Unfamiliar voice identification: effect of post-event information on accuracy and voice ratings

Smith, H.M.J. ORCID: 0000-0003-2712-5527 and Baguley, T. ORCID: 0000-0002-0477-2492, 2014. Unfamiliar voice identification: effect of post-event information on accuracy and voice ratings. Journal of European Psychology Students, 5 (1), pp. 59-68. ISSN 2222-6931

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Abstract

This study addressed the effect of misleading post-event information (PEI) on voice ratings, identification accuracy, and confidence, as well as the link between verbal recall and accuracy. Participants listened to a dialogue between male and female targets, then read misleading information about voice pitch. Participants engaged in verbal recall, rated voices on a feature checklist, and made a lineup decision. Accuracy rates were low, especially on target-absent lineups. Confidence and accuracy were unrelated, but the number of facts recalled about the voice predicted later lineup accuracy. There was a main effect of misinformation on ratings of target voice pitch, but there was no effect on identification accuracy or confidence ratings. As voice lineup evidence from earwitnesses is used in courts, the findings have potential applied relevance.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Journal of European Psychology Students
Creators:	Smith, H.M.J. and Baguley, T.
Publisher:	Ubiquity Press
Date:	2014
Volume:	5
Number:	1
ISSN:	2222-6931
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.5334/jeps.bs DOI
Divisions:	Schools > School of Social Sciences
Record created by:	EPrints Services
Date Added:	09 Oct 2015 10:29
Last Modified:	09 Jun 2017 13:30
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/13571

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