Dr Faye Skelton F.Skelton@napier.ac.uk
Associate Professor
Dr Faye Skelton F.Skelton@napier.ac.uk
Associate Professor
Charlie D. Frowd
Peter J. B. Hancock
Helen S. Jones
Benedict C. Jones
Cristina Fodarella
Kirsty Battersby
Karen Logan
We investigated the impact of congruency between the witness interview and method used to construct a composite face. Experiment 1, using a typical feature-by-feature composite method, revealed that aligning cognitive processes during interview and face construction enhanced the effectiveness of composites compared with composites produced following unaligned (incongruent) procedures. Experiment 2 revealed that incorporating character judgements in the witness interview substantially enhanced identification of feature-based composites when constructing the central (internal) features first, suggesting that such judgements focus attention on this region of the face. Experiment 3 explored alignment of processes using an approach based on an evolutionary algorithm, a method requiring witnesses to create a composite by selecting from arrays based on the eye-region. A combination of character judgements, first for the whole face and then for the eye region, led to best-identified composites. Overall, results indicate that more effective composites are produced when both interview and construction procedures are aligned cognitively. Results are discussed with relevance to the theory of transfer-appropriate processing (Morris, Bransford, & Franks, 1977).
Skelton, F. C., Frowd, C. D., Hancock, P. J. B., Jones, H. S., Jones, B. C., Fodarella, C., Battersby, K., & Logan, K. (2020). Constructing identifiable composite faces: The importance of cognitive alignment of interview and construction procedure. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 26(3), 507-521. https://doi.org/10.1037/xap0000257
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Sep 25, 2019 |
Online Publication Date | Nov 25, 2019 |
Publication Date | 2020-09 |
Deposit Date | Oct 9, 2019 |
Publicly Available Date | Oct 9, 2019 |
Journal | Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied |
Print ISSN | 1076-898X |
Electronic ISSN | 1939-2192 |
Publisher | American Psychological Association |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 26 |
Issue | 3 |
Pages | 507-521 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1037/xap0000257 |
Keywords | Facial composites, interview, police, witnesses |
Public URL | http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2212397 |
Publisher URL | https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/xap/ |
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