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Professional Experience in Investigative Interviewing Does Not Guarantee Strong Knowledge about Memory

open access: yesPsychological Research on Urban Society, 2019
We examined the knowledge of law enforcement officers regarding memory by conducting two levels of analysis. First, we compared memory-related knowledge and erroneous beliefs of officers (n = 200) and lay people (n = 403) and found similar low scores of ...
Olivier Dodier   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

What people believe about how memory works: a representative survey of the U.S. population. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2011
Incorrect beliefs about the properties of memory have broad implications: the media conflate normal forgetting and inadvertent memory distortion with intentional deceit, juries issue verdicts based on flawed intuitions about the accuracy and confidence ...
Daniel J Simons, Christopher F Chabris
doaj   +1 more source

Occasion and audience as poetic constructs in early modern occasional poetry

open access: yesOrbis Litterarum, EarlyView.
Abstract Occasional poetry, composed for specific events such as weddings or funerals, was a dominant form of poetry in early modern Europe. Despite its historical prominence, the role of the occasion as a literary and rhetorical construct in occasional poetry has been very little studied.
Eeva‐Liisa Bastman
wiley   +1 more source

Computer Mediated Social Comparative Feedback Does Not Affect Metacognitive Regulation of Memory Reports

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2017
In two experiments, we investigated how social comparative feedback affects the metacognitive regulation of eyewitness memory reports. In Experiment 1, 87 participants received negative, positive, or no feedback about a co-witness’s performance on a task
Joanne Rechdan   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Investigating the utility of cognitive interview mnemonics among non-native English speakers

open access: yesPsychology of Language and Communication, 2023
Best practice eyewitness interviewing mnemonics have not been tested with linguistically diverse samples. Cognitively complex mnemonics may overload non-native speakers’ cognitive resources, which are already engaged in speaking a non-native language ...
Wylie Keith, Evans Jacqueline R.
doaj   +1 more source

How Well Can Words Capture Facial Appearance? A Cross‐Linguistic Exploration

open access: yesTopics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.
Abstract When describing faces, people often struggle with verbalizing facial features. Free descriptions seem to focus predominantly on aspects of faces that are inferred, for example, psychological traits, age, attractiveness, and so on, whereas facial features themselves are often described in a limited and imprecise fashion.
Ewelina Wnuk, Jan Wodowski
wiley   +1 more source

Emotional Eyewitness Memory

open access: yes, 2022
This study examines the effects of emotional arousal, delay, and interviewing procedure on eyewitness ...
Mark Snow, Joseph Eastwood
core   +1 more source

The neuroscience of face processing and identification in eyewitnesses and offenders

open access: yesFrontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2013
Humans are experts in face perception. We are better able to distinguish between the differences of faces and their components than between any other kind of objects.
Nicole-Simone eWerner   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

“With a little help from my friends…”: the role of co-witness relationship in susceptibility to misinformation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Inaccuracies in eyewitness accounts can occur when witnesses are exposed to post-event misinformation via discussion with a co-witness. The current study examined the role of co-witness relationship by comparing the memory performance of pairs of ...
Gabbert, Fiona   +7 more
core   +1 more source

IMPLICATION IN YOUNG ADULT NOVELS ABOUT THE GDR: HISTORICAL FICTION FOR A DEMOCRATIC FUTURE

open access: yesGerman Life and Letters, Volume 79, Issue 4, Page 472-494, October 2026.
ABSTRACT This article examines the pedagogical potential of young adult literature about East Germany to help readers reflect on the legacies of authoritarian rule and questions of responsibility, accountability and agency. Drawing on Michael Rothberg's concept of the implicated subject, I argue that young adult literature exploring implication offers ...
Kristin Rebien
wiley   +1 more source

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