Facing stress: No effect of acute stress at encoding or retrieval on face recognition memory
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Eyewitnesses may experience stress during a crime and when attempting to identify the perpetrator subsequently. Laboratory studies can provide insight into how acute stress at encoding and retrieval affects memory performance. However, previous findings exploring this issue have been mixed. Across two preregistered experiments, we examined the effects of stress during encoding and retrieval on face and word recognition performance. We used the Maastricht Acute Stress Test (MAST) to induce stress and verified the success of the stress manipulation with blood pressure measures, salivary cortisol levels, and negative affect scores. To examine differences in stressor timing, participants encoded target faces or words both when confronted with the stressor and during the subsequent cortisol peak and retrieved these stimuli 24 h later. We found neither effects of acute stress on face recognition memory during encoding or retrieval (Experiments 1 and 2), nor effects of encoding stress on word recognition memory (Experiment 2). Bayesian analyses largely provided substantial or strong evidence for the null hypotheses. We emphasize the need for well-powered experiments using contemporary methodology for a more complete understanding of the effect of acute stress on face recognition memory.
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Questionable research practices, such as selective reporting or hypothesising after results are known, have been shown to be a problem in psychological research.
“which have been shown to be a problem in psychological research (e.g., Simmons et al., 2011; see Marr et al., 2021 for an example).”
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Marr et al. is cited as an example of questionable research practices, but its Data analysis section (p. not available in our copy) says its deviations from preregistered analyses were decided before examining the data. The Results section (p. not available) explicitly labels additional outcomes as exploratory and non-preregistered. These passages run contrary to presenting this study as an example of hypothesising after results were known or concealing analytic choices; they do not assess whether such practices are a broader problem in psychology. (LLM, conf=0.82)
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Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredPreregistered experiments stating the hypotheses and analysis plan limit questionable research practices, such as selective reporting or hypothesising after the results are known.
“preregistered experiments stating the hypotheses and analysis plan should limit questionable research practices, such as selective reporting or hypothesising after the results are known”
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The Method section says both experiments were preregistered, and §2.5, Data analysis, identifies a change from the preregistered analyses that was decided before examining the data. The paper thus illustrates advance planning and disclosure of deviations, but our copy does not state that preregistration limits selective reporting or hypothesising after results are known. (LLM, conf=0.79)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredIn Marr et al. (2021), across two experiments, acute encoding stress neither impaired nor enhanced face recognition memory performance.
“Additional work using a validated laboratory stressor showed across two experiments that acute encoding stress neither impaired nor enhanced face recognition memory performance (Marr et al., 2021).”
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The Maastricht Acute Stress Test procedure consists of blocks of different tasks.
“Adding blocks of stimuli into the MAST, for example, is easy to accomplish, because the procedure already consists of blocks of di ff erent tasks (e.g., Marr et al., 2021).”
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The effects of acute stress on eyewitness memory: An integrative review for eyewitness researchers
Marr, C., Sauerland, M., Otgaar, H., Quaedflieg, C. W. E. M., & Hope, L. (2021) · Memory · doi:10.1080/09658211.2021.1955935 · Cited by 30 · see citing works
“Additional work using a validated laboratory stressor showed across two experiments that acute encoding stress neither impaired nor enhanced face recognition memory performance (Marr et al., 2021).”
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- Authors
- Marr, C., Quaedflieg, C. W. E. M., Otgaar, H., Hope, L., & Sauerland, M.
- Affiliations
- Maastricht University (NL)
- University of Portsmouth (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Marr, Carey
- Venue
- Acta Psychologica
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2021-09
- Volume
- 219
- Pages
- 103376
- ISSN
- 0001-6918 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3184056667
- Cited by
- 8
- References
- 15
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 2 · 2021: 1
- FWCI
- 0.79
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Acta Psychologica (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Research Publications (Maastricht University) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Lirias (KU Leuven) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Research Publications (Maastricht University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Funders
- American Psychology-Law Society
- Forecast Public Art (2013-0036, 532473-EM-5-2017-1-NL-ERA MUNDUS-EMJD)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Deception detection and forensic psychology
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Behavioral Neuroscience › Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Keywords
- acute stress, face memory, eyewitness memory, Maastricht Acute Stress Test, salivary cortisol, word recognition memory, null hypothesis testing
- MeSH terms
- Facial Recognition, Bayes Theorem, Humans, Hydrocortisone, Mental Recall, Stress, Psychological, Recognition, Psychology
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