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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"eyewitness memory"”.
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Negative emotion and eyewitness memory
… the storage and retrieval of event-related memory. Eyewitness memory, therefore, cannot be adequately understood without an account of the memorial effects of negative emotion. On this point, however, there remains a considerable degree of inconsistency in both the methods and findings of …
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Individual Differences in Children's Eyewitness Memory Skills
… impact of individual differences on children's eyewitness memory skills. Preschool (mean age of 4 years 8 months) and elementary (mean age of 11 years and 3 months) aged school children played a 5 minute game of Simon Says with an unknown male confederate. The children's memories for the game …
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The effects of positive emotions on eyewitness memory
… to explore the effects of positive emotions on eyewitness memory. Though little research has been done investigating this question, it has serious implications within the criminal justice system, towards our understanding of emotions, and in creating a fuller comprehension of how memory works. …
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Individual differences and suggestibility of children's eyewitness memory reports
… of recent research in the area of children's eyewitness memory has been aimed at examining children's vulnerability to suggestion. Numerous experimental factors have been found to impact children's suggestibility including the use of leading questions. However, research in this area has yet to …
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Postevent information and the impairment of eyewitness memory : a methodological examination
Recent work in the cognitive psychology of memory suggests that misleading information may permanently alter memory for an event. This work, which takes much of its impetus from the prospect of applying itself to the legal question of eyewitness evidence, has recently come under severe criticism. …
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Avatars in child investigative interviews: supporting disclosure and eyewitness memory through technology
… facilitate or hinder adolescents’ disclosure and memory recall, similar to other computer-mediated interactions and online disclosure methods. This research used a mixed-methods approach, comprising a survey study, two experimental studies, and a qualitative study.<br/> <br/>Study 1, an online …
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Memory Under Fire: The Role of the Self-Administered Interview (SAI) in Law Enforcement and Eyewitness Memory
The relationship between stress and memory remains complex and inconsistent across research domains. While basic memory research suggests that overall, stress enhances memory (Shields et al., 2017), eyewitness memory studies often report detrimental (Deffenbacher et al., 2004) or null effects (Krix …
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What do police officers know about eyewitness memory? A comparison of knowledge between eyewitness experts and police investigators
… other variables that can impact the accuracy of eyewitness memory. In the present study police investigators were given a questionnaire originally developed by Kassin, Tub, Hosch, and Memon (2001) for "experts" or psychologists, who were teachers and researchers in the area of eyewitness memory. …
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The effect of stress on memory : eyewitness performance in juveniles and young adults
… investigate the relationship between stress and eyewitness memory in adolescents (Experiment 1) and young adults (Experiment 2). Psychosocial stress was induced using a public speaking task. As eyewitness outcome measures, participants were asked to provide a physical description and to make a …
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The effect of feedback at test on source memory performance
… receiving feedback at the time of retrieval on eyewitness suggestibility. All participants watched a videotaped crime of a home burglary and then answered questions that contained misleading information. On a final source memory test, participants that were provided with feedback as to the …
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Do actors or observers make better eyewitnesses?
Researchers studying the reliability of eyewitness testimony have focused mainly on criminal rather than civil cases, specifically those including product identification and liability. With numerous lawsuits against product manufacturers (including toxic substances like asbestos), an understanding …
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Chatbots and the Initial Account Interview for Gathering Eyewitness Information: Development, Research and Efficacy of ‘ChatCharlie’
… witnesses and victims of crime to consolidate memory for later full retrieval. The College of Policing sometimes advocates Initial Account Interviews, yet more research should focus on the prevailing Initial Account interview approach. This novel research considers the nature of episodic memory …
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Contribution of Role Recollection and Perpetrator Identification to the Accuracy of Multi-perpetrator Eyewitness Testimonies
Eyewitness testimonies serve as heavily weighted evidence in criminal investigations. Despite this, research has demonstrated the fallibility of eyewitness memory, especially for crimes involving more than one perpetrator. The task for multi-perpetrator eyewitnesses is unique as they not only have …
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A systematic review and meta-analysis examining the effect of stress at encoding on line-up performance
… has been conducted on the effect of stress on eyewitness memory, the answer to this question remains unclear. Whereas a previous meta-analysis (Deffenbacher et al., 2004) concluded that stress negatively affects eyewitness identification ability, recent studies have shown a lack of consensus. …
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When do eyewitness behaviors reflect the presence or absence of the culprit in a lineup?
… incorrect suspect identifications and that other eyewitness lineup behaviors might also prove useful (e.g., automaticity, deliberative strategies, featural references). However, these same “postdictors” have proven less effective at distinguishing correct from incorrect rejection decisions. …
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The Effectiveness of the Self-Administered Interview© - A Meta-Analytic Review and Empirical Study with Older Adult Witnesses
The Self-Administered Interview© (SAI©) is an eyewitness interviewing tool designed to help protect eyewitness memory and elicit a comprehensive initial statement (Gabbert, Hope, & Fisher, 2009). Early research shows promising results in general adult samples. Whether the SAI© is an effective tool …
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The effect of lineup size on eyewitness identification accuracy
Eyewitness identification via lineup procedures is an important and widely used source of evidence in criminal cases. However, the current scientific literature provides inconsistent guidance on a very basic question of lineup procedure: lineup size. Some of the ambiguity in the field may be due to …
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Haven’t I seen you before? Prior familiarity can impair or enhance face recognition memory
… faces better than unfamiliar ones? Recognition memory for faces with which we have prior familiarity is superior to recognition of unfamiliar faces, even under very controlled circumstances. Prior familiarity with a face seems to substantively change the way we encode and recognize later …
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The Use of Recollection Rejection in the Misinformation Paradigm
<p>Across three experiments, I investigated the role of recollection rejection in rejecting false suggestions using the misinformation paradigm. The use of model-based measurement of recollection rejection was extended to the misinformation paradigm. I manipulated two factors, delay and feedback, …
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The Influence of Recall Instructions on the Verbal Overshadowing Effect
The current study investigated the influence of recall instructions on the verbal overshadowing effect (VOE). Participants watched a video of a burglar breaking and entering, were asked to recall information about the burglar, and attempted to identify the burglar from a photo lineup. Recall …
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