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Overhearing the Planning of A Crime: Do Adults Outperform Children As Earwitnesses?
Göteborgs universitet, psykologiska institutionen.
Göteborgs universitet, Institutionen för filosofi, lingvistik och vetenskap.
Göteborgs universitet, psykologiska institutionen.
2011 (English)In: Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology, ISSN 0882-0783, E-ISSN 1936-6469, Vol. 26, no 2, p. 118-127Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This study examined the reliability of earwitnesses using an ecologically realistic experimental set-up. A total of 282 participants, distributed over three age-groups (7–9 vs. 11–13 year olds vs. adults), were exposed to an unfamiliar voice for 40 seconds. After a two week delay, they were presented with a 7-voice lineup. Half of the participants were exposed to a target-present lineup (TP), and the other half to a target-absent lineup (TA). For both types of lineups the participants performed poorly. In the TP-condition only the 11–13-year olds (with 27% correct identifications) performed above chance level. Furthermore, in the TA-condition all age- groups showed a high willingness to make an identification (overall mean = 53%). For both groups of children, voice identification co-varied significantly with speaking rate and pitch level, as did pitch variation for the youngest children. Neither factor correlated significantly with the adults’ identifications.

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2011. Vol. 26, no 2, p. 118-127
Keywords [en]
Earwitnesses, Children, Voice identification, Lineup
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Psychology Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics
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Engineering Psychology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-68909DOI: 10.1007/s11896-010-9076-5ISI: 000415498600006Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84873257337OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ltu-68909DiVA, id: diva2:1210011
Available from: 2018-05-25 Created: 2018-05-25 Last updated: 2025-02-05Bibliographically approved

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