RT Article
T1 Technology and eyewitness memory: evaluating the efficacy of a novel digital cued recall tool
JF Psychology, crime & law
VO 30
IS 6
SP 538
OP 555
A1 Chevroulet, Chantal
A2 Paterson, Helen M.
A2 Kemp, Richard
A2 Golde, Celine van
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1896514065
AB In order to capture and preserve eyewitness memory, psychologists have developed cued recall tools that witnesses can fill out immediately after a critical incident. This study assesses the efficacy of a novel tool, ‘iWitnessed’. iWitnessed is a smartphone application that elicits information from witnesses about the event using a guided recall procedure. Naïve undergraduate participants (N = 72) witnessed a staged theft and were then randomly allocated to one of three immediate recall conditions: no recall (control), free recall, or iWitnessed. One week later all participants returned to the lab and were interviewed about the theft they had witnessed. The results showed that iWitnessed increased the amount of correct information reported in the participants’ immediate accounts (Hedge’s g = 1.26) without compromising overall accuracy. However, iWitnessed did not improve delayed recall relative to the free recall and control groups. This research shows that novel technological advancements can be used to capture and preserve accurate and detailed eyewitness accounts.
K1 eyewitness recall
K1 Self-Administered Interview
K1 Eyewitness testimony
K1 immediate recall tool
K1 Eyewitness memory
DO 10.1080/1068316X.2022.2100372