PubMed · 14650660
Local processing bias impairs lineup performance.
Abstract
Evidence suggests that lineup performance by witnesses can be influenced by inducing a prior local or global processing bias. In this study, 90 witnesses attempted to identify a perpetrator from a lineup. Prior to the lineup, 30 participants completed a global processing task followed by a local processing task; 30 did the same tasks in reverse order; and 30 acted as controls. Analysis indicated that the last task completed influenced subsequent lineup performance.
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Timothy J Perfect. 2003. Local processing bias impairs lineup performance.. https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.2003.93.2.393
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