NCJ Number
80983
Journal
Law and Human Behavior Volume: 5 Issue: 2/3 Dated: special issue (1981) Pages: 201-208
Date Published
1981
Length
8 pages
Annotation
The English conducted 2 experiments in which 176 listeners heard male and female objectively defined 'high' and 'low-recognition' voices and then attempted to identify these voices from a 'voice parade' containing 20 distractors after either 10, 40, 100, or 130 minutes (experiment 1) or in 10 minutes, 1 day, 7 days, or 14 days (experiment 2).
Abstract
In experiment 1, delay had no overall effect, although further analysis revealed that the shortest delay did produce better performance than all other delay conditions. Further, high recognition voices were better identified than low-recognition voices. In experiment 2, delay had an overall effect, with the shortest delay interval again being significantly better than all other conditions, which did not differ among themselves. High and low recognition voices, however, did not exhibit a statistically significant difference, although these two factors entered into a marginally significant interaction. Theoretical speculation and forensic implications are drawn. Tables, 15 references, and 3 reference notes are supplied. (Author abstract modified)