Improving the diagnosticity of eyewitness memory choices

目击者辨认错误是常见的，而且代价高昂。该项目旨在提高目击者提供的信息的质量，以及警官和事实调查者的能力（例如，陪审团，法官）来评估这些信息。实验室研究将确定如何最好地测试记忆力和信心，以实现这一目标。一类新的认知模型将提供一个统一的帐户的响应准确性，响应时间和信心，适用于计算机化的测试场景。在实验室中验证的模型和测试方法将被改进，以应用于目击者的记忆设置，促进更好地评估识别证据，并可能减少错误的定罪。

Eyewitness identification error is common and costly. This project aims to improve the quality of information provided by eyewitnesses, and the ability of police officers and triers of fact (e.g., juries, judges) to evaluate this information. Laboratory investigations will determine how best to test memory and confidence to achieve this aim. A new class of cognitive models will provide a unified account of response accuracy, response time, and confidence, suitable for application to computerized testing scenarios. The models and testing methods validated in the laboratory will be refined for application in eyewitness memory settings, facilitating better evaluation of identification evidence, and potentially reducing wrongful convictions.