@article{ref1,
title="Expert testimony in recovered memory trials: Effects on mock jurors' opinions, deliberations and verdicts",
journal="Applied cognitive psychology",
year="2010",
author="Buck, Julie A. and Warren, Amye R.",
volume="24",
number="4",
pages="495-512",
abstract="The current study examined the impact of adversarial expert testimony on deliberations and verdicts in a mock trial involving recovered memories of child sexual abuse. Participants (N = 238) were randomly assigned to one of the six conditions in a 2 (Defense Expert: absent or present) × 3 (Plaintiff Expert: absent, general or specific/therapist) factorial design. After reading the mock trial transcript, participants completed a questionnaire and deliberated to reach a jury verdict. The defense expert's statements effectively reduced the number of pro-plaintiff verdicts and the plaintiff's credibility. These effects were not mitigated by the plaintiff experts, suggesting that the plaintiff experts may only confirm jurors' prior pro-repression beliefs. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0888-4080",
doi="10.1002/acp.1569",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/acp.1569"
}