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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author | Andrea eZangrossi Sara eAgosta Gessica eCervesato Federica eTessarotto Giuseppe eSartori |
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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 |
spellingShingle | Andrea eZangrossi Sara eAgosta Gessica eCervesato 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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