The effects of local and global processing orientation on eyewitness identification performance.
Recent work has demonstrated that performance on a simultaneous target-present photographic line-up can be enhanced by prior global processing orientation, and hindered by prior local processing orientation induced by processing Navon letter stimuli. A series of studies explore the generality of this processing bias effect using either videotaped scenarios or live interactions. Five experiments demonstrate that these effects are seen across a range of test stimuli, test formats, and test instructions. These data inform the processes engaged in by witnesses when making line-up identifications and indicate that it may be possible to improve the accuracy of witnesses making such judgements.
Perfect
Timothy J
TJ
School of Psychology, University of Plymouth, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UK. tperfect@plymouth.ac.uk
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Ian
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Snell
Amelia
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D000328:Adult; D003415:Crime; D003416:Criminal Law / Q000379:methods; D003657:Decision Making; D004193:Discrimination Learning; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D035846:Law Enforcement / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D011939:Mental Recall; D016017:Odds Ratio; D021641:Recognition, Psychology; D012094:Repression, Psychology; D014796:Visual Perception