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Eyewitness recognition errors: the effects of mugshot viewing and choosing in young and old adults.
Full Abstract
Eyewitness memory is vulnerable to information encountered prior to a lineup. Young (18-30 years) and older (60-80 years) witnesses viewed a crime video. Some witnesses were then exposed to mugshots of innocent suspects that included a critical foil. After a 48-h delay, all the witnesses took part in a target-absent lineup that included the critical foil and five new foils. Witnesses who picked one of the mugshots as the likely perpetrator showed inflated rates of choosing the critical foil from the lineup. Context reinstatement instructions did not reduce choices of innocent foils following mugshot exposure. Despite age-related increases in false choosing, age did not qualify other effects. The results are discussed in terms of commitment, source memory, and gist-based processing.
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Author/s: Memon, Amina (A); Hope, Lorraine (L); Bartlett, James (J); Bull, Ray (R);
Affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Aberdeen, Kings College, Old Aberdeen, Scotland. amemon(-atsign-)abdn.ac.uk
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Journal: Memory & cognition (Mem Cognit), published in United States. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2002-Dec; vol 30 (issue 8) : pp 1219-27
Dates: Created 2003/03/28; Completed 2003/04/23; Revised 2006/11/15;
PMID: 12661853, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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