Intoxicated eyewitnesses: The effect of a fully balanced placebo design on event memory and metacognitive control.
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Gawrylowicz, J, Scorboria, A, Teodorini, R and Albery, I (2018). Intoxicated eyewitnesses: The effect of a fully balanced placebo design on event memory and metacognitive control. Applied Cognitive Psychology. 33 (3), pp. 344-357. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.3504
Authors | Gawrylowicz, J, Scorboria, A, Teodorini, R and Albery, I |
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Abstract | Few studies have examined the impact of alcohol on metacognition for witnessed events. We used a 2x2 balanced placebo design, where mock-witnesses expected and drank alcohol, did not expect but drank alcohol, did not expect nor drank alcohol, or expected but did not drink alcohol. Participants watched a mock-crime in a bar-lab, followed by free recall and a cued-recall test with or without the option to reply ‘don’t know’ (DK). Intoxicated mock-witnesses’ free recall was less complete but not less accurate. During cued-recall, alcohol led to lower accuracy, and reverse placebo participants gave more erroneous and fewer correct responses. Permitting and clarifying DK responses was associated with fewer errors and more correct responses for sober individuals; and intoxicated witnesses were less likely to opt out of erroneous responding to unanswerable questions. Our findings highlight the practical and theoretical importance of examining pharmacological effects of alcohol and expectancies in real-life settings. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article:Gawrylowicz, J., Scorboria, A., Teodorini, R., and Albery, I. (2018). Intoxicated eyewitnesses: The effect of a fully balanced placebo design on event memory and metacognitive control. Applied Cognitive Psychology, which has been published in final form at xxxx. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. |
Keywords | Eyewitness Memory; Alcohol; Expectancies; Metacognitive Control; Don’t Know Responses |
Year | 2018 |
Journal | Applied Cognitive Psychology |
Journal citation | 33 (3), pp. 344-357 |
Publisher | Wiley |
ISSN | 1099-0720 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.3504 |
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03 Dec 2018 | |
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Deposited | 28 Nov 2018 |
Accepted | 26 Nov 2018 |
Accepted author manuscript | License File Access Level Open |
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