Miriam Sinkerud Johnson

Scientific publications

Sinkerud Johnson, Miriam ; Grung, Rolf Magnus ; Røed, Ragnhild Klingenberg; Pripp, Are Hugo ; Baugerud, Gunn Astrid (2025). Children’s Elaboration of Forensically Relevant Information in Response to Invitations: A National Study of Investigative Interviews With Preschool-Aged Abuse Victims. Child Maltreatment (CM).
https://doi.org/10.1177/10775595251328933

Brubacher, Sonja P; Powell, Martine; Sinkerud Johnson, Miriam ; Cano, Cayetana López; Zohaib Hassan, Syed; Riegler, Michael; Riegler, Michael Alexander ; Halvorsen, Pål ; Baugerud, Gunn Astrid (2025). Experts' Views on Artifical Intelligence-Based Child Chatbots to Train Investigative Interviewing Skills. Applied Cognitive Psychology. Vol. 39.
https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.70048

Klingenberg Røed, Ragnhild; Baugerud, Gunn Astrid ; Grung, Rolf Magnus ; Sinkerud Johnson, Miriam (2025). “And Then He Hit Me.” Disclosure Patterns in Forensic Interviews of Preschool-Aged Allegedly Abused Children. Child Maltreatment (CM).
https://doi.org/10.1177/10775595251328884

Ko, Hayley Manalang ; Hovden, Ewa Alicja Szyszko; Köpp, Unni Mette Stamnes; Sinkerud Johnson, Miriam ; Baugerud, Gunn Astrid (2025). Using an AI-Driven Child Chatbot Avatar as a Training Tool for Information Gathering Skills of Dental and Medical Professionals: A Pilot Study. Applied Cognitive Psychology. Vol. 39.
https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.70022

Salehi, Pegah; Hassan, Syed Zohaib; Baugerud, Gunn Astrid ; Powell, Martine; Johnson, Miriam S. ; Johansen, Dag; Shafiee Sabet, Saeed; Riegler, Michael ; Halvorsen, Pål (2024). A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis of 2D and 3D Virtual Environments in Training for Child Interview Skills. 22 p. IEEE Access. Vol. 12.
https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3442297

Grung, Rolf Magnus ; Johnson, Miriam S. ; Røed, Ragnhild Klingenberg; Baugerud, Gunn Astrid (2024). Examining the impact of interviewer rejections following “Don't know” responses in forensic interviews of alleged preschool-aged victims of abuse. Applied Cognitive Psychology. Vol. 38.
https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.4239

Baugerud, Gunn Astrid ; Johnson, Miriam S. ; Dianiska, Rachel; Røed, Ragnhild Klingenberg; Powell, Martine B.; Lamb, Michael E.; Hassan, Syed Zohaib; Sabet, Saeed; Hicks, Steven Alexander; Salehi, Pegah; Riegler, Michael Alexander; Halvorsen, Pål ; Quas, Jodi (2024). Using an AI-based avatar for interviewer training at Children’s Advocacy Centers: Proof of Concept. Child Maltreatment (CM).
https://doi.org/10.1177/10775595241263017

Ko, Hayley Manalang ; Baugerud, Gunn Astrid ; Köpp, Unni Mette Stamnes; Sinkerud Johnson, Miriam ; Hovden, Ewa Alicja Szyszko (2024). Exploring Information-Gathering Techniques in Medical and Dental Interviews for Child Abuse and Neglect: A Comprehensive Scoping Review of Existing Gaps. International Journal on Child Maltreatment: Research, Policy and Practice.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s42448-024-00197-w

Salehi, Pegah; Hassan, Syed Zohaib; Baugerud, Gunn Astrid ; Powell, Martine; Cano, Cayetana López; Johnson, Miriam S. ; Røed, Ragnhild Klingenberg; Johansen, Dag; Sabet, Saeed Shafiee; Riegler, Michael ; Halvorsen, Pål (2024). Immersive Virtual Reality in Child Skills Interview Training: A Comparison of 2D And 3D environment. Rossi, Silvia; Muchaluat-Saade, Débora Christina; Röggla, Thomas (Ed.). MMVE’ 2024 Proceedings of the 2024 16th International Workshop on Immersive Mixed and Virtual Environment Systems. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).
https://doi.org/10.1145/3652212.3652219

Chatterjee, Ayan; Riegler, Michael ; Johnson, Miriam S. ; Das, Jishnu; Pahari, Nibedita; Ramachandra, Raghavendra; Ghosh, Bikramaditya; Saha, Arpan; Bajpai, Ram (2024). Exploring online public survey lifestyle datasets with statistical analysis, machine learning and semantic ontology. 24 p. Scientific Reports. Vol. 14.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-74539-6

Research reports

Johnson, Miriam S. ; Baugerud, Gunn Astrid ; Grung, Rolf Magnus ; Røed, Ragnhild Klingenberg; Hansen, Helle Birgitte; Hyvik, Martine Stordrange; Bråthen, Ida Caroline; Sjøflot, Ann Kristin (2024). Avhørsmetodisk kvalitet i avhør av førskolebarn. Funn fra Barneavhørsstudien. ISBN: 978-82-8364-642-9. 124 p. OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet.
https://skriftserien.oslomet.no/index.php/skriftse

Johnson S., Miriam (2015). PhD-thesis: Interviewer Behavior and Children's Competence as Witnesses. 160 p. Universitetet i Oslo.

Dissemination

Chatterjee, Ayan; Riegler, Michael ; Johnson, Miriam S. ; Das, Jishnu; Pahari, Nibedita; Ramachandra, Raghavendra; Ghosh, Bikramaditya; Saha, Arpan; Bajpai, Ram (2025). Erratum: Author Correction: Exploring online public survey lifestyle datasets with statistical analysis, machine learning and semantic ontology (Scientific reports (2024) 14 1 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-74539-6.). Scientific Reports. Vol. 15.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-86904-0

Røed, Ragnhild Klingenberg; Sinkerud Johnson, Miriam ; Baugerud, Gunn Astrid ; Hassan, Syed Zohaib; Shafiee Sabet, Saeed; Salehi, Pegah; Halvorsen, Pål ; Riegler, Michael; Lammerse, Myrthe (2022). Ferdighetstrening i avhørsmetode for å fremme avdekking av overgrep mot barn - presentasjon av en forskningsbasert dynamisk AI-drevet barne-avatar. Barnehuskonferansen 2022. Statens barnehus ved Troms politidistrikt.

Røed, Ragnhild Klingenberg; Baugerud, Gunn Astrid ; Grung, Rolf Magnus ; Sinkerud Johnson, Miriam (2022). Disclosure Patterns in Investigative Interviews of Preschool Children. 2022 AP-LS Annual Conference. American Psychology-Law Society.

Johnson S., Miriam (2016). Kartlegging av avhørsmetodisk kvalitet i avhør av barn. Oslo Statsadvokatembete. Oslo Statsadvokatembete.

S. Johnson, Miriam (2015). Avhør av barn i straffesaker hvor barn er fornærmede. Follo Tingrett.

Burrell, Lisa Victoria; Sinkerud Johnson, Miriam ; Melinder, Annika Maria D (2015). The state of affairs of interviews of sexually abused children in Norway. Oslo PsychScience – part III.

Burrell, Lisa Victoria; Sinkerud Johnson, Miriam ; Melinder, Annika Maria D (2014). Interview strategies promoting children’s competence as witnesses. The annual conference of The Cognitive Developmental Research Unit (EKUP).

Johnson, Sverre Urnes; Halvorsen, Joar Øveraas; Sinkerud, Miriam ; Hesselberg, Jan-Ole; Hagen, Roger (2013). Psykologutdanningens grunnpilar. Morgenbladet.
http://morgenbladet.no/debatt/2013/psykologutdanni

Burrell, Lisa Victoria; Sinkerud Johnson, Miriam ; Melinder, Annika Maria D (2013). Children’s earwitness memory: The influence of emotionality, age and individual differences. The annual conference of The Cognitive Developmental Research Unit (EKUP).

Burrell, Lisa Victoria; Sinkerud Johnson, Miriam ; Melinder, Annika Maria D (2013). Children’s earwitness memory: The influence of age and emotionality. 9th meeting of the Nordic Network for Research on Psychology and Law.