Identification performance during quarantine by COVID-19 pandemic: Influence of emotional variables and sleep quality

Urreta Benítez, Facundo A.; León, Candela S.; Bonilla, Matías; Flores-Kanter, Pablo Ezequiel; Forcato, Cecilia

Artículo de Publicación Periódica:
Identification performance during quarantine by COVID-19 pandemic: Influence of emotional variables and sleep quality

dc.contributor.author	Urreta Benítez, Facundo A.
dc.contributor.author	León, Candela S.
dc.contributor.author	Bonilla, Matías
dc.contributor.author	Flores-Kanter, Pablo Ezequiel
dc.contributor.author	Forcato, Cecilia
dc.date.accessioned	2022-06-03T13:36:21Z
dc.date.available	2022-06-03T13:36:21Z
dc.date.issued	2021
dc.description.abstract	"The COVID-19 pandemic has caused major disruptions in people’s lives around the globe. Sleep habits and emotional balance have been disturbed in a way that could be comparable to the havoc caused by a deep personal crisis or a traumatic experience. This unfortunate situation provides a unique context in which to study the impact of these imbalances on cognitive processes. In particular, the field of eyewitness science could benefit from these conditions, since they are also often present in crime victims, but can only be generated in the laboratory up to a certain ethical and practical limit. For several decades, eyewitness studies have tried to discover what variables affect people’s ability to properly recognize faces. However, the disparity of experimental designs and the limitations of laboratory work could be contributing to the lack of consensus around several factors, such as sleep, anxiety, and depression. Therefore, the possibility of observing the influence of these agents in natural contexts could shed light on this discussion. Here, we perform simple and repeated lineups with witnesses of mock-crime, considering the conditions related to the COVID-19 pandemic, which to some extent allow emulating the deterioration in general well-being that often afflicts crime victims. For this, 72 participants completed symptomatology scales, and watched a video portraying a staged violent episode. Subsequently, they gave testimony and participated in two lineups, in which we manipulated the presence/absence of the perpetrator, to recreate critical scenarios for the appearance of false recognitions. We found an increase in recognition errors in those individuals who did not have access to the perpetrator during the Initial lineup. Additionally, the conditions of the pandemic appear to have adversely affected the ability to witness and accurately perform lineups. These results reaffirm the need to move toward the standardization of research practices and methods for assessing testimonial evidence, especially in relation to the results of the lineups. Considering the degree of fallibility of these processes can lead to a reduction of wrongful convictions."	en
dc.identifier.issn	1664-1078
dc.identifier.uri	http://ri.itba.edu.ar/handle/123456789/3908
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.relation	info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.691583
dc.subject	MEMORIA EPISODICA	es
dc.subject	COVID-19	es
dc.subject	SALUD MENTAL	es
dc.subject	DEPRESION	es
dc.subject	SUEÑO	es
dc.title	Identification performance during quarantine by COVID-19 pandemic: Influence of emotional variables and sleep quality	en
dc.type	Artículos de Publicaciones Periódicas	es
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
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itba.description.filiation	Fil: Urreta Benítez, Facundo A. Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires; Argentina.
itba.description.filiation	Fil: Urreta Benítez, Facundo A. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina.
itba.description.filiation	Fil: Urreta Benítez, Facundo A. Innocence Project; Argentina.
itba.description.filiation	Fil: León, Candela S. Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires; Argentina.
itba.description.filiation	Fil: León, Candela S. Innocence Project; Argentina.
itba.description.filiation	Fil: Bonilla, Matías. Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires; Argentina.
itba.description.filiation	Fil: Bonilla, Matías. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina.
itba.description.filiation	Fil: Bonilla, Matías. Innocence Project; Argentina.
itba.description.filiation	Fil: Flores-Kanter, Pablo Ezequiel. Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires; Argentina.
itba.description.filiation	Fil: Flores-Kanter, Pablo Ezequiel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina.
itba.description.filiation	Fil: Forcato, Cecilia. Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires; Argentina.
itba.description.filiation	Fil: Forcato, Cecilia Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina.