A Measure of Perceived Informativeness for Investigations of Eyewitness Memory Reporting

We examined how eyewitnesses (N = 150) perceive informativeness, developing extended and brief measures of perceived informativeness. The associated psychometric evaluation revealed that witnesses construe informativeness not only in terms of specificity but also in terms of their perceptions of the value of the information they report and its impact on the image they present. Using these measures to understand witnesses’ motivations for reporting or withholding information could advance understanding of the drivers of memory reporting in criminal investigations and various other domains involving investigative interviews.

Source: Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition - May 30, 2019 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: research