Contextual information renders experts vulnerable to making erroneous identifications

Forensic Science International

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 74-78

  Dror, Itiel E ^a   Charlton, David ^a   Péron, Ailsa E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bias; Cognition; Contextual influence; Erroneous identification; Extraneous information; Fingerprints; Psychology

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FINGER DERMATOGLYPHICS; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 30344478555     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2005.10.017     Document Type: Article

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