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  • 1992 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

David Faust is affiliated with the University of Rhode Island in the United States. Their research spans several fields within psychology and medicine, focusing primarily on areas related to psychological testing, traumatic brain injury, and forensic psychology.

Faust's published works include studies on cognitive and psychological testing, as well as commentary on forensic assessment practices. Key recent papers include:

  • Immediate Post-concussion and Cognitive Testing: Ceiling Effects, Reliability, and Implications for Interpretation (2020) published in Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology
  • Invited Commentary: Advancing but not yet Advanced: Assessment of Effort/Malingering in Forensic and Clinical Settings (2023) published in Neuropsychology Review
  • Cooperative Collection Development: Current Practices among ARL Libraries for Area Studies Collections (2024) published in portal Libraries and the Academy
  • B - 118 Expert Insights on Cultural Responsiveness in Neuropsychological Assessments: Identifying the Discrepancy Between Importance and Feasibility (2025) published in Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Faust include:

  • Charles E. Gaudet
  • Jeff G. Konin
  • Brian Vetruba
  • Burcu Kaplan

Their work is predominantly published in venues such as:

  • Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology
  • Neuropsychology Review
  • portal Libraries and the Academy

Faust's academic research covers major fields of study including Psychology and Medicine, with a focus on subfields like Epidemiology, Social Psychology, Applied Psychology, Clinical Psychology, and Emergency Medicine. Specific research topics addressed in their publications feature:

  • Traumatic Brain Injury Research
  • Psychological Testing and Assessment
  • Resilience and Mental Health
  • Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
  • Deception Detection and Forensic Psychology
  • Educational and Psychological Assessments
  • Counseling Practices and Supervision

David Faust has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) since 1992, reflecting their established status within the psychological research community.

Best Publications

  • Clinical versus actuarial judgment

    Robyn M. Dawes;David Faust;Paul E. Meehl

  • Eliminating the hindsight bias.

    Hal R. Arkes;David Faust;Thomas J. Guilmette;Kathleen Hart

  • The expert witness in psychology and psychiatry.

    David Faust;Jay Ziskin

  • Neuropsychologists' capacity to detect adolescent malingerers.

    David Faust;Kathleen J. Hart;Thomas J. Guilmette;Hal R. Arkes

  • Bedside cognitive screening instruments. A critical assessment.

    Aaron Nelson;Barry S. Fogel;David Faust

  • The limits of scientific reasoning

    David Faust

  • Pediatric malingering: the capacity of children to fake believable deficits on neuropsychological testing.

    David Faust;Kathleen J. Hart;Thomas J. Guilmette

  • Clinical judgment and decision making in neuropsychology.

    Danny Wedding;David Faust

  • Research on human judgment and its application to clinical practice.

    David Faust

  • Examining the effects of chronic disease and disability on children's sibling relationships

    D. Lobato;D. Faust;A. Spirito

  • A national survey of psychologists who offer neuropsychological services.

    Thomas J. Guilmette;David Faust;Kathleen Hart;Hal R. Arkes

  • Neuropsychologists' training, experience, and judgment accuracy

    David Faust;Thomas J. Guilmette;Kathleen Hart;Hal R. Arkes

  • Practicing Psychologists' Knowledge of General Psychotherapy Research Findings: Implications for Science-Practice Relations

    Charles M. Boisvert;David Faust

  • Presence of third party observers during neuropsychological testing: Official statement of the National Academy of Neuropsychology

    Bradley Axelrod;Jeffrey Barth;David Faust;Jerid Fisher

  • Moderately elevated blood lead levels: effects on neuropsychologic functioning in children.

    David Faust;James Brown

  • The Detection of Deception

    David Faust

  • The development and initial validation of a sensitive bedside cognitive screening test.

    David Faust;Barry S. Fogel

  • Iatrogenic Symptoms in Psychotherapy

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  • The use of anatomically detailed dolls in sexual abuse evaluations: The state of the science

    Glenn Wolfner;David Faust;Robyn M. Dawes

  • The Base-Rate Fallacy in School Psychology:

    Mary Lynne Kennedy;W. Grant Willis;David Faust

  • Errors in hand scoring objective personality tests: The case of the Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire—Revised (PDQ—R).

    Gregory Allard;Julian Butler;David Faust;M. Tracie Shea

  • Heuristics and Biases: Clinical versus Actuarial Judgment

    Robyn M. Dawes;David Faust;Paul E. Meehl

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul E. Meehl
Paul E. Meehl University of Minnesota
Robyn M. Dawes
Robyn M. Dawes Carnegie Mellon University
Niels G. Waller
Niels G. Waller University of Minnesota
Mark F. Lenzenweger
Mark F. Lenzenweger Binghamton University
Glenn J. Larrabee
Glenn J. Larrabee Veterans Health Administration
Hal R. Arkes
Hal R. Arkes The Ohio State University
Bradley N. Axelrod
Bradley N. Axelrod United States Department of Veterans Affairs
Anthony Spirito
Anthony Spirito Brown University
Jeffrey T. Barth
Jeffrey T. Barth University of Virginia
Paul J. Eslinger
Paul J. Eslinger Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

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