A nap before retrieval reduces false identifications in target absent lineups

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Bonilla, Matías; Garcia Bauza, Cristian Dario; Forcato, Cecilia
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2025
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Eyewitness misidentifications are a major cause of wrongful convictions. While most research hasfocused on the role of sleep in memory encoding and consolidation, recent findings suggest thatnon-REM sleep may also enhance retrieval processes by restoring executive and monitoring functions.Here, we investigated whether a short nap before retrieval could improve performance in forensicmemory tasks. Participants watched an aversive video of a robbery and, after 24 h, either took a60-minute nap (Sleep group) or stayed awake (Wake group) before completing a series of memorytasks, including face recognition (target-present and target-absent lineups), free recall, contextrecognition, and temporal order. A nap prior to retrieval selectively reduced false identifications intarget-absent lineups, increasing correct rejections without affecting performance in target-presenttrials. Temporal order memory also improved in the Sleep group, whereas no significant differenceswere observed in free recall or context recognition. Confidence-accuracy calibration was strongerin the Sleep group, particularly when the perpetrator was absent. These findings suggest that abrief nap prior to memory retrieval may improve the accuracy of eyewitness decisions by enhancingmetacognitive monitoring and temporal discrimination, offering a simple, non-invasive intervention to reduce errors in forensic settings.
Fil: Bonilla, Matías. Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Garcia Bauza, Cristian Dario. Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Grupo de Plasmas Densos Magnetizados. Provincia de Buenos Aires. Gobernación. Comision de Investigaciones Científicas. Grupo de Plasmas Densos Magnetizados; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Tandil; Argentina
Fil: Forcato, Cecilia. Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
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Eyewitness memory
False identifications
Nap-related retrieval
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv A nap before retrieval reduces false identifications in target absent lineups
title A nap before retrieval reduces false identifications in target absent lineups
spellingShingle A nap before retrieval reduces false identifications in target absent lineups
Bonilla, Matías
Eyewitness memory
False identifications
Nap-related retrieval
title_short A nap before retrieval reduces false identifications in target absent lineups
title_full A nap before retrieval reduces false identifications in target absent lineups
title_fullStr A nap before retrieval reduces false identifications in target absent lineups
title_full_unstemmed A nap before retrieval reduces false identifications in target absent lineups
title_sort A nap before retrieval reduces false identifications in target absent lineups
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Bonilla, Matías
Garcia Bauza, Cristian Dario
Forcato, Cecilia
author Bonilla, Matías
author_facet Bonilla, Matías
Garcia Bauza, Cristian Dario
Forcato, Cecilia
author_role author
author2 Garcia Bauza, Cristian Dario
Forcato, Cecilia
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Eyewitness memory
False identifications
Nap-related retrieval
topic Eyewitness memory
False identifications
Nap-related retrieval
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Eyewitness misidentifications are a major cause of wrongful convictions. While most research hasfocused on the role of sleep in memory encoding and consolidation, recent findings suggest thatnon-REM sleep may also enhance retrieval processes by restoring executive and monitoring functions.Here, we investigated whether a short nap before retrieval could improve performance in forensicmemory tasks. Participants watched an aversive video of a robbery and, after 24 h, either took a60-minute nap (Sleep group) or stayed awake (Wake group) before completing a series of memorytasks, including face recognition (target-present and target-absent lineups), free recall, contextrecognition, and temporal order. A nap prior to retrieval selectively reduced false identifications intarget-absent lineups, increasing correct rejections without affecting performance in target-presenttrials. Temporal order memory also improved in the Sleep group, whereas no significant differenceswere observed in free recall or context recognition. Confidence-accuracy calibration was strongerin the Sleep group, particularly when the perpetrator was absent. These findings suggest that abrief nap prior to memory retrieval may improve the accuracy of eyewitness decisions by enhancingmetacognitive monitoring and temporal discrimination, offering a simple, non-invasive intervention to reduce errors in forensic settings.
Fil: Bonilla, Matías. Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Garcia Bauza, Cristian Dario. Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Grupo de Plasmas Densos Magnetizados. Provincia de Buenos Aires. Gobernación. Comision de Investigaciones Científicas. Grupo de Plasmas Densos Magnetizados; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Tandil; Argentina
Fil: Forcato, Cecilia. Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
description Eyewitness misidentifications are a major cause of wrongful convictions. While most research hasfocused on the role of sleep in memory encoding and consolidation, recent findings suggest thatnon-REM sleep may also enhance retrieval processes by restoring executive and monitoring functions.Here, we investigated whether a short nap before retrieval could improve performance in forensicmemory tasks. Participants watched an aversive video of a robbery and, after 24 h, either took a60-minute nap (Sleep group) or stayed awake (Wake group) before completing a series of memorytasks, including face recognition (target-present and target-absent lineups), free recall, contextrecognition, and temporal order. A nap prior to retrieval selectively reduced false identifications intarget-absent lineups, increasing correct rejections without affecting performance in target-presenttrials. Temporal order memory also improved in the Sleep group, whereas no significant differenceswere observed in free recall or context recognition. Confidence-accuracy calibration was strongerin the Sleep group, particularly when the perpetrator was absent. These findings suggest that abrief nap prior to memory retrieval may improve the accuracy of eyewitness decisions by enhancingmetacognitive monitoring and temporal discrimination, offering a simple, non-invasive intervention to reduce errors in forensic settings.
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