Project
Using multiple lineups to evaluate eyewitness memory.
One of the problems associated with evaluating the accuracy of eyewitness
testimony is the limited amount of information we can obtain from a typical
eyewitness identification task (i.e., an identification decision, and
perhaps a confidence rating and response time). The aim of this project
is to use multiple-lineup paradigms to increase the amount of information
we gain from eyewitnesses. This will enable us to (1) better evaluate
eyewitness testimony; for example, by improving our ability to estimate
the likely strength of a particular witnesses’ memory of an offender,
and (2) to better understand the eyewitness decision process, and the
relationship between eyewitness accuracy, confidence and response latency.
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Conference Presentations
Palmer, M., Brewer, N., & Weber, N. (2006, July). How do eyewitnesses
respond when presented with both target-present and target-absent lineups?
The 4th International Conference on Memory, University of New South
Wales, Australia.
Palmer, M., Brewer, N., & Weber, N. (2006, April). One crime,
one suspect, two decisions: Eyewitness identifications from target-present
and target-absent lineups. 33rd Australasian Experimental Psychology
Conference, Brisbane.
McKinnon, A., Brewer, N., Palmer, M., & Weber, N. (2005). Exploring
eyewitness identification decision processes. 15th European Conference
of Psychology and Law, Vilnius, Lithuania.
Palmer, M., Brewer, N., McKinnon, A., & Weber, N. (2005). Applying
dual process
recognition memory models to eyewitness identification. Poster presented
at the 40th Australian Psychological Society Annual Conference, Melbourne,
Australia.
Brewer, N., Palmer, M., McKinnon, A., & Weber, N. (2005). Decision
processes underlying eyewitness identifications. American Psychology-Law
Society, La Jolla, USA.
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