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The Impact of Attention on Eyewitness Identification and Change Blindness

Author(s) -

Noelle Sammon,

John Bogue

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

journal of european psychology students

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2222-6931

DOI - 10.5334/jeps.db

Subject(s) - eyewitness identification , psychology , recall , identification (biology) , blindness , significant difference , change blindness , cognitive psychology , cognition , medicine , psychiatry , data mining , computer science , optometry , botany , relation (database) , biology

The current study investigated whether differences exist in eyewitness identification and change blindness when manipulating attention. 126 undergraduate students were randomly assigned to either a full or divided attention group. Level of attention was found to be a significant predictor for accurate identification, χ2 (3, N = 126) = 1947, p < .001. Additionally, there was a significant between-group difference on correct recall, t (115.46) = 4.24, p < .001, and self-reported confidence in responses given, t (124) = 3.62, p < .001. Level of attention was a non-significant predictor of participants’ detection of change (two-tailed Fisher exact p = .058). Results indicate that level of attention impacts on accurate eyewitness identification

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