Nosewitness Identification: Effects of Lineup Size and Retention Interval
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Resumo: | Although canine identification of body odor (BO) has been widely used as forensic evidence, the concept of nosewitness identification by human observers was only recently put to the test. The results indicated that BOs associated with male characters in authentic crime videos could later be identified in BO lineup tests well above chance. To further evaluate nosewitness memory, we assessed the effects of lineup size (Experiment 1) and retention interval (Experiment 2), using a forced-choice memory test. The results showed that nosewitness identification works for all lineup sizes (3, 5, and 8 BOs), but that larger lineups compromise identification performance in similarity to observations from eye- and earwitness studies. Also in line with previous eye- and earwitness studies, but in disagreement with some studies on odor memory, Experiment 2 showed significant forgetting between shorter retention intervals (15 min) and longer retention intervals (1-week) using lineups of five BOs. Altogether this study shows that identification of BO in a forensic setting is possible and has limits and characteristics in line with witness identification through other sensory modalities. |
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Nosewitness Identification: Effects of Lineup Size and Retention Intervalnosewitnessforensic psychologylineup identificationlineup sizeretention intervalAlthough canine identification of body odor (BO) has been widely used as forensic evidence, the concept of nosewitness identification by human observers was only recently put to the test. The results indicated that BOs associated with male characters in authentic crime videos could later be identified in BO lineup tests well above chance. To further evaluate nosewitness memory, we assessed the effects of lineup size (Experiment 1) and retention interval (Experiment 2), using a forced-choice memory test. The results showed that nosewitness identification works for all lineup sizes (3, 5, and 8 BOs), but that larger lineups compromise identification performance in similarity to observations from eye- and earwitness studies. Also in line with previous eye- and earwitness studies, but in disagreement with some studies on odor memory, Experiment 2 showed significant forgetting between shorter retention intervals (15 min) and longer retention intervals (1-week) using lineups of five BOs. Altogether this study shows that identification of BO in a forensic setting is possible and has limits and characteristics in line with witness identification through other sensory modalities.Frontiers Media S.A.2016info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://hdl.handle.net/10316/108618http://hdl.handle.net/10316/108618https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00713eng1664-1078Alho, LauraSoares, Sandra C.Costa, Liliana P.Pinto, ElisaFerreira, Jacqueline H. T.Sorjonen, KimmoSilva, Carlos F.Olsson, Mats J.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-09-05T11:00:48Zoai:estudogeral.uc.pt:10316/108618Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T21:24:54.484227Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Nosewitness Identification: Effects of Lineup Size and Retention Interval |
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Nosewitness Identification: Effects of Lineup Size and Retention Interval |
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Nosewitness Identification: Effects of Lineup Size and Retention Interval |
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Nosewitness Identification: Effects of Lineup Size and Retention Interval |
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Nosewitness Identification: Effects of Lineup Size and Retention Interval |
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Nosewitness Identification: Effects of Lineup Size and Retention Interval |
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Nosewitness Identification: Effects of Lineup Size and Retention Interval |
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Alho, Laura |
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Alho, Laura Soares, Sandra C. Costa, Liliana P. Pinto, Elisa Ferreira, Jacqueline H. T. Sorjonen, Kimmo Silva, Carlos F. Olsson, Mats J. |
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Soares, Sandra C. Costa, Liliana P. Pinto, Elisa Ferreira, Jacqueline H. T. Sorjonen, Kimmo Silva, Carlos F. Olsson, Mats J. |
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Alho, Laura Soares, Sandra C. Costa, Liliana P. Pinto, Elisa Ferreira, Jacqueline H. T. Sorjonen, Kimmo Silva, Carlos F. Olsson, Mats J. |
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nosewitness forensic psychology lineup identification lineup size retention interval |
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nosewitness forensic psychology lineup identification lineup size retention interval |
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Although canine identification of body odor (BO) has been widely used as forensic evidence, the concept of nosewitness identification by human observers was only recently put to the test. The results indicated that BOs associated with male characters in authentic crime videos could later be identified in BO lineup tests well above chance. To further evaluate nosewitness memory, we assessed the effects of lineup size (Experiment 1) and retention interval (Experiment 2), using a forced-choice memory test. The results showed that nosewitness identification works for all lineup sizes (3, 5, and 8 BOs), but that larger lineups compromise identification performance in similarity to observations from eye- and earwitness studies. Also in line with previous eye- and earwitness studies, but in disagreement with some studies on odor memory, Experiment 2 showed significant forgetting between shorter retention intervals (15 min) and longer retention intervals (1-week) using lineups of five BOs. Altogether this study shows that identification of BO in a forensic setting is possible and has limits and characteristics in line with witness identification through other sensory modalities. |
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