KEY PUBLICATIONS

See Google Scholar for full list of Dr. Phalen's publications: https://tinyurl.com/4pljw23

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• Phalen, H. J., *Bettis, T. C., *Bean, S. R., & Salerno, J. M. (2025). Jurymen Seldom Rule Against a Person That They Like: The Relationship Between Emotions Towards a Defendant, the Understanding of Case Facts, and Juror Judgments in Civil Trials. Behavioral Sciences, 15(7), 965. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs15070965

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• Phalen, H. J., *Lawrence, M. L., *Gittings, K. L., *Line, E. N., **Thomas, S. N., *Eerdmans, R. E., *Bettis, T. C., Campbell, J. C., & Salerno, J. M. (2024). Regional gender bias and year predict gender representation on civil trial teams. Law and Human Behavior, 48(5-6), 580–596. https://doi.org/10.1037/lhb0000585

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• Phalen, H. J., Salerno, J. M., *Adamoli, M. & Nadler, J. (2023). White mock jurors’ moral emotional responses to viewing female victim photographs depend on the victim’s race. Law and Human Behavior.

 

• Phalen, H. J., Salerno, J. M., & Schweitzer, N. J. (2021). Can neuroimaging prove pain and suffering?: The influence of pain assessment techniques on legal judgments of physical versus emotional pain. Law and Human Behavior, 45(5), 393–412. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/lhb0000460

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• Salerno, J. M., Campbell, J. C., Phalen, H. J., *Bean, S. R., Hans, V., Spivak, D., & Ross, L. (2021). The impact of minimal versus extended Voir Dire and judicial rehabilitation in civil cases. Law and Human Behavior, 45(4), 336–355. https://doi.org/10.1037/lhb0000455

 

• Salerno, J. M. & Phalen, H. J. (2019). Traditional gender roles and backlash against female attorneys expressing anger in court. Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, 16(4), 909–932. https://doi.org/10.1111/jels.12238

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• Salerno, J. M., Phalen, H. J., *Reyes, R, & Schweitzer, N. (2018). Closing with emotion: Expressing anger makes male attorneys more effective, but female attorneys less effective. Law and Human Behavior, 42(4), 385–401. https://doi.org/10.1037/lhb0000292

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**Mentored undergraduate student author