Semmler Carolyn, Hurst Jessica
School of Psychology, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
Psychiatr Psychol Law. 2016 Dec 1;24(4):594-604. doi: 10.1080/13218719.2016.1258686. eCollection 2017.
The courtroom can be an emotional place, and these emotions may impact on a juror's ability to process and evaluate evidence. This study investigated the effects of mock-jurors' state and trait anger on the detection of evidential inconsistencies. Community members eligible for jury duty ( = 123) were randomly assigned to hear one of four audio trials differing in evidence consistency and emotion-inducing content. State anger increased endorsement of guilty verdicts, and angry mock-jurors were more careful processors of evidence, detecting more inconsistencies and recalling significantly more trial details. The results lend support to motivational theories of emotional influence on information processing.
法庭可能是一个充满情绪的地方，而这些情绪可能会影响陪审员处理和评估证据的能力。本研究调查了模拟陪审员的状态愤怒和特质愤怒对证据不一致性检测的影响。符合担任陪审员条件的社区成员（n = 123）被随机分配去听取四个音频审判中的一个，这些审判在证据一致性和情绪诱导内容方面有所不同。状态愤怒增加了有罪判决的支持率，愤怒的模拟陪审员在处理证据时更加仔细，发现了更多的不一致之处，并显著回忆起更多的审判细节。这些结果为情绪对信息处理影响的动机理论提供了支持。
