memory Flashcards
ronald cotton case
EWT from victim
convicted - life + 54yr
exonerated by DNA
delvin report 1975
850 prosecuted by lineup
41% EWT only
74% convictedlof
loftus 1974
story told of armed robbery
(evidence/witness/discredited witness)
both witness conditions 70% vote to convict
evidence only 18%
rattner 1988
ewt 52.5% misidentification
leading cause for wrongful conviction
loftus 1978
car crash videos
how fast when_____
more aggressive higher the speed
misinformation effect
induced post even info from questions
sutherland and hayne 2001
video of lost girl and bear
immediate pe questioning
misleading (green/white bear)
24hr mislead group got colour wrong
kassin and keichel 1996
witness present causes false confessions
computer crashes - witness says pp did it
65% complied and signed confession
nash and wade 2008
doctored video showing pp taking money on X
X- no money Y- money
73% complied and signed
67% internalised and accepted guilt
cross race effect
memory worse for other race faces
hourihan and lui 2012
usa and china
shown faces
24hr remembered own race more
maas and kohnken 1989
false alarm rate
syringe 64%
pen 33%
weapon focused effect
enhanced memory for weapon not peripheral details
garrett 2011
250 usa exonerations by dna
76% ewt misid
78% police contamination
gary graham
executed in texas 2000
murder/robbery
1 ewt
always professed innocence
identifications require
show up
sketch
mug shots
parade
media
stored info
fragmentary
ambiguous
experiencing the past
putting fragments together
filling in the gaps
why are faces encoded poorly
poor lighting
distance and angle
lack of attention
valentine 2003
identification parade correct
same race - 45%
dif race - 37%
weapon - 42%
no weapon - 40%
browns 2003
images of morning commute
arousal - man injured on floor
neutral - man cycling past
less mistakes in recall in arousal task
fawcett 2016
court testimony diminishes weapon focus effect
saunders 2009
picture shown, post event misinfo
narrative - holding knife in left hand
question about hand
narrative - weapon 72%
no weapon 66%
questions - weapon 48%
no weapon 54%
larger misinfo effect when pe questioning