Eyewitness confidence and decision time reflect identification accuracy in actual police lineups.
A Quigley-McBride, GL Wells - Law and Human Behavior, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
Objective: Although there are many lab-based studies demonstrating the utility of confidence
and decision time as indicators of eyewitness accuracy, there is almost no research on how …
and decision time as indicators of eyewitness accuracy, there is almost no research on how …
Test a witness's memory of a suspect only once
Eyewitness misidentifications are almost always made with high confidence in the
courtroom. The courtroom is where eyewitnesses make their last identification of defendants …
courtroom. The courtroom is where eyewitnesses make their last identification of defendants …
Witnessing-condition information differentially affects evaluations of high-and moderate-confidence eyewitness identifications
TC Lebensfeld, L Smalarz - Cognition, 2024 - Elsevier
Recent research on the eyewitness confidence-accuracy relationship reveals that
confidence can be highly diagnostic of accuracy when the identification evidence is …
confidence can be highly diagnostic of accuracy when the identification evidence is …
Comparing human evaluations of eyewitness statements to a machine learning classifier under pristine and suboptimal lineup administration procedures
Recent work highlights the ability of verbal machine learning classifiers to distinguish
between accurate and inaccurate recognition memory decisions (Dobbins, 2022; Dobbins & …
between accurate and inaccurate recognition memory decisions (Dobbins, 2022; Dobbins & …
Individual differences in autobiographical memory predict memory confidence but not memory accuracy.
To assess the accuracy of an eyewitness testimony, ratings of memory confidence are often
used. However, memory accuracy and confidence are rarely studied in relation to individual …
used. However, memory accuracy and confidence are rarely studied in relation to individual …
Assessing the effect of eyewitness identification confidence assessment method on the confidence-accuracy relationship.
A Arndorfer, SD Charman - Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
Historically, best practice recommendations suggested obtaining eyewitnesses' lineup
identification confidence reports in their own words. More recently, best practice …
identification confidence reports in their own words. More recently, best practice …
Interpreting eyewitness confidence: Numeric, verbal, and graded verbal scales
RL Greenspan, EF Loftus - Applied Cognitive Psychology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In empirical research, eyewitnesses typically report their confidence numerically (eg,“I'm
90% sure”). In contrast, in the field, lineup administrators typically ask witnesses to explain …
90% sure”). In contrast, in the field, lineup administrators typically ask witnesses to explain …
Variability in verbal eyewitness confidence
P Pennekamp, JK Mansour… - Applied Cognitive …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Typically, an eyewitness' verbal confidence is used to judge the reliability of their lineup
identification. Across three experiments (N= 3976), we examined eyewitnesses' own words …
identification. Across three experiments (N= 3976), we examined eyewitnesses' own words …
Laypeople's interpretations of 'high confidence'
P Pennekamp, JK Mansour - Psychology, Crime & Law, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
High confidence has been associated with high accuracy under certain conditions. Yet, how
researchers operationalize 'high confidence'varies across publications and depends on who …
researchers operationalize 'high confidence'varies across publications and depends on who …
“In your own words, how certain are you?” Post‐identification feedback distorts verbal and numeric expressions of eyewitness confidence
After making a lineup identification, eyewitnesses remember being more confident in their
identification and having a better view of the initial crime if they are told they correctly …
identification and having a better view of the initial crime if they are told they correctly …