Implications of Memory Research for Criminal Law Procedure

ion Philosophy MessengerstudentHITSPhilosophy MessengerstudentPhilosophy MessengerstudentFALSE POSITIVES MISSES Figure 7. Showing percentage hits, false positives and missesas a function of preceding task. Inspection of the graphs in figure 7 shows an absenceof any consistent pattern. Prior description had no effecton the identification of the philosophy student (Chi Square= 0.77, Bf = 2, N.S.) but it does appear to have facilitatedthe identification of the messenger. (Chi square = 5-20, Df= 2, 0.1 > p > 0.05) Previous research as to the effect of prior recall onsubsequent recognition, has produced apparent contradictoryfindings. Barley and Murdock (1971) found that immediaterecall of a series of short word lists facilitated recall in"a final recall test for items of all lists but did not do sofor a final recognition test of all items. In contrast,Maudlin and Laughlery (1981) found that recognition of aface was facilitated by prior construction with anidenti-kit. It is difficult to draw any meaningful conclusions fromthe findings of Barley and Murdock and Mauldlin and Laugheryas one study used words and the other faces as the to be