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Citations
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5649
National Ranking
44

Overview

Colin Tredoux is affiliated with the University of Cape Town in South Africa and conducts research primarily within the social sciences and neuroscience fields. Their work intersects several disciplines, including cognitive neuroscience, sociology and political science, and social psychology, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to understanding human behavior and social phenomena.

The main topics in their research cover areas such as face recognition and perception, memory processes and influences, social and intergroup psychology, deception detection and forensic psychology, as well as urban, neighborhood, and segregation studies. These topics highlight their interest in both cognitive mechanisms and broader social dynamics.

Frequent coauthors in their work include Alicia Nortje, John Dixon, Kate Kempen, Jacques Py, and Annelies Vredeveldt, indicating ongoing collaboration with scholars in related areas of study.

Colin Tredoux has published several recent papers across various academic journals. Notable publications include:

  • "Intergroup Contact and Prejudice Reduction: Prospects and Challenges in Changing Youth Attitudes," 2022, Review of General Psychology
  • "Navigating the divided city: Place identity and the time-geography of segregation," 2022, Journal of Environmental Psychology
  • "'When the walls come tumbling down': The role of intergroup proximity, threat, and contact in shaping attitudes towards the removal of Northern Ireland's peace walls," 2020, British Journal of Social Psychology
  • "Estimation of eyewitness error rates in fair and biased lineups," 2023, Law and Human Behavior
  • "Are South African children on track for early learning? Findings from the South African Thrive By Five Index 2021 Survey," 2023, Child Indicators Research

The scientist's work has appeared in several notable publication venues, including the South African Journal of Science, Applied Cognitive Psychology, PsycTESTS Dataset, Review of General Psychology, and the Journal of Environmental Psychology. These journals represent a blend of cognitive science and social psychology outlets, reflecting the diversity in their research interests.

Best Publications

  • Beyond the optimal contact strategy: a reality check for the contact hypothesis.

    John Dixon;Kevin Durrheim;Colin Tredoux

  • Intergroup Contact and Attitudes Toward the Principle and Practice of Racial Equality

    John Dixon;Kevin Durrheim;Colin Tredoux

  • “Let Them Eat Harmony” Prejudice-Reduction Strategies and Attitudes of Historically Disadvantaged Groups

    John Dixon;Linda R. Tropp;Kevin Durrheim;Colin Tredoux

  • Interventions to reduce prejudice and enhance inclusion and respect for ethnic differences in early childhood: A systematic review

    Frances E. Aboud;Colin Tredoux;Linda R. Tropp;Christia Spears Brown

  • A paradox of integration? Interracial contact, prejudice reduction and perceptions of racial discrimination

    John Dixon;Kevin Durrheim;Colin Tredoux;Linda Tropp

  • Eyewitness decisions in simultaneous and sequential lineups: A dual-process signal detection theory analysis

    Christian A. Meissner;Colin G. Tredoux;Janat F. Parker;Otto H. MacLin

  • Statistical Inference on Measures of Lineup Fairness

    Colin G. Tredoux

  • Sequential vs. Simultaneous Lineups: A Review of Methods, Data, and Theory.

    Dawn McQuiston-Surrett;Roy S. Malpass;Colin G. Tredoux

  • Inter-racial Contact and the Own-race Bias for Face Recognition in South Africa and England

    Daniel B. Wright;Catherine E. Boyd;Catherine E. Boyd;Colin G. Tredoux

  • Race preferences in children: insights from South Africa

    Kristin Shutts;Katherine D. Kinzler;Rachel C. Katz;Colin Tredoux

  • POLITICAL VIOLENCE IN SOUTH AFRICA: SOME EFFECTS ON CHILDREN OF THE VIOLENT DESTRUCTION OF THEIR COMMUNITY

    Andrew Dawes;Colin Tredoux;Andrew Feinstein

  • A field study of own-race bias in South Africa and England.

    Daniel B. Wright;Catherine E. Boyd;Colin G. Tredoux

  • Eating Together Apart: Patterns of Segregation in a Multi-ethnic Cafeteria.

    Beverley Clack;Beverley Clack;John A. Dixon;Colin Tredoux

  • Recognizing faces across continents: The effect of within-race variations on the own-race bias in face recognition

    Patrick M. Chiroro;Colin G. Tredoux;Stephano Radaelli;Christian A. Meissner

  • Challenging the Stubborn Core of Opposition to Equality: Racial Contact and Policy Attitudes

    John Dixon;Kevin Durrheim;Colin G. Tredoux;Linda R. Tropp

  • Patterns of Racial Segregation in University Residence Dining-Halls

    Leigh Schrieff;Colin Tredoux;John Dixon;Gillian Finchilescu

  • The spaces between Us: A spatial analysis of informal segregation at a South African University

    Lameez Alexander;Colin Tredoux

  • ‘The Inner Citadels of the Color Line’: Mapping the Micro‐Ecology of Racial Segregation in Everyday Life Spaces

    John Dixon;Colin Tredoux;Kevin Durrheim;Gillian Finchilescu

  • Lineup Construction and Lineup Fairness

    Roy S. Malpass;Colin G. Tredoux;Dawn McQuiston-Surrett

  • The Changing Landscape of Intergroup Relations in South Africa

    Gillian Finchilescu;Colin Tredoux

  • Parallel lives: Intergroup contact, threat and the segregation of everyday activity spaces

    John Dixon;Colin Tredoux;Gemma Davies;Jonathan Huck

  • Predicting support for racial transformation policies: Intergroup threat, racial prejudice, sense of group entitlement and strength of identification

    Kevin Durrheim;John Dixon;Colin Tredoux;Liberty Eaton

Frequent Co-Authors

Kevin Durrheim
Kevin Durrheim University of Johannesburg
Roy S. Malpass
Roy S. Malpass The University of Texas at El Paso
Linda R. Tropp
Linda R. Tropp University of Massachusetts Amherst
Peter J. B. Hancock
Peter J. B. Hancock University of Stirling
Christian A. Meissner
Christian A. Meissner Iowa State University
Vicki Bruce
Vicki Bruce Newcastle University
Ulrich Wagner
Ulrich Wagner Philipp University of Marburg
Frances E. Aboud
Frances E. Aboud McGill University
Oliver H. Turnbull
Oliver H. Turnbull Bangor University
Siegfried L. Sporer
Siegfried L. Sporer University of Giessen

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