Future Physicians
Rocksheng Zhong, Joshua Knobe, Neal Feigenson & Mark R. Mercurio
50 Clinical Pediatrics 1001-1004 (2011)
Chapters
Emotional Influences on Judgments of Legal Blame: How They Happen, Whether They Should, And What to Do About It
Neal Feigenson
Emotion and the Law: Psychological Perspectives 45-96 (Springer 2010)
Books
LAW ON DISPLAY: THE DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OF LEGAL PERSUASION AND JUDGEMENT
Neal Feigenson & Christina Spiesel
(New York University Press 2009)
Chapters
LAW, MIND AND BRAIN
Neal Feigenson
Brain Imaging and Courtroom Evidence: On the Admissibility and Persuasiveness of fMRI 23-54 (2009)
Books
LEGAL BLAME: HOW JURORS THINK AND TALK ABOUT ACCIDENTS
Neal Feigenson
(American Psychological Association 2000)
Law Reviews
Empathy and Remote Legal Proceedings
Susan A. Bandes & Neal Feigenson
51 Southwestern Law Review 20-39
