2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Study on the factors and identification methods that influence the correctness of the eyewitness memory
| Project Area | Law and Human Behavior |
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| Project/Area Number |
23101006
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas (Research in a proposed research area)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Review Section |
Humanities and Social Sciences
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| Research Institution | Nihon University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
Hara Satoshi 駿河台大学, 心理学部, 教授 (00156481)
TAKAHASHI Masanobu 聖心女子大学, 文学部, 教授 (10206849)
KITAGAMI Shinji 名古屋大学, 環境学研究科, 准教授 (00359879)
MUROI Miya 兵庫医科大学, 医学部, 准教授 (70339240)
ITOH Yoshie 日本大学, 理工学部, 助教 (60548056)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011-04-01 – 2016-03-31
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| Keywords | 目撃証言 / 推定変数 / システム変数 / 識別方法 / 尋問方法 / 裁判心理学 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The factors that influence the accuracy of the eyewitness testimony and identification and interrogation methods that promote the accuracy of the eyewitness were investigated.As for the estimator variables, we examine the effect of the eyewitness duration while driving a curve road, and found that when we see a car and a person while they stopped opposite corner of the curving road, the details of the car and the person could not be reported. We also investing the mechanism of the generation of the weapon focus effect and found the automaticity of the attention to the weapon. Then we investigated the processes how the schema invade the memory of eyewitnesses. As for the system variables, such as lineup construction and administration methods were examined. Strong bias effects for the identification and post identification feedback effects were also observed under the condition where investigators of the crime had any bias about the suspects.
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| Free Research Field |
目撃証言心理学
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