O Efeito de Carga Emocional e Intervalo de Retenção na Memória de Testemunhas Oculares

Autores

  • Renan Benigno Saraiva Departamento de Psicologia, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, Reino Unido http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9461-7594
  • Lara Souza Instituto de Psicologia, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brasil
  • Raiane Nogueira Instituto de Psicologia, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brasil
  • Letícia Coelho Instituto de Psicologia, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brasil
  • Luciana Alarcão Instituto de Psicologia, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brasil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/0102.3772e37211

Palavras-chave:

Testemunho ocular, Carga emocional, Intervalo de retenção, Memória

Resumo

Presenciar um crime é uma situação de grande estresse e com forte carga emocional, fatores diretamente relacionados à qualidade do relato de testemunhas oculares. Em dois experimentos, participantes assistiram a eventos com diferentes cargas emocionais (neutro, assalto ou assassinato) e forneceram seus relatos após diferentes intervalos de retenção (teste imediato, 7 dias, 14 dias ou 21 dias). Os resultados mostraram que a carga emocional não teve efeito na memória de testemunhas para aspectos do crime e características do criminoso. O evento com maior carga emocional teve um efeito benéfico na memória após um intervalo de 7 dias, mas tal efeito não ocorreu em intervalos mais longos. Implicações teóricas e práticas relacionadas à interpretação do relato de testemunhas são discutidas.

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2021-02-01

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Benigno Saraiva, R., Souza, L. ., Nogueira, R., Coelho, L. ., & Alarcão, L. . (2021). O Efeito de Carga Emocional e Intervalo de Retenção na Memória de Testemunhas Oculares. Psicologia: Teoria E Pesquisa, 37. https://doi.org/10.1590/0102.3772e37211

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