Inadmissible Evidence: Integrating Irrelevant Information in a Multiple Source Scenario

EasyChair Preprint 6158

Abstract

Jurors’ use of inadmissible evidence illustrates the impact of irrelevant information in multiple-source comprehension. Participants read a trial in one of four conditions: Admissible (evidence included), Due Process (evidence inadmissible because of fairness), Unreliable (evidence inadmissible because of ambiguity), Control (evidence excluded). Afterwards, participants recommended a verdict (guilty or not guilty), rated evidence importance, and wrote an essay. Inadmissible evidence was rated highly and included in essays, indicating that readers integrate and use irrelevant information.

Keyphrases: Inadmissible evidence, Integration, comprehension

@booklet{EasyChair:6158,
  author    = {Sarah D. Creer and Donovan C. Kelley and Ellen S. Cohn and Laura K. Allen},
  title     = {Inadmissible Evidence: Integrating Irrelevant Information in a Multiple Source Scenario},
  howpublished = {EasyChair Preprint 6158},
  year      = {EasyChair, 2021}}