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Spearing, Emily R. and Wade, Kimberley A. (2022) Long retention intervals impair the confidence-accuracy relationship for eyewitness recall. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition . doi:10.1037/mac0000014 (In Press)
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1037/mac0000014
Abstract
A growing body of research suggests that confidence judgments can provide a useful indicator of memory accuracy under some conditions. One factor known to affect eyewitness accuracy, yet rarely examined in the confidence–accuracy literature, is retention interval. Using calibration analyses, we investigated how retention interval affects the confidence–accuracy relationship for eyewitness recall. In total, 611 adults watched a mock crime video and completed a cued-recall test either immediately, after 1 week, or after 1 month. Long (1 month) delays led to lower memory accuracy, lower confidence judgments, and impaired the confidence–accuracy relationship compared to shorter (immediate and 1 week) delays. Long-delay participants who reported very high levels of confidence tended to be overconfident in the accuracy of their memories compared to other participants. Self-rated memory ability, however, did not predict eyewitness confidence or the confidence–accuracy relationship. We discuss the findings in relation to cue-utilization theory and a retrieval–fluency account.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology K Law [LC] > K Law (General) |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Psychology | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Witnesses, Memory, Mental recall, Metacognition | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition | ||||||||
| Publisher: | American Psychological Association | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 2211-3681 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | 2022 | ||||||||
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| DOI: | 10.1037/mac0000014 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | In Press | ||||||||
| Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | ©American Psychological Association, 2022. This paper is not the copy of record and may not exactly replicate the authoritative document published in the APA journal. Please do not copy or cite without author's permission. The final article is available, upon publication, at: https://doi.org/10.1037/mac0000014 | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
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