Transforming Groups: The Use of Individuation to Aid Collaborative Recall and Lie Detection in Intelligence-gathering Contexts

在各种情况下，团体(例如，秘密安全人员)合作收集情报(例如，为恐怖主义调查提供信息)。到目前为止，缺乏关于增强群体记忆和从团队合作中获得准确信息的最有效方法的证据。这项拟议的研究的目标是利用协作回忆并实施一种名为“个性化”的策略，即每个小组成员都被分配一个不同的角色，以帮助小组的整体表现。个性化已被证明在各种社会环境中是有效的(例如，减少反社会行为)。这项研究将分为三项研究，包括四项以实验室为基础的实验和一项定性研究，参与研究的三名参与者将执行情报收集任务(例如模拟恐怖袭击)。前两个实验(研究一)将探索个性化策略是否提高了群体记忆信息的能力，以及协作回忆是否提高了信息收集的数量和准确性。最后两个实验(研究二)将检验个性化策略作为一种谎言检测工具的有效性。最后，定性研究(研究3)将探索执法人员对在现实世界情报收集环境中使用协作回忆的个性化策略的看法。总体而言，这项研究的目的是确定预先分配的角色和集体记忆是否提高了一个群体作为一个整体记忆的信息量和准确性，并提高了测谎能力。将探讨对预防犯罪、秘密小组、情报收集和安全行动的影响。

There are various situations in which groups (e.g., covert security operatives) work together to gatherintelligence (e.g., to inform terrorist investigations). To date, there is a lack of evidence regarding themost effective way to enhance group memory and obtain accurate information from teams operatingtogether. The objective of the proposed research will be to utilise collaborative recall and implement astrategy called 'individuation', whereby group members are each assigned a distinct role that helps thegroup's overall performance. Individuation has been shown to be effective in various social contexts(e.g., reducing anti-social behaviour). The research will be divided into three studies, consisting of fourlaboratory-based experiments and one qualitative study, involving groups of three participantsundertaking an intelligence-gathering mission (e.g., mock terrorist attack). The first two experiments(Study 1) will explore whether the individuation strategy enhances the group's ability to rememberinformation and whether collaborative recall improves quantity and accuracy of information gathering.The final two experiments (Study 2) will examine the effectiveness of the individuation strategy as a liedetection tool. Finally, the qualitative study (Study 3) will explore perceptions held by law enforcementpersonnel regarding the use of the individuation strategy for collaborative recall in real-worldintelligence-gathering settings. Overall, the research aims to identify whether the pre-allocation of rolesand collective memory enhances the quantity and accuracy of information remembered by a group as awhole and improves lie detection abilities. Implications for crime prevention, covert teams, intelligencegathering,and security operations will be explored.