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Live presentation for eyewitness identification is not superior to photo or video presentation
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posted on 2023-05-20, 16:58 authored by Rubinova, E, Fitzgerald, RJ, Juncu, S, Ribbers, E, Hope, L, James SauerJames SauerEyewitnesses are widely believed to have a better chance of identifying a perpetrator from a live identification procedure than from photo or video alternatives. To test this live superiority hypothesis, prospective students and their parents (N = 1048) became unsuspecting witnesses to staged events and were randomly assigned to live, photo, or video identification procedures. In Experiment 1, participants viewed a single person at the identification procedure. In Experiment 2, participants viewed a lineup of six people. Across experiments, live identification procedures did not improve eyewitness identification performance. The results show that even under experimental settings designed to eliminate the disadvantages of conducting live lineups in practice, live presentation confers no benefit to eyewitnesses.
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Publication title
Journal of Applied Research in Memory and CognitionISSN
2211-3681Department/School
School of Psychological SciencesPublisher
Elsevier BVPlace of publication
NetherlandsRights statement
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