Does Talking about Emotion Help Eyewitness Memory? The Role of Emotional and Factual Retelling in Memory Accuracy

Eyewitnesses typically talk about the traumatic events that they have experienced based on their memory. This research aimed to investigate differences between emotional and factual retelling of eyewitness in terms of memory accuracy and error. Participants watched a traumatic robbery video and were...

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Main Authors: Kartini, Abdul Ghani, Lau, Choon Ning
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Cognitive Sciences & Human Development, UNIMAS 2016
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description Eyewitnesses typically talk about the traumatic events that they have experienced based on their memory. This research aimed to investigate differences between emotional and factual retelling of eyewitness in terms of memory accuracy and error. Participants watched a traumatic robbery video and were instructed to recall the events in detail. Participants were divided into three retelling conditions where they: a) discussed the robbery in a factual way, b) focused on discussing their emotional response, and c) performed unrelated tasks. Results showed that eyewitnesses who talked about their emotion recalled less detailed memories and made more errors in free recall while eyewitnesses who focused on factual detail seem to be able to maintain their memory accuracy of the event. Keywords: eyewitness memory; emotional retelling; factual retelling; memory accuracy; memory error
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spelling unimas-124682017-02-22T07:14:11Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12468/ Does Talking about Emotion Help Eyewitness Memory? The Role of Emotional and Factual Retelling in Memory Accuracy Kartini, Abdul Ghani Lau, Choon Ning B Philosophy (General) H Social Sciences (General) HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform HT Communities. Classes. Races Eyewitnesses typically talk about the traumatic events that they have experienced based on their memory. This research aimed to investigate differences between emotional and factual retelling of eyewitness in terms of memory accuracy and error. Participants watched a traumatic robbery video and were instructed to recall the events in detail. Participants were divided into three retelling conditions where they: a) discussed the robbery in a factual way, b) focused on discussing their emotional response, and c) performed unrelated tasks. Results showed that eyewitnesses who talked about their emotion recalled less detailed memories and made more errors in free recall while eyewitnesses who focused on factual detail seem to be able to maintain their memory accuracy of the event. Keywords: eyewitness memory; emotional retelling; factual retelling; memory accuracy; memory error Faculty of Cognitive Sciences & Human Development, UNIMAS 2016-03-01 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12468/7/Does%20Talking%20about%20Emotion%20Help%20Eyewitness%20Memory%20%28abstract%29.pdf Kartini, Abdul Ghani and Lau, Choon Ning (2016) Does Talking about Emotion Help Eyewitness Memory? The Role of Emotional and Factual Retelling in Memory Accuracy. Journal of Cognitive Sciences and Human Development, 1 (2). pp. 1-10. ISSN 2462-1153 http://publisher.unimas.my/ojs/index.php/JCSHD
spellingShingle B Philosophy (General)
H Social Sciences (General)
HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
HT Communities. Classes. Races
Kartini, Abdul Ghani
Lau, Choon Ning
Does Talking about Emotion Help Eyewitness Memory? The Role of Emotional and Factual Retelling in Memory Accuracy
title Does Talking about Emotion Help Eyewitness Memory? The Role of Emotional and Factual Retelling in Memory Accuracy
title_full Does Talking about Emotion Help Eyewitness Memory? The Role of Emotional and Factual Retelling in Memory Accuracy
title_fullStr Does Talking about Emotion Help Eyewitness Memory? The Role of Emotional and Factual Retelling in Memory Accuracy
title_full_unstemmed Does Talking about Emotion Help Eyewitness Memory? The Role of Emotional and Factual Retelling in Memory Accuracy
title_short Does Talking about Emotion Help Eyewitness Memory? The Role of Emotional and Factual Retelling in Memory Accuracy
title_sort does talking about emotion help eyewitness memory? the role of emotional and factual retelling in memory accuracy
topic B Philosophy (General)
H Social Sciences (General)
HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
HT Communities. Classes. Races
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http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12468/7/Does%20Talking%20about%20Emotion%20Help%20Eyewitness%20Memory%20%28abstract%29.pdf