Fact finding is an important part of the job of criminal trial judges and juries. In the literature, several potential pitfalls hindering fact finding have been identified, such as context effects (i.e. an unintended effect of non‐probative information on conviction) and confirmation bias (i.e. a skewed selection of and overreliance on guilt‐confirming evidence and neglect of exonerating information). In the present study, the effect of irrelevant contextual information on conviction and subsequent confirmation bias was tested.

中文翻译：

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犯罪事实发现中的语境效应和确认偏见

事实调查是刑事审判法官和陪审团工作的重要组成部分。在文献中，已经发现了一些阻碍事实发现的潜在陷阱，例如情境效应（即非证明性信息对定罪的意想不到的影响）和确认偏见（即偏误地选择和过分依赖内gui确认的证据，以及对事实的忽视）无罪信息）。在本研究中，测试了无关的上下文信息对定罪和随后的确认偏差的影响。