title: Retrieval does not always enhance suggestibility: testing can improve witness identification performance.
abstract: Verbally recalling the appearance of a perpetrator and the details of an event can sometimes hinder later eyewitness memory performance. In two experiments, we investigated the effects of verbally recalling a face on people's ability to resist subsequent misinformation about that face. Participants watched a video of a theft and then completed either a recall test or a distractor activity. After a delay, some participants heard a piece of misinformation. Memory was assessed with a recall test in Experiment 1 and with a target-present lineup in Experiment 2. In both experiments, initial testing reduced eyewitness suggestibility for the face.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA.
authors.forename: Jessica A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: LaPaglia
authors.forename: Jason C K
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Chan
mesh_terms: D001288:Attention; D003142:Communication; D003416:Criminal Law; D003463:Cues; D005145:Face; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011939:Mental Recall; D015233:Models, Statistical; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual; D011214:Practice, Psychological; D013404:Suggestion; D013800:Theft / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000523:psychology*; D014741:Video Recording