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Abstract
The decision of the United States Supreme Court to change the stan dardsfortheadmis si bilityof ex pert testimony in the fed eral courts, and the adop tion of this stan dard by many states, was thoughtto portend many changes in the pre sen tation of expert tes it-mony by psychologists (and other behavioral and social scientists). In this ar ti cle, the au thors de scribe Daubert's im pact on psy cho logical ex pert testimony and why it has been muted. The authors then pro ceed to ex plain why, de spite Daubert's lim ited im pact, it is nonetheless important for psychological experts to take its message to heart.