@article{ref1,
title="Effects of emotional testimony and gruesome photographs on mock jurors' decisions and negative emotions",
journal="Psychiatry, psychology and law",
year="2016",
author="Matsuo, Kayo and Itoh, Yuji",
volume="23",
number="1",
pages="85-101",
abstract="The present study investigated the combined and individual effects of emotional testimony and gruesome photographs on mock jurors' verdict decisions and emotions. Participants (n = 127) were provided with a murder trial transcript and then rendered verdicts in a 2 (emotional testimony: present, absent) × 2 (gruesome photographs: present, absent) between-groups design. They also rated their negative emotions before and after the transcript. The results indicated a combined effect of emotional testimony and gruesome photographs on verdict decisions: the emotional testimony alone had a significant effect on guilty verdicts while the gruesome photographs had only a marginally significant effect. Negative emotions were aroused by the emotional testimony when the gruesome photographs were not presented. The impact of emotional evidence on verdict decisions is discussed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1321-8719",
doi="10.1080/13218719.2015.1032954",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13218719.2015.1032954"
}