A theoretical review and meta-analysis of the description-identification relationship in memory for faces

Meissner, Christian A.; Sporer, Siegfried L.; Susa, Kyle J.

doi:10.1080/09541440701728581

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“…To investigate recall performance as a function of presence of retrieval support at T1 (FR vs. retrieval support with the SAI) and attention (divided vs. full), we calculated two-way ANOVAs. The number of correct and incorrect details and accuracy (number of correct details divided by all reported details; see Meissner, Sporer, & Susa, 2008) were the dependent variables. …”

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Providing eyewitnesses with initial retrieval support: what works at immediate and subsequent recall?

Krix

Sauerland

Gabbert

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Psychology, Crime & Law

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Providing eyewitnesses with initial retrieval support: what works at immediate and subsequent recall?

Krix

Sauerland

Gabbert

et al. 2014

Psychology, Crime & Law

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“…An a-priori power analysis with G*Power 3.1 (Faul, Erdfelder, Lang, & Buchner, 2007) yielded a required total sample size of N = 103 participants, given β = .80, α = .05, and a medium effect size. The number of correct and incorrect details, and accuracy (number of correct details divided by all reported details; see Meissner, Sporer, & Susa, 2008) were the dependent variables. When the interaction terms were significant, we analyzed the simple slopes of both interview groups.…”

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How effective is retrieval support for witnesses with different levels of working and source memory?

Krix

Sauerland

Gabbert

et al. 2015

Journal of Cognitive Psychology

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“…The present study has important implications for the controversy about whether the content of verbal descriptions aff ects memory performance Schooler, 2002 ;Meissner, et al ., 2008 ). Most previous studies investigated the correlation between description quality and recognition performance to examine how diff erences in verbalized information infl uence verbal overshadowing ( Schooler & Engstler-Schooler, 1990 ;Fallshore & Schooler, 1995 ;Kitagami, et al ., 2002 ;Meissner, et al ., 2008 ).…”

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“…Most previous studies investigated the correlation between description quality and recognition performance to examine how diff erences in verbalized information infl uence verbal overshadowing ( Schooler & Engstler-Schooler, 1990 ;Fallshore & Schooler, 1995 ;Kitagami, et al ., 2002 ;Meissner, et al ., 2008 ). However, examining description accuracy is not suffi cient.…”

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Verbalizing information salient to face identification does not cause verbal overshadowing¹

Hatano¹,

Kitagami²,

Kawaguchi

2014

Comprehensive Psychology

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Attempting to describe a face can lead to subsequent recognition impairments, i.e., verbal overshadowing. A new explanation of the verbal overshadowing effect was tested by manipulating whether participants described features that were more or less salient for face identifi cation. To manipulate the distinguishing features, distractor faces were created with gray scale photographs of men identical to the targets except for the eyes and mouth (Study 1) or eyebrows and nose (Study 2). In both studies, participants (Study 1: N = 177, 81 men, M age = 18.9 yr.; Study 2: N = 144, 133 men, M age = 20.5 yr.) were assigned to one of two verbalization conditions or a control condition. After a target face was presented, participants in the two verbalization conditions were asked to describe specifi c features-either eyes and mouth, or eyebrows and nose-before a recognition test. Participants in the control condition completed a fi ller task. The measure of recognition was whether participants could recognize the target correctly. Results showed that describing the eyes and mouth did not cause signifi cant verbal overshadowing in either Study 1 or 2, while describing the eyebrows and nose caused statistically signifi cant verbal overshadowing in Study 2. Verbalizing information important for face identifi cation did not cause verbal overshadowing regardless of the distinguishability of described features.

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A theoretical review and meta-analysis of the description-identification relationship in memory for faces

Cited by 56 publications

References 78 publications

Providing eyewitnesses with initial retrieval support: what works at immediate and subsequent recall?

Providing eyewitnesses with initial retrieval support: what works at immediate and subsequent recall?

How effective is retrieval support for witnesses with different levels of working and source memory?

Verbalizing information salient to face identification does not cause verbal overshadowing¹

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A theoretical review and meta-analysis of the description-identification relationship in memory for faces

Cited by 56 publications

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Providing eyewitnesses with initial retrieval support: what works at immediate and subsequent recall?

Providing eyewitnesses with initial retrieval support: what works at immediate and subsequent recall?

How effective is retrieval support for witnesses with different levels of working and source memory?

Verbalizing information salient to face identification does not cause verbal overshadowing1

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Verbalizing information salient to face identification does not cause verbal overshadowing¹