Experimental psychologists investigating eyewitness memory have periodically gathered their thoughts on a variety of eyewitness memory phenomena. Courts and other stakeholders of eyewitness research rely on the expert opinions reflected in these surveys to make informed decisions. However, the last survey of this sort was published more than 20 years ago, and the science of eyewitness memory has developed since that time. Stakeholders need a current database of expert opinions to make informed decisions. In this article, we provide that update. We surveyed 76 scientists for their opinions on eyewitness memory phenomena. We compared these current expert opinions to expert opinions from the past several decades. We found that experts today share many of the same opinions as experts in the past and have more nuanced thoughts about two issues. Experts in the past endorsed the idea that confidence is weakly related to accuracy, but experts today acknowledge the potential diagnostic value of initial confidence collected from a properly administered lineup. In addition, experts in the past may have favored sequential over simultaneous lineup presentation, but experts today are divided on this issue. We believe this new survey will prove useful to the court and to other stakeholders of eyewitness research.

中文翻译：

---

专家关于目击者记忆研究的新见解


研究目击者记忆的实验心理学家定期收集他们对各种目击者记忆现象的想法。法院和目击者研究的其他利益相关者依靠这些调查中反映的专家意见来做出明智的决定。然而，上一次此类调查是在 20 多年前发表的，目击者记忆科学从那时起就得到了发展。利益相关者需要最新的专家意见数据库才能做出明智的决策。在本文中，我们提供了该更新。我们调查了 76 名科学家，了解他们对目击者记忆现象的看法。我们将当前的专家意见与过去几十年的专家意见进行了比较。我们发现，今天的专家与过去的专家有许多相同的观点，并且在两个问题上有更细致的想法。过去的专家认可信心与准确性微弱相关的观点，但今天的专家承认从正确管理的阵容中收集的初始信心具有潜在的诊断价值。此外，过去的专家可能更喜欢顺序而不是同时的阵容演示，但今天的专家在这个问题上存在分歧。我们相信这项新调查将对法庭和目击者研究的其他利益相关者有用。