Does presenting perpetrator and innocent suspect faces from different facial angles influence the susceptibility of eyewitness memory? An investigation into the misinformation effect and eyewitness misidentification
Kara Deering,
Melissa F. Colloff,
Tia C. Bennett
et al.
Abstract:IntroductionThis study investigated the effects of face angle congruency across stages of a misinformation paradigm on lineup discrimination accuracy.MethodsIn a between-subjects design, participants viewed a mock crime with the perpetrator’s face from the front or profile angle. They then read a news report featuring an innocent suspect’s image from the same or different angle as the perpetrator had been shown. A subsequent lineup manipulated perpetrator presence and viewing angle of the lineup members, who w… Show more
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