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APPLIED COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY
卷 35, 期 5, 页码 1263-1272出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/acp.3858
关键词
alcohol intoxication; eyewitness memory; recognition; weapon focus
The study found that acute alcohol has an impact on eyewitness memory of armed robbery. Alcohol participants showed poorer peripheral memory in scenes without weapons and displayed a weapon focus effect, providing less accurate responses to central questions related to details about the target male.
We examined the effects of acute alcohol on eyewitness memory for a simulated armed robbery under laboratory conditions. Alcohol and placebo participants viewed a slide series showing a target male taking a laptop from a helpdesk assistant, either on loan or at gunpoint. Following a brief retention period, participants responded to central multiple-choice questions, about the target's actions face and clothing, and peripheral questions about other scene features. Alcohol participants shown the no-weapon scene displayed poorer peripheral memory than placebo controls, though alcohol did not impair peripheral memory among weapon scene viewers. Alcohol participants also showed a weapon focus effect, providing less accurate responses to central questions related to details about the target male than no-weapon controls. These findings are consistent with alcohol myopia theory and suggest intoxicated eyewitnesses may be more susceptible to weapon focus than sober counterparts.
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