Abstract
A group of young-adult (aged 18-35 years) and older-adult witnesses (aged 61-83 years) viewed films of two similar staged thefts, one that depicted a young culprit and the other an older culprit. After a short delay of 40-60 minutes participants were presented with two separate video line-ups, one for each target. In one line-up the target was present (TP) and the other the target was absent (TA). Older adults performed more poorly in target present and absent line-ups, and showed no own-age bias, however young adults showed an own age advantage for the TA line-ups.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 847-859 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | Memory |
Volume | 17 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2009 |
Keywords
- eyewitness identification
- video line-ups
- older adults
- own-age bias
- own-race bias
- context reinstatement
- person identification
- false name
- memory
- recognition
- accuracy
- confidence
- witnesses