2017/03/21 by Emily Pica, Joanna Pozzulo · 1 citation
Psychology · Neuroscience · #Deception detection and forensic psychology #Memory Processes and Influences #Face Recognition and Perception
paper · doi:10.1002/jip.1477
openalex publication_date 2017/03/21 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21
Abstract The present study examined whether a modified form of a preidentification confidence rating would provide evidence of a suspect's guilt in addition to the identification decision confidence. Participants ( N = 241) viewed a videotaped mock crime and were presented with a target‐present or target‐absent simultaneous, sequential, elimination, or elimination‐plus lineup procedure; both elimination procedures required 2 separate judgments from the witness (i.e., relative and absolute). The elimination‐plus procedure was identical to that of the elimination procedure with the addition of the confidence rating in between judgment 1 and judgment 2. Confidence after judgment 1, confidence after judgment 2, and the average of the 2 confidence ratings with the elimination‐plus procedure significantly predicted accuracy for choosers. Given that confidence has been recognised by the Supreme Court of the United States, these results shed light on a novel way of utilising confidence in the investigative process.