APS

31st APS Annual Convention · 2019

When Are Silver Alerts Effective? Metacognitive and Individual Differences

Washington, DC · May 2019

Poster · Cognitive

  • Vicki Gier
    Mississippi State University, Meridian
  • Vicki Gier
    Arts and Sciences
  • David Kreiner
    University of Central Missouri

Abstract

Face recognition after viewing a Silver Alert (SA) of a missing male showed high accuracy of the target. Those correctly identifying the target as the missing male target in the SA provided higher for Predictions of Knowing, confidence ratings for the distractor photo and fewer false alarms to distractor photos.

Forensic/Criminal Justice

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