I didn’t want to do it!. The detection of past intentions

In daily life and in courtrooms, people regularly analyze the minds of others to understand intentions. Specifically, the detection of intentions behind prior events is one of the main issues dealt with in courtrooms. To our knowledge, there are no experimental works focused on the use of memory det...

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Main Authors: Andrea eZangrossi, Sara eAgosta, Gessica eCervesato, Federica eTessarotto, Giuseppe eSartori
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2015.00608/full
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author Andrea eZangrossi
Sara eAgosta
Gessica eCervesato
Federica eTessarotto
Giuseppe eSartori
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Gessica eCervesato
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description In daily life and in courtrooms, people regularly analyze the minds of others to understand intentions. Specifically, the detection of intentions behind prior events is one of the main issues dealt with in courtrooms. To our knowledge, there are no experimental works focused on the use of memory detection techniques to detect past intentions. This study aims at investigating whether reaction times (RTs) could be used for this purpose, by evaluating the accuracy of the autobiographical Implicit Association Test (aIAT) in the detection of past intentions. Sixty healthy volunteers took part in the experiment (mean age: 36.5 y; range: 18–55; 30 males). Participants were asked to recall and report information about a meeting with a person that had occurred at least one month before. Half of the participants were required to report about an intentional meeting, whereas the other half reported on a chance meeting. Based on the conveyed information, participants performed a tailored aIAT in which they had to categorize real reported information contrasted with counterfeit information. Results demonstrated that RTs can be a useful measure for the detection of past intentions and that aIAT can detect real past intentions with an accuracy of 95%.
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spelling doaj.art-9edd85f481fb45318b67a02c0afd5e662022-12-21T22:40:06ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Human Neuroscience1662-51612015-11-01910.3389/fnhum.2015.00608148657I didn’t want to do it!. The detection of past intentionsAndrea eZangrossi0Sara eAgosta1Gessica eCervesato2Federica eTessarotto3Giuseppe eSartori4University of PaduaIstituto Italiano di TecnologiaUniversity of PaduaUniversity of PaduaUniversity of PaduaIn daily life and in courtrooms, people regularly analyze the minds of others to understand intentions. Specifically, the detection of intentions behind prior events is one of the main issues dealt with in courtrooms. To our knowledge, there are no experimental works focused on the use of memory detection techniques to detect past intentions. This study aims at investigating whether reaction times (RTs) could be used for this purpose, by evaluating the accuracy of the autobiographical Implicit Association Test (aIAT) in the detection of past intentions. Sixty healthy volunteers took part in the experiment (mean age: 36.5 y; range: 18–55; 30 males). Participants were asked to recall and report information about a meeting with a person that had occurred at least one month before. Half of the participants were required to report about an intentional meeting, whereas the other half reported on a chance meeting. Based on the conveyed information, participants performed a tailored aIAT in which they had to categorize real reported information contrasted with counterfeit information. Results demonstrated that RTs can be a useful measure for the detection of past intentions and that aIAT can detect real past intentions with an accuracy of 95%.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2015.00608/fullMens reaVoluntary manslaughterpast intentionsreaction-timesautobiographical Implicit Association Test
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Federica eTessarotto
Giuseppe eSartori
I didn’t want to do it!. The detection of past intentions
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Mens rea
Voluntary manslaughter
past intentions
reaction-times
autobiographical Implicit Association Test
title I didn’t want to do it!. The detection of past intentions
title_full I didn’t want to do it!. The detection of past intentions
title_fullStr I didn’t want to do it!. The detection of past intentions
title_full_unstemmed I didn’t want to do it!. The detection of past intentions
title_short I didn’t want to do it!. The detection of past intentions
title_sort i didn t want to do it the detection of past intentions
topic Mens rea
Voluntary manslaughter
past intentions
reaction-times
autobiographical Implicit Association Test
url http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2015.00608/full
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