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Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Vol. 8, No. 1, 54-59 (1982)
DOI: 10.1177/014616728281009
© 1982 Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Inc.

Eyewitness Identifications

The Role of Attention and Encoding Specificity

Anne Maass

Florida State University

John C. Brigham

Florida State University

The effect of encoding specificity, attention-sharing, and identification paradigm (live-photo or photo-photo) on accuracy official recognition was investigated in a factorial design. High encoding specificity and high attention to the face led to more accurate recognition; there was also a borderline tendency for recognition to be higher in the photo-photo paradigm. Implications of these findings for the external validity of eyewitness identification studies are discussed.


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