Background
Dr. Anne Ward holds a B.S. and M.S. in Psychology and a Ph.D. in Psychology (Brain, Behavior, & Cognition). Dr. Ward’s doctoral research focused on witness memory, credibility assessment, and psychophysiological (the interrelationship between brain signals and the body’s physical responses) and behavioral methods for detecting concealed information. Specifically, her work investigated the witness recognition of visual and auditory stimuli as an indication of memory through the evaluation of brainwaves.
Dr. Ward has extensive experience in research related to emerging security screening technologies based on psychophysiology and biometrics. She has researched malicious intent, insider threat, deception, and emotion from psychophysiological, cognitive, and behavioral perspectives. Dr. Ward has attended and presented at meetings and conferences related to safety and security in the airline industry.
Dr. Ward’s undergraduate and graduate work investigated interventions for suicide, non-suicidal self-injury, and their related clinical disorders as well as the psychophysiology of psychological disorders characterized by depression and anxiety. She is experienced in psychological assessments and interviewing techniques for evaluating statement veracity. Additionally, her work has involved exploring the link between alcohol consumption and risky behaviors.
As a forensic expert, Dr. Ward assists clients with premises liability and retail accidents. Dr. Ward has evaluated human factors involved in accident scenarios including visual and perceptual abilities; object and surface visibility and conspicuity; motivation, attention, distraction, and cognitive load; risk assessment and decision-making; memory; and movement control, reaction times, and response times.
Education and Certifications
- Psychology (Brain, Behavior, & Cognition), Ph.D.: Northwestern University (2018)
- Psychology, M.A.: Boston University (2013)
- Psychology, B.S.: Florida State University (2009)
- Certified XL Tribometerist (CXLT)
Associations and Memberships
- HFES – Human Factors & Ergonomics Society
Publications
- Olson, J. M., Rosenfeld, J. P., Ward, A. C., Sitar, E. J., Gandhi, A., Hernandez, J., and Fanesi, B. (2022). “The effects of practicing a novel countermeasure on both the semantic and episodic memory-based complex trial protocols.” International Journal of Psychophysiology.
- Sui, T., Sitar, E., Rosenfeld, J.P., Labkovsky, E., Ward, A., and Davydova, E. (2020). “The enhancing effect of incongruent verbal priming stimuli on the CIT effect with pictorial probes in the P300-based Complex Trial Protocol.” International Journal of Psychophysiology, 148, 59-66.
- Ward, A. C., Rosenfeld, J. P., Sitar, E. J., and Wasserman, J. D. (2020). “The effect of retroactive memory interference on the P300-based Complex Trial Protocol (CTP).” International Journal of Psychophysiology, 147, 213-223.
- A., Sitar, E., Rosenfeld, J.P., Kelley, J., and McCann, D. (2020). “Comparison of Diagnostic Accuracy using Bootstrapping Methods versus a Machine Learning Algorithm using the Complex Trial Protocol (CTP).” Annals of Behavioral Neuroscience, 3(1), 264-275.
- Rosenfeld, J. P., Labkovsky, E., Davydova, E., Ward, A., and Rosenfeld, L. (2019). “Financial Incentive does not affect P300 in the Complex Trial Protocol (CTP) version of the Concealed Information Test (CIT) in malingering detection. II.” Uninstructed subjects. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 10, 189.
- A., Sitar, E., and Rosenfeld, J.P. (2019). “A preliminary test of the ‘searching’ P300-based Concealed Information Test (CIT): An attempt to uncover specific details from more general information using the Complex Trial Protocol (CTP).” Submitted for review.
- Olson, J. Ward. A., Sitar, E., and Rosenfeld, J.P. (2018). “Effects of practice on Lukacs’ (2016) countermeasures (CMs) to the P300-based Complex Trial Protocol (CTP) for detection of concealed episodic information from a mock crime.” International Journal of Psychophysiology, 131, 144.
- Rosenfeld, J. P., Sitar, E., Wasserman, J., and Ward, A. (2018). “Moderate financial incentive does not appear to influence the P300 Concealed Information Test (CIT) effect in the Complex Trial Protocol (CTP) version of the CIT in a forensic scenario, while affecting P300 peak latencies and behavior.” International Journal of Psychophysiology, 125, 42-49.
- Rosenfeld, J.P., Ward, A., Wasserman, J. Sitar, E., Davydova, E., and Labkovsky, E. (2018). “Effects of Motivational Manipulations on the P300-based Complex Trial Protocol for Concealed Information Detection.” In J.P. Rosenfeld (Ed.) Detecting Concealed Information and Deception: Recent Developments, NY: Elsevier.
- Rosenfeld, J. P., Ozsan, I., and Ward, A. C. (2017). “P300 amplitude at Pz and N200/N300 latency at F3 differ between participants simulating suspect versus witness roles in a mock crime.” Psychophysiology, 54(4), 640-648.
- Rosenfeld, J.P., Ward, A.C., Drapekin, J., Labkovsky, E., and Tullman, S. (2017). “Instructions to Suppress Semantic Memory Enhances or has no effect on P300 in a CIT.” International Journal of Psychophysiology, 113, 29-39.
- Rosenfeld, J.P., Ward, A.C., Meijer, E., and Yukhnenko, D. (2017). “Bootstrapping the P300 in the Concealed Information Test: How many iterations are needed?” Psychophysiology, 54(3), 366-373.
- Sai, L., Luo, S., Ward, A., and Sang, B. (2016). “Development of the Tendency to Use Emotion Regulation Strategies and Their Relation to Depressive Symptoms in Chinese Adolescents.” Frontiers in Psychology, 7, 1222.
- Ward, A. C., and Rosenfeld, J. P. (2017). “Attempts to Suppress Episodic Memories Fail but do Produce Demand: Evidence from the P300-Based Complex Trial Protocol and an Implicit Memory Test.” Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, 42(1), 13-26.
- Deng, X., Rosenfeld, J. P., Ward, A., and Labkovsky, E. (2016). “Superiority of visual (verbal) vs. auditory test presentation modality in a P300-based CIT: The Complex Trial Protocol for concealed autobiographical memory detection.” International Journal of Psychophysiology, 105, 26-34.
- Rosenfeld, J.P., Ward, A., Frigo, V., Drapekin, J., and Labkovsky, E. (2015). “Evidence suggesting superiority of visual (verbal) vs. auditory test presentation modality in the P300-based, Complex Trial Protocol for concealed autobiographical memory detection.” International Journal of Psychophysiology, 96(1), 16-22.
- Rosenfeld, J. P., Ward, A., Thai, M., and Labkovsky, E. (2015). “Superiority of Pictorial Versus Verbal Presentation and Initial Exposure in the P300-Based, Complex Trial Protocol for Concealed Memory Detection.” Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, 40(2), 61-73.
- Sai, L., Wang, S., Ward, A., Ku, Y., and Sang, B. (2015). “Individual differences in the habitual use of cognitive reappraisal predict the reward-related processing.” Frontiers in Psychology, 6, 1256.
- Ward, A.C., Glenn, C.R., Nock, M.K., and Otto, M.W. (2013). “Psychosocial Treatments for Suicidal Behaviors.” In C. Nemeroff, P, & S. Koslow (Eds.) A Concise Guide to Understanding Suicide. NY: Cambridge University Press.
- Ward, A.C., Bender, T.W., Gordon, K.H., Nock, M.K., Joiner T.E., Jr., and Selby, E.A. (2012). “Post-therapy functional impairment as a treatment outcome measure in non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) disorder using archival data.” Personality and Mental Health. 7(1), 69-79.
- Selby, E.A., Ward, A.C., and Joiner T.E., Jr. (2010). “Dysregulated eating behaviors in borderline personality disorder: Are rejection sensitivity and emotion dysregulation linking mechanisms?” International Journal of Eating Disorders, 43(7), 667-670.