The effect of encoding duration on implicit and explicit eyewitness memory

Autor: Nadja Schreiber Compo, Rolando N. Carol
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Consciousness and Cognition. 61:117-128
ISSN: 1053-8100
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2018.02.004
Popis: The present study investigated the effect of encoding duration on implicit and explicit eyewitness memory. Participants (N = 227) viewed a mock crime (brief, 15-s vs. long, 30-s vs. irrelevant/control) and were then tested with both implicit and explicit memory prompts or with explicit memory prompts only. Brief-encoding participants revealed more critical details implicitly than long-encoding or control participants. Further, the number and percentage of accurate details recalled explicitly were higher for long-encoding than for brief-encoding participants. Implicit testing prior to explicit recall—as compared to completing a filler task—was detrimental to free recall performance. Interestingly, brief-encoding participants were significantly more likely to remember critical details implicitly but not explicitly than long-encoding participants. This is the first study to investigate implicit eyewitness memory for a multimodal mock crime. Findings are theoretically consistent with prior research on cognition while expanding upon the extant eyewitness memory and investigative interviewing literature.
Databáze: OpenAIRE